An Empirical Study of Importance of Different Sections in Research Articles Towards Ascertaining Their Appropriateness to a Journal

Tirthankar Ghosal, Rajeev Verma, Asif Ekbal, Sriparna Saha, Pushpak Bhattacharyya

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Abstract

Deciding the appropriateness of a manuscript to the aims and scope of a journal is very important in the first stage of peer review. Editors should be confident about the article’s suitability to the intended journal to further channel its progress through the steps in the review process. However, not all sections in a research article are equally contributory or essential to determine its aptness to the journal under consideration. Here in this work, we investigate which sections in a manuscript are more significant to decide on its belongingness to the intended journal’s scope. Our empirical studies on two Computer Science journals suggest that the meta information from bibliography and author profiles can reach a competitive benchmark to full-text performance. The features we develop in this study display the potential to evolve as a decision support system for the journal editors to identify out-of-scope submissions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDigital Libraries at Times of Massive Societal Transition - 22nd International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2020, Proceedings
EditorsEmi Ishita, Natalie Lee Pang, Lihong Zhou
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages407-415
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783030644512
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event22nd International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2020 - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: Nov 30 2020Dec 1 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12504 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2020
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period11/30/2012/1/20

Keywords

  • Domain of a manuscript
  • Scope of a journal
  • Venue recommendation

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