normally, it is based on the number of words (4000-5000+)words and it is different from publisher to other

same 5 or 6 page ,mani all submiting

normally, it is based on the number of words (4000-5000+)words and it is different from publisher to other

It depends on you and the requirements of the Journal. Between (5000-6000) is fine.

It depends on you and the requirements of the Journal. Between (5000-6000) is fine.

It depends on you and the requirements of the Journal. Between (5000-6000) is fine.

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Hi,

Every journal established the minimum words required for a paper to be accepted for publication. there are journals that ask for a minimum of 5,000 or 6,000 words' there those who ask for more or for less. The journals that do not specify the number of words required for a research article, usually intend that the paper will be at least 3,500 words. Also, there are various types of papers. The most common is the manuscript, but there is the "brief communication" type of paper that demand only 2,000 words, and book reviews that demand even less.

Thanks to Prof. Avishag Gordon for given your insight to this discussion.

There is many differences based on your field and the journals. Refer to journals guidelines.

Excellent contributions on this discussion.

Dear Omolayo,

Each journal has their own criteria for number of pages. But usually the journals refer to as number of words, instead of number of pages. There are many ISI indexed journals, where they have different word limits and even some journal wont have any limitations. And few journals have a different limitations for original articles and for review articles.

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Thanks for your contributions DR. Vinayak Kulkarni

I want my respected Dr Omoloyo M.kumapayi,

Most top journals are interested in the novelty of work while word counts (usually 4000 - 5000+) matter at times to reduce journal spacing.

Authors are not usually restricted to a definite number of pages except in some very few journals. I'll advice that a perusal of your chosen journal's guidelines will really help. The key is that you should try and make your manuscript succinct without leaving out the important findings.

Reputed and high impact factor journals are interested in the novelty of work. Manuscripts should have novelty and results are summarised briefly around average 4500 words limit. But kindly read the author guidelines of the journals before submission.

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S Pandey

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It is rare to see any publisher requesting for pages, however, word count is the common request in the author instructions which ranges between 3000-6000 words for original article. 30-40 references specified along and different number of tables/graphs/images, most times 4-6 in number.

All in all, this most times ranges between 10-14 pages, and so requested in very few publishers.

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Your findings is mostly important to the editor. Most peer-review journals have specifications depending on the space allocated to them by the publishers... This is reducing gradually compared to few years back due to the need arising from other upcoming journals.

Generally, short communication required not more than 3000 words and less or equal to 20 references. While a review article could accommodate more than 7000 words, original research stands between 3000 - 5000 words with relevant references not exceeding 50. All these are still based on the journal, because it varies widely.

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Dear Omolayo M. Ikumapayi , as all respect researchers and professors mentioned before me, it is not about pages number, ISI or SCI journals will ask for minimum and maximum words for paper and articles.

As a Law PhD candidate, I saw some journals, for example, Russian Law Journal which is Q3 give information for authors like: (The length of the manuscript should not be less than 10,000 and should not exceed 30,000 words (including footnotes). RLJ will accept submissions exceeding 30,000 words only in exceptional cases. The book reviews and information-nature submissions may be below 10,000 words in length.)

You can check it here: https://www.russianlawjournal.org/jour/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

Backing to your question, I heard from some of my colleagues that some journals give you a chance to publish a medium book with them so of course, they will mention pages numbers.

I hope my answer would be useful to you.

Best Regards,

Ahmad AL-Dafrawi..

One of the most famous paper in the history of science publishes in Nature had only 1 and 1/4 pages: Watson J.D. and Crick F.H.: A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid, Nature 171: 737-738, 1953.

Omolayo M. Ikumapayi One more thing to be added is that, I don't know if anyone has also noticed that, if pages of a paper are far less, say 5-6, it attracts higher rate of acceptance. In fact, most times paper is not only rejected based on novelty but against the volume which it would occupy in publishers' compilation. Although, "there is no rule to say that science cannot be entertaining. Editors want their journal to be pleasurable and enlightening reading", even though, it is still advisable to cut one's reporting short to aid its acceptance considering the space required for the publishers. I always advise people to do away with verbose reporting, except if it is otherwise necessary.

Re-submitting papers to another journal, after rejection by one, is very strenuous considering difference in style from journal to journal which may require modifications before one can submit to other journals. One could imagine removing up to 10 references to suit a new journal, this may reduce coherence/ease of readability of a paper. So, it is advisable to cut the 'story' short from the beginning to lessen one's stress.

Rather based on the number of the words

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I think most journals have words limit which can easily be found under ''Authors' Guidelines''. Where that is not indicated, the Editor-in-Chief or Editorial Assistant can be of much help. Thanks

I HOPE SO ,DR Abdulmojeed Yakubu

8-10 pages. But usually it is measured in words (e.g. 4000 words).

Instructions are available for every journal. You have to follow the instructions but at the end its not about pages but content that makes real impact.

THANK YOU ,your added

Basically it depends on number of words. Around 4000-500 is okay, but it varies. Respective Journal's guideline can be seen. Anyway, on special case sometimes a 1-2 page(s) article can also be published in high impact journal.

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Dear Omolayo M. Ikumapayi

It is definitely subject related matter. Say for example, in pure and life sciences, 5000 on average would be accepted. Bear in mind, figures and Table not included as well as any supplementary materials.

Regards

In fact, it does depend on "the instruction to author "for each ISI journal.However ,number of pages can be up to twenty .Salam best regards

Thanks to Dr. Tawfiq M. Al Antary and Dr. Raed Al-Atiyat for given insight to this discussion.

It depends on the particular Journal you want to publish your article. Every Journal has specific guides for authors: the required number of pages, word counts in the abstract, and the referencing style etc.

Thanks to Dr. Nirmala S.V.S.G

In fact, the paper consists of title,authors affiliations,abstract,keywords,introduction ,materials and methods,results ,discussion,acknowledgment and the selected references. Materials and methods might contain plates,figures and tables The main tables and figures are also important parts in the results section.The numbers of pages are not limited depending on the journal and the subject.However ,each journal has its own 'instruction to the authors ".Most journals they do like the minimum number of pages for the accepted manuscript to save spaces .However, number of pages are variable but can be from 5 to 20 pages or less than that.Scientific Notice as papers may reach one page. Salam and best wishes .

Between 10-13 (rarely up to 15) for research article but more for the reviews. Too many pages is one of those factors for rejection.

Agreed with ideas raised by MY DEAR Ramat.Best regards .

Thank you for your inputs Dr. Tawfiq M. Al Antary and Dr. R.T Kamorudeen

Thank you my dear Omolayo for your positive response .Best regards .

I have seen a five-page paper published in a standard and refereed journal in my field before. I think it's about the quality of the content and not the quantity!

DR Segum ,yes you can find published paper with five pages and sometimes less than that .Best regards .

Thank you for your insightful contributions Dr. Tawfiq M. Al Antary and Dr. Segun Thompson Bolarinwa .

You are always welcome Dr Omolayo M Ikumapayi. The most important thing is the quality of research more than the number of pages,Best regards .

I think it depends mainly on the journal policy but in general the number of pages is up to five and above and there are some journals put a ceiling or even a minimum limit to the pages of the research. However, the quality of work remains the basis for the publication of the scientific research, not quantity..... with my best wishes

I do agree with all ideas raised by D r Mohsin about number of pages and quality of publication .Best wishes .

This kind of discussion is going to be useful for research beginners.The raised ideas and information will be a good guide for them to try publication in refereed journals after collecting data ,analyzed ,writing the manuscript and then sending for publication with limited number of pages .Best regards .

It depends on the Journal

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Thank you for your contributions and interest , Dr. Osama Thamer Hassan , Dr. Moaid K Hussain , Dr. Tawfiq M. Al Antary , Dr. Mohsin Talib Mohammed . Your submissions are well noted. Much appreciated.

I appreciate your good and positive question , my dear Omolayo M. Ikumapayi .

No specificity. It depends on several factors including types of article e.g Case report vs. Review Article vs. Short Communication. Also, it depends on journal. I read from a journal author instruction page today where it is specified for Research Article, word count between 5000-8000, and even makes it compulsory that the words must not be less than 5000 . Whereas, many journals have used previously limit their words not more than 5000 (that is, maximum number of 5000), even many peg it at 3000 words. Therefore, it is not a number of pages but these factors, and more.

It depends on the the journal. However,see the instruction for the author for the journal .

Thank you Dr. Tawfiq M. Al Antary and Dr. Kamoru A. Adedokun for your valuable and indispensable contributions.

I like your contribution, my dear Omolayo M. Ikumapayi .

The number of pages allowed depends on the journal that is published mainly. There are magazines that limit the number to only 15 pages, and there are magazines that charge an additional fee per page exceeding the allowed number and so on.

It depends on the journal instructions and article type

Agreed with dear Heba Y. Elbasiouny .

Agreed with you my dear Mohsin Talib Mohammed .Greeting

Principally, it depends on the journal and the type of article sent. The journal's authors guideline would appropriately answer this.

It depends on the subject and the journal .

It varies based on journal and publisher....but if the quality of your manuscript is good than there's no such restrictions...

It is usually less than 20 pages .

Every journal have its own requirements, so it varies journal to journal. You must read the author guide before submitting your paper to a particular journal.

I want to sincerely appreciate everyone that has contributed to this discussion in one way or the other. All your submissions are well noted. Many thanks to Dr. Sonam Shakya

We cannot talk about pages (or length of an article) without considering the type of an article. Original article is usually moderate, Review article is lengthy, Case Report, Short Communication and Letter to the Editor are all short. In addition, journal specification is the line to ply. Some journals even require you to make it more than you may expect, while quite majority of journals specify less. In summary, no specific number pages one can suggest without considering the above-mentioned points.

The monographs have no limit of pages in taxonomy journals. The technical notes are generally of few pages, and the scientific articles depend on the magazine, I prefer in open access journals, because they do not charge.

Much appreciation for your contributions Dr. Luis Miguel Constantino and Dr. Kamoru A. Adedokun for this discussion.

It depends on the journal .Check " instructions for authors "

I agree with Luis Miguel. Someone of course doesn't have to pay money and to wait too long time for his article to be published (the case of high impact factor journals), to be a good scientist..! There are too many excellent articles in open access journals.

Between 10 to 20 pages .

The journal establishes its own rules, which the author must follow if he wants to publish in this journal. On the other hand, the volume of the article is not so important as its compliance to general requirements for scientific publication. If this text has a literary review, statement of the problem, presentation of the solution and conclusions, then it is extremely difficult to compress the text to a small volume, most likely the author is satisfied with the result when he "fits" into the upper limit. “Follow the rule stubbornly: To keep words close, Thoughts are spacious” - this of course sounds beautiful, but not many authors can hone every phrase as even N. Nekrasov (Russian poet) did. In general, I saw a dissertation of 12 pages (the usual norm is about 150) and it passed unanimously, but the author is almost a genius.

5 page minimum make paper

ACCORDING TO PUBLISHER FROM 3000 TO 7000 WORDS.

It is journal-dependent. Check 'Author Instructions' of your journal of interest.

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Certainly, it will depend upon the criteria of the journal. But in true sense, your message should be clear with in 5-7 pages excluding the references section. High impact factor journals also prefer the conceptual note, if it takes more number of pages one can go for that but not in overlapping manner.

It depends on the journal .

Also ,it depends on the of the field of the manuscript .