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CHARTING A COURSE FOR A SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH CAREER
A Guide for Early Career Researchers 2nd Edition Professor Alan M Johnson
M.A. (Hons), M.Ed.Mgmt., B.App.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc.

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CONTENTS
Foreword by Jay Katzen Introduction 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Career Planning Selecting a Research Discipline Area Selecting a Supervisor Selecting a Mentor Research Collaboration Networking Ethics and Research Integrity Choosing Your Publication’s Style and Format Where to Publish Preparing a Grant Funding Application Collaborating with Industry and Academia Attending Conferences Society Membership Selling Your Accomplishments Curriculum Vitae Applying for Fellowships Applying for a Job or Promotion 2 4 7 11 19 25 29 35 39 43 49 61 69 75 81 85 93 97 101 106 116

References About Professor Alan Johnson

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FOREWORD
Being a researcher today is a bit of a dichotomy. On one hand, researchers now have easier and quicker access to an unprecedented amount of information from around the world, through tools such as Elsevier’s SciVerse Scopus and SciVerse ScienceDirect databases. Global communications technology allows collaboration on the individual, national, and international levels like never before, which facilitates the research process as a whole from the funding stages through discovery and publication. On the other hand, they are working in the most competitive research environment ever known. Grant applications are increasing, funding opportunities are decreasing,