2. “IF YOUR RESEARCH DOES NOT
GENERATE PAPERS, IT MIGHT JUST AS
WELL NOT HAVE BEEN DONE.”
– GEORGE WHITESIDES
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3. AGENDA
• Impact factor
• Top journals
• Types of articles
• Publishing with Elsevier step-by-step
• Publication ethics
• Support from Elsevier
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4. OBJECTIVES
To 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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5. IMPACT FACTOR
From 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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6. Impact Factors
Impact Factor =
No. of citations
Total no. of articles
calculated over the last 2 years
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7. TOP JOURNALS
• Top journals in computer science
• http://www.guide2research.com/journals/
• Top journals in business
• http://socialcapitalgateway.org/content/ranking/ran
king-business-journals-based-isi-impact-factor
• Top journals in Health Sciences
• http://library.umassmed.edu/ebpph/top25.cfm
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8. 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/s13
88248114003385
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9. TYPES OF
ARTICLES
• REVIEW PAPERS summarize recent developments on
a specific topic, without introducing new data.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S15
74013715000039
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10. TYPES OF
ARTICLES
• FULL ARTICLES contain significant data, detail,
developments and outcomes.
http://www.Sciencedirect.Com/science/journal/0167
8655/31/13
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11. 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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12. 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-
authors
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13. 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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14. PUBLISHING
WITH ELSEVIER:
STEP-BY-STEP
1. Find A Journal
Journal metrics
• Impact
• Speed
• Reach
http://journalinsights.elsevier.com/journals/1072-
7515
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15. 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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17. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-
STEP
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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18. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
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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19. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
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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20. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
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 many
Elsevier journals =~10%
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21. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
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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22. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
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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25. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
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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26. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
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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28. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
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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29. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
Act
• 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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30. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
NOTHING WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Move on to the next journal (incorporate changes
to counter any criticisms encountered)
4. Track Your Submission
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31. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
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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32. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
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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33. PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
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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34. 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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35. ADHERE TO
PUBLICATION ETHICS
• Elsevier journals now check every submitted
article using CrossCheck
http://www.crossref.org/crosscheck/crosscheck_fo
r_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
authors who did not contribute to the work
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36. 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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37. 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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38. 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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