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Learn about the process of publishing research, including peer reviews, journal quality, publication strategies, collaboration, and effective storytelling techniques.
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IS6000 – Seminar 11 Putting it all Together
Publishing research: Why & what? • Scholars: produce & disseminate results • Add to the body of knowledge • Indicator of performance (quality & quantity) • Process & (successful) outcome • What about unsuccessful outcomes? • Important, but difficult to publish
Publishing process • Peer reviews
Publishing process • Editor can (but doesn’t have to) follow reviewers’ recommendations • Accept • Reject • Invitation to revise and resubmit (major/minor revisions) • Single/double blind
Journal quality • Vast differences • Top IS journals • European Journal of Information Systems • Information Systems Journal • Information Systems Research • Journal of AIS • Journal of Information Technology • Journal of MIS • Journal of Strategic Information Systems • MIS Quarterly • “Predatory” journals
Publication strategy • Citations • How many scholars used an article in their own research • Indicator of quality—or not? • Much research is never cited • Good papers are easier to get published • Good papers will be cited • Good papers need good research to begin with • Good papers need good writing
Publication strategy • You can publish results only once • Choose wisely • Not everything you do will make it into top outlets • Look for fit • Focus on research that you can publish well • Your name will be forever associated with what is published…
Collaboration • Few people are good at everything • Look for synergies • Work with good people • Work with people you can work well with • Co-authorship: substantial participation & intellectual contribution • Authorship order
Structure • Use published articles as a guideline • You need to tell a story – so as to interest the reader • You need to be well organized – so that readers don’t get lost • You need to show your sources – so other readers can find them • Don’t surprise readers • A 4000 or 8000 word report can only be a summary, so you must include material carefully
Storytelling • A research report can only summarize what you did • You must be selective in what to include, and what not • You must tell a story • From start to finish • What happened • Why it is interesting • Why it matters
Starting the Story • Introduction • What is this all about? • What is the research issue/problem? • Why is it important? • Who cares? • What did you do? (briefly) and When/Where? • What is the structure of the story? • In many ways, the introduction is the most critical part of the story!
Introduction • Entice and lure the reader • Catch the reader’s attention • Ensure that the reader keeps reading • Three parts • Context • Problem • Solution • (Outline)
Motivation • Ideally, your research is motivated by both practical and theoretical components • Motivation should be intrinsically interesting to the readership • It needs to be precise, concise and accessible to a general reader, not an expert • It needs careful explanation
After the introduction • Background/literature review • Qualitative • Methods and data types/sources • Research design/theory • Findings & analysis • Quantitative • Theory & hypotheses • Methods (research design) • Analysis • Discussion • Contributions, limitations, & conclusions • References
Background section • What have others done? • Show how your work contributes to existing knowledge • How does it build on prior work? • Does it contradict prior work?
Research model • What you are trying to test • Typically in quantitative research • Develop hypotheses • Justified theoretical argument • Connected to existing research • Specify key constructs and relationships • IV, DV, direction of relationships
Research method • What you have done • In both qualitative and quantitative research • Research strategy • Materials, case sites, sample, participant selection, experimental setup, data collection techniques, data analysis techniques, instrumentation, interview questions, ,…
Results • What you have found • Description of results • Statistical tests & analyses • Statistics, tables, graphs • Written in past tense
Discussion • What it means • Interpretation of findings • How does it relate to your theory? • What does it mean? Why did/didn’t you get specific results? What does that mean for your theory?
Implications • Implications for practice • Who are your stakeholders? • Might be different implications for different stakeholders • Implications for research • How do your results inform future studies? • What could be done to address limitations? • What could be done to extend this line of research?
Conclusion • Always include a conclusion • Otherwise it looks like you just dropped your pen and finished writing • Relate findings back to introduction • What did you set out to do? • What are the key results? • How do they contribute?
Abstract • Very short (100-300 words) • Summary • Get people to download/read/cite the paper • Frontloading • Academic SEO • Often written last
Writing style • You want the reader to feel that the text and arguments flow smoothly • As if a single person had written all the text • But: you have co-authors • Integrate material carefully • Check for style, language, spelling • Be consistent!
Consistency • Font – style and size, • e.g. Times Roman 12 • Different fonts for headers, titles, main text • Line and character spacing, • e.g. single or 1.5 or double; • full justification or ragged • Margins • 1 inch all round or …?
Consistency • US or UK spelling • Use a single dictionary (set language) for the whole paper • Use the appropriate dictionary for the journal style • Reference style • e.g. [11] or Davison et al. (2016) • Software like EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley, etc. can help here
References • Clearly you need to cite all your sources • Remember – no plagiarism • Not mountains of references, but enough to show that you do understand what other people have written (esp last 5 years)
References • Consistency is important • [81] Q. Tu, K.L. Wang and Q. Shu, Computer-Related Technostress in China. Communications of the ACM 48(4) (2005), 77 – 81. • Tu, Q., K.L. Wang and Q. Shu. 2005. “Computer-related technostress in China”, Communications of the ACM, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 77 – 81. • Tu, Q., Wang, K.L. and Shu, Q. (2005) Computer-related Technostress in China, Communications of the ACM 48, 4, 77 – 81.
Writing sequence • Don’t leave the writing to the end of the research • Write introduction first & abstract last • Literature review & methods can be written at any time Anything you write may change before you submit a final version
Writing sequence • When you have results and can analyze them, write them up and start to think about the analysis • The references need to be written continuously • As you cite (or just read) something, note it down • It is much harder to locate reference details later • Keep complete reference details – and ideally organize them
Content • Minimize content on the slides • Your audience shouldn’t need to read: You’re the presenter • Simplify your graphics • Simplify your backgrounds • Use animations and transitions sparingly • Be consistent
Content • Have a slide title • Use readable fonts (size!) • Limit boldface, italics, ALL CAPS • The next few slides have some bad examples!
Advertisement mainly encourages the consumption through: hearing, reading, and seeing (Zhang,2015). The paper will discuss the seeing and reading and find therelationship with the consumption behavior. Argument : the words and the pictures of the advertising article have the relationship with the consumption behavior Clearer style Has more words
Discussion • Security • User-friendly • Time saving • Convenience • In this part, we used Excel to analysis and discuss our data which we have collected. We would find the importance of security, convenient and other several factors for the banking apps by using Regression analysis. Regression analysis refers to a statistical analysis method for determining quantitative relationships between two or more variables.
Result • Through analysis and discussing these variables, the result is pretty clear that security, time saving, user-friendly and convenience are important factors for the banking apps. When people think these four aspects are done well, they would give a high score for the apps and they would like to use the apps. Therefore, the bank can appeal to more people to use the apps by promoting these four factors.
Literature Review • Job Satisfaction (Thompson E.R. & Phua F.T.T., 2012) • the subjective and emotive evaluation by the job holder towards the job and work context • Needs hierarchy theory (Maslow A.H., 1943) • e.g.Take care of family and more interactions with colleagues, etc. • Theoretical Framework(Gajendran R.S. and Harrison D.A., 2007) 3 Psychological mediators: • Autonomy • Work-family Conflict • Relationship with supervisor & colleagues Needs hierarchy theory
Conclusion • WFH improve employees’ job satisfaction • A company can also be benefited from such policy • Companies are suggested do short-term experiments • Willingness of the employee • Company Support, e.g. training programs and technical supports
Content • Spelling • Capitalization • Punctuation
Charts and figures • Use the appropriate chart type • Never use 3-D charts, unless the third dimension carries meaning • Simplify whenever possible • Some more bad examples!
Influence factors of e-sport game players’ selection on live streaming platform Descriptive statistics report
Cross-over analysis Monthly cost on live streaming platforms and Monthly cost on e-sport games
Data Collection and Analysis -online banking Please rate for online bank —— Convenient
Presenting • Know your technology • Practice: don’t read off a script • Do not point at the monitor • Don’t talk to the wall • Do make eye contact with the audience • Manage time carefully • Dress nicely or professionally
