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Getting scooped is a major fear that most scientists battle. It can be extremely upsetting if an author gets scooped due to delays in the journal publication process. As…
- Kakoli Majumder
- July 7, 2016
An author took the assistance of Editage for the editing and submission of his manuscript. We edited and formatted the manuscript as per the journal guidelines, but the…
- Dr. Shazia Khanam
- July 3, 2014
The previous post explained the main duties of the corresponding author before a manuscript is submitted to the journal. This post talks about what a corresponding…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- January 11, 2018
Authors sometimes have preconceived ideas about copyright. Some authors are under the impression that open access articles do not have copyright. Such a mistaken idea…
- Kakoli Majumder
- June 28, 2016
Most journals require complete disclosure of potential conflicts of interest from authors at the time of submission.However, it is sometimes difficult for authors to…
- Kakoli Majumder
- July 28, 2016
As an author, you want to get published in the right journal by the right editor. Terry Monahan, Managing Editor of the journal Eye and Contact Lens shares her top…
- Wolters Kluwer
- March 8, 2017
Poor copyediting leads to the publication of a paper with errors and without final approval by the author. When the author informs the EIC, a correction is made, but the…
- Kakoli Majumder
- October 18, 2015
An author is surprised and confused when the instructions provided by the journal submission system are different from those provided in the author guidelines on the…
- Kakoli Majumder
- September 3, 2015
When a journal does not provide clear information about the APC on its website, but informs the author of the amount only after acceptance, the author finds the charges…
- Kakoli Majumder
- September 29, 2015
Do you know what journal editors want from you? In this post a journal editor talks about how the predatory publishing and academic hijacking are very much like street…
- Caven Mcloughlin
- March 12, 2018