After extensive searching on the Internet, I failed to find a venue for Hispanists to share with colleagues their myriad of experiences with publishing, particularly the handling of the review and publication processes by refereed journals. My motive is not to encourage irrational venting sessions for rejected authors, but to prompt an intelligent and useful exchange that might assist scholars with choosing prospective journals that exemplify professionalim and integrity; journals that conduct the entire review process expeditiously and provide authors with useful feedback for improving their manuscripts. Many true horror stories have been shared at academic conferences and within language and literature departments across the country, and these should indeed be shared here to help each other avoid potential pitfalls. Besides assisting our fellow scholars, if this blog also succeeds at ultimately improving the management of certain refereed journals, then many in the profession will benefit.
This journal has a great turn around time. I submitted an article (both electronically and via FedEx). The decision came back in about a month. They have a phenomenal electronic pipeline so editorial revisions were done on-line and quite efficiently. The open access version was uploaded on the Springer site within a month after the revisions were submitted, but the hard copy has not been published yet. A great place to publish with a very good reputation.
My experience. From submission to publication it must have taken about two years, which is excessive considering that the article was accepted without revisions. That was in 1998-2000. Maybe they had a considerable backlog then, or they've improved their turnaround time.
It's one of the most reputed general literature journals in continental Europe, though largely unknown in the US.
They accepted my submission about a year ago and hasn't been published yet. They have however put it up online, which is a bit obnoxious -- you're article is "out" but it is not because you don't have all bibliographic details. This is supposed to be a good journal, but I have recently read pretty bad stuff published here. I will not submit anything to them again
I've had one of my best publication experiences with this journal. They took 2 months to peer-review my article and in another month, my article was already published on line. After that, from acceptance it only took 6 months to have my article printed. So the timing is much faster than many or most of the other journals. I recommend this journal to everybody.
Hi everyone! One of my colleagues recommended this journal, he has published in good journals too. But reading some of the comments here, it makes me wonder if it is a bad thing to have it online before is printed. What do you guys think of this policy? any input is greatly appreciated.
I personally don't have a problem with articles first appearing online. As long as they have page numbers and are available for citation, I don't see the need for print. Such a concern may be a layover from the age of print and the sanctity given to the physical page - an age that most of us know is bygone.
Yo solo puedo mostrar mi descontento con esta revista en su fase final. Envié un artículo y en un mes ya tenía la respuesta (algo que es de agradecer), sin embargo, el trabajo fue rechazado. No me importa el hecho de que lo hayan descartado, pero sí el que no se me haya enviado un informe razonado de los motivos. Lo único que se dice en el correo es que han decidido rechazarlo y que es mejor que sea enviado a una revista más especializada en Literatura española; comentario este último que dice muy poco de la calidad de la revista... No se especifica nada más, ni sugerencias de mejora ni puntos criticables, lo cual da la impresión de que ni se lo han leído.
This journal has a great turn around time. I submitted an article (both electronically and via FedEx). The decision came back in about a month. They have a phenomenal electronic pipeline so editorial revisions were done on-line and quite efficiently. The open access version was uploaded on the Springer site within a month after the revisions were submitted, but the hard copy has not been published yet.
ReplyDeleteA great place to publish with a very good reputation.
My experience. From submission to publication it must have taken about two years, which is excessive considering that the article was accepted without revisions. That was in 1998-2000. Maybe they had a considerable backlog then, or they've improved their turnaround time.
ReplyDeleteIt's one of the most reputed general literature journals in continental Europe, though largely unknown in the US.
They accepted my submission about a year ago and hasn't been published yet. They have however put it up online, which is a bit obnoxious -- you're article is "out" but it is not because you don't have all bibliographic details.
ReplyDeleteThis is supposed to be a good journal, but I have recently read pretty bad stuff published here.
I will not submit anything to them again
I've had one of my best publication experiences with this journal. They took 2 months to peer-review my article and in another month, my article was already published on line. After that, from acceptance it only took 6 months to have my article printed. So the timing is much faster than many or most of the other journals. I recommend this journal to everybody.
ReplyDeleteHi everyone! One of my colleagues recommended this journal, he has published in good journals too. But reading some of the comments here, it makes me wonder if it is a bad thing to have it online before is printed. What do you guys think of this policy? any input is greatly appreciated.
ReplyDeleteI personally don't have a problem with articles first appearing online. As long as they have page numbers and are available for citation, I don't see the need for print. Such a concern may be a layover from the age of print and the sanctity given to the physical page - an age that most of us know is bygone.
ReplyDeleteYo solo puedo mostrar mi descontento con esta revista en su fase final. Envié un artículo y en un mes ya tenía la respuesta (algo que es de agradecer), sin embargo, el trabajo fue rechazado. No me importa el hecho de que lo hayan descartado, pero sí el que no se me haya enviado un informe razonado de los motivos. Lo único que se dice en el correo es que han decidido rechazarlo y que es mejor que sea enviado a una revista más especializada en Literatura española; comentario este último que dice muy poco de la calidad de la revista... No se especifica nada más, ni sugerencias de mejora ni puntos criticables, lo cual da la impresión de que ni se lo han leído.
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