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Five questions with "hottest" dean
Juang Ruey-Shin
1. What does your department expect, in terms of the quality and quantity of its researchers' output?
Generally speaking, young professors have the impulse and power to do research, and can within 6 years have a good showing as far as quantity. As for senior professors, it is hoped theywill devotemany years to their research experience and earn good results.
2. How do you lead your department to achieve outstanding research performance?
Basically, it's a question of the school offering support and reward, while involving teachers and students in the research process. The creation of knowledge brings a sense of achievement which helps sustain research development and the power to improve performance.
3. What advice do you have for postgraduates?
Make sure your papers demonstrate how particular problems are solved.
4. What advice do you have for PhD students?
Pay great attention to your linguistic skills, gain expertise in specific domains and be sure you possess strong independent study skills.
5. What are your tips on how to produce a classic research paper?
- Make sure your professor, who's advising you as you write your paper, possesses expertise making her or him a suitable advisor.
- Concentrate your research energy in a particular direction andmake sure your focus is worthwhile.
- Make sure your research technique is easy to understand.
- Write in an accessible manner, so your paper will be quoted or cited. Often, cited papers don't necessarily follow the formula for "classical" papers. (As the ancients said, something can be too cultured to be appreciated by the masses.)
- Aim at getting your paper published in a high-ranking journal.
Luck actually accounts for not a small proportion of success in producing noteworthy research papers.
This interview is excerpted from a 2008 interview conducted by Elsevier Student Ambassadors Tsung-Hui Liao and Wei-Je Chang at Yuan Ze University, as part of their initiative to identify and then interview the campus' "hottest" dean. Scopus analysis helped identify Juang Ruey-Shin as the hottest dean.
Tsung-Hui Liao
Wei-Je Chang
