Lesson Learned of The Submission Process #1

Alhamdulillah. I already submit a paper in a Journal (Q1 in Scopus). It is the seventh submission of the paper after six times rejection. I have learned much this time. Some of the lesson learnes are belows:

a.       Authorship Order and Changes

i.      Elsevier Journals (e.g., Energy and Sensors & Actuators Physica A) have a relatively flexible policy

ii.      AIP (e.g., Journal of Rheology and JAP) has a strict policy, but there is a leeway by requiring the approval from all authors if there is any change in the order and/or additional/removal of author/s name.

iii.      Springer (from my friend case, I forgot the journal name) has a stricter policy, not possible to add more authors while submitting the revised version. 

(Disclaimer: Only for the known journals, other journals in the publisher may have a more lenient policy)

b.       The review time

i.      Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, and Sensors & Actuators Physica A: Medium, about 2 months.

ii.      Proceeding C: I Mech E (SAGE): the status ‘with the editor’ take more time than expected (almost one month). Hopefully, it is only for my case.

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9th September 2018