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Ok so I know that the "Publications" section on AMCAS is reserved for peer-reviewed academic articles that have been published, and citations are a must if you put anything there. I also know that college newspaper articles, campus publications, or even op-eds in legit newspapers should not be listed here.
But I have something like this published: http://www.epi.org/publication/flexibility-overtime-hourly-salaried-workers,
where the report itself is legitimate, hardcore research, but wasn't put into an academic journal because I did the work at a non-profit think tank (like EPI in the above link). However, in the policy/social science world, it is de facto to consider those reports as publications, because 1) they're not fit for academic journals because of the policy slant (i.e., journals publish academic research, not research that constantly pushes for a specific policy), and 2) the peer review process within the organization is pretty rigorous at the more well-known think tanks. I mean, mine was just quoted by the NYT in a recent article, so it's definitely seen as [influential] research by legit places.
Should I even bother trying to get that to science/medicine folk (-.-) who seem to still think that anything non-science, non-peer reviewed isn't worthy of being put as a "Publication"? I'm a risk-taker, so I'd say yes, I'll put it as a pub and link it up in the description box. But curious to opinions.
Note: I didn't actually work at EPI, and that's not my report lol. Somewhere very similar, though.
But I have something like this published: http://www.epi.org/publication/flexibility-overtime-hourly-salaried-workers,
where the report itself is legitimate, hardcore research, but wasn't put into an academic journal because I did the work at a non-profit think tank (like EPI in the above link). However, in the policy/social science world, it is de facto to consider those reports as publications, because 1) they're not fit for academic journals because of the policy slant (i.e., journals publish academic research, not research that constantly pushes for a specific policy), and 2) the peer review process within the organization is pretty rigorous at the more well-known think tanks. I mean, mine was just quoted by the NYT in a recent article, so it's definitely seen as [influential] research by legit places.
Should I even bother trying to get that to science/medicine folk (-.-) who seem to still think that anything non-science, non-peer reviewed isn't worthy of being put as a "Publication"? I'm a risk-taker, so I'd say yes, I'll put it as a pub and link it up in the description box. But curious to opinions.
Note: I didn't actually work at EPI, and that's not my report lol. Somewhere very similar, though.