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Questions about mathematical publishing, including specific journals, peer review etc.

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How bad is it to publish a paper with an overcomplicated proof?

This kind of situation is very common. In some sense, it's the nature of research. Consider the following quote from Andrew Wiles: "Perhaps I could best describe my experience of doing mathematics in …
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Referring to computer software in a paper

Many journals now require this, e.g., I have had to make my code available in PLOS ONE, and in Crime Science. Other times, I chose to make my code available even if the journal did not require it. …
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Including alternative proofs

slightly longer, which can make it take longer to publish (e.g., more time waiting for a referee report), can slightly raise the bar for publication (in the mind of the editor), and can rule out some journals
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Mathematical etiquette: Rephrasing / restructuring a work, limited release (with attribution...

This question was asked a long time ago, but remains on the unanswered queue. I agree with Allen Knutson's comment that this is good thing to do (i.e., write up such notes and post them on your webpag …
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Journal of serious opinions on weighty matters for mathematicians

This question was asked some time ago but remains on the unanswered queue. I want to echo Nate's comment regarding the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. I've published two papers there. The first one …
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Is it appropriate to add a dedication to a paper?

In math, dedications are rare but not unheard of. They are most common in birthday conference proceedings, or special issues devoted to summarizing a person's life work. For example, consider the foll …
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Use of an appendix in a long paper

Pressures to keep papers short come from: Journals, because there's often a higher bar for longer papers, because they take up more space in the issue. … It would also be smart to aim for journals that publish long papers and aim for electronic journals where length is less of a concern. …
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What would you do if you improve your own result that is submitted but not published?

Just get things submitted, give good talks, and do your best to bounce back from setbacks (e.g., resubmitting to lower journals if something gets rejected), and usually it all works out in the end, even …
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Math journals publishing in Spanish

Revista Integración: https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistaintegracion Revista Matemática Complutense: https://link.springer.com/journal/13163 Revista Matemática Iberoamericana: https://ems.press/journals … published in Spanish there: https://www.muni.cz/vyzkum/publikace/1168664 Scripta Philosophiæ Naturalis Pensamiento Matemático And, I think the best answer was the first comment, which gave a list of 50 journals
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Publication Of 50 pages

The short answer is there are hundreds of journals that would publish such a paper. In some fields of mathematics, 50 pages is a totally reasonable length. … I estimate fewer than 10% of journals have a page limit. That said, it's also true that, all things being equal, longer papers are slightly harder to publish than shorter papers, for two reasons. …
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What are journal rankings that employers look at?

For example, at tenure time, if a candidate has more than six papers in good journals (where "good" is again assessed by general knowledge of journal landscape) then they are above the bar for research … There are also rankings from Norway and Finland but they include all journals in the sciences, and math journals are essentially always the bottom because we have a lower impact factor, because of how …
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Use of singular pronoun "I" in the acknowledgements

This question was asked some time ago, but never received an answer. It has several highly upvoted comments, but there is also disagreement in the comments. I think the question is reasonable, given t …
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How would you cite a result that it is not quite correct, but whose proof contains some usef...

This question was asked a long time ago, but never received an answer. I largely agree with Deane Yang's comment, but wish to expand on it, for the sake of future visitors to MO. First, several other …
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Where can I publish a paper about how to write mathematical papers?

Whenever you write anything, including a paper on "How (not) to write a mathematical paper," it is wise to ask yourself who is my intended audience? That influences the choice of where to publish and …
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Refereeing a paper containing strong statements about other papers

I am surprised that this question never received an answer, though it did receive useful comments. My view is that a claim like "Theorem 1 in paper B is wrong" is a claim, just like any other in paper …
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