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Can reviewers work on my book chapter themselves?
I am new here, and relatively young. This is my first book chapter, I usually publish articles, and I was invited to write a chapter as a co-author by a colleague. After analyzing what my contribution ...
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Can an author choose the reviewer of their book?
I suspect the answer is no. The problem is, there is a group of scholars who would invariably trash the works of young scholars from a certain school of thought (they already did).
My book was ...
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How long does Springer give reviewers to peer-review an original book?
It can take months for articles in journals. But a proportional amount of time would make it years for a book, so that cannot be it. Does anyone have a ballpark recent figure for a 90,000 word ...
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Does collecting some peer-reviewed articles in a "self-published" book promote it to a valuable scholarly book?
I have two scholarly books self-published in the field of physics. However, some parts of my books have previously been published in peer-reviewed journals and the editors of my books have academic ...
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Can you recommend an excellent book or article about how to critique a journal article? [closed]
I am a novice researcher.
I received an article to review, and I don't know very well how to critique such an article.
Can you recommend an excellent book (or other source of information) about how to ...
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Pros and cons of writing a book review?
I am a postdoc in a biology department. I am friends with a professor in the philosophy department who is the editor of a Nature journal which publishes book reviews. A 150-page popular science book ...
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Do people feel free to review a Festschrift as any other book?
In different fields, renowned academics are sometimes honoured with a Festschrift on the occasion of their birthday or in memory of their life. (The Festschrift contains articles by scholars close to ...
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As a PhD student, how do I benefit from reviewing a book my adviser is writing?
My adviser is writing a book for a course in computer science he will be teaching next fall and I will be the teaching assistant for that course. He wants me to review the book and go through the ...
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Is it common for a publisher to offer monetary compensation for a book proposal review?
I received a book proposal review request from Elsevier. Despite some reasons to believe that it is credible, there are a few things that look suspicious to me:
A monetary compensation is offered. Is ...
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Received a book review request, how to know if publisher is credible?
I received a book review request from a publishing company called PACKT. How do I know if the company and book is credible and if the effort would be worthy?
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Giving my article the same title as a published book by another author
I'm about to submit an article to a journal for review. There is a published book (about 5 years old) that has the same title as my working paper. As you might guess, the paper and book are in the ...
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How to approach a Book Review Editor
I would like to build up my publication profile, including the writing of book reviews. I am not well-known by any means having just completed my PhD, though I am now working full time (contract) as a ...
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How long should a book proposal review be?
What are the expectations, primarily in terms of length but also along other relevant dimensions, for a review of a book proposal? The book itself will be as long as 5-10 papers but the proposal ...
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Are books peer-reviewed?
I am unsure for books but I know for certain that selected journal articles are peer-reviewed. (This just shows I am not in academia!)
Do books go through a peer-review process? If so, how does this ...
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How does a book chapter in an edited volume compare to a peer reviewed paper?
I have been invited to write a book chapter in an edited volume, relating to my field of work. I have a paper ready that I have not published and was planning to submit it soon. So, I am wondering is ...
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