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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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Are cover letters sent to referees and should you highlight the contribution of your paper i...

Sometimes it could be. Sometimes one has to explain some prior publications and how they relate to the current manuscript. Usually, the cover letter is not sent to reviewers. Brief statement should b …
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What are the reasons for journals to have a policy against publishing material available as ...

There are commercial reasons for journals to be the only place where the article can be obtained. (advertising on the site or in the print journal). …
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How to find the best journal to submit a paper to (when having written the title, abstact an...

Consider a case of a new researcher that does not know well all possible journals and has no access to human advice (from colleagues). … E.g., in medicine, one can use this tool (ETBLAST) by submitting full text of the article http://etest.vbi.vt.edu/etblast3/ Some journals even require top 3 similar papers (found by ETBLAST) to be pasted …
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What happens to the reviews that people write for journal articles after they're sent back t...

In some subset of journals they are openly available. Who was the reviewer and what he/she wrote BioMedCentral medical journals are often like that. …
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Is there any world-wide ranking of conferences/journals?

It varies by discipline. In Medicine, conferences are not as important as journal articles. In Computer science, [some] conferences are very prestigious
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