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Continuous article publishing
Is continuous article publishing (CAP) a good thing?
Many journals are making the transition to CAP.
It seems to alleviate costs for publishers. Also, I suppose it is a natural thing, in view of the ...
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Options about responding to offer from editor to transfer manuscript to lower-tier journal
I recently submitted a first-author paper to a top-tier scientific journal (A). The editor responded that the paper would not be reviewed in that specific journal (A), but that it could be transferred ...
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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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How does a book editor's scientific reputation affect how the work of the chapter authors is evaluated?
When considering to publish a paper in a research journal, the journal's reputation itself is what people usually care about, rather than the editor's expertise and scientific status (although high-...
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Do (scientific) editors complain with the publishers about user experience?
This recent question on the Elsevier online submission system prompted this question to me.
It seems like there are lots of outstanding examples of bad usability and overall negative user experience ...
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Should a full manuscript be available for a book proposal?
I've been given some conflicting advice about preparing book proposals and manuscripts for academic presses. I'm aware that writing books is a lengthy process etc; however, I've also been told by a ...
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Is it bad practice to submit the entire manuscript for an initial book proposal to a publisher?
In a previous book I wrote, I submitted the entire manuscript along with a couple page proposal to a few different publishers. Both editors never responded to me.
In my current book, I sent the ...
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