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Managing Your Research Pipeline

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2016

Matthew J. Lebo
Matthew J. Lebo*
Affiliation:
Stony Brook University
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Abstract

A researcher’s “pipeline” refers to the progression of papers from the idea stage to the publication stage. Tenure-track faculty and graduate students often are advised that a busy pipeline is the way to tenure. However, beyond the simple encouragement to “work harder,” “write more,” and “publish more,” not much direction is given to junior scholars regarding how they should think about and manage their research pipeline. How does one develop a large number of papers from their first stages to the pages of respected journals? This article discusses the author’s system for pipeline management. The system works (1) by separating the difficult exercise of publishing a paper into eight manageable stages; and (2) by organizing a set of papers using these steps according to a practicable timeline.

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The Profession
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , April 2016 , pp. 259 - 264
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2016 

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