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Corresponding author

Meaning in academic english & research, with examples

nounCommon term

In academic english & research, corresponding author means: The author who handles communication with the journal during submission and review, and whose contact details appear on the published article for readers' questions.

In Turkish: sorumlu yazar, iletişimden sorumlu yazar

How it is used

Marked with an asterisk or an envelope symbol on the article. The corresponding author submits the manuscript, receives the editor's decisions and approves the proofs on behalf of all co-authors. It is not necessarily the first author.

Example sentences

  1. As corresponding author, you will receive all emails from the editorial office.

  2. Questions about the dataset should be sent to the corresponding author.

Common collocations

  • act as corresponding author
  • the corresponding author's email
  • contact the corresponding author
  • first and corresponding author
  • manuscriptThe text of an article or book that an author submits to a journal or publisher before it is accepted and published.
  • submitTo formally send a piece of work, such as an article, thesis, abstract or application, to the people who will judge it.
  • journalA regular publication containing research articles in a particular field, usually checked by peer review before publication.
  • paperAn academic article, either published in a journal or presented at a conference; researchers use it as the everyday word for their written studies.

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