Questions tagged [special-issue]
On an issue of a journal that includes a collection of papers around a theme that is narrower than the journal's general scope, or that come from a specific group of authors or event. For example, papers may be invited around a specific topic, or come from a workshop or symposia.
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Submission of a manuscript to two special issues of the same journal
I have noticed that the content of my paper is in the scope of two special issues of a journal. Is it reasonable to submit that to both of them at the same time, or do I have to wait for the result of ...
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Will the editor of the issue handle the paper?
I have a question about the handling process for submitting paper to an issue
Will the editor that handle the paper be the the editor of the journal or the issue ?
the statuses are
submitting the ...
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Concerns after Submitting Abstracts to a Special Issue
I am a PhD student in social sciences, currently based in the UK. I came across a CfA from a special issue published by an esteemed US university Press last month, which was quite relate with the ...
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Paper resubmission to Special Issues of a journal
I had a submission recently to a special issue of a journal. It was rejected. I noted that there exists another special issue in the same journal and my paper is also within the scope of that. Is it ...
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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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Is there a difference in "quality" between a paper published in a special issue and one in a regular issue?
A journal is issuing a new issue which is related to my research area. I was planning on submitting my paper to this issue, but my advisor told me instead to submit the paper in a regular issue, due ...
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The date that the final manuscript is due is in a few weeks. Should I get response now about if my paper was accepted or not?
I submitted my paper on 1 July for the issue with these dates:
deadline for submitting 31/7
final manuscript due 15/11
I got a change in the date at "9/9 under review" then "28/9 with ...
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Special Issue abstract acceptance
A prestigous journal was calling abstracts for a special issue. I was informed by the guest editor that my abstract was accepted with final paper due dates. I completed my submission and have been ...
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How to understand this schedule of a special issue?
I need to publish a paper before the end of this year and found an announcement with these details:
Submission deadline: 14 July 2022
Final manuscript due: 1 November 2022
Tentative publication date: ...
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Submitting to Call for Submissions After Deadline
I have an unpublished manuscript. A journal I would have liked to submit the manuscript to as a regular submission has a call for submissions for a special issue of the journal on XYZ with a target ...
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What happens if a manuscript gets rejected for a special issue?
Is it possible to re-submit or re-consider a manuscript for a normal issue of the same journal that has rejected it for a special issue?
I am concerned about it since the subject of my manuscript ...
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Submitting as Regular paper in same journal after receiving "revise before review" from special edition of the same journal?
I had submitted my paper to the special edition of the journal (due to relevance of work and faster processing timeline). Now I had received "revise before review" comment (they asked to ...
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An article not presented in conference but published in conference special issue
Although an article was not presented at the conference, this article published in the conference special issue of a journal after reviewing and editorial process. Considering whether the authors ...
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Should I tell a colleague that he's serving as an editor for a predatory journal?
A colleague of mine, who I regard scientifically, just invited me to submit an article to a special issue of a journal which I consider predatory.
I consider this journal predatory because its ...
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How much domain expertise and network does a special issue guest editor need?
I have been invited as a special issue guest editor. The journal is genuine (I have both published and reviewed there multiple times) but not very prestigious and sometimes seen as "easy" to get into....
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