Tag Archives: academia

My paper is rejected. Can I appeal the editor’s decision?

Posted on 2023-04-09 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will talk about what to do when a paper is rejected from a journal, and more specifically if it is possible to appeal the editor’s decision, and then what are the chance of success? Generally, if a researcher … Continue reading →

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How to propose a special issue for a journal?

Posted on 2023-03-08 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will talk about how to propose a special issue for a journal. What is a special issue? A special issue is a collection of articles on a specific topic or theme that is published in a journal. Special … Continue reading →

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Unethical services in academia

Posted on 2023-02-05 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, some people contacted me on LinkedIn to ask me if I have any papers where I could sell the authorship. I was quite amazed that someone would ask me that… But I have heard that it is something that … Continue reading →

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Turnitin, a smart tool for plagiarism detection?

Posted on 2022-08-12 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Plagiarism is a serious issue in academia. In this blog post, I will talk about Turnitin, a service used for plagiarism-checking by some journals and conferences in academia. I already wrote a blog post about this, which you can read … Continue reading →

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Abnormal Google Scholar Profiles

Posted on 2022-06-06 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will talk about signs that show that something is wrong or suspicious with some researchers based on their Google Scholar profiles. I will talk about this because I have recently received many CVs and while browsing Google Scholar, … Continue reading →

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The problem with Short Papers

Posted on 2022-05-25 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will talk briefly about short papers at academic conferences, and the problems that they create (in my opinion). For those who don’t know, several conferences can reject or accept papers as short or full papers. A short paper … Continue reading →

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A Tool to Generate Reviews of Academic Papers

Posted on 2022-03-22 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Writing reviews is important but sometimes repetitive and time-consuming. Hence, today I built a tool to help automatize the process of review writing. You can try it at the website below: The Review Generator ( http://philippe-fournier-viger.com/reviewgenerator/index.html ) This tool let … Continue reading →

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Common Mistakes to Avoid when Submitting a Research Paper

Posted on 2021-08-27 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this short blog post, I will talk about some common mistakes that are done by researchers when submitting a paper to a journal or conference. And there are certainly many other mistakes. Those are the ones that comes to … Continue reading →

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Why Journal Special Issues are Popular?

Posted on 2021-08-02 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will talk about journal special issues. I will talk about how special issues of journals are organized and why it can be good to submit to or organize academic journal special issues. What is a … Continue reading →

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Papers without code (and the problem of non-reproducible research)

Posted on 2021-03-10 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Recently, there has been some debate on the Machine Learning sub-Reddit about the reproducibility or I should say the lack of reproducibility of numerous machine learning papers. Several Reddit users complained that they spent much time (sometimes weeks) to try … Continue reading →

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