Questions tagged [publishers]
Questions related to publisher, the one who publishes academic journals or books.
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How to handle a missing author on an ECCV paper submission after the deadline?
We recently submitted a paper to ECCV (European Conference on Computer Vision), but realized after the submission deadline that one of our significant contributors was omitted from the author list. ...
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Co-authors with little contribution
A paper I worked on with my supervisor previously just got submitted for publication. But I’m not really happy. One of the guys my supervisor brought in during preparation for the submission didn’t ...
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Has a publisher ever taken action against a researcher hosting the final version of their own paper?
There's an old paper (15+ years) of mine, with average citation numbers. It's pay-walled.
I'd like to just post it on my web site, in its final version. Is this something I might regret?
Has a ...
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The rise of LIDSEN Publishing Inc. - how serious is that publisher?
LIDSEN Publishing Inc. is a relatively new publisher that came to my attention a while ago. Their practices (e.g. sending multiple emails per day asking for submissions / special issues / reviews) is ...
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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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Copyright of infographs and where to deposit them?
Recently, a company designed infographs for some of our articles.
Infographs could be described as pictured one-page summaries of a research article. The head of the department paid for that service ...
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Long delay after article was "Provisionally accepted"
I submitted an article around July last year to a IOPscience journal and after the first round of revisions I sent my response letter and my article with the suggested changes. Then after the second ...
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Who is the target audience for the $60+ academic books?
I like to read philosophy and some of the books published by academics are sold at very high prices compared to average layperson books.
I was wondering who is the target audience/customer for these ...
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Can academics make a living solely out of publishing?
I live in the developing world where most of the population cannot afford to go to university. Unable to pay tuition, I relied on online material to study. However now even that is difficult because a ...
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Are preface and acknowledgement a must-have in a monograph?
The question says it all. To my regret, my monograph, published by a reputable academic publisher, doesn't have them. My only excuse is that I was just having a baby and my only concern was to submit ...
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Is it possible to download HTML versions of articles available on publishers' websites?
I often see that articles on websites like IEEE Xplore and Springer have a HTML version directly in the page and a PDF version to download. I usually prefer reading the HTML version because it is ...
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How long to get permission from publishers before reusing your works in the dissertation?
I have a few works published in the ASME and Elsevier. Those works will be my parts of the dissertation. I was wondering if anyone has experience in requesting permissions before reusing those in your ...
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Is it acceptable to add the dedication of a chapter in an academic scientific book?
Is it acceptable to add the dedication of a chapter in an academic scientific book? Is there a way to thank the ones who supported me though writing the chapters?
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Mathematical journals which accept micro-articles [closed]
A micro-article is a paper of at most six pages.
The following mathematical journals accept micro-articles:
Elemente der Mathematik,
Examples and Counterexamples and
Journal of Computational ...
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How to deal with collaborators prone to publish in MDPI? [closed]
I am the only person in academia doing a certain research, so several colleagues ask me to collaborate. Of course, I am more than happy to take part in multidisciplinary work, as it tends to be more ...
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