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Is it fine to mail the Associate Editor in his personal email provided in his homepage?
Is it okay to mail an Associate Editor in his personal e-mail?
I have submitted a manuscript in a journal and I want to know the status of my manuscript.
The publisher of my journal is "World ...
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How can a Paper be sent to "Under Review "so quickly? [duplicate]
I had submitted a manuscript to an SCIE indexed journal 1 month ago.
I had selected an Associate Editor for my manuscript.
The journal website said that if my manuscript is not deemed fit for peer ...
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How to response to the editor for a minor suggestion given by the reviewer via a formal letter?
I submitted a paper and after about five months the editor sent an email: "I have decided that your manuscript can be accepted for publication after you have carried out the corrections as suggested ...
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Outcome of journal as out of scope
I got the outcome of my paper after 2 months from IEEE Transaction. The editor said its out of scope and suggested to submit in a sister journal and he cc the outcome to the editor of that journal.
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Do journals allow authors to bring their own reviewers [duplicate]
Some papers are published under category "communicated by ...". Do this mean the author contact this person to review the paper instead of editorial board? My question is: do journals generally allow ...
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How can I get a job reviewing math or comp sci articles and books in advance of publication?
I spend a great deal of time identifying and figuring out how to fix mistakes in published papers and specialized books. Time and time again an author's careless error has sent me down a rabbit hole. ...
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Editor is asking for two referees and single column
I submitted a double columned paper to a journal and the editor returned my email with requests such as:
Several formatting changes including making the paper single column, no automatic features ...
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What is the workflow of an editor in this case? [closed]
I am rather new to the academic so I am bit insecure about the whole process. I have a small question regarding the publication process.
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Recently I submitted a paper to a physics journal. ...
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How long does it take for the first round review of physical review letters?
I am wondering how long it takes for the first round review for physical review letters (PRL) on average. I have three referees. One of the referees returned the report in 4 weeks. But the other two ...
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How to react to unfair criticism to my published study?
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Few years ago, I have published an article on a peer-reviewed internationally recognized journal. My study went through an extremely sound (blind) peer-review, which allowed me to improve ...
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Manuscript transferred from editor to editor [duplicate]
I recently submitted a manuscript for publication, and soon after received a message saying that it was "with Editor".
A few days later, I received a message saying it was "transferred to Associate ...
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Can nice pictures be a deciding factor?
Let's say Paper A was recently accepted by a fairly prestigious journal (the top in my subfield). Now, there is a new Paper B, half of which gives a more detailed description of an object in Paper A ...
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When is it acceptable to issue an update to a manuscript that is still under review?
16 months ago, I finished a paper A and submitted it to a journal X. It is currently still under review. (For the journal's defence, it must be said that the paper is quite long - 89 pages).
This ...
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What to do if the editor's decision is not in your favor?
I had recently developed a method and submitted as a manuscript to a journal. Out of four reviewers, three accepted the method and asked for some clarifications about the method:- 2 with major ...
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Contacting EiC on social media
I am in a very frustrating situation. My article is under review for almost 8 months and I didn't hear any response. The average review time for the journal is 3 months. The journal is highly reputed ...
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