Are "Idea-Type" Papers a Good Idea? Reader Response

Jack D. Gaskill

doi:10.1117/12.7977907

1 March 1988 Are "Idea-Type" Papers a Good Idea? Reader Response

Jack D. Gaskill

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 27, Issue 3, 270348 (March 1988). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7977907

Abstract

In my editorial in the November 1987 issue of Optical Engineering, II invited reader response to Joe Geary's recommendation that we accept "idea-type" papers for publication in the journal. An "idea-type" paper is, presumably, one that simply puts forth ideas without including any results or substantiated conclusions. I received a response from Bud VanderLugt, who is opposed to this idea, and I will attempt to paraphrase his remarks in the following paragraphs.

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Jack D. Gaskill "Are "Idea-Type" Papers a Good Idea? Reader Response," Optical Engineering 27(3), 270348 (1 March 1988). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7977907

Published: 1 March 1988

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