What is rapid communication in journals?

A Rapid Communication (RC) or Short Communication is a scientific paper that is published swiftly and is of a shorter length than an original research article. Journal editors evaluate each Rapid Communication submission before forwarding it for expedited peer-review.

How does an article get accepted for publication?

When your manuscript is accepted for publication, the corresponding author receives the proofs of your manuscript. Once the corresponding author approves these, your article is compiled into an issue of the journal and is published in its final form.

What does Corresponding author mean?

A corresponding author is the individual who, when working on a paper with multiple authors, takes primary responsibility for communicating with the journal you intend to publish in. The corresponding author usually makes themselves available throughout the process to respond to editorial queries.

What is a brief communication article?

WHAT ARE BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS? Brief communications are short (hence the word “brief”) research articles that can take several different formats. They can be mini original research articles that follow the traditional Introduction, Methods, Results, and Conclusion format.

Are Brief communications peer reviewed?

Brief Communications include received/accepted dates. They may be accompanied by supplementary information. Brief Communications are peer reviewed.

What is the benefit of being corresponding author?

As per the UGC guidelines, 70\% of the total value of publication is shared between the first author and corresponding author. If a person is both the first and corresponding author, then he/she is entitled to all of the 70\% credit.

What is the difference between author and corresponding author?

First author is usually the student /researcher who has undertaken the research work. Corresponding author is usually the senior author who provides the intellectual input and designs and approves the protocols to be followed in the study.

Are Brief Communications peer reviewed?

What is a brief communication called?

The article type typically known as short, brief, or rapid communications is an option for authors who want to share their results in short form with the research community, often rapidly—as the name “rapid communications” suggests. (In some cases, publication of short papers is not rapid, as explained below.)

What is a short communication article?

Short Communications are short papers that present original and significant research that needs to be published quickly. A short communication article may focus on a hot topic or may have new findings that are expected to have a significant impact on a current problem, for example, an epidemic outbreak.