Maybe after reading the last paragraph, some people will think that the article about you and your brothers and sisters will be published because your tutor is good. In fact, the author agrees with this. It can be said that if I hadn't met two teachers, my doctoral experience might have been completely different. But please don't misunderstand me. I say that a good tutor will increase the chances of publication, not simply because you write the tutor's name on the paper to scare the reviewers (in fact, the editor's psychological quality is very good, and the author and reviewers are also double-blind), but because a good tutor will teach you a lot of useful things. I wonder how often the doctor of economics meets his tutor. I met once a week on average for three years. Of course, meeting the tutor is not about discussing which restaurant's boiled fish tastes authentic (this can be discussed after class). One of the advantages of meeting your tutor frequently is that you will always be under pressure, which will constantly push you to be ready to ask your tutor new questions before the next meeting, and your progress will be faster if the problems are solved. The key to a mentor is a word "guidance". Guidance doesn't mean helping you with your research, but solving problems you don't understand. When you go astray, the tutor should help you correct your direction. For example, when conducting empirical research, which measurement model to use is an important issue. For example, if the observed values are not independent, we need to use clustering to correct the standard deviation of OLS; If panel data is concerned, we should consider using random effect or fixed effect; If the dependent variable has upper and lower bounds, logit model should be considered. If the dependent variable is discrete and greater than three values, polynomial can be considered; If there are few observations, you can try nonparametric test and so on. At this time, a few words from the tutor can make novice doctoral students take fewer detours. Of course, there is a big premise here, that is, the tutor must understand the answer to your question, or at least tell you where to find the answer. I suggest that all doctoral students should try their best to meet their tutors. Of course, you may ask, what if your tutor is indifferent to your research or too busy to talk to you at all? Never mind, you still have a mentor-literature.
Step 2 establish a topic
How to find a research topic? First of all, there are two wrong ways: the first wrong way is to hold your head and think for yourself that you want to lose your hair. Finally, you find that your grandparents have studied your questions. To tell the truth, any economic problems that you can think of with your head held high can basically be studied by your predecessors. The second mistake is always trying to find a big topic to study. I wonder if I can predict the stock price all day, so that I can make a fortune by buying stocks. When I asked him how to study, I couldn't say why except to throw away nouns that others didn't understand. In fact, the most important way for doctoral students to find research topics is to read the literature. The previous study is your foundation, and you must stand on the shoulders of these giants to go further. The previous study was A, your study was B, and B came from A. Without A, you can't jump to B at once.
How to read literature? This is actually the most frequently asked question when I was a doctor. I asked my tutor, who asked me: What is the purpose of reading literature? At first, I thought it was nonsense. Isn't reading literature just to see what our predecessors have studied? Later, I gradually understood what the tutor meant. The purpose is to need something clear. For example, when looking for a research topic at the beginning, the first purpose of reading the literature is to see what the previous research contains and whether there are loopholes. At this time, you don't have to read all the articles carefully, just read the classic articles in one field carefully and have a general understanding of other extensions. The tutor asked me to write down the research topic, innovation, conclusion and loopholes of each article in words. In fact, the first three parts here are easier said than done, and the most difficult thing for me is to find out where the loopholes are. When I was a graduate student, there was a course called "Critical Thinking", which I practiced. It wasn't easy to apply at first, but later it became more and more smooth. Later, I learned that my tutor was actually training me to read articles from the perspective of reviewers. After a few weeks, I have almost understood the research results in my field, and have a general understanding of the hot but unsolved problems in this field. It will be much easier to find a research topic at this time. Of course, finding a topic is not the only purpose of reading literature. Sometimes I don't know the framework of writing, sometimes I don't know what econometric model data should be analyzed, sometimes I don't know the assumptions of theoretical models, and sometimes I don't even know the format of tables. These can be found in literature, and at these times, because of your different purposes, the focus of reading literature is also different.
3. newspapers
As we all know, SSCI must be published in English. Some people say that they can't publish a good SSCI because their English is poor. If English is their mother tongue, I can definitely publish SSCI. If someone asks me what I think of this sentence, to be honest, I don't know if English is the main reason why you can't send SSCI. Everyone is different. The easiest way is to find someone to translate a work you like (even if it costs money), and then you can see at a glance whether you voted for a good SSCI. If you vote yes, it means that English is your problem. If you don't vote, your problem is not just English. Someone asked me what to do if my English is not good. Practice! Or you can find a translator with good English as your second author. What I want to talk about here is not English, but the angle of your thesis, in other words, what is the selling point of your thesis. Just like a businessman selling his own goods, the angle is very important for a paper. For example, empirical research, it is very likely that the data you collected will bring you various results, even contrary to your expectations. At this time, when you draw conclusions in the article, you should be extra careful and find an interesting angle to see if the data are consistent. For example, in an article by my brother, the original assumption is that people's expectations of lottery tickets under uncertain risks are positively related to the results of the last lottery. To put it bluntly, you will feel that your chances of winning the prize will be greater after seeing others win the prize. As a result, his data results are just the opposite of his hypothesis, and people's expectations of lottery under uncertain risks are negatively correlated with the results of the last lottery! My brother panicked from the beginning, and his hair was split. But after several meetings with his tutor, he finally found a very interesting angle with the help of his tutor and explained the phenomenon he found with the "gambler fallacy". So, there is no bad data. As long as you choose the right angle and draw a serious conclusion, your paper is likely to add a lot of color. Of course, your data must conform to the angle you choose. You can't make up a far-fetched story, let the layman fall for it, and the expert can see through it at a glance.
polish up an essay
Finally, after hitting the wall and pulling my hair countless times, the paper is finished! So is it possible to submit it? Of course, not yet. First, find an organization to turn your paper into a working paper. One purpose of doing this is to prevent people with academic misconduct from plagiarizing your work, or someone happens to have a research collision with you. Another purpose is to let others read or quote your article. After turning it into a working paper, you should send your paper to experts and senior scholars in this field. The purpose of posting is not to let others praise how good your paper is, but to let others find fault with your paper. At the same time, you should seize every opportunity to publish your paper at various related conferences. One purpose of academic presentation is to make people remember you, and another purpose is to make your audience find fault with your paper. Some people are ashamed to make academic speeches for fear that others will find fault with them. In fact, this is all wet. Why? Because after you submit your paper to SSCI, the journal editor will find one or three reviewers who will find fault with your article. If there are too many shortcomings, the editor will definitely reject the manuscript. Instead, you should try your best to defend the problems in your paper with language before the reviewers read your article. What can be modified and what cannot be modified should be modified at least. The process of modification and defense is the polishing process of your article. When the finishing touch is made, get ready to contribute.
5. Contribute articles
Most contributions to SSCI Daily can be done online. Generally speaking, you should write a one-page cover letter and document. Simply put, you want your magazine to publish your article. The possibility of contributing results is divided into several levels from good to bad:
First-year journals directly invite you to write a manuscript and then publish it. But this kind of situation is hard to meet, and it is rare for a junior to have this kind of situation; The second level is that you contribute to SSCI journals, and the journal replies are published directly without modification. This usually happens in a letter diary, and it is either accepted or rejected. The third layer is that you contribute to SSCI journals, and the journal reply needs to be revised and resubmitted. This is called R &；; R (revised and resubmitted), revised and resubmitted for publication in the magazine. This is the most likely result to be published successfully. The fourth level is also R &；; R, but it was rejected after resubmitting. The fifth level is to send the manuscript to the reviewer after submission, and it is rejected after review. The last hurdle is not to send it to the reviewer, and the editor directly refuses. You must not think that the probability of the last level is very low. In fact, if you contribute to some very good journals, the editor will probably reject your article directly. There are various reasons for rejection, which may be that there are too many similar articles in this magazine, or that the conclusion of your article is not very interesting, and so on. If there is any advantage in refusing directly, the only advantage is that it will be handled quickly and won't take you long.
If you pass the editor's pass, whether you publish it or not, you will at least have a chance to get the opinions of the reviewers. Of course, the reviewer's comments may be two "bad reviews". In this case, the editor will gently inform you to vote for another school (in fact, it means to refuse). You should read the reviewers' comments carefully, because the reviewers of SSCI journals are generally experts in your paper field, and the opinions given will be somewhat constructive. If both reviewers are "in favor", or both reviewers have good and bad opinions, but the editor thinks that you can have another chance at this time, then congratulations, you have got the opportunity to revise and resubmit!
What does R & ampR mean? This means that the probability of your publication in this journal has greatly increased. But please be careful not to celebrate too early, and don't prepare champagne or anything. A big increase in probability does not mean that it will eventually be published and get R&; There are also many cases where R is finally rejected. Questions raised by reviewers and editors may be difficult to change. In this case, we must carefully read every word of the review comments and figure out how to satisfy the reviewers and editors after resubmitting. After the revision, you should attach a written explanation, clearly listing how you made the corresponding revision for each opinion of the reviewers and editors. Some people may ask, should every opinion of the reviewer be revised? The answer should be yes. I only met one of the two teachers who once said that several opinions of the reviewer were not good and he decided not to change them. I thought the old man was cruel at that time, and then the article was published. However, neither the author nor my brothers and sisters dared to do such a bold act (of course, courageous colleagues did, but were later rejected). Therefore, the author thinks that as a junior, it is better to change according to the opinions. Submit again after the modification is completed. At this time, the only thing you can do is to resign yourself to fate. If you receive an email informing you that your article will be published in a magazine in a few weeks, congratulations! You're done! At this point, your posture should be that your head is slightly tilted at a 45-degree angle and your eyes are moist. It would be perfect if you could spit out a motto or something. ......
Step 6 end the story
The writing is very long and the plot is not ups and downs. I believe that not many people can be seen here. But if there is some enlightenment from a new academic, it is considered that the author has not written in vain.
I have met many academically awesome people, some of whom are so awesome that they can even be called embarrassing people. Chatting with them, I found that the biggest feature of cattle people is that their basic skills are particularly solid and their thinking is particularly active. To tell the truth, it is not an easy task to do well academically. It really takes a while to become a genius, but in the small aspect of SSCI publishing, it is only a matter of time if even a person with low understanding concentrates on his studies and persists, unless he never tries. Unfortunately, the word "concentrate on academic perseverance" is simple to say, but not easy to do. Especially for a junior like me, reading documents and writing papers in front of the computer all day really requires some perseverance. In any case, youth is a disadvantage and a capital. As my teacher told me, you are still young. If you focus on one field from now on, you will make a difference in this field one day.