The delights, discomforts, and downright furies of the manuscript submission process

James Hartley (1) , Guillaume Cabanac (2, 3)

1 Keele University [Keele]
2 IRIT-IRIS - Recherche d’Information et Synthèse d’Information
3 UT3 - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier

Key points: - Instructions to authors about submitting papers for publication vary hugely – from none at all to whole handbooks. - Online submission systems have not reduced the complexity of submission and may have increased the work of authors. - Electronic submission processes do not appear to have been adequately ‘road tested’ with authors. - Some publishers are introducing more flexible submission rules that may help authors.

Mots clés: Research; Publication; Manuscript; Formatting

Domaines: Théorie de l'information [cs.IT]; Recherche d'information [cs.IR]

James Hartley, Guillaume Cabanac. The delights, discomforts, and downright furies of the manuscript submission process. Learned Publishing, 2017, vol. 30 (n° 2), pp. 167-172. ⟨10.1002/leap.1092⟩. ⟨hal-01740026⟩