Some academic recommendation for searching and publishing in top ranked venues (in computer science)

Speakers:
Abdullah Alsaedi – RMIT University
Tawfeeq Alsanoosy– RMIT University (Taibah University)
Some Academic Recommendation for searching
and publishing in top-ranked Venues
(in computer Science)

Outline
◆ Part1: (Abdullah)
◆ Motivation.
◆ Evaluation metrics.
◆ How to look for top-ranked venue!
◆ Part2: (Tawfeeq)
◆ Is my work ready to publish in the top-raked venue?
© 2020 Abdullah Alsaedi & Tawfeeq Alsanoosy

Part 1
• Overview of Research Process.
• Motivation of searching for papers in top-raked venues.
• Is it hard to read the papers published in those venue?
• Criteria/factors that make the journals/Conferences in top-raked.
• How can I find/know those journal/Conference?
• Recommendation.

Research Process
Identifying
the Problem
Searching for papers
Reviewing the papers
Setting Research
Questions, Objectives and
Hypotheses
Choosing the
Study Design
Data
Collection
Processing
Data
Analyzing
Data
Writing up
the Results
Publication
Literature
Review
Ref: https://www.iedunote.com/research-process © 2020 Abdullah Alsaedi & Tawfeeq Alsanoosy

Identifying
the Problem
Searching for papers
Reviewing the papers
Setting Research
Questions, Objectives and
Hypotheses
Choosing the
Study Design
Data
Collection
Processing
Data
Analyzing
Data
Writing up
the Results
Publication
Literature
Review
Research Process
Ref: https://www.iedunote.com/research-process © 2020 Abdullah Alsaedi & Tawfeeq Alsanoosy

“
◆ The quality of the papers that you
reviewed determines the quality of
your research [Igwenagu, C., 2016].
Igwenagu, C., 2016. Fundamentals of research methodology and data collection. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.

Motivation of searching papers in top-raked venue
◆ Challenges when searching for academic papers:
◆ Too many articles to read!
◆ Confuse which one might be useful.
◆ Some papers waste of times.
◆ Conflict information.
◆ Difficult to understand some articles.
◆ Poor quality research.
◆ Solutions:
◆ A lot of good solutions.
◇ Systematic way to filter the literature.
◇ Selective.
● Focus on high quality research.
● Why?
● How to find or know if they are good?
👉

◆ Direct benefits:
◆ Reliable source.
◆ A leading venue in a discipline area.
◆ Publication process goes through rigorous procedure.
◆ Peer-reviewed done by top well-known researchers in your field.
◆ High trustworthy/quality research.
◆ Indirect benefits:
◆ Better understanding of your research field.
◆ Improve your academic writing skills.
◆ Develop self-criticism of your own work.
◆ Understand the good research requirement & standard
◇ Build a strong argument.
◇ Easy to convince committeereviewers.
◆ Produce good research.
Why top-ranked venue?

But!!
Is it hard to read the papers published in those
venue.
No, it is easier than you had though!
◆ Well-structured.
◆ Clear ideas & claim.
◆ Easy to follow & understand.
◆ Might require better understanding of your field.

What are the most reliable venues?

Answer
◆ They are publishers not journal nor conference.
◆ We can't say one better than others.

Ref: https://blog.frontiersin.org/2018/07/11/scientific-excellence-at-scale-open-access-journals-have-a-clear-citation-advantage-over-subscription-journals/
Figure: Top 20 publishers by volume in 2017 in Scopus database.

What are the criteria/factors that
make the journal/conference good?

Evaluation Metrics
3. Eigenvector metrics
◇ doesn't consider all citations of equal weight.
◇ The prestige of citation source.
◆ Evaluation Metrics:
◆ Used by publishers to measure journal/conference quality in its field.
◆ enhance quality of scientific research.
◆ Popularity metrics
◆ Based on numbers of citation & numbers of publication.
◆ Widely used.
____________________________________________________________________
◆ Example:
1. Impact Factor
◇ Only Journal.
◆ At least two years to be calculated.
◇ IF = # of citation over/ over # of publication with a specific period (e.g., 2/5 years).
2. H-index & h-median.
◇ # of citation with # of publication.
◇ H-index: (journal/conference & authors)

Evaluation Metrics – Others
◆ Acceptance rate.
◆ Top-raked venue
◇ low acceptance rate - around 25-35%.
◆ Other assessment:
◆ High quality researchers published regularly.
◆ Key people hosting the conference and managing its technical program
(Editorcommittee).

◆ Is the journal with (impact fact = 3.2 or H-index = 30 )
considered good?
How can I look for those journal/Conference?
◆ Popular Scientific database/website 👍
◇ Efficient way to identify top-ranked venue.
◇ Easy to understand.
● E.g: Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4:
○ Q1: the top 25% of journals Ref: https://www.scimagojr.com/
● E.g: A*,A,B,C
○ A*: the top 7% of conference Ref: http://portal.core.edu.au/conf-ranks/

Database Ranking option Metrics Comments
ISI* - Web of
Science [1]
Q1-Q4 • Impact factors International Scientific Indexing
(ISI) - Thomson Reuters, USA.
12,500 journals
Scopus [2] Q1-Q4 • H-Index. (3 years).
• Eigenvector (i.e., SJR - Scimago Journal
Rank).
Elsevier, Germany.
22,000 journals
IEEE explore [3] - • Impact Factor
• Eigenvector
IEEE
Google Scholar
Metrics [4]
- • h5-index
• h5-median
Google Scholar.
web search engine
Core Ranking [5] A*,A,B,C • H-index
• Acceptance rate
• Based on committee decision
-
______________________________________________________________________
[1] https://isindexing.com/isi/index.php [2] https://guides.library.unisa.edu.au/c.php?g=169979&p=1118925
[3] https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp [4] https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=top_venues&hl=en
[5] http://portal.core.edu.au/conf-ranks/
Popular Scientific Database/Websites:

Example:
Ranking decision of A*
conference (Network and
Distributed System Security -
NDSS).
_____________________________________________________________
Ref: http://portal.core.edu.au/core/media/justification/CORE2018/NDSS.pdf

Recommendation:
Journal:
◆ Scimago Journal Ranking
◆ https://www.scimagojr.com/
◆ Google Scholar Metrics
◆ https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=top_venues&hl=en
Conference
◆ Core Ranking
◆ http://portal.core.edu.au/conf-ranks/
Additional source:
◆ CSRankings
◆ Find the top ranked Universities that publish in top ranked avenues.
◆ http://csrankings.org/#/index?all

Rule of Thumb
◆ Rule of Thumb 👍
◆ Rule of Thumb for searching process:
◆ Find the way that you feel more comfortable.
◇ make pattern for your search process.
◆ Stick to it.
◆ Practical recommendation:
◆ Start with Google Scholar.
◇ Why: provide access to different database/publishers.
◆ Select the relevant title.
◆ See authors H-index.
◆ Find more about Journal/conference.
◇ Journal -> Scimago
◇ Conference -> Core ranking

Thanks!
Any questions?
End of part 1

Part 2, Tawfeeq
Is my work ready to get published in
top-ranked venues!
In the case of you need some help, please contact Tawfeeq in researchgate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tawfeeq_Alsanoosy2

Conferences vs. journals, where to publish?
◆ Depend on the content of the paper and the results.
 results (new, similar);
 completeness;
 validation; and
 the presentation of the paper (40% of the acceptance depend on the
PRESENTATION).
◆ What are the difference between Conferences and Journals ?

JournalsConferencesCharacteristic
Longer: 3 months – up to one year longer feedbackShorter : 2- 4 months = Faster feedbackTime:
Open or closed access journalConference proceedings book or online ,
or in a journal
Published:
Depend on the rank (Q 1, Q 2(Depend on the rank (A*, A, B(Hardness:
Depend on disciplines preferencesDepend on disciplines preferencesWhat is the best us:
Accept / Minor revision/ Major revision / RejectAccept / RejectDecision :
• Present complete work
• Report on new concepts and techniques that
have been validated by your experiments
• Networking
• Receiving feedback from other
researchers in your field
• Opportunities to publish in a journal
after the conference
• Collaborations with others
• Opportunity to travel
Benefit :
Accept: No need
Minor revision: High preferred
Major revision: Must (no choice), or need to justify
Reject: will not be able to do so
Accept: Yes
Reject: NO- not be able to do so.
Submit to a different conference: Not
necessarily, unless
Response to review:
Where to start ? The next two slides
Submission is open for some time Submission is open for all the year

Conferences vs. journals, where to publish?
Type of papers in of Journals [1]Type of papers in conferences
Original ResearchFull paper: Complete paper describing your research in full (8-12
pages(* …. The BEST to target
Review ArticlesShort paper: Complete/Summary of your research (6-8 pages)*
The Second Best
Short reports or LettersWorkshop: Complete/Summary of your research (4-10 pages)*
Case StudiesDoctoral Symposium: PhD/master candidate to present his or her
PhD/master research (2-4 pages)*
MethodologiesPosters or tool-demos: Summary of your research (2 pages)*
Extended abstract: High-level summary of your research (less than
2 pages)*
Abstract: Synopsis of your research (250 words or less)*
[1] https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/authorandreviewertutorials/writing-a-journal-manuscript/types-of-journal-articles/10285504
* Number of pages is different, need to check the conference website

Exercise….! Where to publish? https://www.menti.com
 PhD/Master student works on information retrieval. He/she works on a new algorithm and the
result of his/her research was significant. The precision, recall, and accuracy results from his/her
algorithm were high than expected.
 PhD/Master student works on the influence of employee practice on security threats. He/she
conducts 8 interviews with employee and the result show a number of new threats that affect the
company security.
 PhD/Master student works on the influence of employee practice on security threats. He/she
conducts 40 interviews with employee. He/she used grounded theory and build a new framework.
He/she evaluates the framework.
 PhD/Master student has some results within the first three/six months and his/her supervisor
wants paper.

What Are Reviewers Looking For?
Scope: Is the paper within the scope of this conference/journal?
Novelty: Is this original material distinct from previous publications?
Validity: Is the study well designed and executed?
Data: Are the data reported, analyzed, and interpreted correctly?
Clarity: Are the ideas expressed clearly, concisely, and logically?
Advancement: Is this a significant contribution to the field?

Understanding Peer Review
◆ Interviews with well-respected reviewers + survey with 175 reviewers.
◆ Positive reviews:
◇ 1) clear and supported validation;
◇ 2) an interesting problem; and
◇ 3) novelty.
◆ Negative reviews: a mismatch between the method and the claims and from
those with overly grandiose claims.
Understanding Peer Review of Software Engineering Papers Neil A. Ernst · Jeffrey C. Carver · Daniel Mendez · Marco Torchiano
(August 2020- only preprint available)

Understanding Peer Review (DO NOT DO
THAT)
Characteristics leading to negative
reviews (DO NOT DO THAT)
◆ Mismatch of method with
claims
◆ Overly grandiose claims
◆ Writing is hard to follow
◆ Difficult to understand
methodology

Understanding Peer Review
How to write a good paper?
Reviewers are busy people …….
1) keep the reviewer interested;
2) support your claims;
3) make the contribution clear.

How to find the best avenue to submit your
paper?
 Supervisor’s suggestion …
 Venues that your supervisor used to submit to….
 Venue of the papers you read ….
 Suggestion of a friend in the same field ….
 Search ……..

Recommendations
1. Find a worthy (practical, industrial) problem. Problem leads to publications. So, you
need to Read …. Read …. READ;
2. Write a draft;
3. Choose the best-fit journal/conference (considering type of conference/journal,..);
4. Understand the submission process (Double blind peer review, length, Referencing
style, Formatting, .. , etc.);
5. Write the paper;
6. Proofreading/plagiarism;
7. Ask for Feedback from Others in Your Field;
8. Review and read;
9. Take a Break;
10. Review, review, review ... and review;
11. Criticise your idea and writing;
12. Review and submit. © 2020 Abdullah Alsaedi & Tawfeeq Alsanoosy

What next ???
How to write abstract ?
How to write introduction/conclusion?
How to write a paper ?
Reviewing paper
How to use Latex?
How to critics a paper?

Quick survey!

Thanks!
Any questions?

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