u/Cool-Excuse5441

Title is explanatory but the guide is a tad confusing. Realistically, how many conference presentations / journals will help meet OC4?

The guide says -->

"Evidence of at least one significant contribution to the field in the form of a paper published in a top-tier peer-reviewed journal. Research undertaken as part of an undergraduate or MSc thesis does not qualify for this criteria;

Evidence of presentations at a peer-reviewed conference, or evidence of being awarded competitive peer-reviewed research grants."

I have reviewed someone's submission once and the criteria was not met owing to below reasons -

1 - journals are too broad & multidisciplinary & are not recognized venues in the field of xxxx

2 - citation count being low was also mentioned

Given what the guidance says, will it make sense to aim for 2 papers in a top-tier peer reviewed journal or a few (maybe 3 - 5) conference presentations?

It may not be easy to get research published for someone in the industry & not academia so what gives?

I know this question must be on the minds of many applicants as I have seen it on the tech nation forum and the title is explanatory ..

How did you use docusign for the LOR? Did the recommender sign using their regular signature and then a different page was created for them to sign using docusign? Does the recommender also need to get DocuSign?

How did you go about it?

It's a big confusing and I have signed up to a trial version of docusign but still a bit confused about how to go about it

Pointers appreciated