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What to do with a mathematical article rejected from a journal because the anonymous referee found a simpler proof?
Based on your comment, let me suggest that you may have an opportunity to get your proof published, either by appealing to the editor or, with minor revisions, to another journal.
In mathematics, ...
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What to do with a mathematical article rejected from a journal because the anonymous referee found a simpler proof?
I would contact the editor and ask them to contact the reviewer to ask whether they would consider being co-author on a revised paper or at least be acknowledged for the simpler proof.
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Should I put the whole comment responding to reviewers' comments
My coauthors and I have always started from the review in its entirely and interspersed our responses within the review; the combined review response document comprises the entire text of the original ...
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Should I put the whole comment responding to reviewers' comments
Not a big deal, go with whatever floats your boat
Really, neither editor nor reviewer is likely to care as long as you address their salient points.
That said, you might want to take the third option ...
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Do people use the number 42 in research?
Hmmm ...
The exact number has little effect on my outcome
That seems extremely unlikely. How can that be?
it could be as little as 10 or as high as 100. There is no good way to
choose this number, ...
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Do people use the number 42 in research?
Different fields have different customs. That said, in my experience this style of humor (memes, in-jokes, pop culture references, etc.) is extremely rare in formal publications. Honestly it's rare ...
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Do people use the number 42 in research?
One possible concern is to avoid suspects that you chose that specific number because it works better and makes your method look good.
Someone might think that you tested all numbers between 10 and ...
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Is the reviewer the journal manager?
"Journal manager" sounds like a member of the journal staff. They are not expected to review the paper. Since they uploaded the report, one of two possibilities suggest themselves:
The ...
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Is it possible to submit a paper to a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal without a PhD and get it accepted?
Here are two examples in my field, mathematics:
Vladimir Drilfeld has published 9 papers prior to 1978, the year he obtained his PhD. His first published paper, "A certain cyclic inequality,&...
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Choosing the content of the preprint
I think that most preprints are papers still a bit "in process". Therefore it is natural that they aren't in the same form as the published version, which is likely to be changed on advice ...
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Choosing the content of the preprint
I don't see any problem with this. The submitted version and the arXiv version certainly do not need to be exactly the same, although in my experience it is more common the other way around (something ...
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How to validate scientific ideas outside academia?
Submitting a paper to a journal is not an unrealistic option. There are a vast number of reputed, peer-reviewed journals out there, each with a specific focus. You need to find the journal that will ...
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How can an independent researcher publish a well-written research paper / proof in a respected mathematical publication?
Direct answer to the question that's asked: you write the paper up and submit it to a journal. There's no requirement that the author be affiliated to a university to publish.
How do you submit? You ...
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How can an independent researcher publish a well-written research paper / proof in a respected mathematical publication?
Try to follow the rules for writing using available papers from the field as an example and follow the rules from guidelines for authors from the relevant journals. Then submit your work to preprints....
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How long should it take for minor revision, in pure mathematics?
I have been in a similar situation. I think it is not worth sending a reminder email until at least three months have passed, and perhaps more than that. The reasons for this are as follows:
If you ...
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How long should it take for minor revision, in pure mathematics?
There is no guarantee on the time for a (first, second or any numbered) referee report even for a particular mathematical journal, let alone for a mathematics paper in general. Qualified academics ...
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Is an employee of a US state university a "united states government" employee for publication license agreement purposes?
By default, you are not an employee of the US Gov't so check "No" on the authorship form. Your answer is really hinged to the question: where does your paycheck come from? Answer: the ...
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Is an employee of a US state university a "united states government" employee for publication license agreement purposes?
It is common for employees of public universities operated by their state to be considered state employees. It is not common for them to be federal (US government) employees, even if they are paid by ...
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How can an independent researcher publish a well-written research paper / proof in a respected mathematical publication?
If a professional mathematician had a proof of the Collatz Conjecture, they would submit a paper to the Annals of Mathematics. You can look at their webpage for submission guidelines, but I believe ...
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Is it important to address all the suggestions by the research paper reviewers?
In general it is necessary and appropriate to consider all reviewer comments, but since they can be wrong it isn't always appropriate to change the manuscript because of them.
But if there are points ...
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What is the correct tone and language to use during peer review?
One practical aspect in addition to the other answers:
One effect of perpetual thanking is that it increases the chance that the editor and reviewers think that you have done something. This ...
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What is the correct tone and language to use during peer review?
Thank your reviewers once and then get down to business
When I construct my response-to-referees document, I give an introductory paragraph where I thank the referees for their work, any clever ...
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What is the correct tone and language to use during peer review?
Actually this feels a lot like a cultural thing. I am from Germany where excessive praise and curtesy are not really a thing and people rather tell what they want to say straight away, which some ...
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What is the correct tone and language to use during peer review?
I think it is useful to recognise that - at least in the usual peer review model - your response is primarily addressed to the editor. There is no guarantee that your letter will ever be seen by the ...
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What is the correct tone and language to use during peer review?
when the answer is 2 line to thank the reviewer to finally say we
disagree with this specific comment.
I suspect this is an excess of courtesy, because reading (and writing) is a time-consuming ...
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