Shorten your path to publication: Researcher insights from submission to rejection

Rohan Chakrabarty received his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from McGill University, Canada, where he also completed his postdoctoral research. He has comprehensive expertise in coating development using thermal spray processes, additive manufacturing, hydrogen embrittlement, and finite element analysis. In late 2021, he joined Elsevier as a Scientific Editor, handling energy-related manuscripts for journals such as the Journal of Power Sources, Fuel, the International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, and Heliyon. He has several first-author and co-authored publications and extensive experience as a reviewer for high-quality journals. Rohan is committed to collaborating with authors, editors, and reviewers to find the perfect home for quality research.  

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rohanchakrabarty 

Dr. Eleanne van Vliet is a Scientific Editor at Elsevier, where she collaborates with authors, editors and publishers to facilitate the publication of impactful research across Elsevier’s environmental science journals. Since joining Elsevier in 2022, Eleanne has drawn on her extensive experience in both academia and the non-profit sector with a focus on environmental conservation and health sciences. She holds a doctoral degree in environmental health sciences from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. With firsthand experience as an author, reviewer and editor, Eleanne brings a deep understanding of the various perspectives along the publishing journey and is passionate about helping authors find the most suitable journal for their work.

Elena Brusamarello earned her Ph.D. in 2021 from the University of Padova (Italy), focusing on the application of inorganic oxide catalysts for environmental remediation, including carbon dioxide valorization and atmospheric pollutant abatements from industrial and mobile pollution sources. In the framework of her Ph.D. project, she conducted research at Eindhoven Technical University (the Netherlands) developing innovative carbon membranes with combined membrane separation and catalytic properties. In 2022, Elena transitioned to Elsevier as a Scientific Managing Editor, facilitating transfer offers and offering personalized guidance to authors of rejected manuscripts. By 2024, she assumed the position of Scientific Handling Editor, overseeing transferred papers from reception to final decision, managing peer reviewers, and evaluating author revisions.

Abhishek Dutta holds a PhD from Ghent University, Belgium in Chemical Engineering. After postdoctoral research at Ghent University, and several years of teaching and research at KU Leuven and subsequently a short research stint at UCLouvain, he left for Turkey and is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology. As a Research Leader of Industrial Flow & Process Modeling Group (iFPMg), he focuses mainly on energy-efficiency for the improvement of existing and development of new processes, resource-efficiency involving complex hydrodynamic and cost-efficiency valorising waste resource recovery towards carbon footprint reduction. Dr. Dutta is also the Co-chair of the Computational Science & Engineering Department at Izmir Institute of Technology since 2024 and focuses on industry-oriented research with a focus on digitalization for Industry 4.0. The research group iFPMg designs – models - validates intensified processes mainly for (petro)chemical, pulp and paper, wastewater and metallurgical industries.