Questions tagged [editors]
Questions about the roles and responsibilities of editors, who decide what papers are accepted into peer reviewed journals.
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Reviewer comments are in complete contrast about research article
Recently my research article has been reviewed after first round of revision and has been sent back to me by editor. In addition, editor has written in a very clear manner that a thorough response and ...
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Reviewer signs name on review. Should the editor censor?
Say a reviewer writes something like
This paper is [yada yada blah blah].
Sincerely,
Professor John Smith, Big Name University
Should the editor just forward the review to the authors ...
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Can I ask the editor for rapid processing (rapid peer review) in the cover letter of my paper submission?
I'm a PhD student and I need to (almost desperately) squeeze in another paper for my dissertation in the next 6 months. Is it acceptable to explain my situation to the editor and ask to set a tighter ...
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How can I Get a Job Reviewing Math or Comp Sci Articles and Books in Advance of Publication?
I spend a great deal more time than other graduate school students identifying and figuring out how to fix mistakes in published papers and specialized books. Time and time again an author's careless ...
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Question regarding papers under review [duplicate]
After submitting a paper to a journal, the paper will be sent to a reviewer by editor in such a way the name of authors will be hidden for referee.
In some cases in the list of references, sometimes ...
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What should an editor do if the authors have guessed who the reviewers are?
For whatever reason, authors are occasionally able to guess who the reviewers of their papers are. Sometimes these guesses have even gotten published:
"We appreciate the very candid critical ...
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What to do if your editor does not reply and there is no one else to contact?
The situation is like this. I made a new submission to a journal via their website; I am under the impression that an author would automatically receive a copy of the generated PDF file for review and ...
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Asking for Editor comments even before submitting to the journal, Is it ethical?
I had written a manuscript and had got it verified by a Professor (as it was closely related to some of his work) who said it was correct. I later came to know that he is also an editor of a reputed ...
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Is it okay to submit article to Journal B despite contacting editors of Journals A & C?
I've been trying to find a suitable journal for my manuscript. There are many journals that seem to be acceptable homes for my paper, but their aims and scopes do not overlap with my paper 100%.
I've ...
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The unfortunate case of a paper with extremely slow review process
One of the first papers I ever wrote has a rather unfortunate history. Mistakes were made, especially by me, and after around 3+ years the paper remains unpublished. Below is a rough timeline of how ...
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What are the legal obligations of “Editorial Board Membership Agreement”?
Basically, I have two questions.
First question: Anyone knows EnPress publisher is just a scam/predatory publisher or not? Cause they sent an email to me to invite me to join editorial board of a ...
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Editor is asking for two referees and single column
I submitted a double columned paper to a journal and the editor returned my email with requests such as:
Several formatting changes including making the paper single column, no automatic features ...
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Is it ethical to share a controversial reason for declining to review with other editors/journals?
This question is a follow up to How to handle a paper by a reviewer who wants to be paid? Most actions by a reviewer are logged in the editorial management system, such as:
Whenever a reviewer agrees ...
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What is the workflow of an editor in this case? [closed]
I am rather new to the academic so I am bit insecure about the whole process. I have a small question regarding the publication process.
Context:
Recently I submitted a paper to a physics journal. ...
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Is there a correlation between how enthusiastic reviewers are and how much impact a paper has?
If I have a paper which five reviewers agree is good, does that mean it'll probably also have high impact? Both reviewer enthusiasm and impact can be difficult to measure objectively, so I'm thinking ...
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Cost efficient methods to lower language barrier for researchers without enough funding for publishing in peer-reviewed English journals?
Situation: we had many subjectively understandable articles in English. But they will never be published for the world in any peer-reviewed scientific journals. Why?
Some reviewers seem very ...
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Publishing editorial work on arXiv
I have made an edition of handwritten notes of a physicist X (of the past century). What's the best way to submit it to arXiv?
I have seen two examples of editorial work in arXiv:
On one hand, the ...
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How long does it take for the first round review of physical review letters?
I am wondering how long it takes for the first round review for physical review letters (PRL) on average. I have three referees. One of the referees returned the report in 4 weeks. But the other two ...
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What to do if the Editor is not responding to my repeated e-mails?
This is in reference to my previous question:
How to mail the editor asking to withdraw my submission?
I wrote to the editor regarding my problem for 2 consecutive days.
I sent 4 mails to him ...
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How to withdraw a paper when advisor insists on having his name
I have written a paper all by myself,the research problem and its solution all were formulated by me.
As a result I wrote the paper and submitted to a journal citing only my name.
As I told my ...
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How to mail the editor asking to withdraw my submission?
How do I say to the editor that I want to withdraw my paper from his journal?
I had submitted a paper to a journal 10 days back. When I checked recently, the status was showing "Under Review".
But ...
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When can I know the updated status from reviewer or editor after i submit a revised manuscript to that publisher? [duplicate]
I have submitted a revised manuscript to an international journal of quantum chemistry at 8 August. My articles status still remain under review, I also don't know my article get accepted or rejected, ...
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Re-write paper to make it truly double blind
When I was a PhD student, I wrote a collection of papers that comprised a large portion of my dissertation. These papers were written using grant money from one of my advisors. (I had two advisors. ...
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Is wrong salutation by editor in email reply considerable?
I sent a research paper to one of the reputed journals through email to the editor.
I used the salutation Dear editor and didn't specify anything about my academic position either in email or in my ...
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Is it appropriate if my former advisor is editor of a journal I submit to?
I am a young postdoc. I am considering submitting a single-authored paper in a journal. My former advisor is member of the editorial board. Would this be appropriate? Obviously she cannot be the ...
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What does it mean when APS editors ask us to “list first page” for some refferences?
Basically the title. I don't understand what the editors are asking from us? Are they asking us to make a list out of the first page of these references, e.g. by copying and pasting them into a file ...
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How to react to unfair criticism to my published study?
Background
Few years ago, I have published an article on a peer-reviewed internationally recognized journal. My study went through an extremely sound (blind) peer-review, which allowed me to improve ...
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Manuscript transferred from editor to editor [duplicate]
I recently submitted a manuscript for publication, and soon after received a message saying that it was "with Editor".
A few days later, I received a message saying it was "transferred to Associate ...
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I forgot to add preprint submission (BioRxiv) before the actual journal submission, what can I do now?
I was entrusted to do the entire submission process on my own (previously done by the PI) as a learning process, so I am learning by trial and error.
I was supposed to initiate and complete all the ...
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What does a managing editor do in scientific journal editorial board?
I need to contact the editorial board of a journal I recently submitted an article to about an issue, and I am having some thoughts as to who would be the appropriate person to contact.
I know that ...
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Referee selection : Why would an editor pass up inviting the most suitable referees?
This question is related to this one, and is dual to it in some sense.
Assume PIs A and B publish a few key papers in what turns out to be a new mini-area. Their work is well received, and they ...
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How to handle newly discovered problems in second and third round reviews
For the first time, I had to review a revision of an academic paper (I have already reviewed several other papers, but they were all rejected after the first round). While the authors had clearly ...
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Associate Editorship in a high-impact journal
Is an Associate Editorship in a good journal a very busy position? Should junior faculties at the very early stage (i.e. at the time of joining the department as a faculty) put an effort of being an ...
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Can nice pictures be a deciding factor?
Let's say Paper A was recently accepted by a fairly prestigious journal (the top in my subfield). Now, there is a new Paper B, half of which gives a more detailed description of an object in Paper A ...
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Manuscript evaluation for becoming an editor
I was wondering how editors evaluate manuscripts. They certainly do not have time to read the paper thoroughly. What are the key points to look for when evaluating a manuscript as an editor?
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Shoud I accept an offer as editor of a journal as an undergraduate?
I’ve recently received an offer from a reputable (but not top-tier) journal in my field asking if I would like to serve on the editorial board. I believe they reached out to me based on my ...
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Should poor syntax in a peer-reviewed article raise a red flag? [duplicate]
I am currently reading an article and I find the syntax is very poor. The journal I got it from claims to publish peer-reviewed work but I would think that there would normally be more attention paid ...
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When is it acceptable to issue an update to a manuscript that is still under review?
16 months ago, I finished a paper A and submitted it to a journal X. It is currently still under review. (For the journal's defence, it must be said that the paper is quite long - 89 pages).
This ...
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Dividing paper after Reject & Resubmit decision
In a recent manuscript, we used a first principles calculation A and used it to explain experimental results B. A and B are based on existing methods, the novelty primarily lies in combining them and ...
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How does a book editor's scientific reputation affect how the work of the chapter authors is evaluated?
When considering to publish a paper in a research journal, the journal's reputation itself is what people usually care about, rather than the editor's expertise and scientific status (although high-...
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Are editors OK if the publisher invites reviewers?
In my experience maintaining reviewers was the most time-intensive part of handling journals. That is, inviting reviewers for every submission, inviting more reviewers if none of the initial batch ...
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What to do on a desk reject of a revised paper?
Since this is a longer story, let me first give some background:
We submitted a publication to a journal in the field of engineering. The article remained on the status “with editor” for more than ...
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How do journal editors check word count on pdfs?
I've read posts from journal editors on Academia Stack Exchange that the first thing they do is check the word count of submitted articles.
How do journal editors check the word count of submitted ...
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What to do if the editor's decision is not in your favor?
I had recently developed a method and submitted as a manuscript to a journal. Out of four reviewers, three accepted the method and asked for some clarifications about the method:- 2 with major ...
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Editorial rejection: should I write back?
I recently submitted a paper to one of the Physical Review Journals (not Letters). I think that the result is both novel and important. After I uploaded the preprint to ArXiv, I received several ...
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“Awaiting Decision” what does it mean? [duplicate]
I have submitted a paper in GJI. for 3 month the status was "Awaiting Reviewers Scores" and last week the status changed to "Awaiting Decision" without any comments.
what does it means? does it mean ...
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Contacting EiC on social media
I am in a very frustrating situation. My article is under review for almost 8 months and I didn't hear any response. The average review time for the journal is 3 months. The journal is highly reputed ...
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Why do some journals have anonymous editors?
By way of background, there are journals in which the editor - as in, the person who contacts referees, guides the review process, and makes a decision is unknown to the corresponding author. ...
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What happens if the second reviewer for a conference proceeding keeps missing their deadline?
I have submitted a journal article to a conference proceeding which will be held in June this year. Though I submitted it on time in December and the first reviewer accepted it in the first week ...
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Can an editor examine a PhD student whose manuscript is under review in their journal?
Do conflict of interest arises when a journal editor, who is handling a paper under review, acts as an examiner of the author's PhD thesis?
Does it depend of the review stage? Will the answer change ...
