English Academic Writing: Rob J Hyndman

English academic writing

Rob J Hyndman
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My background
Be aware of current research
Use excellent software
Be part of the research community
Overcoming language problems
Other issues
My background
My background
Speaker introduction
Rob J Hyndman
Professor of Statistics, Monash University
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Rob J Hyndman
Director, Business & Economic Forecasting
Unit, Monash University
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Rob J Hyndman
Editor-in-Chief,
International Journal of Forecasting
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Rob J Hyndman
Editor-in-Chief,
International Journal of Forecasting
Director, International Institute of
Forecasters
Monash research team
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Books Ive written
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Books Ive written
Rob J. Hyndman Anne B. Koehler J. Keith Ord Ralph D. Snyder
Hyndman Koehler Ord Snyder
Springer Series in Statistics
Forecasting with Exponential Smoothing
Rob J. Hyndman is a Professor of Statistics and Director of the Business and Economic Forecasting
Unit at Monash University, Australia. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal
of Forecasting, author of over 100 research papers in statistical science, and received the 2007
Moran medal from the Australian Academy of Science for his contributions to statistical research.
Anne B. Koehler is a Professor of Decision Sciences and the Panuska Professor of Business
Administration at Miami University, Ohio. She has numerous publications, many of which are
on forecasting models for seasonal time series and exponential smoothing methods.
J. Keith Ord is a Professor in the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University,
Washington DC. He has authored over 100 research papers in statistics and forecasting, and is
a co-author of Kendall's Advanced Theory of Statistics.
Ralph D. Snyder is an Associate Professor in the Department of Econometrics and Business
Statistics at Monash University, Australia. He has extensive publications on business forecasting
and inventory management. He has played a leading role in the establishment of the class of
innovations state space models for exponential smoothing.
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Forecasting with Exponential Smoothing
Exponential smoothing methods have been around since the 1950s, and are the most popular
forecasting methods used in business and industry. Recently, exponential smoothing has been
revolutionized with the introduction of a complete modeling framework incorporating
inno-vations state space models, likelihood calculation, prediction intervals and procedures for
model selection. In this book, all of the important results for this framework are brought together
in a coherent manner with consistent notation. In addition, many new results and extensions are
introduced and several application areas are examined in detail.
Springer Series in Statistics
Rob J. Hyndman Anne B. Koehler

J. Keith Ord Ralph D. Snyder
Forecasting
with Exponential
Smoothing
The State Space Approach
ISBN 9-783-540-71916-8
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Journals Ive edited
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Journals Ive edited
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Papers Ive written

Approximately 100
research papers (all
English language)
63 papers in
internationally
recognized refereed
journals
5 book chapters
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Access to research papers

There are excellent pre-print services
where many papers appear before they
are published in journals.

Most pre-print services are free, and
papers remain online even after publication.

Disadvantage of pre-prints: page
numbering different, some revisions are
usually made before publication. Many
poor-quality papers.

Disadvantage of pre-prints: page
numbering different, some revisions are
usually made before publication. Many
poor-quality papers.
Advantage of pre-prints: see papers same
time as everyone else in the world, and
often several years before publication.
http://repec.org
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http://cn.arXiv.org
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http://www.ssrn.com
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Online repositories
Free online access to all working
papers (i.e., before publication in a
refereed journal).
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Online repositories
refereed journal).
RePEc: good for economics,
econometrics.
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Online repositories
refereed journal).
econometrics.
arXiv: good for mathematical
statistics, mathematical finance.
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Online repositories
refereed journal).
econometrics.
arXiv: good for mathematical
statistics, mathematical finance.
SSRN: good for management, law.
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NEP reports: ideas.repec.org/n/
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Tracking down final references

Even though you might read the working
paper version, you need to cite the final
published version.
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Tracking down final references

Even though you might read the working
paper version, you need to cite the final
published version.
Use Google scholar to get citation
information. www.scholar.google.com
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Statistical software
The best statistical software is free!
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www.r-project.org
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www.r-project.org
Chinese mirror available
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www.r-project.org
Chinese version of
software available
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www.r-project.org
Chinese version of
software available
Download free packages
to implement most
modern statistical and
econometrics methods
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www.r-project.org
Chinese version of
software available
to implement most
Very active online user
community for help
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www.r-project.org
Chinese version of
software available
to implement most
Very active online user
community for help
Much better software than
any commercial product!
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Attend conferences
International Symposium on Forecasting, Hong Kong, June
2009.
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Attend conferences
2009.
2nd IMS-China Conference on Statistics and Probability,
Weihai, July 36, 2009.
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Attend conferences
2009.
7th World Congress on Health Economics. Beijing, July
1215, 2009.
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Attend conferences
2009.
1215, 2009.
1st International Conference on the Interface between
Statistics and Engineering. Beijing, July 1315, 2009.
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Attend conferences
2009.
1215, 2009.
International Conference on Management Technology and
Applications (ICMTA 2009). Beijing, August 811, 2009.
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Attend conferences
2009.
1215, 2009.
World Congress Econometric Society. Shanghai, August
1722, 2010.
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Attend conferences
2009.
1215, 2009.
World Congress Econometric Society. Shanghai, August
1722, 2010.
2010 ICSA International Conference. Guangzhou,
December 1922, 2010.
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Become better known

Submit your research papers to one
of the online repositories.
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Become better known

Have a departmental website with
all working papers available for
download.
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Become better known

Have a departmental website with
all working papers available for
download.
Send the key researchers in your
field an electronic copy of your new
research papers.
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English language editing

Poor English can prevent a good paper
getting published.
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getting published.
The editor may not understand what you
have done, or be unprepared to do the
extensive editing necessary before
publication.
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getting published.
publication.
Work with a coauthor or editor who uses
English as his/her first language.
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getting published.
publication.
Work with a coauthor or editor who uses
English as his/her first language.
Use a language editing service. List
available here: www.elsevier.com/wps/
find/authorsview.authors/
languagepolishing
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Language editing services
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Modern English style

Be brief. Short sentences. Concise.
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Chinese uses long sentences. Academic
English uses relatively short sentences.
Short sentences dont sound childish in
English.
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English.
Important rule: one sentence, one idea.
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English.
Be careful with punctuation: it can
completely change the meaning of a
sentence.
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English.
sentence.
If information is essential, do not use commas.
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English.
sentence.
If information is essential, do not use commas.
If information is extra and non-essential,
you must use commas.
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Abstracts
Very important to be well-written. Often
the only part someone will read.
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Abstracts
Encourage interested readers to read
further.
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Abstracts
further.
Give a complete summary of the paper
and the main results.
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Abstracts
further.
Be clear and brief. Avoid abbreviations.
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Abstracts
further.
Be clear and brief. Avoid abbreviations.
Describe methods and results in past
tense, but conclusions in present tense.
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Journal submissions
Almost all journals now prefer online
submissions. Dont send hard copies.
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Other issues
Journal submissions
Make sure you cite relevant papers from
the journal you submit to.
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Other issues
Journal submissions
Read the author guidelines and try to
follow them.
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Other issues
Journal submissions
follow them.
Choose a journal that covers your topic.
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Other issues
Journal submissions
follow them.
Be aware of level of technicality of the
journal.
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Other issues
Journal submissions
follow them.
Be aware of level of technicality of the
journal.
Be aware of balance of theory and
application of the journal.
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Other issues
After rejection
Most journal submissions are rejected. My
own journal rejects more than 80% of the
papers submitted.
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Other issues
After rejection
papers submitted.
Dont be disheartened.
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Other issues
After rejection
papers submitted.
Revise the paper based on the editors
(and possibly referees) comments, and
send it somewhere else.
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Other issues
After rejection
papers submitted.
Where appropriate, invite a coauthor to
help improve the paper.
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Other issues
After rejection
papers submitted.
Be realistic about where you send it.
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Other issues
After rejection
papers submitted.
Try at least four journals before giving up.
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Other issues
After rejection
papers submitted.
Try at least four journals before giving up.
One of my best papers was rejected at the
journal I now edit!
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Thank you
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