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Current status "with editor" after a a mix up [closed]
My paper was accepted from the Mathematics Magazine. They told me that there are some corrections and changes that I should do and I could find them in the PDF attachment which already appeared in the ...
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Firstly manuscipt 'rejected' and then status changed to 'revise'
I submitted a paper and in the cover letter, I mentioned that the work is related to our previous publication (published in the same journal). After 25 days (for that time status was 'with editor') I ...
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Is a paper more likely to be accepted if one of the authors is an associate editor for the journal?
I'm about to submit my first scholarly manuscript to the top journal in my field, which has an acceptance rate of 20-25%. One of the co-authors on my paper, besides being generally well-known in this ...
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How long it takes to hear from a APS journal
I have submitted my paper to a reputed APS journal. It has been 65 days, and I still did not get any response. Should I contact the editor regarding this? I have two papers published in this journal ...
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My paper has been rejected again, what should I change? [closed]
I am trying to publish my paper for almost two years, after two major revisions it has been rejected by an editor of an international journal. My field of study is geophysics. They complain about the ...
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Should I still submit a manuscript to a journal if a member of the editorial board is advancing a competing theory that is incompatible with my work?
I have completed (my first) manuscript, which falls well within the scope of a particular journal.
However, a member of that journal's editorial board (or, to be precise, the editor's student) is ...
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Asking an editor about supplementary files to avoid journal overlength?
Is it OK to write to the editor of a journal requesting that you be allowed to move some parts of the paper to a supplementary file, in order to incorporate the review comments and not exceeding the ...
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What options do I have when a journal refuses my paper based on 1/3 review by a non-relevant referee?
We submitted a paper to a fairly average journal and received a major revision decision. We made the suggested changes and resubmitted. The revision was reviewed by three referees and two of them ...
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Should I correct a single trivial typo in a submitted manuscript after they rejected the first submission for having too many typos?
I sent a paper to a journal and they replied that there were many typos that needed to be corrected. I tried my best to fix these errors, and, after reading the paper numerous times, I resubmitted the ...
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Received no confirmation from editor of article receipt
I submitted an article to an academic journal about a week ago (not through a website but directly to an editor's email) but received no confirmation of receipt. What is proper protocol -- time wise ...
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First paper published, follow-up paper rejected by editor as out of scope? [duplicate]
I published an article few months ago in a journal. I sent another article to the same journal, in which I improved the design idea and enhanced the computation.
I was told that my second article was ...
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Why journals ask for potential reviewers' details during submission of a manuscript?
I am wondering the reason why most of the jounals ask for 4-5 potential reviewers' details during submission of a manuscript? Whether does the editor really send the manuscript to the suggested ...
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How to ask the editor of a journal whether our manuscript fits the scope or not
I am interested in submitting a manuscript to a certain scientific journal, because it is well ranked. The problem is that I am not sure if my manuscript totally meets the topics and requirements (e.g....
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How do journal editors and reviewers view previously published conference paper?
I am submitting my paper to a journal, but a very small part of the work was previously presented in a quite prestigious international conference (although not the top). The journal policy allows for ...
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Should I choose the same editor for two papers?
If I submit two papers in the same area at the same time to the same journal, and the journal allows me to choose from a list of editors, should I choose the same editor or different editors? What are ...
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