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Changing the typeface from the official style in a conference paper

I'm a big fan of the Euler typeface for mathematical typesetting, especially compared with the standard Latin Modern. I feel somewhat justified in changing to Euler for a paper, but Euler doesn't ...
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What's the expected level of paper for top conferences in Computer Science

What's the expected level of paper to be submitted to top level conferences in theoretical computer science (FOCS/SODA/STOC)? I think there should be four main concern: Is it a novel results? How ...
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Strategy for submission of articles to highly ranked journals

I am working on a research project that all total will probably end up lasting about 2 years. As the research progresses, I am writing articles about each new discovery/study, with each article ...
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Is it a bad idea to submit a paper merely to elicit reviewers' comments?

Some days ago I was talking with a friend of mine, who is currently a post-doc at the illustrious Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) working on humanoid robotics. He was quite disgruntled because ...
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How to negotiate with referees of your paper

I have submitted a paper several years ago and its referee process took about three years and I had to revise the paper six times to get the final approval. The paper had two helpful and knowledgable ...
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Submitting the same paper to more than one conference in economics [duplicate]

I am aware of the post relating to this topic here. However, it doesn't say anything for the paper relating to the economics. I would be glad if seasoned econ colleagues could clear out the confusion ...
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How to write a white paper for a non-academic?

I am an apprentice employed to do mechanical engineering but my real passion has always been computing. I recently came up with IMHO a good idea to help mitigate DDoS attacks on web servers. I would ...
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What will happen to my paper if the status of the accepted paper is “AAR” in a IEEE conference

I have been notified by IEEE organizing committee that my paper has been accepted by for their conference and requested to register. and the status of the paper is AAR . Please see below quotation. I ...
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Wrong article submission

I submitted an article in a Reputed journal in mathematics. It is in review process. After 4 months, i realized that there are some trivial mistakes... Article is still under review with journal. ...
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Publishing Same Research Paper on a National Conference as well as International IEEE conference

I submitted my final year research paper for a national level conference as well as international level IEEE conference. I was notified that my research paper has been accepted for the national level ...
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Is it a good practice to indicate the desired handling editor when submitting a paper?

In submission forms of academic journals, I often see the possibility to give names of desired / non-desired reviewers for the submitted papers. But very rarely I see fields for choosing an editor who ...