Things Software

[ December 7, 2011 to December 9, 2011. ]

University of Oulu, Finland

[ September 22, 2011; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ]

Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Alberta

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In a previous blog, I talked about five common mistakes authors make when trying to get an article accepted for publication in peer-reviewed software engineering journals, magazines, or proceedings. The full list includes ten common mistakes, as follows:
Number 10. Ignore reviewer feedback.
Number 9. Stick to clichés.
Number 8. Borrow without giving due credit.
Number 7. Don’t worry about [...]

Back in March, I gave a presentation to the IEEE Student Chapter at the Université du Québec à Montreal on publishing software engineering articles in peer-reviewed venues. In that presentation, I talked about the common sins prospective authors commit when trying to get a technical article accepted by a peer-reviewed publication. This post gives a synopsis of those sins.