> Excellent. Which then leaves the author with the question of what to do
> if s/he can't publish in Nature.
Check the publisher of the journal they want to publish in, rather than relying on hearsay and rumour?
David
On 31 Jan 2011, at 19:56, Charles Christacopoulos wrote:
> On 31/01/2011 19:40, David Prosser wrote:
>>> You are correct in what you are thinking. You must not publish a thesis
>>> if its author is intending to publish it as articles, book etc.
>>
>> Actually, is there any actual evidence that this is true, or is it just
>> hearsay? Could you point us to some publisher statements to support
>
> On my part 2nd level hearsay about "publishers", and first hand
> information for what (I believe) our Library is doing. Not impossible
> to have had more hearsay in the Library too.
>
>> this? I'm sure that it varies from publisher to publisher and between
>> subject areas. But here, for example, is the statement from Nature:
>>
>>> The Nature journals are happy to consider submissions containing
>>> material that has previously formed part of a PhD or other academic
>>> thesis which has been published according to the requirements of the
>>> institution awarding the qualification.
>>> http://www.nature.com/authors/policies/duplicate.html
>
> Excellent. Which then leaves the author with the question of what to do
> if s/he can't publish in Nature.
>
> Kind Regards
> Charles
>
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