how to describe an article you've co-authored

[artist1980]

I've seen contradicting postings answering this question, so I was wondering if anyone had a more definitive answer, or if anyone would share what they've done in this situation.

I co-authored research articles. When listing/describing the activity (with its 175 character limit), is it better to:


1. Write the entire article name, despite taking up all the space and being unable to describe any specific tasks within the research.
Like: "V-Star eye laser treatment of dermatological rhytides". Poster presented at American Academy of Dermatology Conference, Louisiana April 2004.


OR


2. Briefly refer to the subject of the investigation, and use some space to describe what I did.
Like: Investigated treatment of dermatological rhytides. Created protocol for three-armed study. Ascertained subject progress with monthly assessments.


Thank you for your help.
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[MrBeans]

I've seen contradicting postings answering this question, so I was wondering if anyone had a more definitive answer, or if anyone would share what they've done in this situation.

I co-authored research articles. When listing/describing the activity (with its 175 character limit), is it better to:


1. Write the entire article name, despite taking up all the space and being unable to describe any specific tasks within the research.
Like: "V-Star eye laser treatment of dermatological rhytides". Poster presented at American Academy of Dermatology Conference, Louisiana April 2004.


OR


2. Briefly refer to the subject of the investigation, and use some space to describe what I did.
Like: Investigated treatment of dermatological rhytides. Created protocol for three-armed study. Ascertained subject progress with monthly assessments.


Thank you for your help.
​

Excellent question!

I would almost be inclined to write the citation of publication or poster.

Describing the activities involved can be very arbitrary and relative to any study. Besides, as we were taught in our science courses, the title of a publication/poster is supposed to be all explanatory of your work. Furthermore, you could list duties that you performed in lab under your work experience/volunteer activities.

In summary, I think simply writing a citation would be appropriate.

As a side note, if a person has multiple related publications, poster presentations, and oral presentations from one unique lab, should that person list all of these on the AADSAS application? Or just cherry-pick a few?

 

[MrBeans]

Anyone else? 😳

 

[DDSTX]

I've seen contradicting postings answering this question, so I was wondering if anyone had a more definitive answer, or if anyone would share what they've done in this situation.

I co-authored research articles. When listing/describing the activity (with its 175 character limit), is it better to:


1. Write the entire article name, despite taking up all the space and being unable to describe any specific tasks within the research.
Like: "V-Star eye laser treatment of dermatological rhytides". Poster presented at American Academy of Dermatology Conference, Louisiana April 2004.


OR


2. Briefly refer to the subject of the investigation, and use some space to describe what I did.
Like: Investigated treatment of dermatological rhytides. Created protocol for three-armed study. Ascertained subject progress with monthly assessments.


Thank you for your help.
​

I think you have a bigger task of explaining (to adcoms) as why you dropped out after spending 3 years in medical school (in my opinion)......

 

[MrBeans]

I think you have a bigger task of explaining (to adcoms) as why you dropped out after spending 3 years in medical school (in my opinion)......

For the rest of us in a similar situation, without the medical school aspect, it would be interesting to have others input on how to describe publications/posters 😏

 

[artist1980]

I think you have a bigger task of explaining (to adcoms) as why you dropped out after spending 3 years in medical school (in my opinion)......

Thank you for your concern, I've got that covered elsewhere. did you have any input that would answer my original question?

 

[artist1980]

Excellent question!

I would almost be inclined to write the citation of publication or poster.

Describing the activities involved can be very arbitrary and relative to any study. Besides, as we were taught in our science courses, the title of a publication/poster is supposed to be all explanatory of your work. Furthermore, you could list duties that you performed in lab under your work experience/volunteer activities.

In summary, I think simply writing a citation would be appropriate.

As a side note, if a person has multiple related publications, poster presentations, and oral presentations from one unique lab, should that person list all of these on the AADSAS application? Or just cherry-pick a few?

good points. writing the name of the title does explain the work. Maybe i'll leave the title, but cut down on the specifics of when and where the poster was presented, and simply state "Presented poster." That gives me enough room to fit in at least one, if not two duties performed.

As for your ques. about the multiple publications from one lab, I'd list every publication. The poster and oral presentations are ancillary to the publication, so those are less important, and should you find yourself short on space, those are the ones you can leave out. Unless of course the poster or presentation didn't come from one of the publications. then i'd list it.

basically, for every separate thesis/experiment, list it.

 

[MrBeans]

good points. writing the name of the title does explain the work. Maybe i'll leave the title, but cut down on the specifics of when and where the poster was presented, and simply state "Presented poster." That gives me enough room to fit in at least one, if not two duties performed.

As for your ques. about the multiple publications from one lab, I'd list every publication. The poster and oral presentations are ancillary to the publication, so those are less important, and should you find yourself short on space, those are the ones you can leave out. Unless of course the poster or presentation didn't come from one of the publications. then i'd list it.

basically, for every separate thesis/experiment, list it.

👍

Good call, I think that's a great idea.