Choosing journals, submission, responding to reviewers, predatory journals and the path from manuscript to publication.
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A special issue can be a fast route to the right readers, or a venue where review is rushed. How to read a call for papers, vet guest editors and avoid issues t
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Most articles get most of their reads in the first weeks, then sink. A 30-day plan to reach peers and practitioners: a plain-language summary, an open copy, one
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Academic publishers read proposals, not manuscripts. How to structure a persuasive book proposal, answer the question of who will buy the book, pick a sample ch
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Not every result needs an 8,000-word research article. Short reports, research notes, data papers, methods papers, commentaries and registered reports each have
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A thesis is written to prove you did enough; an article is written so others can use your result. How to pick one question, cut the literature review to a fifth
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Systematic reviews are highly cited, so journals receive many and reject many. What editors check first: registration, a reproducible search, the PRISMA checkli
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The manuscript is done, then the system asks for a graphical abstract, highlights, maybe a video, plus supplementary files, data and code. How to do each, and w
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The acceptance email is not the finish line. There is a licence to sign, a proof to return within 48 hours, and errors in names and numbers that, once online, o
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A paper nobody finds is a paper nobody cites. How to write titles that contain the words your peers actually search for, choose keywords that do not repeat the
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Your first review invitation arrives unannounced, along with the question “am I qualified?”. A two-pass reading method, a five-part report structure, and the ph
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Open access does not have to mean paying a publication fee. The difference between gold, green, hybrid and diamond models, the three versions of a paper, Creati
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A preprint can put your results in front of readers months earlier and timestamp your findings, but the wrong licence or server can cause trouble later. How to
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