I recently went to my first scientific conference, alone. One of the most important things I realized was how deceptive publishing a paper is. It all depends on how you have written a paper and how you present it at the conference.
No one checks the authenticity of your results. So, you can literally say anything and get away with. No one understands your research deeply enough in a 30 min presentation. So, you just need a central idea presented well. The Q n A time is too small to let anyone prove anything, and yes, you can shut anyone out by saying you would take their question in detail after the talk.
So, finally it all boils down to how serious you are about your research. Anyone can get a PhD.
All this was confirmed by an experienced researcher and professor when I shared my thoughts with him.
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A summary of my thoughts.
7 comments:
what about when the paper is judged whether to be accepted for the conference or not?
@anand : paper is reviewed by 3 ppl who are selected very randomly. And reviewing a paper is something which is considered thankless. so it is done carelessly. also, generally, if u have written it clearly enuf, it will get accepted. at most one reviewer might fully understand the depth of ur work
not true in many other fields I am aware of... In most cases (& in reputed journals), there is lot of back and forth debate between reviewers and authors over contentious issues.
Though it is true that u can publish easily in the end... sometimes u have to send it to the other journals or sometimes you do more work (thus address the controversial issues) or just tone down your conclusions.
i am not calling the whole thing entirely bogus.
u r right.
I realized one more thing today. To publish doesn't mean you have to be correct. It's a proposal of an idea with proof. It might as well be wrong.
The important thing is not to be dishonest about it.
Acha
Well, you do research, there is no guarantee that what you get is what you expect! What I'm trying to say is that you can always have negative results, regardless of the inputs when your approach is right. After all you've found out something new/contracdictory to what might be expected with the same input under normal circumstances!
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