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Value of Articles under Review for PhD Admissions


PugglesPig

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Hi everyone,

 

I was wondering what value a journal article has that is currently under review at time of PhD application.

 

I know that "under review" doesn't mean much at all, but would Ad Coms take the signal a little bit more seriously given that the senior coauthor probably would not submit a paper to journals massively out of reach?

 

Thanks a lot for your time and advice!

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It's somewhere in between, but the value should be much closer to "writing paper with senior" than "R&R at top journal with senior". Sending it to a top journal just isn't a very meaningful signal, many faculty send all their articles to the top 5 for a round before dropping down.

 

That said, having a serious co-authored paper with a senior is still a huge plus, and rarely seen in undergrads. And if the paper and your contribution is genuinely solid, that will be conveyed through the LOR you get from him.

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There is a useful signal, which is that the paper is complete (without being abandoned). But most people initially submit to very good journals even when their papers are bad, so the quality of the journal in question is really only an upper bound for the paper's quality, and generally not a very informative one. Just write "submitted" on your CV.
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