ASTRONOMY 735: JUDGMENT IN RESEARCH - OUTLINE

  • I. INTRODUCTION

  • II. MEASURING IMPACT - I

    Citation and publication statistics (1985 - 1990)
    The Landau-Richter (LR) scale (1985 - 1990)
    Together, these provide: Calibrated tools (1985 - 1990)

  • III. JUDGMENT IN RESEARCH

    T. S. Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
    Implies: a picture of how science progresses
    Which provides: tools
    Examples and exercises

  • IV. MEASURING IMPACT - II

    Citation, publication, LR statistics (1992 - 1996)
    Together, these provide: recalibrated tools (1992 - 1996)
    Citation analysis project
    Examples of papers with high impact
    Together, everything implies: Publication strategy

  • V. HOW TO GIVE A COLLOQUIUM

  • VI. WRITING PAPERS

  • VII. WRITING PROPOSALS

    Telescope time and grant proposals
    Proposal writing exercise
    TAC exercise

  • VIII. ETHICS AND PEER REVIEW

  • IX. THE INTENSITY FACTOR

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