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Waiting time for editor's decision for an article with status "Reviews Completed" for 4 months?
The academic journal paper I submitted to a Q1 Springer journal has been in the position of "Review Completed" since February 6, 2023, and is still in that status as of today, June 21, 2023. ...
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Sending paper to a journal while proposing its shortening right away
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I hold a prepared and written manuscript (10 500 words of text) focused on argumenting about specific problem in my field of study. This paper has been rejected few times from the most ...
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Do I need to mention an incompetent referee in Conflicts of Interest (or comment)?
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About 18 months ago I submitted a paper claiming the result previously published by Michael is false.
The first referee used details in Michael's paper to defend Michael's points, trying hard ...
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4 weeks “with editor” normal? [duplicate]
I have submitted a math paper to an Elsevier journal. Before submitting it, I sent two separate polite emails to two editors (experts of the field) of the journal and asked them if they think my paper ...
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How should I interpret a desk rejection whose reason seems paradoxical in view of the journal's publication history?
I am trying to be a researcher in a field of economics but with emphasis on philosophy. The field of philosophical (argumentative) economics is, in my opinion, not in the limelight these days; however,...
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What to do if a special case of a theorem is published
I published a paper in a reputable journal in 2021 December. I had proved a conjecture.
Today I discovered that another author published a special case of the conjecture and published it, in another ...
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Journal Paper Review (Computer Science) taking so long? How to proceed?
I submitted a journal paper to Springer's SN Computer Science Journal.
Below is the time line
18th Nov, 2021 --> Manuscript Submitted
15th Feb, 2022 --> Editor Decision (Major Revision)
1st ...
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What factors delay a final decision in the editorial process
After completion of peer review, the associate editor usually sends his recommendation to the editor-in-chief of a journal. The editor-in-chief is the one to take the final decision.
On this forum I ...
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What can/should I do when finding several flaws in a published paper that I have not authored?
I recently read a paper that was full of small errors that should have been pointed out during peer review but very obviously hadn't. Issues like the following
insufficient information in the methods ...
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How to handle situation in which the article has been "Awaiting reviewer assignment" for 5 months?
I submitted an article 5 months ago to a journal. Since then, the article has been jumping between "Waiting for Reviewer Assignment" and "Contacting Potential Reviewers" (10 ...
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We appealed an editor's decision and sent a revised version, but he hasn't acknowledged it since 5 weeks
This is about a post-review rejection. This is one of the top journals in our field. The reviewers found our work interesting but sent a long list of controls and additional experiments to do. The ...
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What is the meaning of the "eye symbol" on a corrected proof?
I have submitted my corrections of the proofs to a Wiley journal, in the corrections, I have corrected a typo in one of the equations, the typo was not made by the typesetter but rather by me, in the ...
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Options about responding to offer from editor to transfer manuscript to lower-tier journal
I recently submitted a first-author paper to a top-tier scientific journal (A). The editor responded that the paper would not be reviewed in that specific journal (A), but that it could be transferred ...
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2nd review round, referee did not accept the invitation - what are my options?
On a submission for a 2nd-round revise-and-resubmit in an Elsevier journal, one reviewer who did provide 2 rounds of positive feedback did not accept the invitation to re-review, 40 days after the ...
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What are objectives and incentives of journal editors?
I am trying to understand better the factors that affect the decisions of journal editors (re: publication). I am not interested in strategies to boost my chances of publication, rather I want to ...
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