<p>How many of you are in high school and have been published in something? I'm talking about science-related journals or magazines or conferences. How good or significant does your work have to be in order to get published?</p>
<p>Hm, well, I modeled some genetics stuff using high school statistics and got a publication in Science for it. It wasn't very good work -- really, any high school kid with a brain could've done the exact same thing -- but it did help substantiate some significant experiments. So basically, you just have to get really lucky and work with people who have good results.</p>
<p>It's not so much getting published but rather getting first author that really makes the impact. Besides, you shouldn't be rushing for publication. Rushing for publication at a young age can often lead to bad scientific practice.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to say it, but most people who have been published will tell you it's all about connections. Your best bet is to to know someone really well in the publishing industry or know a teacher with good connections.</p>
<p>if you're doing science research for the sake of getting published, then that's not really the right attitude. basically your research has to be important enough to make an impact on future studies (people will want to cite it, etc...). And yes, part of it is about the connections.</p>
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<p>(points to half the grad students she knows)
"publish or perish!"</p>
<p>HAHA. sad though...</p>