New Author & Review Question
Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:32 am
Hi Everyone,
I'm a new author and I recently submitted my first article for review. I have a few questions about submission guidelines. I hope this is the correct place to post them.
I recently submitted an article for review. Yesterday, I received the review decision and it was rejected because my summary mentioned it was part one of three. Although the article is part of a series, each article is also stand alone and that fact was mentioned in my summary. This is the review I received.
==== Editorial Information for Your Article: ====
Articles must be able to stand alone and may not reference other articles, published or unpublished, by the author. We cannot accept series of articles.
==== End Editorial Information for Your Article ====
My questions are these:
-Does this mean my article was grammatically correct and punctuated properly? (I was actually most worried about this when I submitted it, but no necessary changes to the piece were noted in the editorial information)
-Was the article read or was my submission rejected at the summary level?
-Is there a more in-depth submission guideline that states we cannot mention the article is part of a series?
I just don't want to make another mistake that can delay my submissions being approved and I want to get a feel for what the editors are looking for.
Also, I believe CC is a great opportunity for me and I'd hate to end up having my account suspended for mistakes such as this.
Thanks in advance.
-Tara
I'm a new author and I recently submitted my first article for review. I have a few questions about submission guidelines. I hope this is the correct place to post them.
I recently submitted an article for review. Yesterday, I received the review decision and it was rejected because my summary mentioned it was part one of three. Although the article is part of a series, each article is also stand alone and that fact was mentioned in my summary. This is the review I received.
==== Editorial Information for Your Article: ====
Articles must be able to stand alone and may not reference other articles, published or unpublished, by the author. We cannot accept series of articles.
==== End Editorial Information for Your Article ====
My questions are these:
-Does this mean my article was grammatically correct and punctuated properly? (I was actually most worried about this when I submitted it, but no necessary changes to the piece were noted in the editorial information)
-Was the article read or was my submission rejected at the summary level?
-Is there a more in-depth submission guideline that states we cannot mention the article is part of a series?
I just don't want to make another mistake that can delay my submissions being approved and I want to get a feel for what the editors are looking for.
Also, I believe CC is a great opportunity for me and I'd hate to end up having my account suspended for mistakes such as this.
Thanks in advance.
-Tara