Publication Planning

I am currently working on my PhD. My professor helped me set up plans for materials and decided the topic for my theses. But the issue is that although I will be the one who is doing the research,  he (the professor) will be the first author. My professor told me it's okay as he is the one who has decided on the materials and topics but my personal opinion is that it might not be ethical.

Is age a factor when it comes to academic publishing? Can very young people publish academic papers? I am referring to students who are still in school but have lots to share.

This post contains a list of things you need to do to start promoting your work. This checklist should help you list all your ideas and channels of promotion in one place so that you’re able to keep track of your activities.

Today, being an academic brings with it the added responsibility of promoting your research in order to generate and demonstrate impact. This post explains how you could develop a promotional checklist – a series of tasks to grow the reach of your papers online that can correlate with your publishing strategy for 2017 and beyond. 

A decision letter that has come several months after submission mentioned that resubmission should be made by 6th Dec. However, I would like to submit my paper to a higher IF journal. What should I do? Is it okay to send email to the journal about withdrawal? Is it duplicate submission if I don't send my widthwal letter but submit my revised paper to another journal? If I submit my paper after 6th Dec is it duplicate submission? 

I am currently pursuing a doctoral degree in the field of economics (statistics). My manuscript is ready and I want to submit it to a journal. I would like to know a few details about journal selection before submission: How much time will it take from submission to first decision from a journal on average in the field of economics and statistics? In case of SSCI journal, the first decision from a journal tends to be late. Can you recommend some journals that have relatively faster journal...

While working on a Masters Degree in Data Analytics I submitted two original research papers (quasi-opinion pieces) to my then University's digital repository. Both were accepted. I am the sole author. I would now like to publish them formally. Can I submit them to journals or deposit them in other repositories as well?

Can I write an article that presents a method/process to create educational tools? What type of article would that be? Any recommendations or guidelines?

A thesis and a journal article are two different sub-genres of academic writing. This article explains the difference between the two and provides tips on how you can rewrite your thesis in the form of a journal article.

Aspiring scholars rightly recognize publication of their first peer-reviewed paper as a critical career milestone. It signals active engagement with the discourse in a field and contribution to the body of knowledge. Student and trainee publication is thrilling in a positive way when it is successful but, in many cases, is also fraught with challenges and pitfalls. Inexperience and competing interests in the high-stakes endeavor of academic publishing can generate a quivering of negative...