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I have print subscriptions to three major journals in my field, all through optional add-ons to society memberships. … General society journals have papers in areas that are not strictly my field. …

Note there are some journals where every issue is a "Special Issue on...". But for many, it's a rare, focused piece that took either targeted submissions or invited papers to cover a specific topic. …

They said they could take the books, but had moved to electronic subscriptions for most journals. … I did however find United States Book Exchange (http://www.usbe.com) which, if you're in the US, is a non-profit repository of back issues of things, including journals, for libraries. …

I've encountered this before - as aeismail has said, it might not be "standard" practice (implying most journals do it) but its certainly at the very least common. …

There are a few journals I've encountered where the written reviews are published alongside the paper itself (the BMJ's new open access journal comes to mind). …

As mentioned, journals have backlogs, and some journals are notoriously slow. If you need something in press soon, it might be best to pass on those, even if they are prestigious. … It got into one of the best journals in my field, and is still, 6 years later, arguably my most visible publication. …

It seems unlikely that a definitive answer would be available unless the site happens to host a member of the journal's editorial board. However, their publication follows a January - April - July - …

It will depend very much on your field, and even the conference. As JeffE mentioned, some CS conferences will expressly forbid papers that are already published, because the conference is meant to di …

I don't tend to include the exact changes to things like "This has been reworded to be substantially more clear", but then several major journals in my field require manuscripts with Track Changes enabled …

Yes, this is a problem. You should not submit the same work to more than one journal at a time. This applies regardless of language - merely being in a different language does not make the actual work …

Journals, through their editorial boards, provide a means of field-wide advocacy. I would, for example, suggest that the ICMJE Guidelines carry far more weight because of the associated journals. … Journals provide a means to browse a field in addition to targeted searches of the literature. …

We turn to the medical literature, particularly hospital epidemiology, which has a lot of corporate funding relative to federal funding. Example 1 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/674394?origin=J …

You're asking two different, but related questions: "How do journals improve their impact scores?" "How do journals go from obscurity to highly respected?" … That includes having the editorial team try to get good papers in their journals, sponsoring sessions at conferences with accompanying publications, etc. …

"Scientifically Trustworthy" is not something with a fixed meaning. But lets break down some things that it could mean: Is this as good as a peer-reviewed journal?: If you believe in pre-publication …

For an R&R at Journal Name there's a degree of credibility, but occasionally across people who give a journal name for papers that are in submission, and often they pick very fancy journals. …