Questions tagged [online-publication]

Questions concerning publication over the internet, including online preprint services, electronic journals, white papers, etc.

The digital publication of materials online, also referred to as 'electronic publishing'. Includes peer-reviewed and non peer-reviewed journal articles, e-books, online academic magazines.

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Is having a tracker on your homepage generally ok in Academia?

I have a homepage where I typically put my published manuscripts on together with information about me. I have a tracker/analytics page that tells me which paper is getting more downloads/views, because I am interested in knowing which of my…
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Who or what is George Rajna?

I don't know maybe this question seems off topic but anybody get the chance to look at vixra.org archive? It seems it is blown up by some manuscripts from a guy, which is called "George Rajna", and more interestingly all of them are about some…
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How to publish algorithm

I have a new algorithm which I would like to publish. I'm not a student, so I wanted to know a few things: 1) What should I publish? Just the algorithm with explanation? an academic paper? What are the principals of writing such one? 2) Where to…
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Which is easier-publication in an online free of charge journal or the standart pay-per-view one?

I know this question may be seen as off-topic here or too trivial but nonetheless I would really like to know the answer. I am in an unique position-unlike most researchers I practically don't care about the impact factor I just want to get my work…
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Corrections after paper published online

I recently found that in my recent paper published online before print (online first), I missed two important references and an acknowledgement of someone who helped me. What is the best way forward? Anyone had any experience dealing with SAGE? I…
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Drawbacks of republishing an article

Suppose I publish an article in a journal as open access. As far as I know, I do have the possibility to do with my article what I want. I then would like to republish the article with an identical content but a different layout. What are my…
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How do I link to a scientific article?

I want to link to a scientific article (actually so I can ask a question on another SE site) and I was wondering what is the proper way of doing so? I know going around a paywall is illegal and I don't want to do anything like that? So what is the…
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Awaiting Reviewer Selection AFTER Awaiting Reviewer Scores?

I submitted a manuscript to BMJ Open about a month ago and have checked status every day. The status changed from "Awaiting Reviewer Reply" to "Awaiting Reviewer Scores", then stayed like that for a couple of weeks and now today the status is…
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