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Questions related to publisher, the one who publishes academic journals or books.

Refers to publisher, the one who publishes academic journals or books rather than the act of publishing. Academic publishers are usually universities, societies or scholarly institutions. Commercial academic publishers also do exist.

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Why is it acceptable that publishers sell papers they didn’t pay for?

I am curious about the worldwide accepted ethics in publishing. I have never seen any other economic sector in which someone legally sold someone else's product for their own profit, apparently without paying for it in any way. I don’t intend to…
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How to respond to journal suggestion we get a native-speaker editor when writing seems reasonable and one author is a native English speaker?

I've seen this question on suggesting someone get a native speaker to edit and check. But my situation is rather different. Several colleagues and I wrote an article for a special volume of a journal. The initial review was R&R with some pretty…
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What does "NN" mean (submitting a proposal to a publisher)?

I recently heard about the possibility of submitting a proposal for a book to the publisher as "NN". I assume it has something to do with the fact that a couple of possible contributors have not yet confirmed their contribution but the editors want…
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If a journal has optional costs, is it bad form not to pay them?

I've noticed that some of the journals I submit to, most of which are top tier, have optional costs. For instance, there is an optional page cost that I could pay even though my paper is not open access and is under the page limits. This cost is…
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"The file is not eligible for Reference Checking and was not processed"

While submitting a paper to a journal of a famous publisher, the submission system added the following link in the top of my PDF file: "Click here to view linked References". When I clicked the link, I got to a page that says "The file…
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How to Reference three authors and their papers in a stretch

Scenario: My own version: The authors in [5,6,7] focused on the problems associated with the production of X. [5] ABC et al 2018 [6] DEF et al 2018 [7] GHI et al 2019 A corrected version from editorial production team: ABC and Co-workers [5,6,7]…
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What is the reason of the disparity between single article price and yearly subscription in scientific journals?

I'd like to understand scientific journals' pricing model. For example, in the case of Nature, one single article bought as a unit costs $32.00. But a personal subscription is only $199.00 for 1 Year (51 issues, Print and Online). That is 6x…
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Why do publishers still print a 'Half title' page?

Isn't a Half Title redundant, when the Title page already states the full half Title? See Wikipedia: I know why books must have blank pages, but why not leave this page blank? I instance The Happy lawyer. The front cover contains the full…
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How can I judge reputation of a publisher? Any rankings?

Correct me if I'm wrong: identity of publishers affects quality of a publication. E.g., OUP and CUP feels like the most reputable and trustworthy in the UK, as Oxbridge are globally renowned. But how can unknown publishers be judged, like those…
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Publish a Book Through a Research-Based or Industrial-Based Publisher?

I'm in the middle of writing a book on a subject matter that covers both aspects of the research and general practice knowledge. I'm wondering to submit it to a publishing company that mainly publishes journals; or send it to a book publisher which…
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David Publishing Company (DPC) legit or not?

Recently I completed my master's program in ICT from Tokai University, Tokyo, Japan. I have received an email from David Publishing Company (DPC). They wanted to publish my paper in their journal. They sent me a similar email earlier but, I forgot…
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can't reach book editor

For the last 5 years (delayed partly by teaching, a parent's death and caregiving for another parent), I've been writing a textbook that examines a famous 18th-century political work. The proposal was accepted and a year later, I got very positive…
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