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Hey guys

I just got invited to do this senior honors thesis thing at my school, where you pick a professor and over the course of a year do research with them, and ultimately you collaborate your findings with the professor and you hopefully get published.

I'll be halfway through with my research whenever I start filling out AMCAS, etc, so for publications, should I write something akin to "In the works"? Or what would be a good way to indicate that we will be trying to get it published, but at that time it will not be published? Or in the research field would I list something about future publication in there?

Thank you kindly,
Bobby
 
Tough question. If you know how the phrase it properly in a short paragraph by all means. I just left the field blank because the papers I have out on revision have been in the revision field for so long (actually, we haven't touched them for such a long time), we actually forgot WHICH journal we're supposed to resubmit them to. :laugh:
 
I'm in the same position right now. I didn't write anything you mentioned in my app. The extensive research, conferences and talks that I mentioned were enough for them to realize the extent of my research experience and ask detailed questions about the science involved. Out of 5 interviews so far, noone asked me about publications (or possibilities of publications).
I think most of them do not really care if you've published once or twice. They mostly care about the research experience in itself. If you have published numerous times, I would definitely mention that. If it's just a possibility, I wouldn't mention it at all. But I would emphasize the research itself and how much it's contributed to your understanding of science.
 
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I'm in the same position right now. I didn't write anything you mentioned in my app. The extensive research, conferences and talks that I mentioned were enough for them to realize the extent of my research experience
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*sniff* I missed out on all of my possible conferences (except for local talks).. damn education!!

The first one I missed out was due to the close to 3,000 dollar price tag on the last minute flight booking. The Kyoto International Neurosurgical Conference. I missed out on the Japanese girls!! 🙁

I then missed out on attending the American Epilepsy Society's big gathering in Seattle because I was bogged down by school. I hear people just hop-skipped up to Canada for nights of innebriation.

Now I'm going to miss the Korean Centennial celebrations at the University of Hawaii (who knows how many pretty girls will be there?!) and the Pan-Pacific Neurosurgical Charter Conference (FREE GOLFING!! DAMMIT!!) thanks to school. And no, I can't ditch school.. stupid labs.. can't miss those.
 
If you've already written and submitted the paper to a journal, you can cite it as "submitted", and if it's already been accepted to a journal, you can cite it as "in press". However, you probably won't be in publication phase yet when your AMCAS is submitted, so you should just write something like "publication expected" in the post-secondary experience describing the research.
 
Haha, I should submit my worthless research article to a whole bunch of prestigious journals right before AMCAS just so I can put that crap into the application.
 
Bobby,

It partly depends on your field. In economics, for example, it is not uncommon for researchers to post their working papers on their Web sites, present the paper at numerous conferences and brown bag lunches, etc. before finally getting it into print 5 years later. Economists will often have a section in their CVs entitled "Working Papers", and there they list in-progress work.

In the biomedical and health services research fields, this is much less common partly due to the nature of the publishing beast and the commercialization of biomedical journals. (i.e., as a clinical researcher, you do NOT post your papers on your Web site unless you want to get scooped, and journals start to complain if you present it at more than one or two conferences before submitting it to them.)

As for writing "submitted", most people don't even do this unless they're at least one revision cycle into it. (e.g., "Revise and resubmit, JAMA". "Second resubmit, American Economic Review".) I've never even heard of someone writing "publication expected" on a CV.

In the AMCAS research box, definitely talk about your current work and describe what you are working on. That's fair game, of course.

Hope this helps
-AT.

Originally posted by bobby_chamo
Hey guys

I just got invited to do this senior honors thesis thing at my school, where you pick a professor and over the course of a year do research with them, and ultimately you collaborate your findings with the professor and you hopefully get published.

I'll be halfway through with my research whenever I start filling out AMCAS, etc, so for publications, should I write something akin to "In the works"? Or what would be a good way to indicate that we will be trying to get it published, but at that time it will not be published? Or in the research field would I list something about future publication in there?

Thank you kindly,
Bobby
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