PUBLISHING IN JOURNALS OF HIGH IMPACT FACTOR: ELSEVIER, A CASE STUDY

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“IF YOUR RESEARCH DOES NOT GENERATE PAPERS, IT MIGHT JUST AS WELL NOT HAVE BEEN DONE.”

– GEORGE WHITESIDES

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AGENDA

• Impact factor

• Top journals

• Types of articles

• Publishing with Elsevier step-by-step

• Publication ethics

• Support from Elsevier

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OBJECTIVESTo familiarize Faculties about high impact

research platforms

To introduce about the publication steps in Elsevier

To provide support resources for publication in Elsevier .

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IMPACT FACTORFrom the ISI journal citation reports web page

The journal impact factor is a measure of the

frequency with which the "average article" in a

journal has been cited in a particular year.

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Impact Factors

Impact Factor =No. of citationsTotal no. of articles

calculated over the last 2 years

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TOP JOURNALS

• Top journals in computer science

• http://www.guide2research.com/journals/

• Top journals in business

• http://socialcapitalgateway.org/content/ranking/ranking-business-journals-based-isi-impact-factor

• Top journals in Health Sciences

• http://library.umassmed.edu/ebpph/top25.cfm

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TYPES OF ARTICLES

• LETTERS AND RAPID OR SHORT COMMUNICATIONS are intended as brief

reports of significant, original and timely research

results, which require rapid publication.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s1388248114003385

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TYPES OF ARTICLES

• REVIEW PAPERS summarize recent

developments on a specific topic, without

introducing new data.

http://

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574013715000039

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TYPES OF ARTICLES

• FULL ARTICLES contain significant data, detail, developments and outcomes.

http://www.Sciencedirect.Com/science/journal/01678655/31/13

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TYPES OF ARTICLES

• The new MICROARTICLE format enables you to

publish research output, such as data, software,

methods, videos and much more

• More information on

https://

www.elsevier.com/connect/new-data-journal-lets-researchers-share-their-data-open-access

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PUBLISHING WITH

ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP

1. Find a journal

2. Prepare your paper

3. Revise and submit

4. Track your submission

5. Proofing and licensing

6. Sharing and promoting

Source:

https://www.Elsevier.Com/authors/journal-author

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PUBLISHING WITH

ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-

STEP

1.Find A Journal

• Match your manuscript

• Find by journal title

• Search through article (subject wise)

• Browse journals alphabetically

https://www.elsevier.com/authors/journal-authors/submit-your-paper#find

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STEP-BY-STEP

1.Find A Journal

Journal metrics

• Impact

• Speed

• Reach

http://journalinsights.elsevier.com/journals/1072-7515

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PUBLISHING WITH ELSEVIER:

STEP-BY-STEP

2.Prepare Your Paper• Follows the Guide for Authors

• You can find the Guide for Authors on the

journal‘s homepage

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PUBLISHING WITH ELSEVIER:

STEP-BY-STEP

2.Prepare Your Paper

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2.Prepare Your Paper

• A clear, concise and meaningful title which

creates interest

• An introduction that briefly provides a context for

the work presented and explicitly identifies the

gap in knowledge addressed

• A critical and scholarly discussion of the state of

the field and the contribution of this piece of work

to the advancement of knowledge

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2.Prepare Your Paper

• Results are the driving force of the publication

• Figures and tables are the most efficient way to

present results

• Captions and legends must be detailed enough to

make figures and tables self explanatory

• No duplication of results described in text or other

illustrations

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2.Prepare Your Paper

• Don’t let your language get you rejected

Ask a native speaker or use a language editing

service to improve your paper before you submit it.

• As a rough guide, it usually takes me about 4 to

104 weeks to draft a paper

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3.Revise and Submit

• Do your findings advance understanding in a

specific research field?

• Is your work of interest to the journal’s audience?

• Is your manuscript structured properly?

• Are your conclusions justified by your results?

• Are your references international/accessible

enough?

• Did you format your figures and tables properly?

• Did you correct all grammatical and spelling

mistakes?

Acceptance rate for article in manyElsevier journals =~10%

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3.Revise and Submit

How to submit• You can submit to most elsevier journals using an

online system, either the elsevier editorial system (EES), or elsevier’s new system EVISE®. 

• Follow the ‘submit your paper’ link on your journal's homepage. You’ll be taken to EES or EVISE® and prompted to log in .

http://www.Journals.Elsevier.Com/academic-pediatrics/

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3.Revise and Submit

How to submit continues…..

• If you’re using the system for the first time, follow the instructions to register. If you’re returning, log in

• Once you’re in the system, you will be guided through the submission process

• When you have completed your submission, you’ll receive an email with a reference number you can use to check the status of your submission

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3.Revise and Submit

The editorial workflow

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3.Revise and Submit• OPEN ACCESS: YOUR CHOICE

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3.Revise and Submit

Peer review

• The journal editor will make a first decision about

your submission. If it’s suitable for the journal, the

editor will send your manuscript to one or more

reviewers – experts in your field.

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4.Track Your Submission

Track status of submitted article• Log in to EES as author for the journal to which you

submitted your manuscript. 

• In your 'author main menu' in EES:

• Click 'submissions being processed' if your article is in

the submission phase.

• Click 'revisions being processed' if your article is in the

revisions phase.

• Look under 'current status' to find the status of your

submission.

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PUBLISHING WITH ELSEVIER: STEP-

BY-STEPREJECTION

4.Track Your Submission

first the tears

then the anger

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Discover reason• Outside scope

• Wrong format

• Technical/scientific issues

• Motivation unclear/unimportant

• Less novel, less original

• Conclusions do not support the data

• Results less important /interesting

• Ethical questions

• Unclear presentation

4.Track Your Submission

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PUBLISHING WITH ELSEVIER: STEP-

BY-STEPAct

• Revise manuscript

• Highlight changes in manuscript

• Point-by-point response to all reviewer issues

• Changes made

• Why changes not made

• Response may go back to reviewers!

• Need to convince editor and reviewers

4.Track Your Submission

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PUBLISHING WITH ELSEVIER: STEP-

BY-STEPNOTHING WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Move on to the next journal (incorporate changes to counter any criticisms encountered)

4.Track Your Submission

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4.Track Your Submission

Track status of accepted article

• Go to the track your accepted article tool.

• Provide your article details and click 'track article'.

• Complete the 'our reference code' field. You find the

reference code (e.G. ABCD_1234) in the acknowledgement

email you received from us.

• Complete the 'corresponding author's surname' field.

• This field is case sensitive.

• Click 'track article' to find the status of your accepted article.

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5.Proofing and Licensing

• Congratulations!

• As soon as it’s accepted, your article will be given

a DOI and published on sciencedirect as an

article in press.

Copyright

• You will receive a copyright agreement to sign

during the time between your article's acceptance

and its final version.

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6.Sharing And Promoting Your

Article

Now that your article is published, you can promote

your research by sharing. This helps you get cited

more, enabling you to cultivate a stronger

reputation, promote your research and move

forward in your career.

More on

https://www.elsevier.com/authors/journal-authors/submit-your-paper/sharing-and-promoting-your-article

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ADHERE TO PUBLICATION ETHICS

• Avoid Fabrication: making up research data

• Avoid Falsification: manipulation of existing

research data

• Avoid plagiarism of others’ work

• Avoid multiple publication of the same work,

never submit your manuscript to more than one

journal at a time

• Cite and acknowledge others’ work appropriately

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ADHERE TO PUBLICATION

ETHICS

• Elsevier journals now check every submitted

article using CrossCheck http://

www.crossref.org/crosscheck/crosscheck_for_researchers.html

• Only list co-authors who made major

contributions

• Avoid ghost authorship: excluding authors who

participated in the work

• Avoid scientific writers and gift authors: including

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MORE SUPPORT FROM ELSEVIER

• Authors’ update

www.elsevier.com/authors-update

• Elsevierconnect

www.elsevier.com/elsevierconnect

• Authors’ home

www.elsevier.com/authors

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MORE SUPPORT FROM ELSEVIER

• Publishing campus - online training

https://www.publishingcampus.elsevier.com/

• Ethics in research & publication

https://www.publishingcampus.elsevier.com/pages/63/ethics/Publishing-ethics.html

• Postdoc free access

https://www.elsevier.com/authors/journal-authors/an-opportunity-for-postdoctoral-scholars

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MORE SUPPORT FROM ELSEVIER

• Journal finder

www.journalfinder.elsevier.com

• Elsevier webshop

www.webshop.elsevier.com

• My research dashboard

www.elsevier.com/myresearchdashboard/about

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Questions

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