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[foxy_oxie]

Hi hi,

Am in the social sciences. This is something that is not quite clear to me: when one writes a paper, can one shop it around / present it at a couple of different conferences (e.g. a large meeting of the association of my discipline, then e.g a v small graduate conf) without changing the title / argument? I've done this a couple of times and can't help but wonder if it is a no-no. 

On a similar note, this past week, I presented a paper and was asked by the organizing committee to send the full thing about a week in advance so the discussant could review. Nothing unusual here, however I sent them my 26 page full length paper - they were expecting the seven page / 12 minute presentation I would be giving. Never heard of this before. I usually prep my presentation as bullet points only and whittle it down / build it up until I fit the time allocation.  I was intuiting what to do - in this case bullet points work for me - but am now mildly paranoid that there is practice and norm of which I am totally ignorant.

Thanks, ofs

[zharkov]

This likely varies by field, so my comments may not on spot on.....

In econ, people would sometime have "mimeos"  (I know, I'm dating myself) or what are now called "working papers."  So people may share a working paper and/or present it, then use whatever feedback they get to clean it up for formal publication, typically with a note saying that previous versions of the paper were discussed at.....

[commcycle]

I'm in Communications (mass) and have presented at several conferences. The format and protocol varied for each. Some conferences demand original submissions, like journals: it wouldn't be kosher to submit papers for multiple journals. However, others don't mind. And it's very common to use the same research data in multiple conferences, addressing slightly different facets of the study. Example: I worked on a qualitative study with the chair and we submitted it for one conference with my name as primary, and I presented. Now, several months later, he's submitted it for a different conference with his name as primary, and he's writing a slightly different paper from the same data. I'd say that if you don't know for sure, ask the conference organizers!