Editorial Report 9a

This blog post concerns a revision of my QRG section, regarding when one would write in a scientific journal.

When would I consider writing a scientific journal?

Easy. Scientific journals are the meat and potatoes of the industry. If you need to know a lot about a certain field of study, you would come here.

There is a ton of dense information packed into anywhere from 10 to 300+ pages, regarding any topic you would like to know about regarding electrical engineering:

1) circuits

2) programming

3) computer efficiency

4) interactions between parts

etc.. etc.. etc..!!!

Scientific journals are extremely relevant also because it the professional version of a resume.

When someone asks about what you have accomplished past grad school, you point them to what you have published, and 99 out of 100 times, it will be "what scientific journals have you been a part of?"

It's the equivalent of when the high school kid is asked, "what is your GPA?"... "what is your SAT score?"... "what extracurriculars do you participate in?"

However, not everybody is a Ph.D-level engineer trying to make a name for themselves.

REWORKED VERSION

When would I consider writing a scientific journal?

If you need to know a lot about a certain field of study, you would come here.

Scientific journals are the meat and potatoes of the industry. It's the kind of thing that is not the most interesting by any stretch. There are no bells and whistles, no pervasive song and dance that keeps you entranced.

There is a ton of dense information packed into anywhere from 10 to 300+ pages, regarding any topic you would like to know about regarding electrical engineering:

1) circuits

2) programming

3) computer efficiency

4) interactions between parts

etc.. etc.. etc..!!!

Scientific journals are extremely relevant also because it the professional version of a resume.

When someone asks about what you have accomplished past grad school, you point them to what you have published, and 99 out of 100 times, it will be "what scientific journals have you been a part of?"

It's the equivalent of when the high school kid is asked, "what is your GPA?"... "what is your SAT score?"... "what extracurriculars do you participate in?"

Scientific journals are great for three major scenarios: 

1) If you are a student/researcher who ABSOLUTELY needs to be an expert in the field
2) Establishing baseline credibility in the industry... puts the OOMPH behind what you say
3) Leave a legacy/written account of all your past works

I changed the introductory sentences following the bolded question. I also made more bulleted lists. You can easily break down chunks of sentences that no one wants to read by creating numbers and bullets!

I re-arranged where I placed the answer for my bolded question. I left a bolded answer so it would be easier to read, and the question-answer format that I am trying to shape the document into is consistently easy to interpret from a first glance.