Publications and Research?

[cheshirey]

One of my applications due tomorrow (aaaaahhhhhh!!) is asking for "Publications and Patents: List articles, books, or any other material published, or any inventions patented."

Would this include anything I have turned into my university as a term paper, etc.? At my last school I was told by a professor that a paper turned into a class automatically is copyrighted by the school, but is that always the case?

Can I use term papers as publications?

[eklavya]

Can I use term papers as publications?

nope. publications usually mean peer-reviewed articles published in journals related to your field. however, you can mention any thesis/honors paper you have presented to your dept, but still have to specify these as thesis/honors work and not 'real' publications.

[Eigen]

Thesis (even honors ones) are citable (as mentioned), but they are specifically cited as a thesis/dissertation, etc.... Use the thesis citation format appropriate for your field. Usually it's name, title, level, adviser, year.

[cheshirey]

well, i only have one little box with like 25 characters

[Eigen]

Per publication, or total?

I've never seen a publication list that didn't give room for a proper citation.\

But to your original post: No, papers don't count. Copyright =/= publication, for the most part. The university copyrights it to prevent your ideas from being stolen, but it's not published.

Edited November 30, 2010 by Eigen

[cheshirey]

Great thanks everyone!