Questions related to publisher, the one who publishes academic journals or books.
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What is the effect of a journal going open-access on its impact factor?
I recently saw this reasonably interesting graphic regarding journals and open access.
As many of you know, there is a large discussion about open access. It appears to be most strong within ...
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Should I accept review requests from dubious journals?
I'm a graduate student with, so far, one published article in a peer-reviewed journal. Since the article came out, I've been receiving increasing amounts of "academic e-mail spam" from people wanting ...
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How is a new academic journal born?
We have witnessed (heard or read) about the birth of new academic journals many times. I have a vague idea how that happens:
A scientist or a group of scientists recognize the need for an academic ...
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Are books peer-reviewed?
I am unsure for books but I know for certain that selected journal articles are peer-reviewed. (This just shows I am not in academia!)
Do books go through a peer-review process? If so, how does this ...
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Why are small fonts the norm in research papers?
Is it just me or are the published articles a strain on the eyes in general? Has there been(/shouldn't there be) a study on optimal font sizes for reading?
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Publishing similar/same paper twice? (regarding Economics Letters journal)
I've always been under the impression that you're only allowed to publish 1 result in 1 journal. However, Economics Letters states:
For instance, a theorist could submit to Economics Letters a
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Is MDPI a reputable Academic Publisher?
I was recently asked to review for an MDPI open access journal. Is this a reputable publishing company? Their website suggests that they are 15 years old, and only do open-access publishing. The ...
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Creating a book based on an article (copyright issues)
I've asked this question at math.stackexchange.com, but a comment proposed me to ask this question at academia.stackexchange.com instead.
Here is my question:
Elsevier explicitly permits me to make ...
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Does ScholarOne really force you to have multiple logins?
Why can't I have a single ScholarOne login for every journal I submit or review for? Is there some way to copy over the address, keywords & password for all my accounts so I don't have to waste ...
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How is lambert academic publishing?
I was contacted by the Acquisition editor of Lambert publishing house to publish my bachelor's thesis that i did in college in the form of a printed book .
Have a question in mind is LAP any good? ...
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How to identify predatory publishers/journals
What are the best strategies for assessing if a journal is a "vanity" or "predatory" journal that should be avoided (both for publishing in and reviewing for)? For example, how would one go about ...
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Why do Math journals provide you with LaTeX class files and instructions and they also advise you not to spend time typesetting the paper?
This is what I don't understand. Journals provide you with LaTeX class files and instructions and they also advise not to spend time typesetting the paper into the exact format of the journal. What ...
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What metrics are used to judge a mathematical journal's quality?
The metric I see most on the internet and on journals' home pages is the 'Impact Factor'. Are there any other metrics that are considered as important as (or more important than) the Impact Factor?
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What do publishers provide to authors in different disciplines?
Discussions about academic publication (for example, the recent Elsevier boycott, the actual cost of publication, open-access initiatives by universities and funding agencies, citation cartels, or ...
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How to withdraw your paper from an open access journal where it has been accepted?
My paper got accepted in a mediocre open access journal. However later I found out that its publishing fees was too high.
What would be the correct way of asking a withdrawal of your article from ...
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What to do if my paper is incorrectly cited in a journal?
Recently I got a cite in a research paper where the author cited my work as Golam et al, where it should have been Rashed et al. Is there any problem for indexing purpose? should I contact the journal ...
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What are the most important points to emphasize while pitching for a dissertation to be published as a book?
An editor for a major publishing house is visiting our institute, and some PhD students will get the chance to have a 15 min talk with them and discuss the publication of their dissertation as a book.
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For indexes, what do I do when my first name is abbreviated?
I'm Muslim, I use Md. as for Muhammad. So when submiting to journals, should I stick to the 2nd & 3rd names? I'm currently facing problems in submitting to arxiv.org which asks for only first and ...
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Free ways to automatically get notified if new papers are published on ACM or IEEE?
I'm looking for a way, tool or technology that allows me to define keywords and/or authors and/or conferences for which I want to be notified if a new paper is published on ACM or IEEE. I couldn't yet ...
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Submitting the same research to multiple conferences
I'm aware that it's a violation of terms for most publishers to submit the same article to more than one journal, but I frequently see authors whose papers seem very similar, particularly papers ...
