1. Research discussions
October 15th 2009

2. The h-index
The h-index reflects both the number of publications and the number of citations per publication
A scholar with an index of h has published h papers each of which has been cited by others at least h times
E.g. 1: X has published one paper which has been cited 23 times (h-index = 1)
E.g. 2: Y has published 23 papers, only one of which has been cited, and this just once (h-index = 1)
E.g. 3: Z has published 5 papers, one cited 5 times, one twice, one once, and two never (h-index = 2)

3. A long-term goal for research
Setting up research groupings
Areas where SoLA is strong
Areas where several SoLA staff are interested
Areas where funding is available
Long-term effects
International recognition
Extensive linked outside funding
Extensive links with outside organisations
Employment of a full-time RA for research grouping
Possible funded PhD scholarship in area

4. A possible topic for a research group
Thai learner corpus
Collect students’ written work
Tag source data
Create a corpus
Areas of analysis e.g. nature of Thai English, Thai learners’ problems, progression from 102 to 104, comparison with NECTEC secondary school corpus

5. Case Study 1
Evaluating foundation courses
Sonthida

6. Case Study 2
YouTube
Kitcha

7. Research discussions Each year about 30 topics are discussed
At most 30% of these result in publications
Why?

8. Research discussions
What support is needed to move from a good topic to a successful publication?
Help with instruments
Help with research procedures
Help with analysis
Help with writing up