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Should you ever pick "recommended" or "opposed" reviewers for journal submissions in social science?
This question applies to all disciplines but I am curious here about social science journals in particular. Is it ever a good idea to name/identify specific reviewers that you would like to have them ...
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What do you think of some journals with high IF, but not famous?
As a PhD student, I always go through many journals and found out that some journals have a high IF, but mostly they achieved it because they do not publish many papers per year. One example in my ...
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MSc paper accepted in highest impact journal in my field - what next?
As part of my MSc I wrote a dissertation on a topic that interested me (clinical medicine - focused) and I got a good grade for it - my supervisor suggested sending it off to a journal for publication ...
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How to publish independently in top journals?
I am a second year PhD student. I also worked on topics outside my thesis. The results are good and I want to submit it to top journals. However, I am surprised by the attitude of most of the editors ...
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A new journal offers me to publish there at no cost because my previous papers are successful. Can taking up the offer impact my career?
I have published a paper in a then new journal about 2 years ago. As my paper is one of their most cited so far, they have since invited me to publish another article (fully open access, waiving the ...
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How to add Copyright Notice Code?
I have got a paper accepted in a conference, they have told me add a copyright notice code at the bottom of page 1. This is my first time in conference and I am confused whether the code is same for ...
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Are publications strictly required to obtain a PhD thesis?
I am a PhD student in electrical engineering and I am writing my first article, probably for a Q1 journal. My question is the following: in order to get a PhD degree, do you need to have one or ...
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Is it better for a PhD student not to publish than to publish in non-Q1 journals (as I've been advised)?
I've completed 2 years of my PhD and now have a few ideas which I would really like to work on and publish, but though they are novel, their scope is quite limited (i.e. they aren't ground-breaking). ...
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What does it mean when a journal is asking for declarations?
I want to submit my first paper as a Ph.D. student to this journal and in the guidelines section, the journal ask for a declarations section to be included in the paper.
I don't know how this section ...
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Is including references of journals with low or no reputation considered bad practice?
I am working towards my PhD in a quite specialized area of engineering, at the overlap of two technologies. Because of this, there are not as many publications available in my field compared to other ...
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Can a Peer-Reviewed Article Claim Novelty in Something Introduced in a Preceding Phd Thesis?
My PhD thesis has been available online on the university website for 3 years, and also listed in my Google Scholar profile. Although I have plans to publish multiple papers from my thesis, I have not ...
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PhD student who should be the correpsonding author [duplicate]
I am a PhD student, should I put my supervisor as the corresponding author, will this increase my chance of publication?
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Is there a deadline for journal submission?
I wonder if there is a deadline for submission to a journal? So far, I only know that submission to conferences has a deadline, but I'm not sure about journals.
I've looked at several journals of ...
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Writing a single authored research paper in a math journal: Is this a significant achievement?
An engineering graduate with a below average grade, being in industry not related to math, for almost 10 years, with no previous publication record in any field, while still working full time, ...
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What makes a paper publishable? [closed]
I wonder what makes a paper publishable?
Is it because it provides a better solution to an existing problem?
Or is it because it identified a new problem that no one has found?
Thanks.
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My ...
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Is it okay to consider publishing in my first year of PhD?
I'm PhD candidate in Applied linguistics, it's been almost 3 months since I've started but I'm seriously allowing for writing and publishing journal articles.
I have asked my supervisor about that, ...
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How do faculty search committees evaluate candidates for faculty or post-doc positions? [duplicate]
How do faculty search committees evaluate candidates for faculty or post-doc positions?
I am a PhD student
I found that there is no fixed algorithm to judge a journal.
But candidates publish in ...
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How are journals evaluated? [closed]
How are journals evaluated?
A researcher is evaluated on the basis of his/her publications.
If a researcher has good publications in his/her PhD he/she is offered a Post-Doc position and eventually a ...
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Publishing articles in not peer-reviewed journals
There are several important journals out there that are not peer-reviewed, such as Network Security. Do such papers provide any value for the author(s), especially for whom want to apply for a PhD ...
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Which approach is better for publishing in good journals?
I am a second year PhD student. At the end of my first year, we (with my supervisor) have prepared a paper which he advised to submit to a leading journal. I was a little bit skeptical about the ...
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Can PhD Thesis be converted into Three IEEE Journal Papers (same as they are in Thesis)?
The students of the laboratory in which I worked for follows the below rule:
1) In four to five years, they publish three-four IEEE papers.
2) Merge all those papers into a single document and ...
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Research Article Submission [duplicate]
I got my article with major revision from "Renewable Energy" but as per my knowledge the major revision are seen to be like minor questions were asked by the two reviewers. After submitting my revised ...
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Will the publications on Open Acess journal (like Hindawi) harm the PhD application to economics or finance departments in USA (or MPhil in UK)?
How will the departments view the PhD, PostDoc, and AP applicants with SJR tier Q3(4) publications and/or publications on open access journals?
Personally I believe that at the specialization level ...
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Do editors like having cumulative thesis papers published in the same journal?
I am going to submit a manuscript that, if accepted, will be included in my Ph.D. cumulative thesis. The cumulative thesis will be composed of two papers: the first one has already been published in ...
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Can I still claim the novelty of my PhD contribution in later publications?
I understand that it is common to publish a number of conference papers while working on PhD and, then, publish conference/journal articles from your thesis afterwards.
However, when the main ...
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My advisor delays a lot of time in checking my paper before communicating. What should I do?
I am in my 3rd year of PhD. After I have written the paper, there is a minimum of 10 times check and correction cycle going on between me and my advisor. He checks grammar and english errors, but ...
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Does the number of references influence reviewers decision?
For journal article, does the number of references one has for an original research work have an influence on the reviewer? Like if I have say 11 references, in such a case, will the reviewer take it ...
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Choosing the right journal for your papers - the top journals or the one that you are a frequent guest reviewer?
We usually start writing a paper with a target journal in mind. One of my supervisors always encourages me to target the 1 or 2 top journals in our field (operations management), while I myself prefer ...
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Should I refuse my advisor's request to write a research paper?
My school policy for PhDs does not require any publications, but it's good to publish anyway. Recently my advisor asked me to write a journal paper, but I have more experiments to focus on.
Should I ...
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Is it good to have all the PhD publications in one journal
I have two papers published in a APS journal and another paper just got accepted to the same journal (the journal is a reputed one in my field). It has been almost two years for my PhD. So I have ...
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Status still " Editor Assignment Pending" after 8 weeks [duplicate]
I submitted my paper in Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (springer)
The journal says the average time from submission to decision is 1 month, but after 8 weeks the paper status is still ...
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Can anybody help me in letter sample for a journal asking for permission to use figures in the paper? [closed]
I'm a co-author in one paper and I would like to use some figures from this paper in my thesis, any tips how I can write to journal and what I should write on my letter?Usually, they accept or refused?...
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How to reply to editor's comment such as 'Such a revised paper may be refereed and there would be no guarantee of acceptance'? Is it necessary?
I am preparing a detailed explanation of how I have dealt with all of the reviewers' and Editor's comments for a manuscript. The editor's comments are as follows:
I regret I am unable to accept ...
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Will I be regarded as academic dishonest if I submit one paper to a conference as well as a journal?
I finished and submitted one paper (journal version) several months ago. My mentor suggested to me to submit a shortened version of the original paper to a conference. The conference version is almost ...
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Publicly available extended summary of PhD thesis and manuscript submission
In my country, if a PhD thesis is written in national language, the candidate must also submit an extended summary of the thesis in English, which will be deposited in a national repository and will ...
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Completed a review article based on supervisor's request but then it cannot be published due to lack of funding
Six months ago the PhD supervisor of a friend of mine asked him to write a review article. After a hard work of 4 months he finished an extensive review article. Another two months were wasted ...
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Should I list my papers which are published in less known journals in my CV?
In preparing my academic vita for applications to PhD programs, I came across this question: Since I have some papers published in less known journals, should I list them or not to list them?
Will ...
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Publishing paper as a PhD student without advisor's name
I'm a Computer Science PhD student in a US university. Recently, I worked on a problem and wrote a paper. When I asked my advisor to submit the paper to a good journal (such as IEEE Trans. on ...
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How do I get published in Nature or Science?
I'm a fairly new chemical engineering graduate student. I've been doing research for one semester so far (in molecular dynamics) and in the process have learned about journals and "impact factor" (a ...
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How to prepare a Journal Club (or Methods) presentation?
I recently gave a presentation that was poorly received by my PI. I presented a technique that I have been trying to master (Patch Clamp). My PI thought I was not adequately prepared but gave no ...
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Can I publish parts of the Ph.D thesis as a paper in a journal?
I recently finished my PhD thesis which will be published as a book soon.
Now I'm wondering if it's possible or allowed to submit parts to a journal?
Normally the process would be the other way round ...
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