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Graduate-Education Questions on Math Educators
Graduate-Education Questions on Math Educators
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Q: Algebra or Analysis

VaibhavI am currently doing MS in Mathematics. As far as I know there are two approaches which anyone can take to do Mathematics- Analysis and Algebra. Choosing which area to work on seems difficult to me. Currently I like both but I have to decide which area to pursue. I wanted to know if we can swit...

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Meta Academia
Meta Academia
7:16 PM
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Q: What to do with quite substantial edits in the review queue?

Massimo OrtolanoIt happens sometimes that someone, frequently a new user, proposes a quite substantial addition to an answer. This addition can be a longer explanation of a term used by the answerer, a longer description of a software, etc. At the moment of writing, there is a proposed edit for this answer, with...

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Wrzlprmft
Wrzlprmft
8:01 PM
Opinions?
 
 
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jakebeal
jakebeal
9:11 PM
I don't know what "initial check" means on your diagram
Also, do you want to put an arrow back from revision to an earlier point in the workflow, to explain about re-use of referees, etc?
 
Wrzlprmft
Wrzlprmft
@jakebeal The intial check performed by most journals to sieve out broken manuscripts and utter junk.
@jakebeal No, this would unneccessarily complicate the diagram. I would rather state the differences in the second and further rounds at the respective steps (e.g., “in the second round, usually the referees from the first round are contacted”)
 
jakebeal
jakebeal
10:08 PM
@Wrzlprmft I see --- I tend to think of that as another form of desk rejection, but I can appreciate the distinction between "This manuscript is not on topic" and "This is not really a manuscript."
 
Wrzlprmft
Wrzlprmft
@jakebeal The main reason for distinguishing this is that some journals/editorial systems have a separate status message for this.
Also, if the initial check takes two weeks, I would contact the journal and ask what’s wrong. If the editorial assessment takes that long, I wouldn’t (at least with most journals).
 

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