Questions tagged [publications]
Questions related to academic publications including online and traditional journals, books, and conference proceedings.
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Why are there still page number restrictions for journal papres even though physical printing plays almost no role anymore?
Why are there still page number restrictions for journal papers even though physical printing plays almost no role anymore?
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Why does independent research from people without formal academic qualifications generally turn out to be a complete waste of time?
I personally relate with people (wannabe physicists) who want to do something BIG in Physics and Maths, but don't have a high-level education (PhD) suited for it. Reasons could be a lack of jobs in ...
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How to handle a missing author on an ECCV paper submission after the deadline?
We recently submitted a paper to ECCV (European Conference on Computer Vision), but realized after the submission deadline that one of our significant contributors was accidentally omitted from the ...
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Single author or joint paper with a famous author?
A postdoc X is in the early career phase (< 6 years after PhD) in a field that needs lots of publications. X is working in a group whose leader is very famous in a slightly different but still ...
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Do you think that publishing a documented script in R (e.g. on GitHub) can increase the chance of publication?
I am involved in environmental science. The data analysis for my following scientific paper is done 100% in R. I'm wondering if I should clean up my script before submitting the article for review and ...
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Is it possible to share a CC-BY-licensed article on ResearchGate that contains copyrighted material?
My open-access Elsevier article (CC-BY 4.0) contains a third-party figure (from a Springer subscription book). I obtained permission and the caption correctly states that the copyright of the figure ...
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Publication trend (quality vs quantity) after tenure
Are there any studies that measure the change or the lack thereof in the trend of publications produced by a professor after they got tenured? Do recently tenured professors shift from quantity of ...
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Paper rejected because it did not fit the scope of a journal
I recently finished my paper and I submitted it to a journal. A few days later, I got a response from the editor saying that my manuscript had been rejected because it did not fit the scope of the ...
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Redacting third-party figure in journal article before including in thesis?
I have included a third-party figure (from a Springer subscription book) in an open-access Elsevier article (CC-BY 4.0 license). At the time, I obtained permission via RightsLink and included the ...
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Figure for publication creation workflow (mainly physics, math) [closed]
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I have a question about figure creation, mostly in the context of numerical work in math and physics, but I don't think that the discipline is that relevant for my purpose. I make plots ...
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Combining known methods in a novel way: Is this scientific novelty or "just" engineering? [closed]
Is combining several known methods in a novel way (in computer science or realted fields) considered scientific novelty (i.e. worth publishing a paper) or "just" engineering ?
(Assuming, of ...
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Is it madatory to obtain an ethical clearance from my affiliated institute for an interview that is to be presented in a conference? [closed]
I'm a research scholar and I'll be presenting a paper related to publishing industry. I'm yet to interview concerned participants. I have obtained consent from them through a consent form. But I haven'...
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Where to publish software articles which are IT industry use cases and not research work [closed]
I have written few articles on Medium.com related to software projects use cases, ML/AI , all these articles are not research based but use cases. May I know are there any Journals where i can publish ...
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Collaborators write their departments for my (undergraduate) affiliation
I am an undergraduate student in the medical field. I have taken part in writing multiple articles with professors from different departments from my Uni. The way I see it, my affiliation should be ...
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Hard-to-find historical grey literature - any tips?
I am currently doing some research and a reference from 1982 has been cited in several more recent papers. The nature of the citations suggest this was a pivotal reference in the theory & practice ...
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