Academic Publishing Pro-Tips

An Unofficial List of Tips and Hints from an Academic Journal Staffer

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Needed to use some ~fancy~ bone broth I got on sale a bit ago before it went bad, so I made soup! - 1 pint beef bone broth - 1 container mushrooms - ~3tbsp minced garlic - sprinkling of kosher salt, black pepper, & parsley (measured with vibes) Boil together for ~30 minutes (idk exact amount, I lost track of time). Blend using immersion blender and add flour to thicken if you want. I recommend adding it via sifter after 1st blending and blending as you sift to prevent lumps. #omnomnomnom #soupseason https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck9BYnFygu0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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THIS

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What's up with British and American spelling?

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ℹ️💁🏻 For a longer list of such words, click here. That article we wrote on Medium has a link to 1,800 words that are spelled / spelt differently between American and British English.

Get off the aeroplane’s wing, Patrick. An airplane (or its wing) is no place for a starfish.

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🇬🇧 vs. 🇺🇸 spelling.

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This is why I don’t trust spellcheck.

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Author: I messed up my submission, so I created a duplicate submission rather than contacting the journal.

Journal Staff: *cries into their coffee*

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When I have 6 projects with simultaneous deadlines that are all “top priority”

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Pretty much how it is here.

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Sounds right for Editorial Board Meeting season. 

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Submitting your article to an Open Access journal does not mean your article will be accepted. Likewise, you are not entitled to having your article accepted regardless of where you submit it.

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‪homework shame | PHD Comics | http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1637

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Well, this is accurate. Looks like there’s not too much difference between journal staff and academics.

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I probably posted this before, but most reviewers are volunteers. Journals can’t force them to review faster. If you have some sort of institutional deadline (like grant or graduation requirements), give yourself some buffer and don’t submit your article last minute.

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footnote goals

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I have yet to see a fun footnote in any of the articles I’ve handled. :(

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That face you make when you realize too late that a major meeting that can’t be moved takes place on a major holiday

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that the grammar of the first sentence of an article will be horribly butchered by authors for the sake of SEO.

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‪peer review explained‬

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Seems legit.

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Bribing publishing staff is unethical.

That being said, a lot of us like coffee and alcohol. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

Kidding, don’t try to bribe publishing staff.

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Beall’s List Still Lives... Kinda

Hey Y’all,

It was a dark day for academia when Beall’s list vanished from the internet. However, nothing on the internet ever truly vanishes. I’ve found a cloned version of it. 

The List

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The quickest way to get on a publisher’s black list is to send abusive emails to the journal staff.

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If your article is an expansion of a conference paper or another article, you generally do not need to submit a copy of that previous publication with your new manuscript. Just cite it and everyone’s happy.