Questions tagged [elsevier]
Elsevier is an academic publishing company which publishes in the area of science, health, and technology.
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Does quick review means likely rejection?
I recently submitted a paper to an Elsevier journal in the management area, where I can track the review status. After submitting the paper, I found that one of the reviewers completed the review just ...
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Does Elsevier inform authors (or corresponding author) once they received the payment for Article Publishing Charge (APC) for open access?
I have submitted a manuscript to a fully open access journal in Elsevier and they accepted it after several revision rounds. However, after acceptance I received an invoice and I submitted it to my ...
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'Decision on process' directly from with editor [duplicate]
I have submitted my original research manuscript to a reputed journal in Elsevier, initially it showed with editor and after 5 days it started showing decision in process.Its been 20 days since it ...
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Redacting third-party figure in journal article before including in thesis?
I have included a third-party figure (from a Springer subscription book) in an open-access Elsevier article (CC-BY 4.0 license). At the time, I obtained permission via RightsLink and included the ...
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The number of ‘review invitations accepted' reduced?
I have a paper submission to Elsevier. It's a revised re-submission after one round of review. I got review feedback from 2 reviewers in the first round review. So for our re-submission I suspect the ...
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Virtual Special Issues in Elsevier good or not? [closed]
From the information available online, I understand that Virtual Special Issues (VSIs) can be either curated (comprising previously published articles) or dedicated to new work.
As a PhD student, I ...
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I lost my university email account. How can I help the readers of my publications reach me? [duplicate]
In my university days, I published eight papers in journals of Elsevier and in the the top-50 publications. I used the email account provided by my university, since they promised me that such account ...
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In that scenario, how will the editor handle my academic paper (a revision)?
I submitted a paper to the Elsevier journal and got positive feedback from the editor and two referees with only 8 comments. However, after I submitted the revision, one of the referees declined (or ...
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Is it possible / how to delete "Elsevier Scopus" author data and public page?
I do not like to be the product, and I like even less when a private company (in this specific case, Elsevier) makes a profit by exploiting my personal data and by providing a "paywalled profile /...
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Editor does not respond after a month of completion of second revision [duplicate]
Our paper underwent a second minor revision after the first major revision. This second revision has been completed by the reviewer 1 month ago, yet the editor has not even seen this report. I know ...
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A journal with higher IF but general scope, or a journal with less IF but specialized scope? [duplicate]
Which one is more valuable to send a paper (in computer science?
A journal with a general scope of computer science from Elsevier, with impact factor of around 8. H index around 140.
A journal with a ...
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How best to handle financial support for gold OA publication fees?
I just had a paper accepted for publication in an Elsevier journal. It is to be published open access, so the journal has a sizeable open-access publication fee (or "APC") ~$2000.
I've ...
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Is it common practice to accept an applied mathematics manuscript based on only one positive report?
A week ago, I have received an invitation to review a manuscript in Applied Mathematics by an Elsevier journal and I was given a deadline of two weeks to reply to the invitation. As I was a little bit ...
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Do Editorial Articles get indexed in SCOPUS and WOS?
I am editing a couple of special issues for two reputed journals that are indexed in SCOPUS, SCI, and WOS. Currently, I am writing the editorial articles for both of these special issues. Since these ...
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Should I withdraw my paper after it has been under review for one year if the journal has been unable to find reviewers?
I submitted my paper to an journal published by Elsevier, but unfortunately, the editor has been unable to find reviewers for the past one year. After six months, we reached out to the associate ...
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