Questions tagged [journals]
Questions related to journals: how to select journals, the internal workings of journals, and the role that journals play in academic publishing. Note that we do not accept questions seeking journal recommendations.
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Manuscript in 'Decision in Process' for 6 weeks and no response to email requesting update
I seem to be having a recurring issue with a journal. I submitted a manuscript in April of this year that was sent out to peer-review and the reviews were completed relatively quickly. The manuscript ...
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History of the migration of ERA from AMS to AIMS in 2007
From what I can read on their websites, the journal Electronic Research Announcements changed publisher from the very reputable AMS (American Mathematical Society) to the much less known AIMS (...
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What should I do if my result is rejected by a Q2 journal? [closed]
I recently authored a research paper proposing a novel algorithm that outperforms a previously published Q1-ranked algorithm by a logarithmic factor. My approach involves two primary contributions: a ...
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Approximate timeline for annals of maths journal? [duplicate]
For those who have published in the Annals of Mathematics, since there is no editorial manager, how long should one wait before emailing the editor?
Additionally, after how much time can one expect ...
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The department asks us to publish all study protocols of anticipated projects in specific journals to increase the impact factor of the department [closed]
Please imagine the following situation: The head of a local department asks his employees to publish all study protocols of upcoming studies in scientific journals. The rationale is as follows: These ...
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Asked to suggest referees 9 months after submission: what to do? [closed]
I submitted a research paper to a mainstream journal of my math subject domain in December 2023. I did not hear anything from them since, so last month I reached out to them. My editor informed me ...
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Should I report a review I suspect to be AI-generated? [duplicate]
We've recently received reviews for a paper submitted to a top (STEM) journal in my field. Most reviews were helpful, but one was particularly sloppy, heavily misunderstanding our paper and making ...
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What does it indicate if a manuscript status goes from "Awaiting Reviewer Selection" to "Awaiting EIC Decision" a few days later? [duplicate]
This is after the manuscript has been revised and resubmitted
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Why are scientific publications generally not in cartoon, video, or other forms different from paper documents?
The advantage of looking at scientific publications is that they tend to be the most reliable source of information as they are produced using the scientific process. I think the disadvantage of ...
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Manuscript rejected after all reviewers indicate it is "good match" to publish in journal. Is this common? [duplicate]
Just got a surprising rejection from an IEEE journal. For the following question in the reviewer form (which is usually the last one to give their overall recommendation I think), all 3 reviewers have ...
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How to Handle a Discovery after a Masters Completes
I am completing a Masters this week and whilst writing the dissertation, I believe I may have discovered a hitherto unknown data sequence. At least, I cannot find it documented in the literature.
I ...
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Refereeing papers by people you are very close to
I was recently asked to referee a paper. I opened the paper and it was one of my former postdoc mentor. I disclosed my relationship to the journal and they didn't mind. I had already read the paper so ...
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What is the difference between AIAA 'articles' and 'technical notes'?
I am curious about how the technical notes compare to to the full-length journal articles in AIAA. I have seen some PhD student graduating with only technical notes, and I want to understand if this ...
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Writing a Book Chapter and Adjusting One's Scholarly Tone (Writing Style)
I'm turning my master's dissertation into a book chapter and I'm worried about my scholarly tone. When I read other articles they don't sound like the way I have written my dissertation and I'll be ...
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Turning a Master's Dissertation into a Journal Article
I'm supposed to turn my masters dissertation into a journal article. The journal has no problem with me doing so as long as my work has not been published before, which it hasn't. However, I was ...
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Is it useful to mention that you are an early career researcher in journal article cover letters?
I recently attended a political science conference where there was a workshop for early career researchers (ECR). During the workshop, a senior scholar mentioned that it is useful for him a journal ...
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How much time chief editors usually take to make final decision on a manuscript? [duplicate]
I have a manuscript submitted to a good (SCIE indexed) maths journal. I received a minor revision on May 27, 2024. I submitted the revised version on June 1, 2024, addressing all the reviewers' ...
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Incorrect affiliation on publication
As the title says, I (and a coauthor) recently had our manuscript accepted at an IOP Science journal. The manuscript was published just a while back and we have noticed that our affiliations have been ...
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Should you ever pick "recommended" or "opposed" reviewers for journal submissions in social science?
This question applies to all disciplines but I am curious here about social science journals in particular. Is it ever a good idea to name/identify specific reviewers that you would like to have them ...
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Status of a manuscript whose required reviews are completed
I have submitted a paper to a good math journal in first week of May 2024. After a month (+ a week at most), the online system shows the status “Required reviews completed”. However, to this day, I ...
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My result is accepted in a journal as an errata, but the editors want to change the authorship
We submitted a result claiming that a paper by an associate editor (of the same journal) contained a proposition that is proven mistaken by us, and furthermore, the proof of a theorem is incomplete.
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One week for minor revision: Indicator of predatory journal?
I submitted a paper to a journal (which was on Beall’s list ten years ago). It got accepted with minor revisions, but they gave me only one week for the revision. Should it be a concern for me if this ...
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Is it appropriate to report mistakes in an engineering paper which makes unsupported claims?
I was given a paper to build off of for engineering research. The paper was published in a high impact journal but happens to be written very sloppily in the following sense.
The proof of a central ...
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Which recognized mathematical journal accepts submissions in Chinese language [closed]
I know from experience that some [mathematical-journals] from France allow French submissions. And on the arXiv you can see now and then a math paper in French and not only in English.
I've checked ...
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Submitting 2 manuscripts explaining the same scientific fact but by two different methods
I have submitted two manuscripts on physics both have analyzed a new finding by me but the methods of the "analysis" are different.
They differ in data, results and figures, just at the end, ...
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Has the Journal of Fluid Mechanics really published more than 800 volumes?
I currently want to cite this article from the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, but what strikes me is the high volume number (879). To what I have found:
the volume number refers to the number of years a ...
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Register to 2 conferences at almost the same time with the same talk abstract/paper
I don't know how to do to prevent being blacklisted from journals. I wanted to give a talk at an international conference (and not to publish this work as a conference paper). I did not know that it ...
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'Decision on process' directly from with editor [duplicate]
I have submitted my original research manuscript to a reputed journal in Elsevier, initially it showed with editor and after 5 days it started showing decision in process.Its been 20 days since it ...
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Which is More Valuable in Computer Science: Conference or Journal Publications?
In the field of computer science, there seems to be a unique emphasis on where research findings are published, with significant weight often placed on conference papers compared to other fields where ...
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Do abstracting journals still exist (in the natural sciences)?
As of this writing, the (APS’s information for authors example) states:
abstracts are reprinted in abstracting journals
The style guide for Reviews of Modern Physics (by the same publisher) states:
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Who should I ask if I need further information about the submission guidelines of a journal?
Who should I ask if I want some further information about journal policies? I found something unclear in the author guideline of a journal in which I am interested in. I think the editor in chief is ...
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Sharing the data and code "after" acceptance?
Is it common practice to make data and code available only after manuscript acceptance in academic publishing?
Basically, I intend to provide a link to an OSF repo for my data and code, but leave it ...
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Article that plagiarized our paper is still available and gets cited - what to do?
One year ago, we discovered that one of our papers published in an IEEE journal was plagiarized by another paper published in the another journal.
I wrote the both journals; the journal I published in ...
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What is included in Springer accesses count?
I am mostly curious if I open my article through the Springer website multiple times, will it count as mutliple accesses? Also, if anyone knows，what exactly is counted as accesses?
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Is ISIT conference on Linguistics and applied linguistics fake? [duplicate]
Is this conference fake? Or is it just not popular? https://isit.org.in/event/index.php?id=2385102
I am a PhD student. I just found this conference and applied for me to do something useful while ...
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The rise of LIDSEN Publishing Inc. - how serious is that publisher?
LIDSEN Publishing Inc. is a relatively new publisher that came to my attention a while ago. Their practices (e.g. sending multiple emails per day asking for submissions / special issues / reviews) is ...
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Will submitting an overly long article decrease my chance of acceptance? [closed]
After several months of work, I have almost finished a paper about an alternative axiomatization of quantum mechanics. The work is linked to the quantum reconstruction program.
The problem is that the ...
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What happens if two reviewers have incompatible recommendations for a paper?
I submitted a paper to an IOP journal (classical and quantum gravity) two or three months back and two reviewers were assigned. One of them was ok with the paper and recommended it for publication but ...
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Is the approval of a co-author required after submitting a paper to a journal?
After submitting a paper to a journal, usually an email is sent to the corresponding author and the co-authors, wherein it demands the approve of them for their contributions to the paper. If the ...
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Publishing parts of my thesis under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License in journals
I am about to electronically "publish" my PhD thesis under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Some chapters will eventually be published in journals, and I am wondering if that type ...
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Can I post my article to an e-print archive (like arXiv) before submitting to an APS online journal?
I have read in some discussion forum that it should be safe, but I did not find any statement about this on the APS site.
If the answer is yes, does this rule apply for any e-print archive, other than ...
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Requesting multiple extension for manuscript revision and decision
We have received a major revision for a paper for an Elsevier journal at the end of April this year and initially got the deadline on May 25th.
Due to tight marking deadlines and international travel ...
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What are examples of trustworthy no-fees open access scientific journals where serious scientists have published? [closed]
I sometimes hear the claim there are no no-fee open access journals available in some fields. An example on this website was recently for the case of Bio Informatics / Computational Biology.
What are ...
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Banned from the Journal Cureus [closed]
Unfortunately, I forgot to correct the ethical approval number of my manuscript and included the approval number of an already published article.
I have been informed that my article has been blocked ...
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Pages and lines in a paper. What does the reviewer mean?
Recently the editor of the American Mathematical Monthly informed me that I should revise my paper according to suggestions of the reviewers.
The problem is that the second reviewer suggests something ...
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International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research [duplicate]
I am going to publish my research article in above journal. (ISSN: 2455-6939). But when I check impact factor, 2023 is not indexed and 2024 shows as under evaluation https://sjifactor.com/passport.php?...
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Is it acceptable and ethical to access journals via my previous university's account?
I switched universities for my master's, but I still have access to my old bachelor's university accounts. Now, sometimes it happens that I can only access a journal via my old university account, ...
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What is the reasoning behind putting table and figures at the very end of submitted papers? [duplicate]
Sometimes papers I receive for review will not have the tables and figures placed in the text body where the are referenced, but instead at the very end after the bibliography. I personally find that ...
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How long do you ideally spend on reviewing a journal submission as a reviewer? [duplicate]
I am new to volunteering as a peer reviewer for a journal. I want to be helpful to the authors, but recognise that my time is valuable. I'm just wondering, how do you think about limits to time spent ...
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Time to decision/uncommunicative Journal [duplicate]
My co-authors and I submitted a paper to the Journal of Ichthyology and Herpetology at the end of February. We have not heard anything from them about the stage of our submission in the review process,...
