How to publish in Elsevier

“IF YOUR RESEARCH DOES NOT
GENERATE PAPERS, IT MIGHT JUST AS
WELL NOT HAVE BEEN DONE.”
– GEORGE WHITESIDES
DR. SANTOSH RAYKIC SEMINAR SERIES #1 2

AGENDA
• Impact factor
• Top journals
• Types of articles
• Publishing with Elsevier step-by-step
• Publication ethics
• Support from Elsevier

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 .

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.

Impact Factors
Impact Factor =
No. of citations
Total no. of articles
calculated over the last 2 years

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

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

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

TYPES OF
ARTICLES
• FULL ARTICLES contain significant data, detail,
developments and outcomes.
http://www.Sciencedirect.Com/science/journal/0167
8655/31/13

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

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

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

PUBLISHING
WITH ELSEVIER:
STEP-BY-STEP
1. Find A Journal
Journal metrics
• Impact
• Speed
• Reach
http://journalinsights.elsevier.com/journals/1072-
7515

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

PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-
STEP

PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-
STEP
• 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

PUBLISHING WITH
ELSEVIER: STEP-BY-STEP
• 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

PUBLISHING WITH
• 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

PUBLISHING WITH
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%

PUBLISHING WITH
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/

PUBLISHING WITH
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

PUBLISHING WITH
The editorial workflow

PUBLISHING WITH
•OPEN ACCESS: YOUR CHOICE

PUBLISHING WITH
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.

PUBLISHING WITH
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.

PUBLISHING WITH
REJECTION
first the tears
then the anger

PUBLISHING WITH
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

PUBLISHING WITH
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

PUBLISHING WITH
NOTHING WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Move on to the next journal (incorporate changes
to counter any criticisms encountered)

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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.

PUBLISHING WITH
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.

PUBLISHING WITH
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

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

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

MORE SUPPORT FROM
ELSEVIER
• Authors’ update
www.elsevier.com/authors-update
• Elsevierconnect
www.elsevier.com/elsevierconnect
• Authors’ home
www.elsevier.com/authors

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

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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