Publishing a research paper for the first time

boneh3ad
Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:42:06 +0000

hadsed, you hit the engineering nail on the head as well. I have worked with one undergrad who was published, and it is going to likely be a conference proceedings, not a full journal. That is still pretty impressive as an undergrad.

This guy had been working at our lab for like 3 years and didn’t actually submit the draft paper until his final undergrad semester. In other words, it takes a lot of time and hard work.

No self-respecting journal will accept the abstract to a steaming pile of crap, let alone the paper. I suppose some conferences might (hehe).

The bottom line is that you won’t publish as a freshman. You are mentally and practically incapable of doing so. Work hard and with luck you will be published as a junior or senior.