Dear Dr. Husin Sitepu and Dr. Dian N. Paramaartha,

The absence of plagiarism is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for a high-quality paper. Whereas a scientific collaboration is neither a necessary, nor sufficient condition for a high-quality paper. In order to be a high-quality paper, one ought to have either new scientific facts, and/or new interpretations, and/or new theory, that are generally recognized by a scientific community.

First thing we should remember when we are going to publish a successful high-quality journal paper is that it should be original, no plagiarism.

Find a hot topic and write the article in a way to be concise, logically connected and highlight the contribution.

Dear Dr. Husin Sitepu and Dr. Dian N. Paramaartha,

The absence of plagiarism is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for a high-quality paper. Whereas a scientific collaboration is neither a necessary, nor sufficient condition for a high-quality paper. In order to be a high-quality paper, one ought to have either new scientific facts, and/or new interpretations, and/or new theory, that are generally recognized by a scientific community.

There are no secrets at all, but we have to search for respective discourse communities, which are open for possible breakthroughs (ignorance plays a great role in human life and science). In addition, I would highlight 3 key elements:

---radical testing/reviewing of available scientific methodologies (full state of the art),

---creative writing style,

---strict methodical labor.

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In my field, I prefer:

https://www.sociostudies.org/

https://www.socionauki.ru/

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One of such scientific papers, which had a great impact on my work is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hallmarks_of_Cancer

Robust findings

The secret is simple - firstly author must write an article, and only then decide where to send it (taking in account its quality). My first boss once said: "This article will certainly adorn any "Pumpkin Gerald" (not to lose havings, instead of throwing and forgetting...), but other one is not ashamed to send to a good journal...".

But this often depends on the self-esteem of the author (both overpriced and understated), and not on the quality of work.

The magazine must take into account criteria

An article offers something new. Innovation. Invention. Benefits of socio-economic development and technology

Dear Husin Siepu, how do you define success of the article? No of citations, reads or ??

Dear Jaroslav Dvorak , It means that due to the novelty and challenged of your Journal paper, the other authors in the field of your research must cite your papers. Otherwise, the editors will reject the submitted papers. Additionally, you will be always a keynote speaker in the plenary session at the well-known and referred conferences in the field of your research. ( https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cUTV8HkAAAAJ&hl=en)

The number of keynote speakers are limited. Normally two, three per conference. There are some other factors. Like in your research will more interest as you from Saudi Arabi and less interest from my research as I'm from Lithuania. You Scopus h-index 7 and it is good sign for editors, my h-index 1 and it worse sign. So there are a lot of subjectivity in what you mean success.

This article may answer your question:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351979714000838

Useful tips:

Imagine your research as telling a story. Start by asking a big question, and form a logical argument. Know your audience. Nobody is obliged to read anything you write, and if you do not pitch your paper appropriately, you can reduce its potential impact. Be short, clean and clear. Make good use of figures.

The quality of research work and level of its contents are certain criteria for such a pulication.

@ Husin Sitepu

If it is innovative and novel Presentation definitely it is going to be published in a reputed journal.

The first paper I published as a Co-author was in 1991, which is 28 years ago. Then, 11 years later on, I published paper sole-author paper at Journal of Applied Crystallography, Vol 35, 2002, 274-277. The papers can be downloaded at the link - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cUTV8HkAAAAJ&hl=en

During our scientific carrer, we needs to have at least one great high-quality journal paper that well-recognized as an innovative and challenge technique in this specific research area, and has added value to our research community. This Journal Paper make us to feel comfortable with our capability and competency in conducting research in our specific field of research interest area. This Journal Paper is the best version of our expertise when we conduct a joint interdepartmental research collaborations with our colleagues.

What a successful joint collaboration pubilcation requires ?

What are the secrets to publish a successful high-quality journal paper?

My first 3 papers (co-authored) were published at Journal of Applied Crystallography in 1994 and 1995:

Article Correction of the Seemann-Bohlin method for stress measureme...

Article Improvements in the Quantitative Evaluation of Three-Dimensi...

Article Improvements in the Quantitative Evaluation of Three-Dimensi...

Although there are not highly cited, I am still very proud of these three papers, as not many Chinese authors are publishing in Journal of Applied Crystallography.

Great Ligen Yu . I read your papers with a great interest

The secret term may be replaced by your endevour & tranperancy of success .

Sincerety / honesty may be considered as you key here.

Thank you Husin for your interest.

To be innovative, we may need to think in a different way, and don't be restricted by any existing theory or common sense. When others see failure, we need to perceive it as an opportunity for breakthrough. When everyone see the negative side of a phenomenon, we need try to find the value of its existence. Virtually, everything that happens, must has a good reason for it.

Exiting experimental results

Thanks Husin Sitepu for a very nice question. I do agree with the comments made by Len Leonid Mizrah.

Harasit Kumar Paul , you are right that Len Leonid Mizrah has made great comments. Thanks to you all for your feedbacks, Dian N. Paramaartha , Ligen Yu , Nirmala S.V.S.G , Jaydip Datta , Heinz-Günter Brokmeier , B K Sharma , Hassan Izzeddin Sarsak , and others. Much appreciated. Please stay safe and stay healthy in this difficult COVID-19 situation. God bless you all.

Dear Colleagues,

Enclosed please find a paper which describes the tricks used to publish in top-tier journalы and from this paper you may assess whatever it's worth it.

Es una pregunta cuya respuesta depende del área del conocimiento.

Se precisa tener resultados novedosos. Pero, también muchas veces están los resultados y razones tales como perfiles de las revistas temáticas priorizadas, estilos, perfil y hasta país de origen de los investigadores atenta contra la publicación.

Thank you for your feedbacks, Joshua O. Ighalo , Igor Gurkov & Mirtha Juliana Yordi García . Much appreciated.

The big secret is just being clever to develop and implement good and brand new ideas. It is a prerequisite that you have and maintain many good national and international networks.

Read a lot patiently and develop new ideas.

You are absolutely right, Professor Mehdi Shakibaei , that we have to always clearly understand the journal papers we read with a great interest and extend the work that the authors have not done it, yet. Also, world-widely conducting the joint collaboration research with our colleagues.

Good scientific work is similar to baking bread. The more often and longer the dough is kneaded, the better the bread tastes later ....

There are no secrets to publish a successful high-quality tier journal paper.

However, there are certain realities that the study be well conceived, well conducted, of high quality, must meet exceptions of the peers, and well useful (accepted) for international readers. If a certain work fulfill these realities (not secrets), I find very reason reason for its acceptance by any high quality journal in the respective field.

The only criteria for a paper in a leading journal are novelty, creativity, and quality.

Many researchers who have published many high-quality papers with high citations index described that the process of publishing a manuscript in a high-impact journal starts with reading many papers and find out what the authors have done it yet that can be extended from their research, writing a proposal for research funding, applying beam time at the synchrotron and neutron facilities, performing the experiments and compare the experimental results with the theoretical calculations and/or the published results, work with impeccable integrity, writing an excellent manuscript, submitting it to the right journal, and responding to reviewer comments fully.

My contribution in science can be found at my GoogleScholar link at — https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cUTV8HkAAAAJ&hl=en

For a paper to be published in a leading journal with a high citation index it should be a "must" on the topic at issue. For this to be the case, the paper has to be creative, innovative and original and hence to go beyond what is already known on the topic at issue. From my own experience, a paper becomes a must when it answers to, say, an "irritating question", that is, an answer that challenges the mainstream and the status quo and advances knowledge on the topic addressed by the paper.

The paper has to contribute significantly to the knowledge of the unknown in a certain scientific domain.

The paper should be written in a clear, clean and parsimonious manner.

The paper should avoid dispensable jargon such that it can be understood by, say, a normal reader.

The paper should reach a broad audience.

The paper should not have any scientific error in terms of content and be well organised in terms of structure.

The paper should not have any scientific error in terms of content and well organised in terms of structure.

The paper should refer to the relevant to the relevant literature related with the topic addressed in the focal paper.

There is no secret at all, just talent, creativity, determination, excellent co-authors (for multi-author papers), and some luck.

Works all the time.

Talent, hard-working, and some serendipity.

I strongly agree with the statements made by Prof. Tawfiq M. Al Antary

Dear Prof. Samir G Pandya,

You are welcome. Thanks for your agreement, even though we agree that we can disagree. This possibility is what makes interesting the threads we participate.

Even more satisfying is seeing your paper contribute to solving major problems (the coronavirus pandemic, for example). Having one's paper appear in a high impact journal is, of course, satisfying but remains a bonus.

The paper has to answer, say, to a challenging or "irritating question", or a question whose answer (a) casts doubts on the mainstream, status quo and ready made or established truths, (b) advances knowledge on the issue addressed in the focal paper; and (c) contributes to a better knowledge of the unknown on the topic addressed in the focal paper.

The paper should follow the guidelines stipulated by the Journal where the paper is published.

The paper should follow the ethics stipulated by the Journal where the paper is published and have no conflicts on interest.

Dear My Muslim friends in this thread, EID MUBARAK to you and your family. Insha'Allah, the Almighty Allah accepts your prayers, good deeds, and bless you and your family with the rewards of Ramadan. Aamiin Ya Rabb. Have a safe Eid!

Dear Prof. Hussin Sitepu, thank you for your nice words. My family and I are fine, in these COVID-19 days. I hope that this is also the case of you and your family.

Greetings from Portugal for you and your friend EID MUBARAK. God bless you

Thank you for your EID Mubarak wishes, Professor Orlando M Lourenço . Much appreciated.

You are a knowledgeable in con research and publishing papers, kind and helpful person. Thus, please provide your thoughts and hints in this thread. I trust that the readers will be benefited from your research experience.

My contribution in science can be found at my GoogleScholar link at — https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cUTV8HkAAAAJ&hl=en

Kindly read the interesting research article through below link.

Article How to publish a scientific manuscript in a high-impact journal

I agree with Tawfiq M. Al Antary.

Thank you, Dr Sadanand Pandey . I have read closely that paper prior to put this this Q/A on this thread. However, it did not include the citation index. The objective of this Q/A thread is to share the knowledge with the readers how to become a better researcher in publishing the papers at the tier Journals with a high citations index.

I am still in the stage of learning. If you are interested in looking my contribution in science, it can be found at my GoogleScholar link at — https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cUTV8HkAAAAJ&hl=en

How is the research in South Korea? Do you use the synchrotron and neutrons facilities?

Dear Prof. Hussin Sitepu, thanks for you prompt reply to my previous post. Thank you also for the link to access to your CV. A brilliant CV as I imagined. You are a distinguished scholar.. Congratulations.

Kind regards,

Orlando

The paper should not contain any scientific error in its content and should be well organized in terms of structure. But the most important thing is that the paper is creative, innovative and original such that it becomes a must in the topic addressed in the focal paper. For the paper to become a must, it should advance significantly the previous knowledge on the topic addressed in the focal paper.

The paper should have a methodological section written in a detailed manner such that it can be replicated by independent researchers.

The paper should have a hypothesis that it is not true by definition and hence an hypothesis that can be falsified.

The paper should not overuse tabular asterisks, the (in) famous p* < .05; p** < .01; p*** < .=.001, at the cost of theoretical risks. It suffices to say that an experiment carried out in an atmosphere on conceptual confusion rarely, if ever, clarifies anything,

The paper should be written in a clear, neat and succinct language and avoid dispensable jargon such that it can be read, say, by a normal reader.

Thank you 🙏 for your kind words, Professor Orlando M Lourenço . Much appreciated. I am still in the stage of learning. That is why I seek help from you and other scientists who have successfully published many papers to provide their thoughts here and share their continuous experience with the readers of this thread.

It depends on the journal. I know of some journals in my area of expertise that send the manuscript to five reviewers .

Thank you for your kind words, Professor Husin Sitepu. We all are still in the stage of learning, and this is one of the reasons why we exchange messages in this and other threads. Stay safe.

As a rule of thumb, the paper should be short. Good ideas can be expressed without spending much ink.

All of this are details that creative, innovative, and original papers always take into account.

When a paper gets more than 100 citations is considered a "must" in the topic at issues ,

Talent, hard-work, creativity and originality.

"The scientific and publication success may be the publication of a scientific text, which describes the results of scientific research, during which a significant discovery was made, a solution was developed for a specific serious problem related to the development of civilization." Dariusz Prokopowicz

The manuscript should maintain the quality.

The manuscript should advance significantly what is known about the issue addressed in the paper.

The paper should (a) raise a challenging question or new hypothesis, (b) have a strong experimental design to test it, and (a) describe and analyze in a clear, clean and parsimonious manner the experiment that was carried out.

"Publishing a text with the results of conducted research in a journal with a high Impast Factor coefficient increases the possibility of reaching a given publication with many researchers and scientists who may be interested in specific issues of a given scientific discipline." Dariusz Prokopowicz

Before being sent for publication to the intended journal, the manuscript should be edited by a native English speaker if the author or authors of the focal manuscript are not native English speakers.

Originality should be there , some new idea, new points should be there, it should not be just three or four paper mix together and make another paper.