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Thanks a lot, this answers my questions very well. And as I only want to contribute and am not necessarily looking for fame, I really do not have any problem w

Thanks a lot, this answers my questions very well. And as I only want to contribute and am not necessarily looking for fame, I really do not have any problem with having co-authors.

tincholio 8y ago
Adding to the GP, you just need to have a thick skin, and not take rejection personally. It's a fact of life in this environment. Regarding the venue and costs, in CS, some conferences are better venues than most journals (impact wise, at least), and attending one might be a good way to know the people in the field. In any case, you'll be expected to pay for the registration and present your paper, too.
joe_the_user 8y ago
Another question I would invite you to ask yourself is what do you wish to accomplish by publishing? A professional academic is required to publish a lot of papers in their career and this means that not all papers are necessarily going to be paid attention to, some have impact, many don't. A lot of papers, most papers I read in CS, involve incremental advances of a given technique. Usually the papers involve describing the problem, the describing how it's solved so far, describing how their solution is different and only then providing particular, computational details of the method. And my impression is this incremental style comes because most researchers do incremental research, extending the ideas and approaches of mentors or colleagues. Which is to say, if you, an outsider like myself, have a good idea for, say, a new algorithm, it might be useful to write a blog entry explaining it's value aside from any paper you write. And as said elsewhere, avoid "predatory" journals - they apparently don't give credibility or get attention.
- hprotagonist 8y ago
  >And as said elsewhere, avoid "predatory" journals - they ... don't give credibility worse. They taint what credibility you have. It’s like buying a degree from a degree mill “school”.

Thanks a lot, this answers my questions very well. And as I only want to contribute and am not necessarily looking for fame, I really do not have any problem with having co-authors.

tincholio 8y ago

Adding to the GP, you just need to have a thick skin, and not take rejection personally. It's a fact of life in this environment. Regarding the venue and costs, in CS, some conferences are better venues than most journals (impact wise, at least), and attending one might be a good way to know the people in the field. In any case, you'll be expected to pay for the registration and present your paper, too.

joe_the_user 8y ago

Another question I would invite you to ask yourself is what do you wish to accomplish by publishing? A professional academic is required to publish a lot of papers in their career and this means that not all papers are necessarily going to be paid attention to, some have impact, many don't. A lot of papers, most papers I read in CS, involve incremental advances of a given technique. Usually the papers involve describing the problem, the describing how it's solved so far, describing how their solution is different and only then providing particular, computational details of the method. And my impression is this incremental style comes because most researchers do incremental research, extending the ideas and approaches of mentors or colleagues. Which is to say, if you, an outsider like myself, have a good idea for, say, a new algorithm, it might be useful to write a blog entry explaining it's value aside from any paper you write. And as said elsewhere, avoid "predatory" journals - they apparently don't give credibility or get attention.

hprotagonist 8y ago
>And as said elsewhere, avoid "predatory" journals - they ... don't give credibility worse. They taint what credibility you have. It’s like buying a degree from a degree mill “school”.