Category: Publishing

Publishing

Plagiarism Policies

February 16, 2015

In November of last year, Daily Nous hosted a guest post that exposed the extraordinary plagiarism of Iranian philosopher Mahmoud Khatami (follow-ups here and…
Publishing

Guarding the Guardians (or Editors) (3 updates)

February 2, 2015

The reason your paper is listed as ‘editor assigned’ is that I’m going to review it myself. In the wake of the recent discussion here…
Publishing

Book Dedication Sale

January 26, 2015

Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski (both of Georgetown), have been working on a book entitled Markets Without Limits. You may recall an earlier post which…
Publishing

Reasons You Rejected a Paper

January 22, 2015

The discussion of journal practices is continuing, but, at the suggestion of Tom Dougherty, I am posting this as a place to gather “frequent…
Publishing

A Closer Look at Philosophy Journal Practices (two updates)

January 20, 2015

Considering how important the publication of articles in peer-reviewed journals is to a successful career in philosophy, it is expected that curiosity and questions…
Publishing

Confluence, a New Online Philosophy Journal

November 22, 2014

Confluence: Online Journal of World Philosophies, is a new bi-annual, peer-reviewed journal of comparative philosophy and thought. From its mission statement: It seeks to…
Publishing

Deciding which Papers to Referee

November 12, 2014

Some philosophers receive an excessive number of requests to referee papers. How should they go about deciding which papers to agree to referee? Of course…
Publishing

Famous Papers First Rejected

October 27, 2014

“The Strength of Weak Ties” (1973) by sociologist Mark Granovetter is an extraordinarily influential paper, one of the most cited in sociology (with nearly…
Publishing

How Much Should Publishers Pay Contributors?

October 8, 2014

A professor who prefers to remain anonymous—perhaps so as to not weaken his bargaining position—asks for help from Daily Nous readers about how much…

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