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How to become a journal or conference reviewer?

Posted on 2021-01-09 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will write a blog post aimed a young researchers, who want to know what is the work of a reviewer in academia, how to become a reviewer of international journals or conferences, and what are the benefits of being a reviewer. What … Continue reading →

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Why it takes so long for a journal paper to be reviewed?

Posted on 2020-10-22 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will talk about the review process of journal papers and why it sometimes take so much time for a paper to be reviewed. It is a question that is often asked by young researchers, who are sometimes impatiently … Continue reading →

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The review speed of academic journals

Posted on 2019-05-15 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will talk about the review speed of academic journals. Review speed is an important criterion for selecting a journal to submit a paper when researchers face time constraints. For example, it is common that some students need to publish a paper quickly … Continue reading →

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How journal paper similarity checking works? (CrossCheck)

Posted on 2018-11-08 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will talk about the recent trends of journal editors rejecting papers because of their similarity with other papers as detected by the CrossCheck system. I will explain how this system works and talk about its impact, benefits … Continue reading →

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We are launching a new data mining journal

Posted on 2016-12-30 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

In this blog post, I will discuss one of my recent and current project. I have been recently working with my colleague Chun-Wei Lin on launching a new journal, titled “Data Science and Pattern Recognition“. This is a new open-access journal, … Continue reading →

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How to answer reviewers for a journal paper revision?

Posted on 2014-01-08 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Today, I will discuss how to prepare the revision of a journal paper after receiving the editor’s decision that the paper will be accepted with minor or major modifications. As most people should know, when submitting a paper to a … Continue reading →

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On the quality of peer-review for academic journals (updated)

Posted on 2013-04-09 by Philippe Fournier-Viger

Nowadays, there are a lot of low-quality academic journal popping everywhere on the Web. Actually, it does not take much to start a low-quality journal (just a website). What is the goal of low-quality journals?  It is generally to earn … Continue reading →

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