Are you working on a manuscript, a grant application or your thesis?

In case you have any thoughts.

The IUCr posted a notice on 7 October about moving the journals to Wiley's Research Exchange platform, starting with Acta C, Acta E, IUCrData and IUCrJ. https://www.iucr.org/news/notices/announcement/iucr-wiley-publishing-partnership-announcement

I would like to hear how people in the community see it. I was in the Calgary Congress but I didn't hear anything about this, seem like a big move. Did anyone at the Congress hear this discussed beforehand? How much does the CIF and checkCIF workflow matter when you choose where to submit?

I have submitted 2 review article and 2 case reports both of them got rejected , I am a derm resident pgy2 , please someone help on which strategies to use

I'm leaving academia but I'm required to publish 2 papers by my supervisors.

I personally don't care about the publishing because I'm leaving academia. However, I'm stuck with my supervisors until both my papers are accepted. They want 2 papers and want it to be in Q1 journals only, which has made the entire situation really annoying. I tried saying no, but they won't take no for an answer. I also need them for my recommendation letters and don't want to burn bridges after having had zero conflict during the entire PhD

What are some ways in which I can speed up the process and also increase my chances of getting accepted? Some of my colleagues have suggested:

1. To target special editions within Q1 journals

2. To cite previous papers from the journal to show how the work directly links to their papers.

I'm based in the UK, social sciences and target journal is: European Journal of Engineering Education.

I'd like to hear hacks on how to make it past desk rejections as well, since this will be my first time writing and sending a paper. I'm yet to start writing the papers, so any advice at all is welcome I have no idea how this system works.

I submitted a second-round resubmission to a Taylor & Francis journal on October 5, and I'm seeing two different statuses:

- Author dashboard: "Under Review"

- Submission portal: "With Journal Administrator"

It's been about three days. My understanding is that the dashboard label is a generic umbrella status and that "With Journal Administrator" is the real workflow state, meaning the editorial office is doing its post-resubmission file check before routing it back to the editor.

I'm not sure I'm reading that right.

Questions:

1. Is this the normal sequence for T&F journals on ScholarOne?
2. How long did your resubmissions typically sit with the administrator before moving to "With Editor"? The first revision I submitted it stayed with Journal administrator for 1 day and then moved to the editor. But this time its been more than 2 days. What should I do? Should I email the Journal Administrator?

Thanks in advance.

On Monday I heard back from the editor of my no. 1 targeted journal. They accepted my article after two rounds of major revisions and one of minor revisions with acceptance recommended.

I’ve published before, but this is the most prestigious journal I’ve ever submitted to and I was not expecting to manage it. I had a list of backup journals I thought I’d need to submit to after a rejection.

I’m not currently employed in academia, as I quit an extremely unfulfilling role three years ago (not teaching and not entirely research-based either; museum curatorship at a public university).

But now after getting my PhD last year and now single-author publishing my doctoral research in the most prestigious journal in my field with a 13% acceptance rate, without a mentor, I’m considering maybe it’s worth giving it another try.

That’s it, I just wanted to share my good news with whoever is going to read this. I still have massive impostor syndrome and I wonder if it will ever subside (I’m 33F), but I am pleased to see my efforts have led to something good.