Title: double submission of paper post by: toothpaste on december 31, 2008, 1:08 am i 039 m going to have to deal with a graduate student who submitted large chunks of the same paper to two classes. Title: re: double submission of paper post by: leopard on december 31, 2008, 1:22 am there 039 s always the practical explanation: one cannot submit the same work to two journals simultaneously, thus as professional preparation, one cannot submit the same work to two classes. Or remind the student that assignments for each class have their own value, there 039 s a certain amount of work required for every class, and the dual submission skirts/violates that. I 039 ve been at schools where dual submissions are clear violations of the honor code but students are allowed to talk to faculty about coordinating assignments for two classes. As long as the faculty for both classes agree on the parameters of one lengthier assignment or 2 assignments that pull from the same data/sources/ideas than one can create a plan individual to the student, classes, and faculty.

But without prior permission, one will get hauled before judicial affairs or whatever they 039 re called. Title: re: double submission of paper post by: dr_evil on december 31, 2008, 1:38 pm there 039 s always the practical explanation: one cannot submit the same work to two journals simultaneously, thus as professional preparation, one cannot submit the same work to two classes. submitting the same paper or other type of assignment for two courses without prior approval represents another form of academic dishonesty. you may not submit a substantially similar paper or project for credit in two or more courses unless expressly authorized to do so by your instructor s. See section 11 402 b of the institutional rules on student services and activities for the university's official definition of scholastic dishonesty. You may, however, re work or supplement previous work on a topic with the instructor's approval. some students mistakenly assume that they are entitled to submit the same paper or other assignment for two or more classes simply because they authored the original work. unfortunately, students with this viewpoint tend to overlook the relevant ethical and academic issues, focusing instead on their own authorship of the original material and personal interest in receiving essentially double credit for a single effort.

After all, an instructor reasonably assumes that any completed assignments being submitted for credit were actually prepared for that course. Mindful of that assumption, students who recycle their own papers from one course to another make an effort to convey that impression. For instance, a student may revise the original title page or imply through some other means that he or she wrote the paper for that particular course, sometimes to the extent of discussing a proposed paper topic with the instructor or presenting a draft of the paper before submitting the recycled work for credit. If, for example, you previously prepared a paper for one course and then submit it for credit in another course without citing the initial work, you are committing plagiarismessentially self plagiarism the term used by some institutions. All types of materials can be plagiarized, including unpublished works, even papers you previously wrote.

Another problem concerns the resulting unfair academic advantage that is specifically referenced in the university's definition of scholastic dishonesty. If you submit a paper for one course that you prepared and submitted for another class, you are simply better situated to devote more time and energy toward fulfilling other requirements for the subsequent course than would be available to classmates who are completing all course requirements during that semester. In effect, you would be gaining an unfair academic advantage, which constitutes academic dishonesty as it is defined on this campus. Some students, of course, do recognize one or more of these ethical issues, but still refrain from citing their authorship of prior papers to avoid earning reduced or zero credit for the same works in other classes. That underlying motivation further illustrates the deceptive nature of unauthorized multiple submissions. An additional issue concerns the problematic minimal efforts involved in recycling papers or other prepared assignments. Exerting minimal effort basically undercuts the curricular objectives associated with a particular assignment and the course itself.

Likewise, the practice of recycling papers subverts important learning goals for individual degree programs and higher education in general, such as the mastery of specific skills that students should acquire and develop in preparing written assignments. This demanding but necessary process is somewhat analogous to the required regimen of athletes, like the numerous laps and other repetitive training exercises that runners must successfully complete to prepare adequately for a marathon. From one university 039 s website i 039 m sure there are others: submitting the same paper or other type of assignment for two courses without prior approval represents another form of academic dishonesty. You may not submit a substantially similar paper or project for credit in two or more courses unless expressly authorized to do so by your instructor s. You may, however, re work or supplement previous work on a topic with the instructor 039 s approval.

Some students mistakenly assume that they are entitled to submit the same paper or other assignment for two or more classes simply because they authored the original work. Unfortunately, students with this viewpoint tend to overlook the relevant ethical and academic issues, focusing instead on their own authorship of the original material and personal interest in receiving essentially double credit for a single effort. If, for example, you previously prepared a paper for one course and then submit it for credit in another course without citing the initial work, you are committing plagiarism essentially self plagiarism the term used by some institutions.

Recall the broad scope of plagiarism: all types of materials can be plagiarized, including unpublished works, even papers you previously wrote. Another problem concerns the resulting unfair academic advantage that is specifically referenced in the university 039 s definition of scholastic dishonesty. how to for journal submissions there are a few rules to follow when submitting to a journal that will be standard across most of the journals listed below.

In it you should state that you are submitting this paper for consideration to journal x. on the double blind review process most of the journals below operate via double blind peer review which means that the author doesn't know who is reviewing the paper and the reviewers don't know whose paper they are reviewing. Often it is possible to tell the identity of the author or reviewer/s given the content or style or especially the particular recommendations made by some reviewers.

For example, if a reviewer recommends ten additional pieces you should have cited and nine of these are to the work of one particular person there is a good chance that person was reviewing the manuscript. In order to make sure that the review is truly double blind, it is customery to take out self citations from the manuscript and include them on a separate sheet for the editor/s only. A few months after having submitted your manuscript or many months in the case of some journals you will hear from the editor/s with a decision. The editor/s will send their letter and will also include copies of the reviewers' comments. Most journals have the following outcomes: accept conditional accept revise and resubmit reject outright acceptance happens once in a blue moon, probably. Conditional acceptances are quite rare as well, they require the author/s to change just a few minor things in the manuscript to be published. This means that the editor/s think your piece could make it into the journal, but that will require you to make some minor as well as some major revisions to the manuscript.

This can entail performing additional analyses, perhaps integrating more data, and likely reconceptualizing and rewriting sections of the paper. In response to an r r, you will be asked to send in the revised manuscript and a letter outlining to the editor/s and the reviewers how you addressed their points of concern. In the second round, often one or two of the original reviewers are asked to look at your piece again but it is also likely sent to some new reviewers as well. If you don't find the comments of the editor s /reviewers helpful you can just send on the original but be aware that the same reviewers may receive your piece from another journal as well and they will not be happy to see the same manuscript without revisions. Keep in mind that there is a lot of chance involved in the journal review process so don't get too discouraged if you receive a rejection. If you have experience with any of them either as an author or as a reviewer please let me know by sending a note to journals at 101 115 122 116 101 114 dot com.

Here is a helpful resource with information about review times and more: the iowa guide. For example, gender society is known to have a much longer review process than is stated in this guide. communication, media, technology i'm writing a paper for an upcoming congress and there are no author guidelines except for: . Since guidelines are so vague with respect to all other aspects, should i use any latex template i wish so long as the text is single spaced and references double spaced? my personal preference would be to use a double column template, but since the guidelines are so vague i'm wondering if i should just submit a single column simple manuscript. Your writing sample should indeed be one of the papers you wrote as an undergaduate. This is not double submission because you are merely showing the admission committee a sample of your work, not turning it in for course credit.