Pre-Workshop

How to Publish in Top Journals?

Dr. Jianjun Shi

Editor in Chief, IISE Transactions
Member, US National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
The Carolyn J. Stewart Chair and Professor
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
http://pwp.gatech.edu/jianjun-shi/

Abstract:

This presentation will discuss how to identify promising research topics, and how to publish papers in top Journals. Publishing in top international journals is important to many researchers in educational and research institutions. This presentation will discuss various topics important for research and paper writing, including

• How to judge if a journal is among the top ranking?
• How to select and define a research topic?
• How to organize and write a paper?
• What is the reviewing and publishing process for a paper?

The presentation will highlight the “dos and don’ts”. In addition, a “methodology tree” strategy will be introduced based on my experience of research and supervision of Ph.D. students. The “methodology tree” is a systematic strategy that can be used to organize the literature reviews, evaluate contributions of a research topic, facilitate communications among researchers, and provide a big picture of research problems involved.
The workshop should help scholars to reflect on their own experiences as researchers, authors, and reviewers. It will be interactive and tailored to the interests of those attending. Do bring along your questions and comments.

Biographical Sketch — Jianjun (Jan) Shi

Dr. Jianjun Shi is the Carolyn J. Stewart Chair and Professor in School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, with a joint appointment in School of Mechanical Engineering, both at Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Georgia Tech in 2008, he was the G. Lawton and Louise G. Johnson Professor of Engineering at the University of Michigan. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology in 1984 and 1987, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1992.
Dr. Shi’s research is in the area of data enabled manufacturing. His methodologies integrate system informatics, advanced statistics, and control theory, and fuse engineering systems models with data science methods for design and operational improvements of manufacturing and service systems. The technologies developed by Dr. Shi’s research group have been widely implemented in a wide variety of production systems and produced significant economic impacts. Dr. Shi is the founding chair of the Quality, Statistics and Reliability (QSR) Subdivision at INFORMS, and currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the IISE Transactions, the flagship journal of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). He is a Fellow of IISE, ASME, and INFORMS, an Academician of the International Academy for Quality, and a member of National of Academy of Engineering (NAE).
Dr. Shi received numerous awards for his research and teaching, including the highest recognition in research (IISE David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award) and the highest recognition in education (the IIE Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award), both from IISE.