Publishing in Wiley Materials Science Journals Jose Oliveira Xian, April 2016 The Peer Review Process 1
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Our Flagship Materials Science Journals Editor in Chief Peter Gregory Editor in Chief Jörn Ritterbusch Editor in Chief José Oliveira Deputy Editors Mary Farrell Lorna Stimson Duoduo Liang 6,200 submissions 86% rejection rate Nr. 2 in downloads on Wiley Online Libary Deputy Editors Mary Farrell Yan Li 5,110 submissions 85% rejection rate Nr. 7 in downloads on Wiley Online Library 5 Deputy Editors Guangchen Xu Yan Li 4,100 submissions 88% rejection rate Nr. 22 in downloads on Wiley Online Library 25 th Anniversary 2014
Journal Portraits High priority interdisciplinary materials research Communications Full Papers Outstanding results related to the intrinsic properties of novel materials: break throughs of broad interest, novel concepts and devices Very broad readership of materials scientists, chemists, physicists, engineers, even biologists and medical researchers High priority interdisciplinary research on the micro and nano scale Outstanding results related to shape and dimensions, breakthroughs of interdisciplinary interest, novel concepts and structures Very broad readership of materials scientists, biological and medical scientists, physicists, chemists, and engineers Communications & Full Papers 6
Meet the kids... Launched 2011 Launched 2012 Launched 2013 Relaunched 2013 Launched 2014 Editor in Chief Joern Ritterbusch Editor in Chief Lorna Stimson Editor in Chief Peter Gregory Editor in Chief Mary Farrell Editor in Chief Peter Gregory Deputy Editor Guangchen Xu 1050 submissions 73% rejection rate Deputy Editor Eva Rittweger 350 submissions 52% rejection rate 700 submissions 66% rejection rate 2600Submissions 88% rejection rate 750 submissions 71% rejection rate 7
Meet the twinkles in the editor s eyes... Launched 2015 Editor in Chief Stefan Hildebrandt 500 submissions 73% rejection rate Launched 2015 Editor in Chief Kirstin Severing 250 submissions 71% rejection rate To Launch in 2016 Editor in Chief Elisa Beth Lerch 8
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The Role of Scientific Journals Journals traditionally fulfill 4 critical functions: Registration Recording author precedence and merit Other systems of publication do not necessarily offer all four functions (e.g., open archives) Peer Review Dissemination Archiving Quality control and improvement Sharing results and methods Maintaining records of publication Increasingly important: + Search* & Navigation In the Internet Age Raising the discoverability *) Actually, people don't want to search, they want to find.
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Plagiarism Detection Text Overlap: What Is Acceptable and What Isn't ithenticate is a software tool for comparing texts with existing publications and the internet in general Absence of overlap detection doesn't guarantee originality Not every 'hit' is a problem MANUSCRIPT TITLE AND AUTHOR NAME 13
What Editors Look For (Suitability) Stage 1: initial screening Scope? Does the topic fit my journal? Format? Communication, Full Paper, Review,...? Might better fit a sister journal... Too long should this be a Full Paper instead? Make sure the journal of your choice publishes the article type of your paper! 14
What Editors Look For (Suitability) After the initial check for scope and length is done, the manuscript is examined more closely: Difference to prior work? Important to researchers in this field? Is the novelty high enough? Important to the whole readership? Publishing space is limited choose a journal whose readership will be keen to see your results! the most important hurdle! 15
Where Will The Editor Look? While reading new manuscripts, editors will especially look at: Cover letter 16
Maximising Success: Writing the Cover Letter Together with the conclusions section of your paper, the cover letter is one of the first things the editor will see, so make it count! Why is this topic important? Why are these results significant? What is the key result? (breakthrough!) Why is it an advance on previous work? Why are you submitting to this journal? Why will this journal s readers read it? Provide reviewer suggestions Tip: Keep the letter as short as possible the longer it is, the easier it becomes to overlook something important. 17
Where Will The Editor Look? While reading new manuscripts, editors will especially look at: Conclusions section of manuscript Keywords Literature references Abstract Cover letter If I m interested, my readers will be, too! 18 Visual information
Selecting Reviewers Quality of peer review depends on good reviewer choices Suggestions from authors Very helpful! Not just the biggest names please others as well List people with conflicts of interest who should not be asked to review Our reviewer database > 30,000 active reviewers Suggestions from other reviewers Can provide leads to further candidates Suggestions from our Advisory Board Members Especially in difficult cases, appeals or disputes we are supported by our board members Editor s own knowledge of the community Contacts from conferences, prominent scientists, regular authors, etc. Are found via keywords, interests, own publication history, or reviewing history You can help keep decision times short with good keywords and reviewer suggestions! 19
What We Ask Our Reviewers To Look For Quality of peer review depends also on clear reviewer reports Are the conclusions supported by the data? Are the results important? (are they interesting?) Are there any ethical questions? Is the work novel and original? Were any flaws or mistakes found? Is the motivation important? Should anything be added or removed? Is the motivation clear? Besides your general opinion, please give clear reasons for rejection or acceptance! 20 Is the presentation clear?
Ethical Misconduct Examples of ethical that must not be tolerated: Falsifying data Fabricating data Plagiarism Multiple concurrent submissions Image manipulation Authorship misrepresentation Duplicate publication All of the above can have serious consequences for the author, ranging from a letter of reprimand all the way up to criminal proceedings (e.g., Jan Hendrik Schön, Woo Suk Hwang) 21
Revisions Requested: How Should I Revise? Carefully consider reviewer comments Not all changes have to be made but you need convincing arguments for changes not made Prepare revision Revise manuscript Highlight changes in manuscript! Point-by-point response to all reviewer issues Changes made and why which changes were not made! Response may go back to reviewers! Need to convince editor and reviewers!
Decisions: Should I Appeal? Usually, no Risk of long time to publication Good papers are noticed and cited no matter where they are published Editors and referees know journal Occasionally, yes Importance, impact or novelty missed by the editor / referees (Need for a good cover letter!) Factual errors in referee reports that led to rejection Criticisms may be valid!
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Conclusions Structure your research with future papers already in mind! Unpublished work is lost! Scientific output is growing fast, creating more publications and more competition for journal space Wiley puts great effort into making its content stand out visibly in the growing crowd Reader interest and discoverability are the keys to manuscript dissemination and consequently, citation The USA and Europe are still very strong, but Asian countries are growing fast and have caught up impressively Competition is tough, so make your work stand out! 26
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