Questions tagged [publishability]
For questions about whether a piece of work is sufficient in significance, novelty, credibility, or scope to be publishable in an academic journal or conference.
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Is there any point in sharing a scientific discovery as a "nobody"?
I think that I might have discovered something that could bridge a gap between two major scientific theories. Is there even any point in sharing it? I don't have any higher education or any kind of ...
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Does a companion paper have to have the same authors?
I have a long paper and a short paper that I plan to submit together to Physical Review D/Physical Review Letters (PRD/PRL) as a joint submission. The short paper is basically a 4-page summary of the ~...
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When submitting a manuscript, should I mention that the research is incomplete due to health reasons?
I am a formally diagnosed autistic. I was qualified and enrolled for a PhD programme in microbiology and plant–fungi interaction but soon I found that my executive function challenges were impacting ...
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What factors enable high school students to contribute meaningfully to research?
Can high school students successfully contribute to research in math or physics, especially with work that will be published or recognized? If there are examples of this happening, I'd like to ...
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Proliferation of superficially novel optimization metaheuristics: systemic issue or legitimate research?
I have formal academic training in optimization and combinatorial optimization, as well as industrial experience in this area. I would like to think I can recognize, at least at a surface level, what ...
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What are the disadvantages/advantages of submitting a paper on openreview?
I am a graduate student soon to submit a paper in the field of math/cs/ml.
I am interested in two journals that require authors to upload their papers on openreview. I looked at some uploaded ...
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Can I publish a peer-review that I received on one of my proposals?
I am interested to understand if it is possible to publish a peer-review. I submitted a project for funding and received a peer-review which is fully anonymized. Since it is anonymized, I was ...
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Why would a 159-year embargo be in place with a political science paper?
This library page of Western says embargoes are emplaced to protect publishing revenues and that they only apply to certain users. It says the most common lengths are 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years.
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Should we publish a paper if we have an idea for a better one?
I find myself in the following dilemma. A coauthor and I were preparing a paper for a conference (so we have a deadline). The paper was looking great, we finished it around 2 weeks before the deadline,...
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A "broad scope" journal told me to submit my manuscript to a "specialized" journal. Then the "specialized" journal told me it's too broad. What to do?
So, basically, as the title says, I'm in quite of a conundrum. My paper has been rejected by a journal that publishes in broad areas (of mathematics), saying that I would need to submit it to a ...
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Is reporting null findings in an exploratory quantitative research study advisable?
I have been conducting an exploratory research study and am beginning to analyze the data for it. This study is quantative and is not predominantly hypothesis-driven, however there are a few questions ...
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Publication in a journal that has now disappeared entirely. Can I publish the paper elsewhere?
I published a paper with some co-authors in a national journal, recently launched, that was promising at the time. It got accepted after a few rounds (yay!). Unfortunately, for some reason, the ...
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What type of journals could be considered a dealbreaker for publishing with a collaborator?
I have asked a former collaborator who is pretty established in his field to co-author on a paper I am working on in a pretty niche, less popular sub-discipline that tangentially relates to his work.
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Do rediscoveries justify publication?
I have found a new solution for a problem in Computational Geometry but after intensive research learned that the key idea was already known in a different field of mathematics but also hard to find ...
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As an independent author with no academic connections, how can I have my paper reviewed?
I have recently concluded some independent work (algorithmic) and, since the results seemed to merit it, wrote a paper about it.
As an independent author without connections to academics or other ...
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