What are the Benefits?
- Although undergraduate work explores most of the research cycle, it often fails to address the dissemination aspect of scholarship. This is an opportunity to participate in the dissemination process and round out your experience working with the entire research cycle.
- Future employers value examples of an applicant’s ability to research, analyze, and synthesize. Published works can provide a powerful example of these traits to future employers.
- Examples of published outputs are impressive on graduate school applications.
- Published works such as these represent successes in networking with professors and other researchers—also valued by graduate schools and future employers.
- Published works demonstrate initiative and leadership.
(Provided by: Nina Collins, Purdue Scholarly Publishing Specialist)
The Benefits of Publishing as an Undergraduate
- Writing an article and going through the peer review and editing processes can be difficult and time-consuming. Students may wonder if the end result is worth adding the extra commitment to their schedules. However, having an article published as an undergraduate has a wide variety of benefits and can present new opportunities to students involved in the publication process. Here are a few of the reasons to consider publishing as an undergraduate
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