Dear Colleagues,
Your answer is highly appreciated. Thank you very much in advance.
Regards, Shafagat.
In answer to related questions, I noted that a friend of mine was coauthor to a paper that was rejected by a respected journal that was dominated by people with a different school of thought, and then that paper was later accepted by another journal which had a higher 'impact factor' than the first one. I don't think that this is an isolated occurrence. Nor is it the only kind of incident that makes me suspect that a paper's merit is not nearly so strongly tied to its ease of publication as it should be. That the world seldom operates as it should is often disappointing. There is not much that can be done about it but to try to be fair in our own dealings, to 'teach by example.'
Dear Shafagat, we wrote a good paper, that 2 senior RG researchers were willing to give some intellectual contribution, and then we sent it to one TR journal. It was rejected, as not within the domain of science education. The editor suggested that we send it to a higher education journal. We sent it to another TR journal. This time, it was also rejected although they admit that the work has merit. SO we have sent it to the third journal. So far, so good. I believe it is being reviewed. To answer your question...it is not easy, even though I speak native English. (Do you think that if we subscribe the journal, and belong to the society, it would be easier to publish? Thanks.)
Dear Shafagat , your question is very good. But , individual experiences will surely vary in this regard . TR journals have different kind of peer reviewership , very hard and strictly followed . So , I do not , think , there could be one unanimous answer to such questions.
In answer to related questions, I noted that a friend of mine was coauthor to a paper that was rejected by a respected journal that was dominated by people with a different school of thought, and then that paper was later accepted by another journal which had a higher 'impact factor' than the first one. I don't think that this is an isolated occurrence. Nor is it the only kind of incident that makes me suspect that a paper's merit is not nearly so strongly tied to its ease of publication as it should be. That the world seldom operates as it should is often disappointing. There is not much that can be done about it but to try to be fair in our own dealings, to 'teach by example.'
No, I do not think so. It is flexible. BTW, for me I always emphasis quality research though it is published less impact and index paper.
James , you are dead right . Peer reviewership is such a job , that no one ahs any control on the outcome , and most often , the outcome of reviewership goes as per the conventional school of thought of the reviewer in question . On the contrary , some manuscripts get through very easily , depends on the mindset of the reviewer. This is what I feel after having associated with reviewership over the last more than 25 years ..
I believe it is not easy to publish in journals indexed inThomson Reuters, but at the same time, it is not difficult. I agree with Anoop that some manuscripts get through very easily, depends on the mindset of the reviewer.
If you have written a good paper by the standard of that journal then it does not matter.
Dear Shafagat Mahmudova,
In my opinion, those journals that indexed in Thomson Reuters is arduous to publish an article, but it's not impossible.
Regards,
Mehdi
If the paper is of good quality, there is easy to publish research paper in journals indexed in ISI Thomson Reuters.
The paper that well describes an important finding or hypothesis is accepted by those journals. In the unlucky situation that the reviewer of your paper does the same study as yours and is going to publish a paper on it or has just published one, your paper would get an excessively critical review and rejection might be suggested to the editor. However, many journals provide plural reviewers for a single paper, and the rejection by such a reason is considered to happen rarely.
Unfortunately academic got themselves in a twist. It is a shame that academia give value to some journal but not the others. Publication in a conference which help to disseminate knowledge is no valued at all. The usability of the content is of little concern.
I can't judge other professions, but in engineering, if you take an academic who published in difficult to get journal and put him/her in industrial situation, you will be surprised that very few will survive the first day at work. This is not because they are not intelligent enough, they have dedicated their lives in pursuit of trivia. I am coming from industrial background and of course I am biased.
The more difficult a journal to publish is more value attached to the paper if publish in it. But nobody asks how many people actually read them. RG keep the score of downloads. To my mind that matters.
Some journals get so much papers that they can afford to be choosy and choice is made by the mood of reviewers.
I am one of two senior researchers who was mentioned in Miranda's post. Dear @Shafagat, every one of use has different experience with publishing in Thomson Reuters indexed Journals. Experiences differ very much, depending on discipline, topic, Journal, type of peer review,..., ...and many other factors.
By the way, do you have experience with TR Journals?
The mood of the reviewer...... Did (s)he had a good day or a bad day at the day of decision-making......
I am in agreement with James R ,Knaub and he is talking from wealth of experience. Personally, I have several SSCI (e.g., 50). It has never been important in my line of work. I believe in just doing my best and praying about it. Happiness is doing what you want to do, Being a good colleague is very important; very often more important than paper -- after all they just do not count only papers.Papers. It is good to have SOME papers but there are many other things more important than Thomson Reuters.
Dear Shafagat
Some reviewers sometimes follow their modes ,and might have prior knowledge on certain characters ,so the chance in case may play a role to pass through ,but sometimes the mission is not easy at all. Try to arrange and take decision to go forward and God bless all .
Dear shafagat really not easy now the most serious problem is similarity index and another problem is finding appropraite refereees.
many things contribute in publishing of an article. (my experience) few are;
1. Suitability of article to the journal
2. authors list having known researcher name
3.Name of Country and Institute
4. Journal publishing country
5. reviewers(neutral or biased)
Dear Shafagat
Indexing of Thomson Reuters means all papers of journal are indexed on Thomson Reuters website via Unique Researcher ID ? Publication within a short period after acceptance, the average time between submission and final decision is 30 days and the average time between acceptance and final publication is 32 days, and not easy for publication. Thomson Reuters(non zero ISI impact factor), Scopus indexed without any article processing fee might be might be more credible. Index Copernicus started doing business - latest evaluations are not for free.Journal Citation Reports offers a systematic, objective means to critically evaluate the world's leading journals, with quantifiable, statistical information based on citation data.
Regards,
Prem Baboo
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Which_indexing_service_is_good_from_the_following_Scopus_Thomson_Reuters_ISI_Google_Scholar_What_are_the_advantages_and_disadvantages_of_each?_tpcectx=profile_questions
Dear Shafagat,
I agree that it is not easy. Top tier journals have high rejection rates and rejection reasons are always not related to manuscript quality
Low quality of the manuscript is not the only reason for rejections. Some major factors that can also affect journal decisions are:
1. Quality and experience of peer reviewers
The quality of peer review varies widely according to reviewers’ professional experience, educational background, research interests, etc.
2. Volume of submissions
For obvious reasons, journals that attract a large number of submissions will also reject a large number of manuscripts. For example, Nature receives 10,000 submissions a year, making the rejection of even high quality manuscripts inevitable.
3 Journal’s decision-making policy
This varies widely among journals. For example, some journals follow a policy of rejecting any manuscript that will require major revisions, while some journals will complete another round of another peer review if they are unsure of the manuscript quality.
4 The journal editor is looking for something specific at a particular time
Sometimes, journal editors may wish to publish a thematic issue of the journal or may be interested in a current hot topic, in which case they might tend to accept more papers focusing on that particular topic.
5. The journal receives more than one submission on the same topic
In such cases, the journal may well choose to publish only one of the manuscripts, rejecting the other for no other reason than that they already have a paper on a similar topic.
A few related references:
Pierson DJ (2004). The top 10 reasons why manuscripts are not accepted for publication. Respiratory Care, 49(10): 1246-52.
Ajao OG (2005). Some reasons for manuscript rejection by peer-reviewed journals. Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine, 3(2): 9-12.
Ali J (2010). Manuscript rejection: Causes and remedies. Journal of Young Pharmacists, 2(1): 3-6. doi: 10.4103/0975-1483.62205.
Kumar M (2009). A review of the review process: manuscript peer-review in biomedical research. Biology and Medicine, 1(4): 1-16.
Schultz DM (2010). Rejection rates for journals publishing in the atmospheric sciences. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91(2), 231-243.
In my perspective, it is not easy to publish a paper on journals indexed in Thomson Reuters for Chinese PhD students.
It is not easy for Chinese students to publish a SCI indexed paper which is a common standard for graduation as a PhD. In most universities, regardless of levels of university it is a must to publish at least one paper indexed in Thomson Reuters. However, there is a language barrier for us:). There are several journals published in Chinese which is much more difficult to publish because of the language:)
Therefore, for most students, journals indexed in Thomson Reuters is one of most significant factors which we consider to publish a paper. If a jjournal is not indexed in Thomson Reuters any more, most PhD students will perfer not to publish on this journal any more.
Therefore, I think it is one of important factor that number of scholars intacing SCI paper to make the SCI paper more and more difficult. However, it is also a better way to improve the quality of the papers and a significant force to improve the advance of science.
Yes, i think that high-IF journals are harder to publish in.
The attached link (Eight reasons I rejected your article, Peter Thrower, PhD, Editor-in-Chief of Carbon, the international journal of the American Carbon ) presents various reasons for rejection from an Editor's point of view.
When a manuscript is submitted to a high-quality scholarly journal, it goes through intense scrutiny — even before it's seen by the editor-in-chief and selected for peer review. At Elsevier, between 30 percent to 50 percent of articles don't even make it to the peer review process.
1. It fails the technical screening.
2. It does not fall within the Aims and Scope.
3. It's incomplete.
4. The procedures and/or analysis of the data is seen to be defective.
5. The conclusions cannot be justified on the basis of the rest of the paper.
6. It's is simply a small extension of a different paper, often from the same authors.
7. It's incomprehensible
https://www.elsevier.com/connect/8-reasons-i-rejected-your-article
Hi,I donot think so.All indexed journals follow certain parameters like quality of work,presentation,language etc to publish.
Please see the previous post at link!
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Which_indexing_service_is_good_from_the_following_Scopus_Thomson_Reuters_ISI_Google_Scholar_What_are_the_advantages_and_disadvantages_of_each
One might suppose that to be comprehensive, an index of the scholarly journal literature might be expected to cover all journals published. It has been demonstrated, however, that a relatively small number of journals publish the majority of significant scholarly results. This principle is often referred to as Bradford’s Law.2
S.C. Bradford realized that the core literature for any given scientific discipline was composed of fewer than 1,000 journals. Of these 1,000 journals, there are relatively few with a very strong relevance to the given topic, whereas there are many with a weaker relevance to it. Those with a weak relevance to the given discipline or topic, however, typically have a strong relevance to some other discipline. Thus, the core scientific literature can form itself around various topics, with individual journals becoming more or less relevant depending on the topic. Bradford understood that an essential core of journals forms the literature basis for each discipline and that most of the important papers are published in relatively few journals.
http://wokinfo.com/essays/journal-selection-process/
In few SCI journals accept the paper when they know author/authors supervisor. Few SCI journals are huge publication cost. only few of the journals only accept our paper with fully reviewed, but it will take an year and more.
better to follow prof pelumi view point
It depends. From my own experience, with the prerequisite of the implementation of an interesting idea to a thorough manuscript within the scope of the relevant Journal, possibilities to publish in Thomson Reuters indexed journals increase. In any case, good work is never lost.
Dear Sir/
Please visit the following link
http://wokinfo.com/essays/journal-selection-process/
Easiness has specific predictors, such as frequentist theorem, and sometimes source or location of the authors! Of course these do not necessarily imply new knowledge, though could be a source of sustaining a particular type of readership!
I agree with the majority that it isn't easy at all...
Sorry Prof Mahmudova,
Very little idea about such indexing , I do have conference papers (in IEEE) not too keen about them except get some critique from peers . I have some miserable experience so have lost all respect ...Sorry
Well, As some body said, it is not depend on the quality of the paper. Rather it depends on the people influence.
Dear @James R Knaub,
Thank you very much for your opinion.
Regards, Shafagat
Dear @Miranda Yeoh,
Thank you very much for your sincerely answer.
Regards, Shafagat
it is easy if you the manuscript is written in good way original and follow the instructions for authors
I think it could be easy for an American or English author. But for others is much more difficult. I do not believe in this way of seeing because it does not give the same options to all the authors.
Its rather hard to publish papers in Thomson Reuter Indexed Journal without an excellent standard.
According to fundamental theory of optimization,
when search space are forced to be narrow, then its become difficult to get the optimum solution.
Similarly, when list of journals are limited by selection only SCI then the publication of an article become difficult.
I think sometimes if you have a high publication record, it gives you an edge in publishing in these journals, so it's harder for new researchers.
many thanks,
Debra
The best article/paper is always useful for its readers and it will also socially useful. If the article is prepared carefully according to the rules, criteria, themes, sub-themes, norms and standard of the journal and if it is socially useful, then it is easy to publish it in any journal.
As I mentioned earlier, when one writes a paper and has been exhaustive, there is no need to worry about it. Sometimes, a paper gets rejected but the referee comment might actually lead one to another paper plus a way to revise and resubmit the original work. Therefore, you get 2 instead of 1. I know most of us, like to write and get accepted. Personally, I look for revise and resubmit. In my area, sometimes a you have 3 referees and associate editor. Have you tried convincing 4 persons about the merit of your work? It is here that the invisible spirit work. Another point is the topic. One should participate when a topic is hot. All papers must answer the question, what is the value added by one's work?
Dear @Chuck A Arize,
Thank you very much for opinion.
Regards, Shafagat
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Dear @Behrouz Ahmadi-Nedushan,
Thank you very much for a very interesting answer.
Regards, Shafagat
Dear @Hao Wang,
Thank you very much for your point of view.
Regards, Shafagat
It is very difficult for new researcher from a developing country without proper facilities.But somewhat easier for a person with good supervisor.Publishing in SCOPUS indexed journals is easier.
I have answered this question earlier.. This is our review week which is followed by final exam week, therefore, I will let others to register their opinion.
Most religions has its own mecca and somebody at the end would come to put things right ( when disorder and chaos sets in).
Academic mecca is journal indexed by Thomson Reuters. Get published in those journal matters to academic more rather than if their findings impact on the ordinary people's life in a nice way. Journals are the mecca. Now we need a savior to free everybody from this chain of servitude. I am optimistic.
Dear our colleague, Dr. Shafagat Mahmudova,
you asked to us with your question: "What do you think journals indexed in Thomson Reuters is easy to publish an article?" Concretely, I agree with your question, yes, it's very easy, but at the same time it's very difficult, so, one time I am everything but other time I am nothing for what? I thing to be free to publish an article, but we be correct in our publication, without abuse, not stealing, no copy, and paste, exact references and wise using of them, translation with responsability by native and mather languge good redaction, exact edition etc ... Today for today, journals indexed in Thomson Reuters are out of order in nrmal conditions. I am finishing my last sentence with opinion of Dr.Sirous Yasseri: "Journals are the mecca. Now we need a savior to free everybody from this chain of servitude. I am optimistic."
Dear James R Knaub, Sirous Yasseri, Bashkim Mal Lushaj and Miranda Yeoh have very well explained the facts and situations. I agree with their comments.
Dear colleagues,
I think, it is depend on a researcher and his paper, because indexed journals has standard method in publication process, so when the paper content be tough, it will be so easy to be published and vice-versa.
All the best, Emad
Dear All,
I have sent a paper in a TR journal. Reviewers did not agree with our observations and suggested some further experiments. We have carried out these and established our earlier deductions. They further raised some questions, we also replied and sent a video for further details. Ultimately showing some doubts they left it to Editor. He rejected. We ultimately sent to another equally reputed another aTR journal which accepted without any modifications. You may now judge whether it is easy or difficult to publish in TR journal.
I Think it's depends on the suitability of the manuscript to the journal's interest and if it's good enough to be published.
Whether it is easy or tough, everybody should publish their article at the journals indexed in Thomson Reuters, not to the fake journal.
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