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When suggesting referee names, where do you draw the line for conflict of interest?
Journal submission guidelines in my field typically require the submitting author to provide the editor with a list of potential referees. The journal guidelines ask to suggest people with whom we ...
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Publish an article in the journal in which one is an associate editor
I want to know whether is it normal to publish an article in the journal in which one is associate editor. For example, one of the co-author article in this article in this journal.
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As an editor, what measures can I implement to prevent image/photo manipulation?
There's been a case of alleged data manipulation in a recent Nano Letters paper (initial report here; now-retracted paper):
You can surely make your own opinion on whether the images have been ...
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Favoring citations in the same journal
I have once, some time ago, received a rejection notice in which the journal editor made what I thought was a peculiar comment. The reviewers all found that the work was good, but one emitted a doubt ...
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Festschrift articles: is the peer-review as strict as for other papers?
Many journals sometimes publish Festschriften, i.e. special issues in honor of a distinguished (but still alive) researcher in their field. Articles for such issues are typically invited articles by ...
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