How to publish your work in the Physical Review

Date

Oct 18, 2013

Time

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Speaker

Thomas Pattard

Affiliation

APS Editorial Office, Ridge, NY

Language

en

Main Topic

Physik

Other Topics

Physik

Host

IMPRS

Description

When you try to publish your work in a peer-reviewed journal such as the Physical Review, it often appears that authors, referees and editors all speak different languages and pursue different goals (a ``me versus them'' feeling). Indeed, the pressure to ``publish or perish'' in the modern academic world sometimes seems incompatible with the idea of conveying actual and useful information to the reader of a journal, who wants to stay up-to-date with current developments in her/his field of interest. On the other hand, a significant part of this feeling is rooted in miscommunication that could easily be avoided by a better mutual understanding of the needs of authors, referees, editors and readers. In this talk, I will try to give some insight into the publishing process from the perspective of an editor. I will give a short overview of APS publishing, and the workflow associated with the handling of a typical manuscript. This will lead us to the question of what we are looking for in a paper / referee report / cover letter, and how the communication between all involved parties can be improved. In the last few minutes of the talk, I will briefly discuss various recent APS initiatives.

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