Academic Publishing

Deciding on a Plan of Action for a Rejected Manuscript

Deciding on a Plan of Action for a Rejected Man...

Summary A rejection is not a verdict on your research—it is a diagnosis of misalignment. The quickest way back to submission is a calm, systematic plan: interpret the editor’s and...

Deciding on a Plan of Action for a Rejected Man...

Summary A rejection is not a verdict on your research—it is a diagnosis of misalignment. The quickest way back to submission is a calm, systematic plan: interpret the editor’s and...

Can I Withdraw a Research Paper after a Publisher Has Accepted It?

Can I Withdraw a Research Paper after a Publish...

Summary Withdrawing a research paper after a journal has accepted it for publication is possible, but it is rarely straightforward and never a decision to take lightly. Acceptance usually signals...

Can I Withdraw a Research Paper after a Publish...

Summary Withdrawing a research paper after a journal has accepted it for publication is possible, but it is rarely straightforward and never a decision to take lightly. Acceptance usually signals...

Peer Reviewers are People Too…and Generous Scholars as Well

Peer Reviewers are People Too…and Generous Scho...

Summary Peer reviewers are colleagues, not adversaries. In a competitive publishing landscape, their feedback can feel like an obstacle—especially when it delays or prevents acceptance—but most reviewers donate scarce time...

Peer Reviewers are People Too…and Generous Scho...

Summary Peer reviewers are colleagues, not adversaries. In a competitive publishing landscape, their feedback can feel like an obstacle—especially when it delays or prevents acceptance—but most reviewers donate scarce time...

What Types of Articles Are Published in Academic and Scientific Journals?

What Types of Articles Are Published in Academi...

Summary Academic and scientific journals publish a wide range of article types, and the labels they use can be confusing. What one journal calls an “original article” another might call...

What Types of Articles Are Published in Academi...

Summary Academic and scientific journals publish a wide range of article types, and the labels they use can be confusing. What one journal calls an “original article” another might call...

Responses to Journal Editors: Clarifying Intentions

Responses to Journal Editors: Clarifying Intent...

Summary Getting a mixed or negative message from an acquisitions editor is not the end of your book or monograph—it is the beginning of a negotiation. The fastest route to...

Responses to Journal Editors: Clarifying Intent...

Summary Getting a mixed or negative message from an acquisitions editor is not the end of your book or monograph—it is the beginning of a negotiation. The fastest route to...

The Hyphenation Associated with Prefixes & Suffixes in Academic Texts

The Hyphenation Associated with Prefixes & Suff...

Summary Hyphenation with prefixes and suffixes is one of the most challenging aspects of English academic writing. Because English draws from multiple linguistic traditions and evolves through usage rather than...

The Hyphenation Associated with Prefixes & Suff...

Summary Hyphenation with prefixes and suffixes is one of the most challenging aspects of English academic writing. Because English draws from multiple linguistic traditions and evolves through usage rather than...