The Challenges of Publishing Interdisciplinary Research

This episode of The Random Sample is the second instalment in our special three-part series into the world of academic and scientific publishing.

In it, we delve into the challenges of publishing interdisciplinary research with special guest, Professor Xiao-Li Meng, founding editor-in-chief of the Harvard Data Science Review. We explore:

• How to choose a journal when the research crosses disciplinary boundaries
• The important role researchers in the mathematical and data sciences can play in this type of research
• The challenges editors and reviewers face with interdisciplinary research

Plus, Professor Meng discusses his motivation for creating the Harvard Data Science Review, and what he does to challenge researchers to communicate their research more broadly.

Our host for this episode is Cynthia Huang, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics at Monash University.

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Part three of this series will examine some of the harsh realities and pitfalls of the current system in academic and scientific publishing. Our guest is QUT statistician Professor Adrian Barnett.

Make sure you join us for the final  episode in this important series!

• Harvard Data Science Review
• Editor’s Column: “Data Science: A Happy Marriage of Quantitative and Qualitative Thinking?”