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How much does it cost the publisher to publish an academic article?
I am interested to know the cost of publishing an academic article. I do not mean in the simple sense of "what does a given journal charge an author to publish?" or "what does an association or ...
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Why are academics not paid royalties on published research papers in IEEE, ACM etc.? [closed]
I understand that academics are not paid a single dime on their publications. In my field (computer science), IEEE, ACM, Springer, Elsevier are some known journals/publications and none of them pay ...
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How much percentage royalty do I get from Springer (as the paper's author) and how I can apply for royalty payment?
I have submitted a paper to a Springer conference and it has been published. The publisher will charge 24.95$ to anyone who would eventually download my paper and 201 copies of my research sold by ...
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Why don't high-ranking journals go solo?
There are so many debates and criticisms around the topic of publishers, who are accused of charging excessive fees for access when all the work of the journal is done for free by academics. But why ...
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How much do Springer-Verlag authors make per book sold?
How much do Springer-Verlag authors make per book sold?
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What are the consequences of using Sci-Hub?
A student of mine has told me about Sci-Hub, where people can download copyrighted scholarly articles for free.
I have cautioned him that it is illegal, but he challenged me asking me what would be ...
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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 [first name] et al, where it should have been [last name] et al. Is there any problem for indexing purpose? should I contact ...
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Why are (galley) proof requests given such a short deadline?
Often the publisher requests to get the proof within 24 hours when it's ready. What are the reasons for making this so short? Do they want the authors to not make too many changes?
EDIT:
The email I ...
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Journal allows me to choose whether to transfer copyright – why would I do so?
I am a mathematics undergraduate in the USA. Recently I had a paper accepted to a math journal, and in the final steps of the process I had to fill out a “consent to publish” form, in which I had the ...
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How far should you go in compromising your work to get it published?
To get my first paper published I carefully followed all reviewers’ instructions as I was convinced that reviewers are experienced researchers and reviewers. After major revision my first paper was ...
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What should I do when someone publishes a paper based on results I already posted on the internet?
I posted new theorems and proofs on Mathematics Stack Exchange.
Weeks later, someone else submitted the same results to a Springer journal and the paper was accepted.
How can a publisher like Springer ...
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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 ...
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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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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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Do we really need gold open access if publishers permit self-archiving and sharing?
Several well-established journals nowadays allow self-archiving or sharing of articles through an institutional repository. For instance, Elsevier allows immediate sharing of the accepted manuscript ...
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Can academics make a living solely out of publishing?
I live in the developing world where most of the population cannot afford to go to university. Unable to pay tuition, I relied on online material to study. However now even that is difficult because a ...
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Ways to get free and legal access to research papers as a researcher
I’ve discovered that website like ResearchGate offer the possibility to ask the paper editor to provide his paper for free. Many are collaborating.
Are there any other ways for researchers to obtain ...
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Does my university get billed every time I access a paper?
I do not keep a folder on my computer with the hundreds of PDFs of the scientific papers I read, but rather whenever I need a paper I just go and download it from the publisher's website. Of course I ...
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Journal employees offering free publication in return for co-authorship and citations: is it a scam?
Some of my colleagues and I got offers from employees of some reputed journal (not from journal itself), to publish our research paper for free, if:
We include their name as co-author
We use 60%+ ...
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Is it a good idea to cite paper from publisher listed in Beall’s list
While writing the literature review for my paper, I found another paper which is closely related to my research. Unfortunately, the paper’s publisher is on Beall’s List. Hence, I wonder if citing the ...
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What is the purpose of international editions of books sometimes omitting some problems, footnotes, or other content?
I've noticed that - at least in the US - a book is published and sold at a non-trivial price to US residents. However, the author/publisher may also make an international version.
This version is ...
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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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Are reviewers impressed by a quick response to a request to revise and resubmit?
My colleagues believe that if you submit your manuscript revisions quickly, reviewers will be impressed by your confidence about the issues raised.
However, I think that a quick response is not ...
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"Expect" Nature publication for PhD?
EDIT: Original title was "Guarantee" Nature
publication for PhD?
I am currently applying as a PhD student in a group at the intersection of experimental physics and engineering in a rather ...
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Why do errors exist in peer reviewed publications?
I found a mistake (not a misprint) in an article which has been published in a very good math journal. According the available data, the article was in peer-review process for more than 8 months. But ...
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Is there any general consensus that either Elsevier or Springer is viewed as more prestigious for publishing in engineering?
What (if any) is the general consensus out there regarding publishing in one of these journals vs the other?
I am a mechanical engineer, specialising in fluid flow and heat transfer, so would it be ...
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Can one article be published in two different language journals? [duplicate]
Is it possible to publish the same article in multiple journals published in different languages? For instance, I have a published SCI journal article, but I want to publish the same article in a ...
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Advantages to article submission in LaTeX from the publisher's side
Many journals in my field accept both Word and LaTeX formats for article submission. From the publisher's point of view, what are the advantages of using the LaTeX format for submission?
Do ...
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Can I omit my department's name to express my dissenting opinions?
My full affiliation is:
Abacus Beard Department of Underwater Basket-Weaving, Calvin Doofus Division of Ocean Science, University of Watering-Down.
A. B. is the name of a big donor. C. D. is the ...
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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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Publishing and Self-Archiving
Recently I had a paper accepted by a major journal in discrete mathematics. Now the paper is going through the final stages of publication. The publisher sent me a link in which I have to specify the ...
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Will I be paid a percentage of the fee that readers pay to download my article? [duplicate]
I am a fresh PhD student and I have a question regarding the scientific publication process.
Let's say that I have submitted a paper to a certain journal in Springer, Elsevier etc... and it has been ...
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Author's email address in a published paper is not working
I have stumbled upon a paper that is very related to my field of research and after reading and discussing it with my supervisor, I found some issues in the paper that I need more information about, ...
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Is it normal for a journal to offer to transfer a rejected manuscript to another (more expensive) journal?
Recently, a submission of mine was declined as not suitable for the journal, but with the rejection came a request to transfer the manuscript to another journal owned by the same company.
However, the ...
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Has a publisher ever taken action against a researcher hosting the final version of their own paper?
There's an old paper (15+ years) of mine, with average citation numbers. It's pay-walled.
I'd like to just post it on my web site, in its final version. Is this something I might regret?
Has a ...
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Why does Springer need 85,000 words in a monograph?
I'm dealing with Springer about a monograph proposal. My draft was 80,000 words and they asked me to make it 85–100,000 words. I don't want to bother the editor with a question that is just out of ...
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What can be done about a terrible galley proof of my accepted paper, which would be a lot of effort to correct? [duplicate]
Recently my paper was accepted in one of the best computer science journals in Elsevier. In less than 12 hours, I received the galley proof of the paper. Initially, I was surprised at the speed of ...
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Does a preprint include revisions made in response to peer review?
This is related to but not answered in this question about the difference between various stages of a manuscript in the publication process.
After an author has submitted a manuscript to a journal ...
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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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Is it necessary to have a variety of publishers in the list of my own publications?
I am a junior researcher and physician at a German university hospital. I am part of a funding program with regular workshops on grant applications, scientific writing, etc.
More recently, we ...
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Why do some academic journals requires a separate "summary" paragraph in addition to an abstract?
At least in the field of biology, some academic journals have added a separate summary paragraph (for example: "Significance Statement" (in Journal of Neuroscience), or "Significance" (in PNAS), or "...
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Do Nature journals wrongly claim copyright in their published pdfs?
I just noticed this and I'm slightly confused by a small detail.
The Nature Publishing Group states in its Publishing Licences page that the copyright on articles remains with the author:
NPG does ...
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What can cause the date of submission status to change without a change of status "under review" for Elsevier editorial systems?
I have a paper submitted to a journal of Elsevier.
From "Manuscript Submitted" to "with editor" took one day; then it was "with editor" for five days, and then "under review". One and a half months ...
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How can I judge whether an alternative "impact factor" is from an accepted and genuine source?
So I was wondering whether the SJIF (Scientific Journal Impact Factor) calculation was authentic and accepted.
How can someone identify whether an alternative impact factor is generally accepted and ...
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What is the academic argument against Sci-Hub?
I know that some consider certain activities of Sci-hub to violate the law in some jurisdictions. Many of the previous questions and opinions related to Sci-hub have focused on these legal aspects (...
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Making already published papers open-access: is it and could it be an option?
Currently, there are plenty of options to publish an open-access paper. From using purely open-access journals (free of charge or for a fee) to opting-in for an open-access license in the traditional ...
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How to automatically extract submitted/accepted dates of many journal papers?
I am doing a research of the processing times of papers published in journals in my field. I have noticed that the metrics that the journals advertise (e.g. the Elsevier journal insights) do not ...
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Do I need to do revision on my accepted paper?
I just received an email of my paper which was submitted to a conference.
The paper submission webpage has the following type of status:
active (under review), discuss, withdrawn, rejected, ...
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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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Are academic questions (used in textbooks etc.) owned by the publisher, or is anyone able to use them in their own content?
I am wondering whether mathematical and scientific questions (or any type of question to be honest) is considered to be owned by the publisher? For example, if I see a math question in a textbook, am ...
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