This document provides guidance for graduate students on research publication formats, the structure of scientific papers, collecting references, and finding relevant journals. It notes that publications can take the form of conference posters or papers, journal articles, book chapters, monographs, or books. Scientific papers typically include a title, abstract, introduction, discussion, conclusions, and references. The document advises graduate students to collect references from their mentor's recent papers, researchers their mentor cites or who cite their mentor, and look for RSS feeds and blogs associated with key journals in their field.