What counts as published?

hanstick
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:21:31 +0000

So i have been in contact with an editor of an amateur science journal and he agreed to publish my work in the journal. Does that count as being published? Or are publications credible only if it is a national prominent journal? The work was based of a project i did for local science fairs and I won some awards at the city level, but didn’t go on to state or anything higher. Can I say that my research got published or it is not really the same thing?

Also, since the journal in question is affiliated with a national organization–it even has a national convention that PhDs attend–would it count as a national accomplishment or not?