Listing magazine articles under 'publications' as opposed to papers in peer reviewed journals

[thegraydude]

Hello,

 

I am applying for PhD positions in Computer science.

 

My deadline is on Dec 1. I just created a CV. I don't have many publications in 'peer reviewed' journals. I just have one in an average journal (not grandiose like IEEE or Elsevier)

 

I do have 6-7 relevant articles published in common magazines (industry magazines, not scientific). Should I list them under 'publications'? Or make a separate heading for them like 'magazines'? Or should I not include them at all, in fear of sounding pretentious? 

 

Thank you.

[TakeruK]

Usually, one lists peer-reviewed articles under "Publications" in their CV and if they list non peer-reviewed publications, then they are usually indicated as such. For example, it's pretty common to see subsections for peer-reviewed publications and things like conference proceedings/presentations in grad student CVs.

 

For senior grad students and beyond, it's not that rare for people to list additional types of publications. For example, some professors write books (textbooks as well as popular science books). Many people also write outreach type articles or make other publications that are not peer reviewed academic journal articles, but are relevant to their field in some way. In addition, more and more academics are writing academic blogs and other online publications and I think this is a good thing to include as well. I don't see things changing so drastically that a peer reviewed journal article would stop being the "currency" of scientific output, but any type of academic writing is something worth including.

 

So, in my opinion, you should definitely include these 6-7 relevant articles. I would separate these from your peer reviewed publications (or do whatever is the norm in your field). I don't know what subheading you might use, because it depends on the nature of these articles! If you want something super general, you can call it "non peer reviewed publications" or "Other publications" but if you can write a more informative subheading that would be better!

[thegraydude]

Usually, one lists peer-reviewed articles under "Publications" in their CV and if they list non peer-reviewed publications, then they are usually indicated as such. For example, it's pretty common to see subsections for peer-reviewed publications and things like conference proceedings/presentations in grad student CVs.

 

For senior grad students and beyond, it's not that rare for people to list additional types of publications. For example, some professors write books (textbooks as well as popular science books). Many people also write outreach type articles or make other publications that are not peer reviewed academic journal articles, but are relevant to their field in some way. In addition, more and more academics are writing academic blogs and other online publications and I think this is a good thing to include as well. I don't see things changing so drastically that a peer reviewed journal article would stop being the "currency" of scientific output, but any type of academic writing is something worth including.

 

So, in my opinion, you should definitely include these 6-7 relevant articles. I would separate these from your peer reviewed publications (or do whatever is the norm in your field). I don't know what subheading you might use, because it depends on the nature of these articles! If you want something super general, you can call it "non peer reviewed publications" or "Other publications" but if you can write a more informative subheading that would be better!

 

Thank you so much! That's a cogent reply to my questions!

 

Also, my field is 'information security' and the magazine articles I was talking about are published in:

 

www.pentestmag.com

www.hakin9.org

http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/

 

I don't mean to impose, but could you possibly let me know what heading I could put them under?

[TakeruK]

Sorry, I am not knowledgeable enough in your field to know how to categorize these magazines. To be honest, I don't even understand many of the words on the front page of these sites!

[thegraydude]

Sorry, I am not knowledgeable enough in your field to know how to categorize these magazines. To be honest, I don't even understand many of the words on the front page of these sites!

 

Alright, no problem. Thanks!