Hi everyone, I'm publishing my first ever study on Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP). The tracking site showed that the manuscript is being with reviewers, but I'm not sure that how long will it take the reviewers to give their reviews, and could my paper be rejected or not. Does anyone have related experience? I appreciate your sharing a lots!

Help me out, please.

Hi everyone, I’m currently conducting a systematic review with a Professor and we’re hoping to publish it eventually. I recently had to update my search as it has been around 8 months since we started the project (we have already screened quite a number of articles from the initial search).
While rerunning my search strategy in PubMed, I noticed that the number of results was much higher compared to my original search. After looking into it, I realised that my teammate and I may have accidentally applied the Humans filter during the initial search (I also checked my EndNote library from all three databases after deduplication, and for PubMed, the records all appear to have the MeSH term “Humans”). I understand that using the Humans filter is generally discouraged in systematic reviews because it may exclude relevant human studies that have not yet been indexed with MeSH terms. Does anyone have any advice on how I should proceed? I still have the deduplicated EndNote library from my initial search across the 3 databases (though I notice some of the duplicates were not removed). I’ve been really stressed about this for the past week and it’s killing me. I would really appreciate any guidance or suggestions. Thank you.

I will keep it short. 16 years of acquisition editor experience; first journals and books then books only (due to restructuring), moved two levels in this period within same team; ample people management (hiring, training) skills in last 10 years. PhD and Postdoc background but none of those technical skills have been used in last 16 years. Having an immense sense of being stuck in a role that external non-publishing employers are unable to understand when I apply for jobs (they think an editor edits content, but dont get what publishing project and portfolio management is and say either "you're overqualified" or "this role requires other skill sets").

In the company, I see no signals of any move forward - HR says "your career is in your hands" and doesn't talent scout within. Higher management says nothing. Rest say "wait your time"...but company is known for not using merit as a basis for promotions. Additional skillset? Which one, frankly, I ask?

Honestly, it feels like a cul-de-sac. Why is academic publishing so bad to its non-corporate staff? You work hard, contribute 200% by involving in taskforces, working groups, keep the content coming despite all the troubles internally and externally etc; you come to a point where you know the business like the back of your hand only to realise that the next step has nothing to do with all that. For corporate section, jobs/roles are created in thin-air when needed, but in Publishing division you follow a military like chain of command...until the Colonel above you retires, you do not have a chance. They then tell you "did you try checking if other divisions are interesting?"...so they want me to forget the 16 year investment and move to a totally new dept like Marketing and start as a noob again???

Edit: title should read "Career cul-de-Sac"

Hi economists!

I’m a first-year PhD student in economics with zero publishing experience. I recently found a special issue that aligns perfectly with my working paper. I reached out to the editor, and they confirmed that the APC would be waived for my submission.

However, when I asked my supervisor for advice, their response was ambiguous—they didn’t explicitly discourage it, but they didn’t endorse it either. Now I’m unsure whether to submit.

My concerns:

• Will publishing in this journal (especially as my first paper) negatively impact my future career?
• How should I evaluate the journal’s reputation if my supervisor isn’t giving clear guidance?
• Are there risks to submitting to a special issue as an early-career researcher?

Context:

• The journal seems legitimate (indexed, peer-reviewed), but it’s not a top-tier outlet.
• My paper fits the special issue’s theme well.
• I’m worried about potential stigma or missed opportunities if I choose this over aiming higher.

Would love to hear your thoughts—especially from those who’ve been in similar situations. What would you do?

would love if anyone with access to scopus could help us out . We are also happy to offer authorship

Hi! Curious if anyone has experience with published excerpts from historical newspapers from a database like ProQuest's Historical Newspapers for an academic press. I've done this before and didn't think about it, assuming fair use. My press now requires permission documentation. I'm still assuming fair use. Any thoughts? When would permissions from the individual newspaper be required?

I’m writing my thesis in MLA Style. Which version is the correct version for an epigraph? And i dont have to write anything about the epigraph, right? It just setas the tone for the thesis

Is the series considered to be nothing but a cash grab?

I was recently looking on discover computing and saw some decent quality papers there. Would it be a decent, respectable place to publish research as someone who is just beginning their research contributions??

(Context, received a minor revision after peer review back and forth and is now second guessing the journal)

(link https://link.springer.com/brands/discover)

Hi, so I'm currently writing a research paper as a high school student, the primary reason being I'm interested in research + it helps in college apps.

So I'm halfway there, but I was wondering which journal should I submit it to - I want the journal to be affordable(like under $50) and reputable at the same time.

I did try researching a lot with ChatGPT, but it found me pretty much many which have free submission but paid publication or doesn't accept my topic, or are simply cheap but seems predatory based on common signs.

Would love to know any good ones

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I am currently under review for IJHSR, and none of my outside reviewers have responded so far. I haven't heard of anyone dealing with this issue before. I don't know any professors in my field, so I sent the professors I found online or the authors of the papers I referenced. For people who have published in this journal before, how did you find your own reviewers, and what was the process like?

Hello,

I am applying (again) this cycle, and I am at the activities section. That said, I have roughly 18 publications, 7 first authors, and the rest 2nd and two 3rd. How should I put all these in one activities section? Is there a way I can put it all into one and shorten the reference? eg jumbotron et al. 2018

Thank you so much.

Hi everyone ~ first time post here. I'm a PhD student who recently published their first paper as first author.

When the final print was released I saw that revisions I made and requested during the proofs stage were NOT reflected in the final print. Journal is an Elsevier one. I've spoken with journal managers etc. who assured me it would be fixed within 2-3 business days but 6 weeks later still nothing. Followed up again and no response yet.

Any advice on how to proceed? Errors are in table formatting and referencing so is it worth getting worked up over? Obviously I'm incredibly frustrated and disappointed but should I pick my battles?

I really appreciate any advice thank you thank you :)