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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go through many journals and found out that some journals have a high IF, but mostly they achieved it because they do not publish many papers per year.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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