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Publications
The Graduate School’s Office of Professional Development is a great resource for writing grants, fellowships, and for publishing advice. One way to get ahead in graduate school is to start publishing early and to publish often.
Some of the benefits of early publications include:
- Helping you get grants to fund your research
- Name recognition at meetings
- Relieve some of the stress when you are trying to finish your degree
- Greater mastery of your field
Even if you do not know what you are going to work on yet for your thesis or dissertation, you can still benefit by publishing early.
- Talk to your advisor about doing a review paper in the field of your intended research.
- Short projects leading to early publications can also be good, but be wary of taking on side projects (or at least selective).