I am presently an under grad student and planning to submit two articles in a Scopus indexed journal. Both the articles are single authored. Will journals accept my articles? I have heard that journals have problem with single authored papers!
As a journal editor, I personally don't care. The quality of the research is what determines whether it is published or not.
Dear
Normally it's difficult to complete a research alone , that's why some journals not agree for a single author to keep other authors rights.
From another view , you will not loss your marks if you add other persons that help you to complete your research, but you will get a team worker marks from your friends, this will be very important for your research life in future.
regards.
Alaa
Hi,
It is true that collaborating papers are preferred by journal editors, but very good papers authored by one person could also be accepted for publication.
When you submit your manuscript for review, the manuscript is submitted anonymously, which means the name and number of authors are not recognised. Moreover, based on the reviewer's feedback your paper maybe accepted or rejected.
However, many journals consider multiple authors is a strenegth to the paper, whereas collection of experience and better peice of art is done.
Wish you the best Edwin Rodriguez-Ubinas
As a journal editor, I personally don't care. The quality of the research is what determines whether it is published or not.
Dear Dr. David,
If I address you wrongly?
I am actually a MBA student but intend to publish as single author on Economic related research paper.
Can I know If I can publish at your website and may I have your site name.
Thanks
Almost all of my papers have been single author. It’s never been an issue for me. As a blind reviewer I never know how many authors the paper has.
Of course, why not !!!
If the paper is good written and obtained results of your research or investigation are consistent, so don't worry about the acceptance and publication.
The problem is not the number of authors, the problem is in the quality of the text. If you want to send an article, then do it. The best criterion of truth is practice.
yes they will accept. No need to worry. i also agree with Gayle S. Stever.
As a journal editor it is all about the quality and presentation of the research and scope of interest to others (i.e. is it likely to be cited by others)---the number of authors is irrelevant. However, as a student did you not have supervisors who contributed to the design of the research, verification of analysis and feedback on the write-up?
The reviewer should not even know the number of writers. However, the number of authors is interest of reliability of the research, if you think for example options of researcher triangulation. Nevertheless, it's also a question of type of the article: e.g. a literature review is the state of literature no matter how many writers. Features, reviews.. but on research papers collaboration is always core of connected research community.
There are so many papers written by single person.Quality is the only check for publishing any paper. Please proceed. ALL THE BEST to the young researcher.
Yes, but personally, I prefer more than one author papers, in other words, team work publishing...
See also: https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_do_you_think_about_single_author_paper
Strictly there is no problem to submit articles as single author. No journal denies the submission as single author. The publication of article in the journal mainly depends on suitability, quality and innovative approach of research presentation..
The criterion of publication is the quality of the work and not the number of authors.
Depend on the quality of the work not authors. I have seen a number of quality papers having more then hundred authors.
I don't think acceptance or rejection of an article is ever based on whether it is single authored or multiple authored. What is more important is the quality and thoroughness of the work. Of course including a well known researcher as a co-author may result in more publicity or exposure for your article.
I think if you carried your work in a specific laboratory you must acknowledge them at the end. As far as single author is concerned it is not a big issue.
Yes..I have seen many single authored research papers published in high impact factor journals. It is the quality of research that matters not the number of authors involved.
There is no problem for the number of authors contributing to the article.If you are the sole authority of your work with your own ideology, proper methodology,innovative findings, you can publish on your own in any of the peer reviewed, high impact journals. Quality of work , innovation,novelty that matters.
Best of luck for your future publications.
Of course yes, but personally, I prefer a multi authors paper, means team work....
No problems about the number of authors on a paper. But an undergraduate that wants to publish as a single author gives me a serious concern. Is he/she the owner of the research idea/concept? Does it mean that he/she was not supervised by anyone? In reality, can an undergraduate be the sole authority of a quality research work? Or he/she feels that the supervisor who might probably be the owner of the research idea is now no longer qualified to be an author? These are pertinent questions to answer please.
If the material is good, the paper is well written, you may be the only author. On the other hand, it is better if you have a co-author to discuss the argument and perhaps add important data or improve the discussion.
Of course, you can publish your article as a sole author. But then, an undergraduate that wants to publish his/her articles probably for the first time and as a sole author, is worrisome as in my opinion, the contributions of the supervisor is important in achieving the desired quality of the write up. From my experience as a reviewer, I have seen so many researches that appeared to be well conducted but which articles on them had to be rejected because they were poorly written and some of these articles may have been written by inexperienced researchers. This is where the knowledge and experience of the supervisor comes in.
For sure there are great benefits in having a collaborative work. These days a work cutting across many disciplines give the authors more visibility. However, the acceptance of work is strictly based on the work's quality. An editor may be biased especially if the topic of the said work is very new but it's not ethical. I have not heard a work being rejected strictly for being single authored.
Recently I published an article as single author with IF 8.428 at TrACs (Elsevier). No issue.
Dear it does not matter what matters is the quality of the paper.
Of course! I have several. Why should it not be possible??????
On the other hand, since you haven't graduated, editors may very well take your submission as something unserious - you have to write a really good letter to go along with your submission, I should think.
As a precaution, you must get married before submitting the papers in scientific journal{s}. Some people claim that articles with a female co-author are generally preferred in biological journals. However, I do not take these things very seriously; jokes are part of normal life.
Yes, you can. It all depend on the quality of the paper. I understand this it your first time you went to submit a manuscript for publication and you should have a supervisor who worked with you. I suggest he/she should be included in the publication.
Why not publish a manuscript by one author, if the topic is solid and timely, lies within the topics of the journal, and the article is written well?
How many here at RG can honestly say - if pressed - that they know exactly how to assess a journal paper in your field? I dare to - I have graded about 300 by now, as well as nearly a hundred proceedings papers.
Yes, scientific journals surely accept single author. Generally, the acceptance of the paper to a journal depends on good and simple english, good presentation, innovative idea, newness of the work and does not depend on other parameters.
Any competent academic researcher should be able to review papers in their own field.
I handle 30 papers each week throughout the year.
What's the problem?
Sure, but personally, I prefer team work or multi authors papers..
Some journals use blind review. So, if the paper is standard and of high quality, it will be accepted without prejudice.
Reviewers are rather busy, and I fear that some regular reviewers are "used" too often. The system is not built to last - it relies too much on the rather few who do very meny reviews, while the rest either create rather shallow sets of comments, or simply do not volunteer to be a reviewer.
It's often hard to hide the identity of the authors, such as when a bunch of lab professors write a series of papers that cite themselves a lot.
Michael: "I handle 30 papers each week" - what does "handle" mean? Surely not reviewing, but rather communicating?
Handle means accepting responsibility for reviewing and making editorial desk decisions.
I know of several academics who can read and write fast, are knowledgeable in several areas, and can make decisions efficiently.
Great, Michael! I do have problems, sometimes, to find a sufficiently central researcher in the narrow field in question, and who is simultaneously ready, willing, and able to do the duty.
It does not really matter as long as it is a quality article!
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