Dear colleagues,
Do you agree that journals should standardized their formatting and submissions process? So researchers can submit their work following one standard, which will save time and effort when a work need to be submitted to different journal than the previous one. What do you think?
Thank you for being a part of this conservation
Abdulaziz Albannai , adjusting the article as per any journal's recommendations doesn't take time compared to writing the article, for sure.
I agree with the idea that formattIng can be lengthy and exhausting, but it is just part of the writing process. I have reviewed a lot of articles, and sometimes, the authors do not follow the guidelines of the given journal, which may cause trouble and confusion. It is thus good to pay attention to the formal side of the paper, too. As to the unifications, there are some at the level of important publishing houses, so we may hope that others publishers will copy their policies.
I agree. I wish there was a universal format for academic papers or that journals can accept a paper and run it through a software that automatically reformats to how they want it. It's exhausting to keep reformatting one paper over and over again so as to meet each new journal requirements.
I agree with you that coordinating journals is sometimes more cumbersome than writing a research, but it does not include all journals. Firstly, the process with repetition becomes easier and the researcher becomes more experienced in responding to the difficulty of coordinating journals.
Thank you all Bushra Abdulhamza Abbas Owolabi Emmanuel Sokefun Michal Místecký & Sanaa N Al- Haj Ali for your valuable opinions to this discussion
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