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On the evaluation of work (typically, a publication or grant proposal) by the author's peers. This includes: refereeing, which is often used to determine an academic paper's suitability for publication in a journal or conference; peer evaluation of teaching skills; peer review of research grant proposals; and post-publication review of a book or article, as is common in the field of mathematics.
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How to reply to a revise and resubmit review, saying is all good?
In general "My concerns have been addressed" or "I believe this is now ready for publication" is enough.
If I really like the revised paper but one of the other reviewers still seems obstreperous, I s …
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Does emailing a journal to ask if my article is within scope hurt chances of getting published?
I'm somewhat surprised at the other answers labeling this an unusual practice, since some journals invite pre-submission inquiries. For example, Current Biology says:
The editors strongly encourag …
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Should I let minor grammar and spelling errors go during peer-review to speed up the process?
One approach, which has often worked for me, is to explicitly tell the editors that you feel the paper is already in good shape. Something like:
The authors have ably addressed all of the reviewers' …
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What makes papers publishable in top-tier journals?
Top journals don't necessarily contain the best papers
For many fields, especially in the natural sciences, the "top-tier" are not just looking for well-done, well-written research reports. Instead, …
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Proper way of responding to reviewers' comments
Unless the journal specifies a particular format, it's almost entirely up to you.
Here's a formula that has worked well for me. The goal is to convey that a) you've taken the feedback seriously and b) …
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Citing articles while writing a reply to the referee/editor's reports: do I need to do that?
Since making the Reviewer's lives easier is rarely a bad idea, I usually do include full citations in the Reply Letter. If it's one or two one-off things, I put it at the bottom of my response to that …
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Advisor getting involved in semi-pseudoscience
My research program is based around a technique that I blew off as pseudoscience as a grad student!
In my case, I thought the technique, transcranial electrical stimulation, was unlikely to meaningful …
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Published papers with incorrect solutions of famous problems: how to raise concerns with edi...
Out of curiosity, I clicked through to the original articles, and noticed that both were retracted by the journal's editor-in-chief.
Retraction notice for the Collatz paper: https://www.tandfonline.c …
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Is it polite to send a follow-up email to the editor after 15 days, if the previous email ha...
While I understand that math publishing moves much more slowly than most other fields, the pace here seems so lackadaisical that I don't think you have much to lose by being a little pushy--and things …