Presubmission Inquiry

Sorry to know that this journal turned down your manuscript at the presubmission inquiry stage itself. But in a way, that’s a good thing. You save time compared with submitting on the platform and then meeting with a desk rejection there. With the time you have saved, you can make presubmission inquiries with other journals, and hopefully, eventually submit to one that is interested in your manuscript.So, to answer your question, no, you should simply save the effort and move on. Also note that if you decide to submit and they eventually reject, your manuscript will be ‘stuck’ with them for some period of time, say, at least two weeks, during which time, you can’t submit anywhere else. So, the practical thing to do is to try with some other journal(s). In fact, you did a wise thing by making a presubmission inquiry first, and you should continue this strategy with other journals. :-)To improve your chances of acceptance with another journal, you may find these resources helpful.Most common reasons for journal rejectionTips to avoid journal rejectionHow to choose journals for submitting your paperAdditionally, you may also wish to check out our new AI-powered platform for manuscript submission, R Pubsure....

Sending a journal a presubmission inquiry is a very wise and practical thing to do. It saves time, effort, and frustration. In case you know one journal is not interested, you can then quickly submit to another journal instead of submitting it without inquiring and then waiting for it to be archived or withdrawn.We do have an informative article around making a presubmission inquiry: How to write a presubmission inquiryA template though is available only in this paid course: A practical handbook of templates for communicating with the journalApart from that, you may also refer to these related queries for additional pointers:Whom should I contact for a pre-submission inquiry?How to write a pre-submission inquiryIs it okay to send the EiC a draft of my paper during pre-submission inquiry?All the best for the queries and submission(s)!

You have not mentioned whether you have performed any part of your research during your current employment. Also, you have not mentioned the types of entities you have been employed with – whether university, institute, or organization. However, as you have mentioned that you are required to show both affiliations and as you have been in your current role for about nine months, it seems your current employer has made some contribution to your research.As you have rightly shared, there are diverse views on the sequence of the affiliations. Based on what I understand from your query, if the major part of your research took place when you were with your previous employer or if it was a university (who would have made academic contributions to your research), you can mention them first and then your current employer. If the contribution by your second employer is not major, you could even consider mentioning them only in the Acknowledgments section. Also, if you have not already done so, you can look up the sites of the conference and your present employer for their guidelines on the affiliations, if any.Related reading:Which of the two affiliations I have should I prioritize in my...

In a meta-analysis, the registration number denotes the registration of the protocol used for the meta-analysis. You typically need to register your protocol before starting the meta-analysis, specifically, before starting the data extraction. This is for two reasons. When registering your protocol, you can check if there are similar studies being conducted so that you can avoid conducting the same study. (Note that your meta-analysis can still be different as it will address a very specific question and you may choose to look at data and datasets that other researchers may not have. You may also reach different conclusions based on the analysis of the same data.)This is also to prevent the possibility of skewing the results based on the data.Nevertheless, you can still try to register your protocol. If there is still some time for your study to get completed, you may receive the registration number before that and can then submit the number along with the final paper to the journal.Here are some registry sites:PROSPERO: An open registry for all types of systematic reviewsCochrane: A registry for systematic reviews of health-care interventionsCampbell Collaboration: A registry for systematic reviews of social interventionsAdditionally, you may also need to provide the...

You can submit the conference paper to a journal. However, you will need to keep the following points in mind.If the full conference paper was previously published in the conference proceedings, it might not be possible to publish it again. If however only the abstract was published, there might be a better chance. So, make a pre-submission inquiry with the prospective journal, explaining that you wish to submit a full paper with a different title and updated contents. (You will need to change the title because otherwise there will be two published papers in the public domain with the same title, which can be both confusing and unethical.)At the time of submission again, in the cover letter, inform the journal editor that this is an updated version of a previously published paper.You will need to make about 30-50% of content changes to the journal manuscript from the conference paper. You can do this by building on the findings in the paper (especially as a conference paper is more for presenting preliminary findings). As about two years have lapsed since you presented the conference paper, you can also include new information in the manuscript.You will need to tailor your conference paper...

Generally speaking, the Editor-in-chief (EiC) of a journal should be the point of contact for a pre-submission inquiry. In the case of your target journal, since the EiC is not mentioned, the best person to send a pre-submission inquiry to would be the managing editor. Mails directed to the editorial office are usually checked by editorial assistants, and you cannot be sure that they will forward your email to the managing editor. The publishing editor is not involved in the editorial decision-making; his/her role is related to the production stages. Therefore, in my opinion, your pre-submission inquiry should be sent to the managing editor.These articles wil help you understand how to write a pre-submission inquiry:How to write a presubmission inquiry: Dos and don'tsHow to write a pre-submission inquiryVIDEO: How are pre-submission inquiries handled by journal

Journals usually publish articles, not books. I don't think you can make an inquiry into a journal about a book chapter. Books are generally published by academic book publishers. You will need to find out which are the leading publishers of academic books in your field.  Take care to choose only those publishers that are reputed in your field. Please cross check with your supervisor, professors, and senior colleagues before you submit your book chapter. This is because there is an emerging breed of predatory book publishers who target naive authors. Once you identify a reputable publisher, the process is similar to sending a pre-submission inquiry to a journal. In your email, explain what your book chapter is about, mentioning what kind of book would be suitable to publish it in and who your target audience is. Another way to publish a book chapter is to collaborate with other authors from the same field and plan out a book in which each person contributes one or more chapters. Once all the chapters are written, you can approach a publisher together. Related reading:Should I accept an invitation to publish my journal article as a book?Should I accept an invitation to publish my academic work as a book?How...

I find it strange that the editor would ask for a draft of the paper during the pre-submission inquiry. Reputable journals would never do that. It's the norm of the academic publishing industry to not send/ask for the entire manuscript during pre-submission inquiry. The purpose behind pre-submission inquiries is that the editor would not have to spend time going through the entire manuscript. Sending a draft of the manuscript would defeat that purpose.I don't think you should send a draft of your paper to the editor. If the journal turns out to be a predatory one, it would be a great risk. I would suggest you check the journal website carefully and confirm that it is not a predatory journal before you continue your interaction with them.Related reading:Think Check Submit- The checklist that helps you choose a reliable journal

It is perfectly ethical to write to the journal editor before submission inquiring if they would be interested in your paper. This is known as pre-submission inquiry, and most editors in fact, encourage authors to send in such inquiries as this saves their time and effort as well. You can definitely write to the editor asking with a brief explanation of what your paper is about and inquiring whether the journal would be interested in it. If you receive a positive reply, you can submit your paper. However, remember that you should never attach your manuscript with a pre-submission inquiry. Additionally, you need to keep in mind that even if the editor shows interest and asks you to submit your paper, that does not necessarily mean that your paper will be accepted. While it definitely reduces the chances of outright rejection due to mismatch with the journal's scope, it is not a guarantee of publication. Related reading: How to write a pre-submission inquiry

I think you can use the email address provided for client contact. Additionally, you will definitely find the name of the editor-in-chief (EiC) of the journal somewhere on the website. Check if the email address provided for client contact has the name of the EiC in it; then you can be sure your inquiry is going to the right person. If it does not have the name of the editor, you should still send your pre-submission inquiry to the same address. If it's not the EiC's address, the recipient will either forward the email to the EiC or will reply to your email providing the email address of the person who receives pre-submission inquiries. Even if the journal does not entertain pre-submission inquiries, you should ideally receive a reply explaining that.The other option for you would be to write to the email address provided for client contact and ask about the procedure for sending a pre-submission inquiry to the journal and the email address of the person responsible for handling pre-submission inquiries. Related articles: How to write a pre-submission inquiry How are pre-submission inquiries handled by journals?