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I submitted an article to a too high-ranking journal, should I cancel?
I am a Postdoc, recently I submitted my first single-author publication (physics). I had one journal in mind and briefly discussed the idea with several seniors, and nobody really objected. Now I ...
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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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My co authors backed out after paper acceptance, how to proceed
My paper was accepted in an open access journal, I am the corresponding author, but soon after acceptance my co-authors refused to pay their part of the article processing charges (APC) and sent me ...
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Can published papers from non-international journals decrease the level of a CV? [duplicate]
Consider a PhD candidate that still does not have publications in international journals but has some papers in local journals (peer reviewed but non-listed in international rankings) from their ...
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Can I mention that the article is extremely short in a query to the editor?
Every advice on query letters to editors on the status of a manuscript after months of silence says not to sound demanding, impatient, not to give the editor motive for disliking you, etc.
I’ve got a ...
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Asking Editor to remind reviewer about my paper
I have a paper in submission and only managed to revise it after more than 8 months when I emailed the editor a reminder about my paper. I have re-submitted my paper about a month ago but from the ...
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what does means Paper status: Finished? [duplicate]
I submitted my paper to a journal. After 6 mounth with status: under review, yesterday the status changed to "paper status: Finished". I don't understand what does means by this?
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How do Journals find reviewers and their contact information?
I recently received an email asking to review for a reputable journal (I recognize the journal, and the person listed as Associate Editor is listed as an associate editor on the journal's editorial ...
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How to ask politely the editor to urge the reviewers to finish the reviews in the best short time
I want to respectfully ask the editor to finish the review of my paper in the shortest time possible, because I got an early deadline to defend my thesis.
Here are some details on the review process ...
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Is it normal that the editor says "the referee report is for editor's eye only so I cannot share it with you"?
I recently receive an editorial letter that is unwilling to share referee reports. The letter explicitly mentions the existence of such report but the editor don't want to send it to me.
Is not ...
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Is it common to not have comments when reviewing a revision of a paper?
After reviewing a journal paper, I typically receive the revision of the paper to review. This is expected, but most often, my comments are addressed by the authors, and I have no further comments. I ...
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What is the difference between Abstract and Author Summary?
What is the difference between "Abstract" and "Author Summary"?
Example: OpenAWSEM with Open3SPN2: A fast, flexible, and accessible framework for large-scale coarse-grained ...
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How many [conceptual] sections should an "Introduction" contain? [closed]
How many [conceptual] sections should an "Introduction" contain?
I need to know this so that I can better arrange the Introduction section of my paper.
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Should I contact journal editor?
I submitted an article to a journal last year in July. It took some months for it to be processed and peer reviewer to be assigned.
I received the first decision in March (major revisions). The ...
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Chance of publication in top combinatorics journals after complicated submission history
(First appeared in Mathoverflow) In May 2020, I submitted a paper to a notable Combinatorics journal where a couple of earlier papers in the topic of my paper had been published. It was one of my ...
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