Changes: Humanities, Interdisciplinary Journals

Latest revision as of 13:23, 13 October 2020

This page is for exploring journals that specifically cross disciplines.

Humanities (MDPI)[]

This journal is available here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities

Fast processing time
Strange non-humanities citation system
Terrible errors introduced in copy-editing (for instance, removing all italics from the article), then they posted the article, with the errors they had introduced, before I had approved the page proofs.
FYI: there is quite a lot of online discussion about whether MDPI is a predatory publisher, with the general consensus tending towards yes. I'd say you definitely submit to this journal at your own (reputational) risk.
My experience with Humanities was that it was very fast (around 7 months from submission to publication), but that the editorial processes could be frustrating and disorganised, probably in part because of that speed. They gave extremely short turnaround times for responses to peer review (3 days, 1 day for proofs) and sent reminders after only a brief time. They also gave conflicting instructions, causing confusion. The journal sent alarming emails about payment costs and schedule even though the costs were covered; I suppose these were automated. The copyediting introduced errors, though I caught these before publication. It's great to have an article out relatively quickly, but I'd bear these things in mind if planning to publish with this journal.

Excursions (University of Sussex)[]

This journal is available here: https://excursions-journal.sussex.ac.uk/

Fast processing time
Thematic issues
Out-of-date website (they are moving from http://www.excursions-journal.org.uk to https://excursions-journal.sussex.ac.uk/, and the move is not done yet)

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 * Terrible errors introduced in copy-editing (for instance, removing all italics from the article), then they posted the article, with the errors they had introduced, before I had approved the page proofs.
 * FYI: there is quite a lot of online discussion about whether MDPI is a predatory publisher, with the general consensus tending towards yes. I'd say you definitely submit to this journal at your own (reputational) risk.
-* My experience with Humanities was that it was very fast (around 7 months from submission to publication), but that the editorial processes were frustrating and disorganised. They gave extremely short turnaround times for responses to peer review (3 days, 1 day for proofs) and sent reminders after only a brief time. They gave out instructions that conflicted with those of the academic special issue editors, causing confusion. The OA costs of the issue I published in were covered by funding, but the journal sent alarming emails about payment costs and schedule that felt predatory. The copyediting also introduced errors, though I caught these before publication. It's great to have an article out quickly - the first time ever! - but I'd be cautious about publishing in or editing a special issue for this journal, and this is the only journal I've published in that I'd say that about. (2020)
+* My experience with Humanities was that it was very fast (around 7 months from submission to publication), but that the editorial processes could be frustrating and disorganised, probably in part because of that speed. They gave extremely short turnaround times for responses to peer review (3 days, 1 day for proofs) and sent reminders after only a brief time. They also gave conflicting instructions, causing confusion. The journal sent alarming emails about payment costs and schedule even though the costs were covered;  I suppose these were automated. The copyediting introduced errors, though I caught these before publication. It's great to have an article out relatively quickly, but I'd bear these things in mind if planning to publish with this journal.
 == Excursions (University of Sussex) ==