Writing CS papers Jan Obdržálek FI MU DUVOD, April 11, 2013 Jan Obdržálek (FI MU) Writing CS papers DUVOD, Spring 2013 1 / 1 Part I Frontmatter Jan Obdržálek (FI MU) Writing CS papers DUVOD, Spring 2013 2 / 1 Authors Who should be on the list? What is the order? Depends on area contribution position What if there are many names? Is more/less better? Jan Obdržálek (FI MU) Writing CS papers DUVOD, Spring 2013 3 / 1 Title very important short vs long amusing vs descriptive F. Habibzadeh and M. Yadollahie: Are Shorter Article Titles More Attractive for Citations? Cross-sectional Study of 22 Scientific Journals Longer is better in high impact journals. I. Sagi, E. Yechiam: Amusing titles in scientific journals and article citation Less amusing is better. Jan Obdržálek (FI MU) Writing CS papers DUVOD, Spring 2013 4 / 1 Title very important short vs long amusing vs descriptive F. Habibzadeh and M. Yadollahie: Are Shorter Article Titles More Attractive for Citations? Cross-sectional Study of 22 Scientific Journals Longer is better in high impact journals. I. Sagi, E. Yechiam: Amusing titles in scientific journals and article citation Less amusing is better. Jan Obdržálek (FI MU) Writing CS papers DUVOD, Spring 2013 4 / 1 Title very important short vs long amusing vs descriptive F. Habibzadeh and M. Yadollahie: Are Shorter Article Titles More Attractive for Citations? Cross-sectional Study of 22 Scientific Journals Longer is better in high impact journals. I. Sagi, E. Yechiam: Amusing titles in scientific journals and article citation Less amusing is better. Jan Obdržálek (FI MU) Writing CS papers DUVOD, Spring 2013 4 / 1 Abstract The most important part of the paper. Devote enough time/diligence to writing the abstract! Space restrictions. Longer is not always better. What should be in? Place the paper/research area in context. State the most important result/results. Say why your result is important better than others Jan Obdržálek (FI MU) Writing CS papers DUVOD, Spring 2013 5 / 1 Keywords/Subject classification Keywords not really useful PC can have a look at them when assigning papers, but usually does not not really standardized Subject classification ACM Computing Classification system the most common versions: 1964, 1991, 1998, 2012 hierarchic style: B.4.1 AMS Mathematics Subject Classification for mathematics only versions 2000, 2010 hierarchic style: 14J28 arXiv.org Classification Jan Obdržálek (FI MU) Writing CS papers DUVOD, Spring 2013 6 / 1