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I had submitted a manuscript in last year (December, 2014) while working in Institute-A. After one month of submission I left Institute-A and joined in Institute-B from January, 2015. Now that paper got accepted, just yesterday.

So what should be my affiliation and address of the paper?

I would like to mention that my current Institution (Institute-B) has no contribution for this paper. Though the paper was revised during my stay in Institute-B, but I did those revisions through the co-authors still working in Institute-A.

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  • Similar question: academia.stackexchange.com/questions/34442/… Sep 5, 2015 at 2:03
  • Thank you for the suggestion. I read. But my current Institution has no contribution for this paper. Though the paper was revised during my stay in Institute-B, but I did those revisions through the co-authors still working in Institute-A.
    – Kay
    Sep 5, 2015 at 2:13
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    The fact that you revised the paper while at Institute B means that they did contribute – they paid your salary. Sep 5, 2015 at 5:17
  • Yes @Dave Clarke, I am fully agree with you. It is a very good point.
    – Kay
    Sep 5, 2015 at 15:45

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This comes up a lot when professors visit other universities, actually. In mathematics it is common to use footnotes on the front page to cover grants and visits. So in the author list you might have

John Q. Public1
University of Wheresistan

with a footnote saying

1This author was partially supported by NSF grant 12345. Research was conducted while visiting the University of Whatsitville.

The exact formatting and content is something that will ultimately be determined by the journal in question, and your particular circumstances. The note may also include a thank you to the hosting university, or it may be split up (one footnote for the funding, another for the hosting/thanks). You can probably find several examples like this just by surveying (the first page of) current research articles.

So I'd suggest using an author footnote on the first page that includes the pertinent information. Use your current contact information and use the footnote to briefly mention the role played by other institutions and grants. You can consult the journal's style guide--and if you're still unsure, ask an editor--to see if they have any specific requests or instructions for this sort of entry. I believe most journals are fairly generous in what they allow here, and leave it up to you to make sure the proper thanks are given.

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I think you should include both. Institute A should get the recognition that you produced the work while there and you should also add "current address Institute B" if readers want to contact you.

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  • Do you mean I should use Institute-B address just for the readers if they want to contact me? The given e-mail address is accessible to me. The co-authors of the paper are still working in the same address of Institute-A laboratory.
    – Kay
    Sep 5, 2015 at 2:22
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Give the affiliation(s) where the research was conducted (universities and departments get credit in Scopus/ISI/Google Scholar for publications too and it affects their ranking) and put a footnote as to your current address if needed - just make sure it is clear which university supported you during the time when the work was done. I would make the case that your revisions at University B deserves a mention (even if through co-authors, revision is work after all, sometimes more than the original paper), maybe by giving both affiliations.

This is probably only really important for the corresponding author, but make sure to follow the rules of the journal you submit to and follow the standard practice in your field. But from my experience, they usually don't specify or care. It is common (I am actually dealing with this now on a paper I am preparing for submission) to use old affiliations when students are authors on papers and who have graduated since the work was done.

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The most appropriate thing to do would be to add your current institution as your affiliation and include the institution that supported you before when the paper was submitted with the relevant details in the Acknowledgment section.

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