arfon
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6 years ago / cc @physicsdavid
Open kkchang1985 opened 6 years ago
arfon
commented
6 years ago / cc @physicsdavid
physicsdavid
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6 years ago Dear Jim,
You are indeed able to publish your idea in the Journal. We actually encourage people to share ideas that they don't have time to pursue, in the hope of inspiring further work in the area.
There is no fee as all costs for the journal are borne by the editorial/management team of the journal as a contribution to the intellectual community.
The article is citable through the usual journal citation, but all papers are assigned a DOI and permanently archived. The journal does not currently have an impact factor as we have not gone through that process (and associated costs) to be indexed by the relevant services but we hope to do that at some point.
Papers are not peer-reviewed as such because reviewing a 200-word paper in the conventional sense would potentially involve more work than writing the paper. We do have a post-publication rating system as you will see on papers.
Instead of a formal peer-review system, we do an editorial assessment of ideas that submitted to ensure that they do in fact present a coherent idea, are not obviously known already, and make a contribution to the intellectual space. In some cases, the editorial team asks the advice of experts on whether to accept a paper. The acceptance rate of papers through this process is approximately 50%.
Claims of first publication are always challenging to adjudicate, no matter the journal used, as we see in cases involving even top tier journal publications. Often cases of first claim revolve on specific details of a claim rather than broader considerations. That decision of priority is obviously left to the people who care about whether a paper is first and that depends on their circumstances. What we can do is show the publication date through a permanently archived copy of the paper, findable through a DOI.
Regards, David Harris Editor-in-chief Journal of Brief Ideas
kkchang1985
commented
6 years ago Dear David,
Thank you very much for your reply. So just to confirm, every Journal of Brief Ideas paper has it's own DOI and are permanently archived? I think this would be sufficient for the purpose that I am looking for. I have a good research idea but do not have the capacity to pursue currently.
Do I submit my article via ORCID? Usually how long is the review process?
Many thanks.
Best Regards, Jim
On 21 June 2018 at 08:36, David Harris notifications@github.com wrote:
Dear Jim,
You are indeed able to publish your idea in the Journal. We actually encourage people to share ideas that they don't have time to pursue, in the hope of inspiring further work in the area.
There is no fee as all costs for the journal are borne by the editorial/management team of the journal as a contribution to the intellectual community.
The article is citable through the usual journal citation, but all papers are assigned a DOI and permanently archived. The journal does not currently have an impact factor as we have not gone through that process (and associated costs) to be indexed by the relevant services but we hope to do that at some point.
Papers are not peer-reviewed as such because reviewing a 200-word paper in the conventional sense would potentially involve more work than writing the paper. We do have a post-publication rating system as you will see on papers.
Instead of a formal peer-review system, we do an editorial assessment of ideas that submitted to ensure that they do in fact present a coherent idea, are not obviously known already, and make a contribution to the intellectual space. In some cases, the editorial team asks the advice of experts on whether to accept a paper. The acceptance rate of papers through this process is approximately 50%.
Claims of first publication are always challenging to adjudicate, no matter the journal used, as we see in cases involving even top tier journal publications. Often cases of first claim revolve on specific details of a claim rather than broader considerations. That decision of priority is obviously left to the people who care about whether a paper is first and that depends on their circumstances. What we can do is show the publication date through a permanently archived copy of the paper, findable through a DOI.
Regards, David Harris Editor-in-chief Journal of Brief Ideas
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physicsdavid
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6 years ago Dear Jim,
Yes, that is correct. Each has its own DOI and is archived via the Zenodo service. An example DOI from a recent paper is 10.5281/zenodo.1248991 which you can see in the Zenodo context. You submit via our website but will need an ORCID account to login. Review is generally swift - typically within a few days at most but I'll keep an eye out for it and if all looks in order it will be reviewed potentially straight away.
Regards, David
kkchang1985
commented
6 years ago Dear David,
Sounds great, appreciate your response and clarification.
Best Regards, Jim
On Fri, 22 Jun. 2018, 10:06 am David Harris, notifications@github.com wrote:
Dear Jim,
Yes, that is correct. Each has its own DOI and is archived via the Zenodo service. An example DOI from a recent paper is 10.5281/zenodo.1248991 which you can see in the Zenodo context. You submit via our website but will need an ORCID account to login. Review is generally swift - typically within a few days at most but I'll keep an eye out for it and if all looks in order it will be reviewed potentially straight away.
Regards, David
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kkchang1985
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6 years ago Hi David,
I am trying to submit my article and the system wouldn't allow me to do so, as it kept coming up with an error message stating that the body text is over 200 words, even though it clearly wasn't. Can you please look into this for me and check that there are no technical issues? Many thanks.
Best Regards, Jim
On 22 June 2018 at 10:06, David Harris notifications@github.com wrote:
Dear Jim,
Yes, that is correct. Each has its own DOI and is archived via the Zenodo service. An example DOI from a recent paper is 10.5281/zenodo.1248991 which you can see in the Zenodo context. You submit via our website but will need an ORCID account to login. Review is generally swift - typically within a few days at most but I'll keep an eye out for it and if all looks in order it will be reviewed potentially straight away.
Regards, David
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physicsdavid
commented
6 years ago /cc @arfon
arfon
commented
6 years ago Hi @kkchang1985. Could you please send me the text of your idea in an email to arfon.smith@gmail.com?
Dear Journal of Brief Ideas,
I am a researcher from Australia. I have a research idea which aims to improve a current common biochemistry laboratory method, however, I am currently on a hiatus and not planning to do any studies to examine this idea any time soon. I believe, however, the idea can potentially significantly improve the current laboratory-based method.
Considering that I only have an idea without experimental data, am I able to publish the idea in your journal? If so, can you kindly advise me if there will be a fee involved, and whether the article will be citable (e.g. whether the journal has an impact factor and is peer-reviewed), and if someone else uses/comes up with this idea in the future and publish papers, can my publication be used as the first paper to come up with this idea?
Many thanks.
Best Regards, Jim