Submission to non pub Med journal

[Frogger27]

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Worked on a small project that I accidentally submitted to a non pub Med indexed journal (the name was very similar to pub Med journal) and it was accepted. Stupid mistake on my part but it was only an editorial type paper that took me a weekend to work on.

My PI said that this pretty much doesn’t count at all since it is not pub Med indexed. Is that true? It seems like a decent, peer reviewed journal. Was still planning on putting on my CV but if it would make it look bad than I’ll probably withhold it

 

[LoGo]

What's the journal and who is the publisher?

 

[smukke]

Sorry, but that's hilarious.

Yeah I'd still list it. Unless it's a known quack journal that pushes pseudoscience (ie JPandS), then leave it off.

 

[LoGo]

Sorry, but that's hilarious.

Yeah I'd still list it. Unless it's a known quack journal that pushes pseudoscience (ie JPandS), then leave it off.

Yeah that's what I was getting at - just because it's not pubmed indexed does not automatically mean that it's not a good journal (it just means it's not indexed in pubmed for one reason or another), but there are a lot of predatory journals that imitate the names of actual good journals so if it's one of those then yes it's useless. If the publisher is reputable like Springer, Elsevier, Nature group, Taylor & Francis etc then the journal is perfectly legitimate to list on your CV.

Rough mistake though. Imagine submitting to a journal called Natures and thinking at first F*** yes I've made it, only to realize the extra 's' stands for sucker.

 

[evilbooyaa]

You can always withdraw a paper that's accepted at a journal and submit it to the one you really wanted to submit it to.

 

[Wolf3D]

You can always withdraw a paper that's accepted at a journal and submit it to the one you really wanted to submit it to.

This. OP, how far along the publishing process is the paper? You can write a quick note to the editors and withdraw the paper. Don't even need to give a reason; they have to honor it

 

[Frogger27]

You can always withdraw a paper that's accepted at a journal and submit it to the one you really wanted to submit it to.

This. OP, how far along the publishing process is the paper? You can write a quick note to the editors and withdraw the paper. Don't even need to give a reason; they have to honor it

I didn't know I could do that... Already published on their website, which I am guessing is too far in the process

 

[Frogger27]

Sorry, but that's hilarious.

Yeah I'd still list it. Unless it's a known quack journal that pushes pseudoscience (ie JPandS), then leave it off.

Yeah I know fudge up on my part. Not too pissed because it was a ~500 word editorial type pub so not a huge deal, but my PI said it was really good quality and would have been accepted somewhere. oh well, live and learn.

What's the journal and who is the publisher?

I'll PM you the journal

 

[NickNaylor]

It is absolutely worth including. Sure, it probably won't be viewed as equivalent to an article accepted and published in a "big name" journal, but it's a publication nonetheless and has passed some form of peer review. There is some inherent value in that.

You can always withdraw the submission as others have mentioned, but I would look into the author guidelines at journals you would submit to as an alternative to ensure that they would still consider your manuscript. Some may not without an embargo period since it's already been accepted by another publication.

 

[Wolf3D]

I didn't know I could do that... Already published on their website, which I am guessing is too far in the process

You can still withdraw it, it's just a tad bit more "embarrassing" but that's ok

 

[Frogger27]

You can still withdraw it, it's just a tad bit more "embarrassing" but that's ok

Interesting... I'll ask my PI about this but honestly may just call it a lesson learned and move on. Thanks for the feedback though, appreciate it! Wish I would have known about withdrawing it a couple weeks ago

 

[Raney Schauer]

PubMed takes a little longer. If it + your name can be found with a Google Scholar search and you don't want it to be in the wrong pub, better move quick.

 

[Frogger27]

PubMed takes a little longer. If it + your name can be found with a Google Scholar search and you don't want it to be in the wrong pub, better move quick.

Already on google scholar...

 

[Raney Schauer]

Already on google scholar...

The package is in the open.

 

[CUatthefinishline]

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