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Barbara Timmermann is a University Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Kansas following an academic career of almost 25 years at the University of Arizona. She is also the current Director of the Center for Cancer Experimental Therapeutics. Professor Timmermann obtained a B.S. at the National University of Cordoba, Argentina in 1970, a M.S. in 1977, and a Ph.D. in 1980 at the University of Texas, Austin. In 1981, she joined the Faculty at the University of Arizona, ascended the professorial ranks and established a research program in drug lead discovery from plant biodiversity. With NIH funding, she established the Arizona Center for Phytomedicine research for the study of botanical medicines and the Latin American International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG) Program. Her research focuses on the discovery and biological investigation of natural products with potential utility in the treatment of cancer, infectious and inflammatory diseases. Research funds have been provided by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Agriculture, US Agency for International Development, the Tinker Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She is the author of more than 160 publications in peer-reviewed scientific literature, numerous research reviews and book chapters. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Natural Products.
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Academic Publishing, Methods, Challenges and How to Overcome Them?
Barbara Timmermann, University of Kansas, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
The goal of scientific research is valid publication. Scientists, starting as graduate students, are measured, and become known by their publications. A scientific experiment, no matter how significant the results, is not completed until the results are published in a peer-reviewed journal. In fact, the cornerstone of the philosophy of science is based on the fundamental assumption that the original research must be published; only thus can new scientific knowledge be independently authenticated and then added to the existing data base we call science. The research scientist must provide a written document showing what he or she did, why it was done, how it was done, and what was learned from it.
This talk will attempt to present certain basic principles that are accepted in most disciplines in order to help junior scientists and students to prepare manuscripts that will have a high probability of being accepted for publication. Among the topics to be included are organization and preparation of a scientific paper, how to cite the literature and prepare effective tables and illustrations, where and how to submit the manuscript, the review and publishing process, the electronic manuscript, how to deal with editors and the value of databases such as PubMed, Web of Knowledge and Web of Science. Journal impact factors, author citation index, author impact factor and research discovery tools such as SciFinder will also be presented. |
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