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James C. Wyant
• Types of papers• Journal selection• Ethical guidelines• Defining authorship
• Sections of an article• Submission process• Peer review process• OSA and partner journals
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Example of good title
Repetitively pulsed tunable dye laser for high resolution spectroscopy
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A Unique, Novel Object‐Detection Model that Improves upon that of Wang et al.
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