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Time delay in papers peer-review process
I submitted a paper to a high impact Elsevier journal. However, the problem is things going very slowly. In fact the first reviewer submitted his comments after 30 days exactly which is today but the ...
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How long should one wait before declaring that an author "did not comment"? [closed]
Around a week ago, I sent an email to the author of an article published in an independent blog, requesting comment on a claim for which I cound find no evidence (and, in fact, not insignificant proof ...
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How can I improve my scientific article when the peer review process was so short on feedback? [closed]
The problem:
Last February I submitted a research paper, the sum result of 18 months of experimental work during a technology transformation process at a startup enterprise. The reviews comments were ...
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What is the meaning of the terms "bimonthly", "semimonthly" and "quarterly"?
I don't understand the following terms in a journal where I am going to publish.
This is in reference to this series of journals.
What is the meaning of the terms bimonthly, semimonthly and ...
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What is the difference between “methodology” vs. “originality of approach” when reviewing a paper
I was asked to review a paper with many attributes I should consider. More specifically, I was asked to review the “methodology” and “originality of approach and presentation”.
What is the difference ...
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Does collecting some peer-reviewed articles in a "self-published" book promote it to a valuable scholarly book?
I have two scholarly books self-published in the field of physics. However, some parts of my books have previously been published in peer-reviewed journals and the editors of my books have academic ...
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Should I contact journal editor?
I submitted an article to a journal last year in July. It took some months for it to be processed and peer reviewer to be assigned.
I received the first decision in March (major revisions). The ...
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Is scientific progress hindered by page limit and page format? [closed]
There is a trend in STEM: things get more and more complicated over time.
There seems to be two things that are not matching up with the pace of our time: page limit, and page format.
Page limit: for ...
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how to make the structure of an opinion article? [closed]
I have seen a lot of information about the structure of an academic paper; and in summary the structure is as follows:
Title
Abstract
Introduction
State of the Art or Background
Methodology
Results
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Do you believe that all the papers which are published do really deserve to be published? [closed]
Have you ever felt that the paper you are reading from a reputable journal did not deserve to be published?
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Editorial decision with only one referee report [duplicate]
In an Elsevier journal, after some long time, I looked at the status of my paper on the tracking system and I realized that one of the two reviewers did not even accept the review invitation. One of ...
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Complaining about a published paper
I have seen a paper recently published in a reputable IEEE journal but this paper is completely wrong, using other algorithms and making false statements. This is degrading the complete research ...
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Minor revision: I haven't deleted the original file
I submitted an article to an emerald journal a month ago and 4 days back, I received a decision mail stating this, 'The reviewer(s) have recommended publication, but also suggest some minor revisions ...
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I read online that one should wait at least 1.5 months before submitting a revised article. Is this advisable? [closed]
Otherwise the editor and the reviewers will think that one's work was rushed. Do you concur?
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Can I not pay the APCs in IOP? They offer only open-acess
I submitted my paper in IOP-MRX without knowing it only offers open-access. It went through peer review and got accepted. When I received the email for paying APCs, I requested a waiver from the ...
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The status "Required Reviews Completed”
I submitted a paper twenty days ago, and now its status has changed to 'Required Reviews Completed.' I'm wondering if such a quick review turnaround indicates a high likelihood of my paper being ...
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Is peer-reviewing lighter in ACM-SIAM proceedings?
I am having problems understanding some inequalities proved in a paper from the 2019 Proceedings of SODA (annual symposium organized by ACM and SIAM). These proceedings are very helpful and I do not ...
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"With Editor" for more than forty days [duplicate]
Is it normal for a journal submission to show “With Editor” for more than forty days?
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Experimental results summarized in a single large table OR smaller tables with subset of results?
In my experiment, I have obtained a large chunk of results for many different problems being effectively solved by my implemented hypothesis.
If I keep my results as subsets for each problem, then I ...
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Can I do research in Nanomedicine provided I am a sophomore in chemical Engineering? [closed]
I want to write a Review Paper on Polymer-Based Nanomedicine, but I’am bit confused weather I should proceed, because much of the terminology used is related to Biology not Engineering.
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Can I submit a previously published paper in a journal to an international conference
I'm currently a Phd student in mathematics and one of the requirements for me get my diplomat is to give a talk in an international conference. I have one previously published paper and I submitted ...
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Is peer review process totally theoretical?
Does the peer review process involve only theoretical analysis or it contains some practical components?
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How to change corresponing author during review process
I recently graduated my PhD and will take on a new opportunity next month. To follow up two papers that I have submitted a couple of months ago, which are still under review (during a very lengthly ...
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How can a Paper be sent to "Under Review "so quickly? [duplicate]
I had submitted a manuscript to an SCIE indexed journal 1 month ago.
I had selected an Associate Editor for my manuscript.
The journal website said that if my manuscript is not deemed fit for peer ...
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What are the chances of a paper being accepted after [duplicate]
I got minor revision in the first round of review. The main concern of the reviewer was to add the details in methods section and some amendments in the text. I re-submitted the paper after ...
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What does the status "Waiting for reviewer assignment" mean? [duplicate]
I submitted my revised manuscript to a mathematical journal since 12-04-2017. The status is "Waiting for reviewer assignment" since 24-4-2017. What does it mean? Have the reviewers started working on ...
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There are any website to review my non native english? [duplicate]
as you can guess I'm a non-native english.
When I write an scientific paper, my major trouble is the language and I'm worried about the review of my english.
There are any website or community, where ...
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Will posting my preprint that was accepted Cambridge university press cause issues with peer review? [duplicate]
I recently published a literature review manuscript on Cambridge University press's open engage journal, it was accepted and is now available on its public website. It has yet to pass peer review in a ...
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Why don't we mention the names of reviewers?
When a paper appears in a science journal, why do not mention the names of the reviewers so that we, as readers can get an idea about the seriousness of the paper?
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How to learn the language writing requirements for a specific Journal before submitting a paper for reviewing [duplicate]
Recently I received this comment from an Elsevier editor "The manuscript does not reach the required quality standard of this journal.". Since then have been found some answers but also ...
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What to do if own theory gets not accepted by community? [closed]
Inspired by a recent question regarding Crackpot research paper, I was asking myself, what to do, if you have a new theory or approach but it is not accepted in the community? You are not allowed to ...
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Cannot publish my research as I am a sole author
I am a Dr in Statistic. At my PhD journey, I developed four new ideas. During my study, I tried to publish my first paper. Therefore, I sent it to three different high-quality journals. They all ...
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What annoys reviewers more: Missing information or a paper that is too long? (STEM-related field) [closed]
I for myself, when reading papers, almost always miss important information such as justifications for certain design decisions, implementation details or more detailed differentiation to related work....
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How can a paper be accepted by Physical Review Letters? [closed]
In the first round, we get two reports from the Editor. Referee A just rejected it and referee B said that he is not sure.
Since referee A had made a mistake, we appealed to this manuscript. At the ...
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Citing your own published research paper in a submitted manuscript
Is it ethical to cite your own research paper in a submitted manuscript? Are there any issues with this?
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What if I misunderstood something?
I am writing literature review at the moment
I read many papers trying to understand the topic i am writing about and put what I have understood in my literature review.
sure i reference every thing ...
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Is it okay to choose a non-peer reviewed research paper as Master's thesis topic?
I am interested to work and improve on one of the research papers which published on https://www.casact.org/pubs/forum/ but I found out that, research paper published on Casualty Actuarial Society, ...
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Why publish in a journal instead of in arXiv or in my blog? [closed]
I don´t know what is exactly the value of publishing a high impact paper in a journal or magazine (electronic or not, open-access or not). I have several doubts about the benefits of publishing on a ...
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Would peer-reviewed articles of single author give insights into the author's collaborative skills?
I was searching a specific person (scientist) online to seek for potential collaboration. I retrieved his/her peer-reviewed publication list and found out that more than 70% (I just did the ...
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What is the correct time to contact the Editor for a decision when the revisions are elementary
I received a review for my manuscript 6 months after submission.
The reviewer pointed some minor corrections like grammatical errors, missing brackets and so on.
Though I submitted by revisions to the ...
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Asking to review my research paper
I recently wrote a research paper and want to submit it to a journal but as I wrote it on my own and it's my first paper, I would like someone (a faculty member or a PhD student) to review my paper ...
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Where to report research misconduct discovered in published papers? [duplicate]
If someone, without any academic affiliation or academic job, encounters scientific misconduct such as manipulated images, misinformation, and errors in the academic literature, what should they do?
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A paper with two ADMs [closed]
Is it normal for ACM journals to assign two ADMs? What does it mean? In what situation this can happen?
Does it mean that the journal accepted to review the paper? Does it means that the journal is in ...
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Question about giving feedback to a strict teacher from a student [closed]
How to give a respectfully feedback to a teacher who is strict enough and dont want to take classes but always want positive feedback email from her students ?
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Protocol of review process of article submission [duplicate]
I am totally new to submitting articles to journals and I have only one (probably naive) question. I submitted a preprint (quite) some time ago and this is the protocol of the process:
Process
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What should I do if the author didn't do what I asked them to do when I reviewed their paper?
I had reviewed a manuscript two months ago.
Though the manuscript was interesting and well written there were some minor flaws.
I had pointed to the author the flaws and asked them to correct them.
I ...
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How to deal with possibly lazy authors? [closed]
Let's assume a researcher received a paper to review. The paper is decently done and it is composed of an introductory part (about 30% of the work) and a complex part (about 60% of the paper).
The ...
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Submitted paper to journal, one referee report OK, other terrible and IMHO ignorant, wrong. How do I proceed?
One referee report is awful. Comments are basically two types:
Please re-invent the wheel and write a primer to the whole field.
Must supply more basic background to the field (analogy: paper is ...
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Submitted abstract accepted as Poster. How can I change it to an oral presentation?
I've sent an abstract to a prestigious conference in my field, which has been accepted as a poster presentation. How should I ask them to reconsider my poster as a talk?
Related questions:
Talks vs. ...
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Is BDAS a good conference? [closed]
I find a conference BDAS (bdas.polsl.pl/default.asp). Noticeably, almost all the papers published in the previous conference proceedings are from the host country . Can anyone give some comment on its ...
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