Publication

[aspiringdoc111]

I am an undergraduate student finishing up my thesis. My PI wants me to publish a manuscript in the Tri-beta undergraduate journal. It is called ‘BIOS’ and it is peer reviewed. Will this hold more weight than other undergraduate journals since it is peer reviewed? Thanks.

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[Fencer]

slightly more... Programs will not know that it is peer-review unless you indicate that in your writing. Once published, you could submit it to PubMed to get a PMID number, now that is when publications become more noticeable.

 

[aspiringdoc111]

slightly more... Programs will not know that it is peer-review unless you indicate that in your writing. Once published, you could submit it to PubMed to get a PMID number, now that is when publications become more noticeable.

Thank you for the response. I’ll indicate it is peer reviewed. I know it will have a DOI number from the journal. I think submitting it to PubMed would be a good idea.

Do you think there is a chance we could submit this in a professional journal? How big of a difference is there between a lower professional journal and a peer reviewed undergraduate journal like BIOS (I’m sure there is a decent sized difference in the quality tho).

Look forward to hearing your thoughts.

 

[Fencer]

Once it is published, it can't be republished into a professional journal. Pubmed will give you some credibility.

 

[aspiringdoc111]

Once it is published, it can't be republished into a professional journal. Pubmed will give you some credibility.

Not submitted yet. But that would be a solid path. BIOS—> Pubmed. Albeit not sure if it would be indexed in time for my app cycle.

Was wondering how much of a difference the quality of the paper had to be between a professional (low-tier) journal and an undergraduate peer reviewed journal. Because it would be alot easier to publish somewhere that is already pubmed indexed in the first place.

 

[Fencer]

The bottom line is that it shows that you carry out a scientific project and were primarily responsible. This is one of the big check marks. If you can present this project as a poster at a national conference like ABRCMS or SACNAS, or present at a regional APSA conference, it would also help you a lot.