4 Steps to Publishing Pilot Studies in Peer Reviewed Journals

Never worry about publishing your results again!

Alana Rister, Ph.D.
Graduate Student Handbook

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The biggest focus of graduate students or researchers is publishing. However, researchers often fear that their study won’t give them the results they want.

What if you pursue a project and you won’t be able to publish it later?

This article will walk you through how to publish studies that are traditionally difficult to publish: pilot studies and negative results.

Step 1: Find Your Story

The very first step is to find the story in your results or your research.

If you’re struggling with creating a story, I suggest you download my scientific research paper checklist. It will help you start developing that story by starting with your data first.

But when you have a pilot study, I want you to think about is what is the main thing you want someone to know from this data!

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Alana Rister, Ph.D.
Graduate Student Handbook

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