第一篇:SCI投稿問(wèn)題
第一篇SCI接收已經(jīng)有一個(gè)多月了,早已經(jīng)沒(méi)有了當(dāng)初的興奮(實(shí)際上也不算特別興奮,最興奮的要數(shù)收到審稿意見(jiàn)的那一天)。當(dāng)時(shí)就想著效仿很多老蟲(chóng)子寫(xiě)點(diǎn)什么(可以賺點(diǎn)金幣,呵呵),老版主zouzhq也鼓勵(lì)我寫(xiě)一寫(xiě),但是我懶勁一度又犯了,再加上看到很多牛蟲(chóng)都寫(xiě)的太好了,自己覺(jué)得沒(méi)什么值得寫(xiě)的,所以一直拖著?,F(xiàn)在,自己馬上又要開(kāi)始忙碌了,再不寫(xiě)恐怕真沒(méi)機(jī)會(huì)了,因此想了想,還是把自己第一次投稿中所碰到的問(wèn)題和我的應(yīng)對(duì)辦法列舉出來(lái),相信對(duì)很多初次投稿的蟲(chóng)子還是會(huì)有些幫助的。
我的第一篇SCI投的是ACS下面的Crystal Growth & Design,整個(gè)投稿期間遇到了很多很多的問(wèn)題,現(xiàn)在想著都覺(jué)得亂七八糟,時(shí)常感嘆是不是自己人品不好…不管怎么樣,統(tǒng)統(tǒng)和大家交流交流。(二樓的四個(gè)附件是審稿意見(jiàn)等書(shū)信)
1.關(guān)于作者署名
我們實(shí)驗(yàn)室從師兄開(kāi)始,發(fā)的SCI基本上都是參與者有誰(shuí)就掛誰(shuí)的,基本不掛關(guān)系戶。這一次,我也是仿照以往的情況署上了作者的名字,但是漏掉了給做好前期工作現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)畢業(yè)讀博士去的師兄,和我的這個(gè)課題的實(shí)際申請(qǐng)人L教授。漏掉師兄,很不應(yīng)該,但是關(guān)于L教授,是我事先根本沒(méi)有想到的。因?yàn)長(zhǎng)教授已經(jīng)從我們學(xué)校調(diào)走已經(jīng)一年多,早已和課題組沒(méi)有太大的聯(lián)系,關(guān)于他和我們這個(gè)課題的關(guān)系我也不甚清楚,所以真的沒(méi)有想到要把他加上。因此,在這里,我要提醒給位初次投稿的蟲(chóng)友們,寫(xiě)文章投稿之前一定要把作者的署名確定好,盡量去問(wèn)問(wèn)老板的意思,自己也要思量周全,也許你很反感增加關(guān)系戶,但是你不應(yīng)該漏掉每一個(gè)對(duì)文章有實(shí)際或者潛在貢獻(xiàn)的人。我的文章在投稿之前老板并沒(méi)有就這些問(wèn)題細(xì)看,所以后來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)的時(shí)候也晚了,因此,我覺(jué)得,也許老板不會(huì)給你審稿,但是關(guān)于文章的一些原則性的問(wèn)題他們還是能把握的,所以盡量投稿之前還是給老板看看,如果最后出現(xiàn)像我這樣的問(wèn)題就滿郁悶了,因?yàn)樵降胶竺嬖黾幼髡咭恢笔且患M敏感的事情。關(guān)于這一點(diǎn)的解決方法我在后面說(shuō)。
此外,在我的初稿中,老板是第二作者加通訊作者。修改意見(jiàn)回來(lái)后,我在他心情好的時(shí)候問(wèn)了下能不能把他放到后面,他同意了(后來(lái)實(shí)驗(yàn)室也開(kāi)始沿用這個(gè)做法)。這樣的做法是可以讓周?chē)耐瑢W(xué)成為第二作者,而且也許同學(xué)寫(xiě)文章的時(shí)候你也有成為第二作者的可能,盡管很多學(xué)校不會(huì)因?yàn)榈诙髡咚隳愕奈恼?,但是?duì)于出國(guó)或者是找一般企業(yè)工作的人來(lái)說(shuō),多一篇第二作者的文章也是聊勝于無(wú)的事情(盡管很多老板現(xiàn)在都是這樣做的,但是我想,萬(wàn)事也都有個(gè)開(kāi)頭)。于是,在修改稿的時(shí)候把老板的名字換到了最后,其他人都往前進(jìn)行了挪動(dòng),在response里面也沒(méi)有提這個(gè)事情,最后一點(diǎn)問(wèn)題也沒(méi)有。
2.關(guān)于圖片質(zhì)量
這個(gè)問(wèn)題論壇上問(wèn)的蟲(chóng)子也很多。很多期刊要求圖片質(zhì)量到600dpi并且要TIF格式。其實(shí)可以通過(guò)PS或者corel draw等作圖軟件導(dǎo)出這個(gè)圖片,然后導(dǎo)出的時(shí)候選擇TIF格式和600dpi,再選在LZW壓縮,另外把尺寸改小一點(diǎn)(10000X10000的可以改到2000X2000就夠用了,太大的話一張圖片幾十兆)
3.關(guān)于Supporting Information
Supporting Information是ACS下面期刊常見(jiàn)的部分,一般在文章的末尾處會(huì)有著名。內(nèi)容一般是一些私下提交給審稿人的參考信息(例如詳細(xì)的實(shí)驗(yàn)過(guò)程、實(shí)驗(yàn)數(shù)據(jù)等)但是不在文章里面發(fā)表的(有的是為了保密又得是為了簡(jiǎn)潔)。當(dāng)時(shí)我由于經(jīng)驗(yàn)不足,把一個(gè)不屬于這個(gè)范疇的東西當(dāng)成了Supporting Information傳了過(guò)去,當(dāng)然,審稿的時(shí)候沒(méi)有造成什么影響,但是編輯在回復(fù)里面卻讓我按照模版把Supporting Information這一章節(jié)補(bǔ)上。這個(gè)時(shí)候我才去看Supporting Information到底是什么,才知道原來(lái)自己擺了烏龍。唉,現(xiàn)在想想就覺(jué)得好笑。沒(méi)有辦法,只有跟編輯寫(xiě)信問(wèn)詢,申請(qǐng)不寫(xiě)Supporting Information,并承認(rèn)自己前期的錯(cuò)誤,好在編輯啥也沒(méi)說(shuō)就同意了(實(shí)際上這些信件是助編處理的)。
4.關(guān)于Table of Contents Graphic
關(guān)于這一點(diǎn)經(jīng)常看見(jiàn)有蟲(chóng)子在問(wèn)。這個(gè)并不是ACS下面獨(dú)有的,貌似RSC及其他出版集團(tuán)下面也有這個(gè)要求。我當(dāng)時(shí)也不太清楚這個(gè)東西到底是啥。后來(lái)去看了別人的文章才知道沒(méi)有什么神秘的,實(shí)際上就是一張你文章中有代表性的圖片而已(可以是示意圖也可是是電鏡,也肯以將文章里面的幾個(gè)圖合在一起編輯成新圖)。ACS的TOC除了一張圖以外還要有一段不超過(guò)60words的說(shuō)明。也就是簡(jiǎn)要說(shuō)明你文章的中心思想就行了。TOC在初稿的時(shí)候并不如何強(qiáng)調(diào)標(biāo)準(zhǔn),但是在修改稿的時(shí)候非常重要。而且修改稿的時(shí)候可以對(duì)初稿的TOC進(jìn)行改動(dòng),不用對(duì)編輯說(shuō)明也行的(我就完全改了圖,還改了不少單詞)。
5.關(guān)于copyright
3,4,5這三條都是編輯在審稿意見(jiàn)回來(lái)之后要求一定要弄好的重點(diǎn)。Copyright任何投稿都會(huì)遇到,也經(jīng)??吹较x(chóng)子問(wèn)copyright的問(wèn)題,無(wú)非是關(guān)于提交copyright的時(shí)間和里面的一些具體地方怎么填,還有就是如何給編輯。我在初稿的時(shí)候直接忽略掉的copyright,因?yàn)槲铱茨鞠x(chóng)上有人說(shuō)copyright只是在接收后才有實(shí)際意義,那么也就是說(shuō)晚點(diǎn)交copyright并不影響我正常的審稿。因此,對(duì)于大家來(lái)說(shuō),如果沒(méi)有特別的要求的,一般不用太早提交copyright。Copyright的填寫(xiě)主要還是用pdf軟件在上面直接打字,只需要在“Original Signature(s)”這里親筆寫(xiě)上和你文章作者順序一致的作者的英文名就行了。另外,也許你會(huì)碰到“Print Authorized Name(s)and Title(s)”這樣的文字,Title的意思相當(dāng)于作者的身份。例如:張三是教授,李四是碩士,那么這里就用軟件打上“San Zhang(Professor),Si Li(Master)”就行了。版權(quán)填好以后掃描后傳給編輯(我是掃描成圖片然后把圖片做成PDF傳回的)。
6.關(guān)于通訊作者郵箱
在我投稿之前,我僅僅認(rèn)為通訊作者郵箱就是一個(gè)郵箱而已,就是老板郵箱的代名詞,沒(méi)有認(rèn)真的對(duì)待,但是恰恰通訊作者郵箱讓我大漲了一番見(jiàn)識(shí)。我也是投稿之前用的是老板的126郵箱。后來(lái)在投稿20天后突然莫名的收到了審稿意見(jiàn)回復(fù)(系統(tǒng)上突然從第二部飛到了第五步),當(dāng)時(shí)真是十分驚訝。忙問(wèn)老板,老板打開(kāi)他又想一看,才發(fā)現(xiàn)早在10天以前編輯就發(fā)郵件給通訊作者郵箱說(shuō)正在邀請(qǐng)審稿讓我耐心等待了…郁悶…白擔(dān)心會(huì)被編輯直接砍掉了。后來(lái)由于又要給編輯問(wèn)詢,又怕還出這樣的事情,于是乎起了更換通訊作者郵箱的念頭,老板也沒(méi)有意見(jiàn),于是在修改的時(shí)候直接在系統(tǒng)中作者信息那把通訊作者郵箱換成了我注冊(cè)的一個(gè)新郵箱(我設(shè)置的密碼)。關(guān)于更換通訊作者郵箱,我猶豫了好久是否再給編輯問(wèn)詢信,后來(lái)想想怕把編輯惹毛(前面因?yàn)镾upporting Information已經(jīng)問(wèn)詢一次了)就算了。慶幸的是,編輯啥也沒(méi)說(shuō),順利搞定。因此,建議各位初次投稿的蟲(chóng)子,特別是自己寫(xiě)文章自己投的蟲(chóng)子,通訊作者是老板的,沒(méi)錯(cuò),但是通訊作者郵箱最好用自己的或者自己幫老板申請(qǐng)一個(gè)新的,專(zhuān)門(mén)對(duì)付這次投稿(當(dāng)然,你有本事的話要到老板郵箱密碼也行)。這樣的話后期你就不會(huì)像我一樣郁悶了,并且處理一些事情的時(shí)候會(huì)快很多(試想一下,當(dāng)一封重要郵件躺老板郵箱里面,老板又聯(lián)系不上或者不方便轉(zhuǎn)給你會(huì)不會(huì)郁悶?)。因?yàn)?,投稿過(guò)程中,編輯只會(huì)和通訊作者聯(lián)系的。
另外,關(guān)于申請(qǐng)后的郵箱還碰到了一件詭異的事情,參見(jiàn)這個(gè)帖子,俺就不細(xì)說(shuō)了:
http://emuch.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=1242945
7.關(guān)于是“大修”還是“小修” 我發(fā)現(xiàn)很多蟲(chóng)子很關(guān)心這問(wèn)題,仿佛大修接收的可能性一半對(duì)一半,小修的可能性就到8成了,而修改重投就是沒(méi)有希望的。其實(shí),能不能接收關(guān)鍵在于你能不能按照審稿人的意見(jiàn)好好修改,而并不是“大修”還是“小修”。這些詞并不像“如朕親臨”的金牌那么神奇。另外,我們也不能忽略除了大修小修以外的一個(gè)情況“修改后重投”,其實(shí)只要改好了,重投也是很有希望的,所以很多是這個(gè)狀態(tài)的蟲(chóng)子完全不用灰心,相反應(yīng)該振作起來(lái),一舉攻克最后一關(guān)??偟膩?lái)說(shuō),論壇上就有小修不重視,不按照審稿人意見(jiàn)修改而被拒稿的(審稿人覺(jué)得自己被忽視了),也有被編輯打回重投,但是按照審稿人意見(jiàn)修改好后重投直接接收的。所以,希望剛投稿的蟲(chóng)子們多注意本質(zhì)(怎么修改),少在乎現(xiàn)象(是大修還是小修)。
8.關(guān)于英語(yǔ)的修改
看到很多蟲(chóng)子問(wèn)英語(yǔ)不過(guò)關(guān),怎么修改的問(wèn)題。我說(shuō)說(shuō)我的經(jīng)歷。兩個(gè)審稿人給我的審稿意中,英語(yǔ)評(píng)價(jià)都是Fair,說(shuō)“有很多的文字錯(cuò)誤”讓我修改(實(shí)際只舉出2個(gè))。其實(shí)很多情況下是審稿人對(duì)母語(yǔ)非英語(yǔ)的作者的偏見(jiàn)而已。為了認(rèn)真修改,我找了師兄幫我改了一遍。找了老板,請(qǐng)他找他美國(guó)的同學(xué)幫忙再改。綜合兩者的意見(jiàn)最后敲定。最后在修改稿原文中把修改過(guò)的地方全部用紅筆標(biāo)出,并且在response中逐條列舉出:P1, L15(gas)→ P2, L15(gases),以顯示自己的確對(duì)文章的語(yǔ)言進(jìn)行了認(rèn)真修改。最后,很順利,兩個(gè)審稿人都沒(méi)有就語(yǔ)言說(shuō)什么。9.關(guān)于引用未出版的參考文獻(xiàn)
這個(gè)問(wèn)題在論壇上也看過(guò)幾次了。我這次也碰到了,和大家說(shuō)說(shuō)。我有篇重要文獻(xiàn)還沒(méi)有出版,俺引用了,后面用的是“in press”代替。但是后來(lái)想想不對(duì),參考文獻(xiàn)只有作者的名字(而且是中國(guó)人的文章,名是簡(jiǎn)寫(xiě)的),沒(méi)有頁(yè)碼卷數(shù),沒(méi)有標(biāo)題,要?jiǎng)e人怎么搜?這個(gè)時(shí)候上小木蟲(chóng)求助了一下,有蟲(chóng)子告訴我用DOI來(lái)表示,很有道理,我最后也是這樣照做的,沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)問(wèn)題。原文在這里(很感謝5樓的兄弟):http://emuch.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=1152081
10.關(guān)于二審到接收的等待時(shí)間
這一點(diǎn),太多的蟲(chóng)子揪心了。幾乎天天都有蟲(chóng)子問(wèn)這個(gè)。我也很理解大家的心情,畢竟我也是大家中的一員。但是修改稿投出后我恨不得每天刷新100次郵箱。一周后還沒(méi)有消息,人就開(kāi)始十分焦急,情緒低落。其實(shí),我和大家一樣,因?yàn)樵谡搲峡戳艘恍┱f(shuō)修改后當(dāng)天接收或者一周接收之類(lèi)的帖子,認(rèn)為這個(gè)時(shí)間就是定理,才會(huì)這么著急的。另外,我們也都有一個(gè)慣性思想就是審稿意見(jiàn)也就那么長(zhǎng)時(shí)間(1,2個(gè)月,難道二審要1個(gè)月以上不成)。實(shí)際上,事實(shí)正有可能如此,甚至我看到的絕大部分情況都是超過(guò)一個(gè)月甚至更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間接收的。因?yàn)?,?duì)于有可能接收的稿件,也要考慮出版的安排以及編輯手頭的工作量等諸多問(wèn)題。在這里我很感謝Thomas2000大哥當(dāng)時(shí)對(duì)我安慰,他和我投一個(gè)期刊,是1個(gè)月大修變小修,小修到接收整整四個(gè)月,并且說(shuō)“沒(méi)有消息就是好消息”。算是平復(fù)了我焦急的心理。俺甚至還趁這段時(shí)間去外地玩了半個(gè)月,呵呵。對(duì)此,我也寫(xiě)了個(gè)帖子,希望能對(duì)各位心情和我原來(lái)一樣焦
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:http://emuch.net/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=1233969
11.關(guān)于增加作者
前面第1點(diǎn)說(shuō)到了我沒(méi)有把師兄和L教授列為作者的事情。修改的時(shí)候也沒(méi)有增加(其實(shí)修改的時(shí)候是很好的增加作者的機(jī)會(huì)),接收以后才發(fā)現(xiàn)了漏掉了師兄(但是還是沒(méi)想起來(lái)L教授,汗)。這個(gè)情況相信也有蟲(chóng)子遇到過(guò)。這個(gè)時(shí)候我是先直接寫(xiě)信和期刊的主編聯(lián)系(不是出版編輯部,盡管這個(gè)時(shí)候稿件已經(jīng)轉(zhuǎn)到出版編輯部準(zhǔn)備排版了),敘述了自己的疏忽以及師兄的一些貢獻(xiàn)(做了很多前期的研究,并且提供了很多理論依據(jù)),最后附上一句“不知您是否能允許我們彌補(bǔ)我們的疏忽”(具體寫(xiě)法參加二樓的附件3)。發(fā)過(guò)去后編輯很快同意了(加為二作)。但是我還是漏掉了L教授,這個(gè)也是我的一大遺憾。后來(lái)在校樣的時(shí)候在嘗試這一招就不管用了,編輯拒絕。所以,希望大家在剛開(kāi)始的時(shí)候把作者什么的都決定好,省得后面一堆麻煩。就算要加也要在修改的時(shí)候加,過(guò)了修改的話也行,但是要寫(xiě)盡快聯(lián)系編輯,機(jī)會(huì)只有一次。對(duì)了,申請(qǐng)加作者的同時(shí)一定要附上新的版權(quán)哦~~
12.關(guān)于更換插圖
我是接收了以后才發(fā)現(xiàn)期刊的彩印是免費(fèi)的(汗),于是在接收后去信給編輯更換彩色示意圖,并附上了圖片(和增加作者在一起寫(xiě)的一封郵件,具體寫(xiě)法參加二樓的附件3)。編輯很快同意了,沒(méi)有什么問(wèn)題。我說(shuō)這個(gè)只是想說(shuō)明大家初稿或者修改的時(shí)候最好把這些都考慮好,不要像我一樣弄的焦頭爛額不得安寧。
13.關(guān)于校樣
ACS的校樣非常人性化,編輯幫我修改的很多語(yǔ)言上的問(wèn)題,然后排版,并把修改的地方做出了標(biāo)示。基本沒(méi)有什么問(wèn)題,只需要三言兩語(yǔ)回封信就可以了。
14.還有一點(diǎn)經(jīng)驗(yàn)之談
不要說(shuō)俺迷信,哪怕沒(méi)有金幣,俺現(xiàn)在看著祝福文章順利接收的帖子是必頂?shù)?,看到被拒稿的肯定要安慰一番,覺(jué)得為別人送上祝福和安慰我自己也會(huì)好受一些,也許人品也會(huì)提高一些,下次發(fā)文也有信心一些,呵呵。當(dāng)時(shí),也正是很多蟲(chóng)子在我修改的時(shí)候給我鼓勵(lì)和幫助,才使得我最后有信心有動(dòng)力修改了文章并且順利接收。多關(guān)心鼓勵(lì)下別人,你也會(huì)得到一絲快樂(lè),總有一天,幸福的事情也會(huì)降臨在你頭上,阿窗~~~ 總結(jié):
其實(shí)講了這么多沒(méi)有談什么投稿的經(jīng)驗(yàn),大多是教訓(xùn),而且是拿個(gè)人在做反面教材,希望大家不要犯和我相同的錯(cuò)誤,能少走點(diǎn)彎路,能夠在投稿過(guò)程中保持一種平和的心態(tài)。說(shuō)的很亂,大家可挑感興趣的看。最后,祝大家投稿順利,文章高中~~~Dear XXX:
The reviews for your manuscript are enclosed with this letter.Please consider the reviewers' comments.They have raised points that require significant consideration and revision of the manuscript before it is suitable for publication.However, with adequate response and revision, the manuscript may be acceptable for publication in Crystal Growth & Design.We would like to receive your revision as soon as possible, 180 days at the latest.To revise your manuscript, log into ACS Paragon Plus at http://paragonplus.acs.org/login and select “My Authoring Activity”.There you will find your manuscript title listed under “Revisions Requested by Editorial Office.” Your original files are available to you when you upload your revised manuscript.If you are replacing files, please remove the old version of the file from the manuscript before uploading the new file.When submitting your revised manuscript through ACS Paragon Plus, you will be able to respond to the comments made by the reviewer(s)in the text box provided or by attaching a file containing your detailed responses to all of the points raised by the reviewers.Prior to submitting the manuscript, ensure that the manuscript addresses the following points:
Format: Your revised manuscript must adhere to ACS format, especially references.For your convenience I have enclosed Crystal Growth & Design guidelines for authors.Note that in ACS Paragon Plus, authors have the option of embedding graphics into the manuscript or supplying graphics separately.Table of Contents Graphic: **PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR TOC GRAPHIC AT THE END OF YOUR MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT** Crystal Growth & Design requires a Table of Contents Graphic and a brief Synopsis consisting of 60 words or less.The graphic requested for the table of contents entry could be in the form of a structure, graph, drawing, SEM/TEM photograph, or reaction scheme.The author must submit a graphic in the actual size to be used for the Table of Contents, to be 1.375 inches high x 3.5 inches wide.Type size of labels, formulas, or numbers within the graphic must be legible.Tables or spectra are not acceptable.Please label this page “For Table of Contents Use Only” and include the manuscript title and authors.Supporting Information: A paragraph titled Supporting Information Available should be included after the acknowledgement paragraph.The last line of the paragraph should read as follows: This information is available free of charge via the Internet at http: //pubs.acs.org.Copyright: A copyright form is included.If you have not provided the signed copyright form for your manuscript, please upload a signed and scanned copy of the form with the revised manuscript, or fax it to 205-348-08923, or e-mail it to crystal2@crystal.acs.org.Sincerely,Allan S.Myerson Associate Editor Crystal Growth & Design Phone: 312 567 3101 Fax: 312 567 5205
Email: crystal2@crystal.acs.org
-----Reviewer(s)' Comments to Author:
Reviewer: 1
Recommendation: Publish after major revision.Comments:
The manuscript under review provides a report of worthwhile results & should eventually be published.XXX is one of the most important biomaterials;XXX is highly desirable.In creation of a revised manuscript, the following has to be taken into account:
A)It would be good to providea perspective on the role of XXX among biomaterials.Such a perspective has been provided by XXX [1].B)The English style is rough, what detracts the reader from appreciating the results.Already in the Abstract we read that a relation “was thought”.Only thinking was done but no calculations ? What does “caught many attentions all along” mean ? Even the name of Clapyeron is misspelled, not once, we read “Clapyron”.The entire manuscript has to be reviewed from the point of view of the English style and corrections introduced accordingly.C)Real gases do not obey the ideal gas laws.How large or small an error is made using Eq.(2)A brief discussion would help.D)Eq.(6)appears in the paper 3 times.Reference: 1.XXX
Originality: Excellent Technical Quality: Good Clarity of Presentation: Fair Importance to Field: Excellent
Please list any possible additional reviewers for this manuscript.:
Reviewer: 2
Recommendation: Publish after major revision.Comments:
This work and its results, namelly the control over the pore size of “flower like” XXX, are of potential interest and deserve publication.The manuscript is however ill written and there are many typing and gramatical mistakes.The most important of all is that the name “Clapeyron” has been written “Clapyron”.The equation should be removed from the abstract : it brings nothing at this level.There are also, more important, technical points :
1.The authors should explain how they calculate or measure the effective pressure in the autoclave.I would prefer a measure than a calculation.2.Concerning Figure 1 : the authors should add a reference IR spectrum of a regular “XXX” sample.3.Concerning Figure 2 : the authors should add the position of the diffraction peaks expected for “XXX”.These peak positions are available in the form of JCPDS files.Originality: Good Technical Quality: Poor Clarity of Presentation: Fair Importance to Field: Fair
Please list any possible additional reviewers for this manuscript.:
Date Sent: 20-Jan-2009
附件2:response Dear eitor:
Thanks a lot for your reviews to our manuscript.We acknowledge your comments and constructive suggestions very much, which are valuable for improving the quality of our manuscript.We have revised the manuscript according to the reviewers’ comments in detail.We hope, with these modifications and improvements based on your suggestions and the reviewers’ comments, the quality of our manuscript would meet the publication standard of Crystal Growth & Design.The revisions have been done in the attached manuscript.Some explanations regarding the revisions of our manuscript are as follows.If you have any question, please contact us without hesitate.To reviewer 1:
QA): A: QB): B:......To reviewer2:
QA): A: QB): B:......附件3:接收函 Dear Prof.Dr.XXX:
We are pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been accepted for publication in Crystal Growth & Design.Your manuscript has been forwarded to the ACS Publications office.You will be contacted in the near future by the ACS Journal Publishing Staff regarding the page proofs for your manuscript.Publication will proceed as soon as your corrections are received.You are advised to read your galley proofs with great care to ensure that any patent issues are resolved before you return your corrections.Corrected papers will typically be published on the Web within 2-5 days of receipt of corrections.Papers with no corrections may be posted in as little as 24 hours.Note that ACS Publications is undergoing a major reengineering project to update our production systems to provide a platform to enhance the communication of research and to more widely disseminate published content.During the course of the project, your galley proof may require extra time to be processed, though ACS is striving to publish your paper in the fast timeframe that you have come to expect from ACS.If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact the ACS office at acsproof@acs.org or 614-447-3600 x3171.We appreciate your cooperation as well as your contribution to Crystal Growth & Design.Best regards,Allan S.Myerson
附件4:請(qǐng)求更換插圖和增加二作的request
Dear Editor,We are very pleased to hear from you for the acceptance and publication of our MS in Crystal Growth & Design(XXX)
Firstly, may we add Dr.XXX as the second author in this paper? Dr.XXX played an important role in our group.He made a significant contribution to the previous study and this work(such as the study on the preparation and characterization of XXX(the key reference [28] in this paper), the study on the XXX).However, due to our carelessness, his name was omitted from the authors.Thus, we request your agreement to add his name in order to remedy the carelessness.We deeply recognize that it’s serious to add an author after revision and we are sorry for that.The attachments 1 and 2 are the new revised manuscript and the new copyright which might be necessary.The second is about the Fig.4, Fig.5 and the TOC Graphic.We have drawn the three new colorful schematic illustrations(TIF, 600dpi)in order to make the paper more intuitively clear.Shall we use these new illustrations to replace the initial grayscale ones? The attachments 3-5 are the new illustrations which might be necessary.We are sorry to disturb you and thank you very much for your kind consideration in advance.If you have any question, please contact us without hesitate.With best regards.小弟不才,迄今才撰寫(xiě)了三篇英文文章,但寫(xiě)作過(guò)程中也積累了一點(diǎn)經(jīng)驗(yàn),不敢敝帚自珍,今天也斗膽向各位蟲(chóng)友貢獻(xiàn)一下。我這幾篇文章,不論內(nèi)容如何,但每次審稿人對(duì)于語(yǔ)言的評(píng)價(jià)都是還不錯(cuò)的,well written,總結(jié)起來(lái)不外有三個(gè)小竅門(mén):
一是平時(shí)多積累。我在日常讀文獻(xiàn)的時(shí)候,如果發(fā)現(xiàn)很好的句子句式,都會(huì)記錄在一個(gè)文檔里面,如下面的一段話,就是我在一篇文章的摘要中發(fā)現(xiàn)的:
This paper describes the concept of sensor networks which has been made viable by the convergence of microelectro-mechanical systems technology, wireless communications and digital electronics.First, the sensing tasks and the potential sensor networks applications are explored, and a review of factors influencing the design of sensor networks is provided.Then, the communication architecture for sensor networks is outlined, and the algorithms and protocols developed for each layer in the literature are explored.Open research issues for the realization of sensor networks are also discussed.文章用詞忌重復(fù),中文如此,英文亦然。特別是動(dòng)詞的使用,如在一段話中出現(xiàn)了幾個(gè)相同的動(dòng)詞,感覺(jué)文章就跌價(jià)不少,而如果用了幾個(gè)意思相近而又貼切的詞,自然就會(huì)增色幾分。如上文中的describe,explore,provide,outline和discuss,就使得文章有了文采,值得學(xué)習(xí)和收藏。堅(jiān)持收集例句,素材多了,自然自己的造句的時(shí)候就有底子了。此外,還要注意,在收集例句的過(guò)程,隨著例句的增多,也需要對(duì)例句進(jìn)行整理和分類(lèi),方便學(xué)習(xí)和檢索。
二是注意行文中Transition words的使用。Transition words就是在行文過(guò)程中,連接意義相關(guān)句子的詞,如Therefore,thus,in particular等等。使用這些詞,會(huì)使得文章連貫性好,邏輯性強(qiáng),讀起來(lái)一氣呵成,自然會(huì)給審稿人好印象。下面是一個(gè)關(guān)于Transition words的一個(gè)總結(jié),供各位蟲(chóng)友參考:
Transitions Study Sheet
Transitions for time: before, afterward, after, next, then, as soon as, later, until, when, finally, last, meanwhile, during, at times, sometimes, oftentimes
Example: WWII broke out in Europe in 1939.During this time the United States remained neutral.It wasn’t until 1941, after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, that the United States entered the war.After its entry, it was only a matter of time before the Allies defeated Germany and the Axis powers.Transitions for place: in the background, in the distance, beyond, behind, above, below, in front of, elsewhere, in the middle, to the left, to the right
Example: My favorite painting is Botticelli’s Birth of Venus.In the middle of the painting stands Venus, the Roman goddess of love, standing on a seashell.She floats majestically above the beautiful water below her.To her left a figure representing wind blows fierce clouds of wind in her direction.To her right a figure behind her attempts to cover her with a blanket and protect her.It is a truly breath-taking piece of art.Transitions for examples: for example, for instance, as an example, like, specifically, consider as an illustration, that is, such as, similar, similarly
Example: Oftentimes people who study from history fail to learn from the mistakes of the past.For example, during WWII Hitler decided to invade Russia just before wintertime.This decision was the same decision Napoleon made over a hundred years earlier, and Hitler’s army met a similar fate.Had he learned from his history, Hitler might have avoided making this costly mistake and the outcome for the war might have been different.For instance, if Hitler had decided to invade England by sea rather than Russia by land, he might well have won the war.Transitions for emphasis: chiefly, equally, indeed, even more important, in particular, most important, without a doubt, indubitably, unquestionably, definitely
Example: Without a doubt, Chinese food is one of my favorite cuisines.Although I find Japanese and Thai food equally delicious at times, Chinese food is definitely my favorite Asian cuisine.In particular I enjoy the spicy Szechuan style of cooking commonly found in Chinese food.Transitions for restatement: in short, that is, in effect, in other words
Example: When I asked my girlfriend to marry me she said, in effect, that she wouldn’t be ready for marriage until after she completed her PhD program.At first I was crushed, that is, I felt like she said no because she didn’t love me anymore.However, after she explained her reasons to me I felt better and agreed with her.In other words, I came away feeling better than I had anticipated.Transitions for comparison: similarly, likewise, also, the same as, different than, opposite, unlike, instead
Example: When my older brother was deciding where to go to college he spoke to my father about where he should go.Not surprisingly he went to the same school my father did, MIT.When it was time for me to choose a college I did the exact opposite.I didn’t ask my father where I should go, and as a result, I didn’t also go to MIT like he and my brother did.Instead I went to UCLA.Transitions for concession: although, of course, admittedly, true, doubtless, granted that, no doubt, indubitably, without a doubt, definitely, certainly
Example: Some people might be surprised to learn that the two most successful NBA teams of all-time are the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers.Although neither of these teams is very good right now, they are the two teams with the most champions in NBA history.The Celtics definitely had the best streak of these two teams;winning eight championships in a row at one point.Admittedly there is always the chance that some future team could break this record, but this seems unlikely.Of course no one can predict the future with any certainty.Transitions for consequence: thus, so, then, it follows, as a result, therefore, hence, consequently, accordingly, because
Example: I’m sorry, but I can’t let you turn in your homework late because it wouldn’t be fair to the other students.As a result your grade has dropped lower and you are now failing the class.Consequently you need to get 100% on the final so you can pass the class and then graduate from CAS.Therefore, I suggest you study very hard so I don’t have to fail you.Good luck!
Transitions for conclusion: to sum up, in summary, finally, therefore, thus, in conclusion, to conclude
Example: Finally, Beijing has a lot of nice places to shop that appeal to tourists.To sum up then, Beijing is a wonderful place to visit because it has beautiful parks and historical monuments, friendly people and lots of nice places to shop.Thus any travelers who are planning to come to China should definitely visit Beijing during their stay.Transitions for addition:
furthermore, in addition, besides, next, first, second, moreover Example: UCLA is a wonderful university to attend as an undergraduate.First, it is respected academically and is well-known for its high standards of education.Furthermore, UCLA has a strong network of alumni who often recruit students to come work for them.Moreover students who do such work as undergraduates often receive jobs with these same companies once they graduate.In addition to these two benefits, UCLA also has exciting sports teams that are fun to watch.Besides, with so many good reasons to go to UCLA, why would you want to go anywhere else?
我的第三條經(jīng)驗(yàn)就是句酷網(wǎng)站,www.004km.cnki.net的例句就得小心點(diǎn),這些都是國(guó)
第二篇:SCI投稿過(guò)程總結(jié)
SCI投稿過(guò)程總結(jié)、投稿狀態(tài)解析、拒稿后處理對(duì)策及接受后期相關(guān)問(wèn)答綜合薈萃目錄(重點(diǎn)是一、二、四、五、六):
(一)投稿前準(zhǔn)備工作和需要注意的事項(xiàng)、投稿過(guò)程相關(guān)經(jīng)驗(yàn)總結(jié)
(二)SCI期刊投稿各種狀態(tài)詳解及實(shí)例綜合(學(xué)習(xí)各種投稿狀態(tài)+投稿經(jīng)歷總結(jié))
(三)問(wèn)答綜合篇(是否催稿、如何撤稿等等)
(四)如何處理審稿意見(jiàn)(補(bǔ)實(shí)驗(yàn)、潤(rùn)色、重整數(shù)據(jù)、申辯及其他)
(五)Reject或者Rejectand resubmit后的對(duì)策和處理
(六)稿件接受后期的相關(guān)問(wèn)題(作者信息、地址版權(quán)、單行本、版面費(fèi)等)
(七)進(jìn)階篇
(八)備用預(yù)留貼
(一)投稿前準(zhǔn)備工作和需要注意的事項(xiàng)、投稿過(guò)程相關(guān)經(jīng)驗(yàn)總結(jié) 投稿前準(zhǔn)備工作和需要注意的事項(xiàng):
總結(jié)提示語(yǔ):1)第一作者和通信作者的區(qū)別:
通信作者(Correspondingauthor)通常是實(shí)際統(tǒng)籌處理投稿和承擔(dān)答復(fù)審稿意見(jiàn)等工作的主導(dǎo)者,也常是稿件所涉及研究工作的負(fù)責(zé)人。通信作者的姓名多位列于論文作者名單的最后(使用符號(hào)來(lái)標(biāo)識(shí)說(shuō)明是Corresponding author),但其貢獻(xiàn)不亞于論文的第一作者。通訊作者往往指課題的總負(fù)責(zé)人,負(fù)責(zé)與編輯部的一切通信聯(lián)系和接受讀者的咨詢等。文章的成果是屬于通訊作者的,說(shuō)明思路是通訊作者的,而不是第一作者。第一作者僅代表是你做的,且是最主要的參與者!通信作者標(biāo)注名稱(chēng):Corresponding author,To whom correspondence shouldbe addressed,或 The person to whom inquiries regarding the paper should beaddressed 若兩個(gè)以上的作者在地位上是相同的,可以采取“共同第一作者”(joint first author)的署名方式,并說(shuō)明These authors contributedequally to the work。
2)作者地址的標(biāo)署:
盡可能地給出詳細(xì)通訊地址,郵政編碼。有二位或多位作者,則每一不同的地址應(yīng)按之中出現(xiàn)的先后順序列出,本以相應(yīng)上標(biāo)符號(hào)的形式列出與相應(yīng)作者的關(guān)系。如果第一作者不是通訊作者,作者應(yīng)該按期刊的相關(guān)規(guī)定表達(dá),并提前告訴編輯。期刊大部分以星號(hào)(*)、腳注或者致謝形式標(biāo)注通訊聯(lián)系人。
3)挑選審稿人的幾個(gè)途徑:
很多SCI雜志都需要作者自己提出該篇論文的和您研究領(lǐng)域相關(guān)的審稿人,比較常見(jiàn)的是三名左右,也有的雜志要求5-8人。介紹幾個(gè)方法:
①利用SCI、SSCI、A&HCI、ISTP檢索和您研究相關(guān)的科學(xué)家;②文章中的參考文獻(xiàn);③相關(guān)期刊編委或?qū)W術(shù)會(huì)議的主席、委員;④以前發(fā)表的類(lèi)似文章的審稿人;⑤詢問(wèn)比較熟識(shí)的一些專(zhuān)業(yè)人士;⑥交叉審稿,邀請(qǐng)以前的作者;⑦若是團(tuán)隊(duì)序貫研究,斟酌考慮自建期刊審稿人專(zhuān)家?guī)臁?/p>
4)重視審稿人較為關(guān)注的問(wèn)題,對(duì)照修改自己的稿件最后定稿①有的審稿人特別重視是否有比較明確的假說(shuō)和意義凸顯點(diǎn)存在(我之前投shock有位審稿人就是抓住這個(gè)不放,重投杯具原因之一就在于此);②論證是否合乎邏輯,討論和結(jié)論十分合理;③參考文獻(xiàn)引用是否妥當(dāng);④內(nèi)容是否新穎、重要;⑤文字表達(dá)是否正確、簡(jiǎn)明、清楚;⑥實(shí)驗(yàn)描述部分是否清楚并且能被讀者重復(fù)、實(shí)驗(yàn)數(shù)據(jù)是否真實(shí)、可靠;⑦論題是否適合于相應(yīng)的期刊;⑧圖表的使用和設(shè)計(jì)是否必要、規(guī)范、清楚;⑨摘要、引言、體例是否合適。
5)合理應(yīng)用一些小技巧:①了解所投雜志刊登文章的主要方向,投其所好;②閱讀目標(biāo)期刊的征稿說(shuō)明,按要求逐一修改;③參考文獻(xiàn)要有1-2篇來(lái)自該期刊或者審稿人;④請(qǐng)?jiān)谠撈诳l(fā)表過(guò)較多文章的同行或朋友修改一下文章。
6)稿件及其相關(guān)材料準(zhǔn)備:Manuscript.doc、Tables.doc、Figures(多大多數(shù)雜志要求tiff格式,少數(shù)可接受jpg等)、Cover letter,有時(shí)還有Title page、Copyright agreement、Conflicts of interest等
(二)SCI期刊投稿各種狀態(tài)詳解及實(shí)例綜合(學(xué)習(xí)各種投稿狀態(tài)+投稿經(jīng)歷總結(jié))1.Submittedto Journal
剛提交的狀態(tài)——新手請(qǐng)看這里??!一般的步驟是這樣的:
網(wǎng)上投稿-Submit a manuscript:先到每個(gè)雜志的首頁(yè),打開(kāi)submit paper一欄,先以通訊作者的身份register一個(gè)賬號(hào),然后以author login身份登錄,按照提示依次完成:Select Article Type、Enter Title、Add/Edit/Remove Authors、Submit Abstract、Enter Keywords、Select Classifications、Enter Comments、Request Editor、Attach Files,最后下載pdf,查看無(wú)誤后,即可到投稿主頁(yè)approve submission或直接submit it。
總結(jié)提示語(yǔ):對(duì)于投稿之前和提交確認(rèn)投稿過(guò)程,這里還需要對(duì)投稿新手強(qiáng)調(diào)以下幾點(diǎn)。因?yàn)檫@些小問(wèn)題被編輯評(píng)個(gè)低印象分不劃算,被打回也浪費(fèi)了時(shí)間和精力。一條條說(shuō)來(lái): 1)大多數(shù)系統(tǒng)是要求word投稿正文內(nèi)容的,pdf多不為接受格式。但也有很少數(shù)要求用pdf格式的,務(wù)必注意細(xì)看稿約。
2)文獻(xiàn)格式是否按擬投雜志標(biāo)準(zhǔn)要求核準(zhǔn)?有的投稿系統(tǒng)是可以直接檢查的。
3)引用文獻(xiàn)條數(shù)是否符合該雜志要求?有的雜志不特別要求,有的還是非常重視的。如我之前投shock雜志,編輯和一位審稿人都提到參考文獻(xiàn)不要超過(guò)35條。如果你文章寫(xiě)完后,能夠適當(dāng)精簡(jiǎn)文獻(xiàn)條數(shù),那么,請(qǐng)刪減幾條吧。4)很多系統(tǒng)要求勾選同意一些如倫理道德的聲明文件
5)提交后可能會(huì)有一個(gè)小欄目提示對(duì)提交圖片的質(zhì)量做了初步審查(不合格的最好重新作圖再上傳)
6)絕大多數(shù)投稿完成后需要view submission和最后確認(rèn)(approve submission)。view submission 就是要求你再整體看看投稿填寫(xiě)的這些資料信息+cover letter+正文+圖片表格,所生成的pdf全文是否滿意、合格,也是你投稿完成前最后一次檢查的機(jī)會(huì)了。PS:有的新手可能不注意這點(diǎn),提交后就不管了,還開(kāi)開(kāi)心心以為自己投稿成功,殊不知結(jié)果郵箱里一直沒(méi)有收到投稿后的郵件回執(zhí)和稿號(hào),直到最后納悶幾天了才回去看系統(tǒng)狀態(tài)。
2.Manuscriptreceived by Editorial Office文章到了編輯手里了,證明投稿成功
3.Witheditor 若投稿時(shí)未要求選擇編輯,則先到主編處,主編會(huì)分派給副主編或者其他編輯。這當(dāng)中就會(huì)有另兩個(gè)狀態(tài): I)Awaiting Editor Assignment指派責(zé)任編輯
II)Editor assigned是把你的文章分給一個(gè)編輯處理了。
III)Editor Declined Invitation 如果編輯接手處理了就會(huì)邀請(qǐng)審稿人了。
總結(jié)提示語(yǔ):一般情況下,投稿(submit)狀態(tài)后一個(gè)星期內(nèi)會(huì)出現(xiàn)編輯處理稿件(with editor)這個(gè)狀態(tài)。很多老外編輯很不能理解中國(guó)人喜歡催稿,絕大多數(shù)情況下,他們不會(huì)像國(guó)內(nèi)某些期刊一樣能拖上一年半載再給屁大點(diǎn)修回意見(jiàn)。要適當(dāng)給編輯一點(diǎn)時(shí)間處理,他們也很忙的。不要輕易催稿,也有人因?yàn)榇吒宥ⅠR收到杯具消息——不知是編輯不耐煩了,還是一種巧合。當(dāng)然,如果submit四個(gè)星期后網(wǎng)上投稿系統(tǒng)還沒(méi)出現(xiàn)with editor狀態(tài)信息,就要詢問(wèn)主編了,要注意委婉用語(yǔ)。不過(guò)要注意,也有期刊沒(méi)有with editor狀態(tài)。4.witheditor后送審可能有的2種狀態(tài)(Decision Letter Being Prepared或Reviewers invited):
總結(jié)提示語(yǔ):Ⅰ)DecisionLetter Being Prepared 就是編輯沒(méi)找審稿人就自己決定了,一般而言此時(shí)很危險(xiǎn)。一可能是英文太差,需要語(yǔ)言潤(rùn)色。二可能是內(nèi)容太差。除非被大牛們直接接收。
Ⅱ)Reviewer(s)invited 找到審稿人了,就開(kāi)始審稿
5.Under review
此過(guò)程的等待較為漫長(zhǎng)。當(dāng)然之前各步驟也可能很慢,要看編輯的處理情況??偨Y(jié)提示語(yǔ):
這個(gè)過(guò)程也不要輕易催稿,一般都是已邀請(qǐng)審稿人和已送審等過(guò)程中。如果被邀請(qǐng)審稿人不想審,就會(huì)decline,編輯會(huì)重新邀請(qǐng)別的審稿人。我之前第一篇SCI投inflammation research 初審就用了四個(gè)半月,而且還是我中途催稿兩次。之后小修兩次,不符審稿人口味,8個(gè)月杯具了,那時(shí)心情萬(wàn)分沉重難受。6.Required Reviews Completed 表示審稿意見(jiàn)已經(jīng)返回給編輯。
總結(jié)提示語(yǔ):這個(gè)狀態(tài)大多情況下不會(huì)持續(xù)太久,幾小時(shí)到幾天為多,基本上根據(jù)最初投稿后分配的稿件編號(hào)數(shù)量可以預(yù)測(cè)到這個(gè)過(guò)程的處理時(shí)間。稍安勿躁,安心等待吧。
我前陣子投稿surgery2011-1-21稿件變成此狀態(tài),持續(xù)三天后,于1-24號(hào)變成了decision in process,已等待一周多了(此稿最后被surgery拒于2011春晚即將結(jié)束時(shí))。
7.Evaluating Recommendation 評(píng)估審稿人的意見(jiàn),隨后你將收到編輯給你的decision 8.Decision in process 等待稿件處理意見(jiàn)
總結(jié)提示語(yǔ):這時(shí)候應(yīng)該全部審稿人意見(jiàn)回來(lái)了,編輯開(kāi)始斟酌意見(jiàn)、處理稿件。有的稿子評(píng)價(jià)都很好,一般都很快就決定accept或者小修;有的稿件審稿評(píng)價(jià)均很差,則無(wú)一例外會(huì)reject;
值得重視的是:相當(dāng)一部分情況是等待時(shí)間一周以上的,多是由于審稿人意見(jiàn)不統(tǒng)一,有好有壞,這時(shí)候編輯可能會(huì)自己決定此文章的命運(yùn),可能充分尊重審稿人意見(jiàn)而拒稿(這種情況處理也很快的),可能編委會(huì)討論決定是再修(major revision可能性較大,否則就直接Reject),也可能會(huì)找一位審稿人。這時(shí)要根據(jù)不同的狀態(tài)而出現(xiàn)等待時(shí)間不一了。9.Minorrevision/Major revision 小修或大修。至此問(wèn)題一般不會(huì)太大,充分尊重審稿人和編輯的意見(jiàn)。
總結(jié)提示語(yǔ):能有條件就盡量補(bǔ)實(shí)驗(yàn),是在不行就認(rèn)真考慮理由申辯,但謙虛謹(jǐn)慎的語(yǔ)氣必不可少。畢竟大修的也存在一定的拒稿率,而小修的絕大多數(shù)是能夠最后搞定的。
10.Revision Submittedto Journal 又開(kāi)始了一個(gè)循環(huán)。
11.Accepted 接受(這是最開(kāi)心的時(shí)候了)
12.reject(將在后面推出專(zhuān)欄、專(zhuān)樓或另外專(zhuān)貼談?wù)劸芨搴笕绾翁幚淼膶?zhuān)題篇)
總結(jié)提示語(yǔ):這里就不必多說(shuō)了。對(duì)于我們廣大的碩士博士研究生而言,絕大多數(shù)人是有著杯具經(jīng)歷的,那種心情大多體會(huì)過(guò),一定要振奮精神。希望大家整理好心情,重新上路。
13.其他相對(duì)少見(jiàn)的、細(xì)分的狀態(tài)(期待大家補(bǔ)充):
InitialQC Started:
QC=quality control, Initial QC Started就是說(shuō)編輯剛開(kāi)始初審,還沒(méi)有提交給審稿人。這個(gè)是編輯部會(huì)有個(gè)對(duì)文章格式、附圖等的檢查,等著就行了。如果有問(wèn)題他們會(huì)聯(lián)系你的,關(guān)注郵箱或系統(tǒng)吧。
editorassigment pending Editor Invited Removed by Editor
Editor DeclinedInvitation
Awaiting EditorRecommendation
with editorial office 編委會(huì)討論決定 Transfer copyright form簽版權(quán)協(xié)議
uncorrected proof 等待校對(duì)樣稿
In Press, CorrectedProof 文章在印刷中,清樣已校對(duì)
Manuscript Sent toProduction 排版
in production 出版中
(三)問(wèn)答綜合篇(是否催稿、如何撤稿、一稿兩投及學(xué)術(shù)不端相關(guān)內(nèi)容等)
總結(jié)提示語(yǔ):①何時(shí)可詢問(wèn)狀態(tài)?也即如何催稿?一般來(lái)說(shuō),根據(jù)這個(gè)雜志通常審稿周期來(lái)定。具體審稿周期不建議詢問(wèn),但可以參考一些投稿系統(tǒng)和公司的查詢網(wǎng)頁(yè),當(dāng)然最好的辦法還是上DXY求助。寫(xiě)信一定要委婉,否則你的催稿信就可能成拒稿信了。
②關(guān)于撤稿——投稿本身就是一件很?chē)?yán)肅的事情,撤稿則相當(dāng)不嚴(yán)肅。實(shí)際上,撤稿,除非極特殊的原因,是很壞的行為。不能把稿子發(fā)現(xiàn)問(wèn)題,要重新修改等作為撤稿的借口。你每次投稿,以及相關(guān)的行為和結(jié)果,都是有記錄的。撤稿會(huì)嚴(yán)重影響你們課題組的credit。最后導(dǎo)致你們組的稿件會(huì)受到特殊“照顧”,可能你以后不投那個(gè)雜志了,但可能對(duì)今后的師弟師妹投稿造成不良影響。
(四)如何處理審稿意見(jiàn)(補(bǔ)實(shí)驗(yàn)、語(yǔ)言潤(rùn)色、重整數(shù)據(jù)、回復(fù)、統(tǒng)計(jì)方法、生存率作圖、申辯、版面費(fèi)和彩圖費(fèi)減免,及其他)如何回復(fù)審稿人意見(jiàn):
總結(jié)提示語(yǔ):
①所有問(wèn)題必須逐條回答。②盡量滿足意見(jiàn)中需要補(bǔ)充的實(shí)驗(yàn)。③滿足不了的也不要回避,說(shuō)明不能做的合理理由。④審稿人推薦的文獻(xiàn)一定要引用,并討論透徹。
一般而言,審稿人提出要補(bǔ)充的實(shí)驗(yàn),如果不是非做不可的,還是可以進(jìn)行解釋。有時(shí)審稿人即使想接受你的文章,總還要提出一些不足之處。如果你真的不想補(bǔ)充實(shí)驗(yàn)或者補(bǔ)充很困難,可以合理的解釋?zhuān)话銢](méi)問(wèn)題的。最重要的是逐條回答,老實(shí)交代。絕大部分實(shí)驗(yàn)是不要真追加的,除非你受到啟發(fā),而想該投另外高檔雜志。⑤修回后投稿一定要核對(duì)初稿中改正的地方:作者的一般信息和各種聯(lián)系方式、標(biāo)題、摘要、圖片編號(hào)、數(shù)據(jù)值、cover letter等。版權(quán)協(xié)議和利益沖突表格要謹(jǐn)慎填寫(xiě)。簽名時(shí)盡量不要代簽。
(五)Reject 或者reject & resubmit后的對(duì)策和處理。
審稿人直接給出意見(jiàn),或者幾位審稿人意見(jiàn)不統(tǒng)一,編輯可能直接拒稿reject,或者處理為拒稿可重投(Reject and resubmit)。
總結(jié)提示語(yǔ):如果是reject了,那么就只能改投別的雜志了。當(dāng)然也不能盲目投稿,如果還期待投個(gè)IF比較合意的雜志,那么還是要認(rèn)真考慮審稿人的拒稿意見(jiàn),針對(duì)修改。
而如果是reject& resubmit,相當(dāng)于是給了次機(jī)會(huì)再修改投稿,務(wù)必珍惜。一定要充分考慮是否能達(dá)到全部審稿人的所有要求,尤其是對(duì)待那個(gè)別持反對(duì)、尖銳意見(jiàn)的審稿人。要根據(jù)意見(jiàn)逐一修改所有問(wèn)題,否則此番再投,審稿人還是會(huì)覺(jué)得沒(méi)有達(dá)到其期望值和滿意度,文章必然兇多吉少。我先前投的shock(五年來(lái)IF在2.87~3.5之間),經(jīng)歷有些坎坷,是重投后三位審稿人通過(guò)兩位(有位審稿人糾纏初投時(shí)提出的兩點(diǎn)意見(jiàn)不放,認(rèn)為我的回答和修改不滿意),編輯拒掉了。當(dāng)然,如果覺(jué)得難度較大,初投被拒可重投時(shí)就果斷地另外考慮其他雜志投算了。
(六)稿件接受后期的其他相關(guān)問(wèn)題(作者信息、地址、版權(quán)轉(zhuǎn)讓、校樣proof、單行本、版面費(fèi)等,請(qǐng)大家參與總結(jié)自己遇到的所需處理問(wèn)題)
(七)指導(dǎo)篇——不同專(zhuān)業(yè)如何選投SCI雜志?(未完,待繼續(xù)整理)
(八)進(jìn)階篇——SCI寫(xiě)作經(jīng)驗(yàn)和選投期刊的經(jīng)驗(yàn)、如何應(yīng)對(duì)審稿人的意見(jiàn)及其他(未完)
(九)園友意見(jiàn)綜合篇(歡迎各位版大、站友多多提出意見(jiàn)和建議,以利把工作做得更好)
第三篇:SCI論文投稿經(jīng)驗(yàn)
他人的經(jīng)驗(yàn):
(一)投稿程序
1、選擇合適的 SCI 期刊-Chooseajournal。結(jié)合專(zhuān)業(yè)知識(shí)、2008或 2007影響因子
表和他人經(jīng)驗(yàn)來(lái)綜合選擇要投遞的期刊,并進(jìn)入該期刊查詢系統(tǒng)查詢近年來(lái)的文章走向。
2、下載Introduction for submission。只要到每個(gè)雜志的首頁(yè),打開(kāi)submit paper 一欄,點(diǎn)擊 Introduction查看或下載即可。
3、稿件及其相關(guān)材料準(zhǔn)備-Preparation:Manuscript.doc、Tables.doc、Figures.tiff(jpg 等)、Cover letter,有時(shí)還有Title page、Copyright agreement、Conflicts of interest等。
4、網(wǎng)上投稿-Submit a manuscript:先到每個(gè)雜志的首頁(yè),打開(kāi)submit paper 一欄,先以 通訊作者的身份register一個(gè)賬號(hào),然后以author login身份登錄,按照提示依次完成: SelectArticle Type、Enter Title、Add/Edit/Remove Authors、Submit Abstract、Enter Keywords、Select Classifications、Enter Comments、Request Editor、Attach Files,最后下載pdf,查 看無(wú)誤后,即可到投稿主頁(yè) approve submission 或直接submit it。
5、不定期關(guān)注稿件狀態(tài)-Status:SubmitNewManuscript、SubmissionsSentBacktoAuthor、Icomplete Submissions、Sbmissions Waiting for Author's Approval、SubmissionsBeing Processed、Submissions Needing Revision、Rvisions Sent Back to Author、IcompleteSubmissionsBeingRevised、RisionsWaitingforAuthor'sApproval、RevisionsBeingProcessed、Declined Revisions。
6、修回稿的投遞-Submittedtherevisedmanuscript:主要修改 revisedmanuscript、response to the reviewers、cover letter,還有其他修改的相關(guān)材料。程序是進(jìn)入投稿主頁(yè) main menu,點(diǎn)擊 revise,仍然按照原先程序投遞(近似于 4),切記把修改的標(biāo)題、摘要 和回復(fù)信等內(nèi)容要修改。最后上傳附件時(shí),先把留下來(lái)且未修改的材料前打鉤(表示留下不 變),然后點(diǎn)擊next,再上傳已經(jīng)修改的材料(主要包括revised manuscript、response to thereviewers、cover letter等),最后下載 pdf,查看無(wú)誤后,即可到投稿主頁(yè)approve submission 或直接 submit it。
7、校樣-Correcttheproof:一般編輯部先寄出三個(gè)電子文檔,包括 Query、Proofs、p-annotate,有時(shí)也可能伴有紙質(zhì)文檔校樣,如一次J pineal research。校樣后通過(guò) E-mail 寄出即可。
8、版權(quán)協(xié)議-Copyright agreement和利益沖突-Conflicts of interest:一般首次投稿時(shí)就需 要提供,但也有少數(shù)雜志是 Accepted之后才需要提供。
(二)投稿經(jīng)驗(yàn)總結(jié)
1、正確選擇對(duì)口的SCI期刊。原則上是先投遞高影響因子的雜志,然后不斷降低IF,但是 大家都知道沒(méi)改投一種雜志,我們可能光改變格式可能很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間,除非你采用了文獻(xiàn)管理軟
件。我認(rèn)為也不能盲目投遞雜志,應(yīng)該要結(jié)合專(zhuān)業(yè)知識(shí)、2008 或 2007 影響因子表和 他人經(jīng)驗(yàn)來(lái)綜合選擇要投遞的期刊,然后再進(jìn)入該期刊文章查詢系統(tǒng)查詢近年來(lái)的文章走 向,包括專(zhuān)業(yè)內(nèi)容、種屬等。
2、不能進(jìn)行一稿兩投。這種投機(jī)取巧之事最好不要做,因?yàn)樵S多雜志之間的編委是相同的,一旦同一篇文章兩次發(fā)到同一個(gè)編委或?qū)徃迦耸种?,那后果就不堪設(shè)想,尤其那些投遞手稿 時(shí)就需要轉(zhuǎn)移協(xié)議的,切記主要版權(quán)問(wèn)題。
3、如何正確選擇必需推薦的審稿人?一般編輯不會(huì)選擇你推薦的審稿人,但你還是盡量選 擇同行中的小專(zhuān)家。但這也與你的投稿目的有關(guān),若十分自信文章的創(chuàng)新性和中肯意見(jiàn),你 可以從參考文獻(xiàn)中挑選大專(zhuān)家。
4、如何禮貌地向編輯咨詢稿件狀態(tài)?我曾經(jīng)在Toxicological Science上投一篇文章,2個(gè)月 時(shí)我“很不禮貌”地向編輯咨詢稿件狀態(tài),其實(shí)不是有意的,只是寫(xiě)英文信的口氣完全按照中 文語(yǔ)氣,不委婉。后來(lái)次日編輯就回信說(shuō)reject the paper,不知道這是巧合還是帶著性格。但與人相處時(shí),是存在感情因素的,尤其是可以accept或者也可以reject 時(shí),很有用。
5、如何提高一次投稿的成功率?文章本身的創(chuàng)新性是第一位因素,對(duì)口期刊選擇、文章格 式完美、語(yǔ)句通順(尤其符合英文習(xí)慣)等也很重要。
6、版權(quán)協(xié)議和利益沖突表格要謹(jǐn)慎填寫(xiě)。簽名時(shí)盡量不要代簽,以免被編輯發(fā)現(xiàn)時(shí)的尷尬。
7、盡可能參照投稿說(shuō)明,認(rèn)真修改手稿格式。這一點(diǎn)是衡量一位科研工作者的嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)程度,建議大家認(rèn)真閱讀Introduction for submission,逐條地改正,以防延誤同行評(píng)審時(shí)間。
8、修回后投稿一定要核對(duì)初稿中改正的地方:標(biāo)題、摘要、cover letter 等。
9、要了解此刊是否需要審稿費(fèi)和版面費(fèi)?大家都知道版面費(fèi)一般都是用美元衡量的,建議 最好選擇不需要版面費(fèi)的(不用彩圖也收版面費(fèi)的)。但是有些雜志,如 Endocrinology 等 雜志就需要版面費(fèi),多數(shù)雜志若有彩圖印刷都要版面費(fèi)的,大家謹(jǐn)慎選擇。
10、一般外文 SCI雜志的審稿周期是 1-3月。大家一方面耐心等待,若2月左右沒(méi)有消息,可以通過(guò) e-mail 咨詢一下稿件狀態(tài)。我的感覺(jué)是好一點(diǎn)雜志審稿周期短一點(diǎn),而往往是差 一點(diǎn)的雜志卻老是拖,曾經(jīng)遇到一個(gè) IF2.5的雜志3個(gè)多月后咨詢:原因是找不到審稿人,多少審稿人推脫最近很忙
第四篇:sci論文投稿指南
sci論文投稿百分百錄用
總是讓人又愛(ài)又恨,要是通過(guò)審核,那簡(jiǎn)直是歡天喜地,得意洋洋地在各個(gè)論壇里宣布這個(gè)好消息,順便得瑟一下,但是萬(wàn)一沒(méi)通過(guò),又有著這個(gè)“傲骨”不重復(fù)投遞,那就要哭天搶地了,花了這么長(zhǎng)時(shí)間不說(shuō),對(duì)自己的能力也會(huì)有所懷疑,小編也曾經(jīng)歷過(guò)這種慘痛時(shí)光,因此想要給大家支些招,讓大家早日脫離苦海。的第一步是要有稿可投,稿件質(zhì)量就是金字塔的底部,要是你連底都沒(méi)有打好,這個(gè)金字塔當(dāng)然是建不起來(lái)的,論文到底怎么寫(xiě)?寫(xiě)的時(shí)候要注意什么?在《sci論文寫(xiě)作經(jīng)驗(yàn)高分發(fā)表總結(jié)》和《sci論文寫(xiě)作范文精簡(jiǎn)版》等文章中小編已經(jīng)不厭其煩地教過(guò)大家啦,第二步是什么?當(dāng)然是投稿,投稿之前要選好sci期刊,有很多人在選擇sci期刊時(shí)有一個(gè)硬性標(biāo)準(zhǔn),就是影響因子,sci影響因子就是sci期刊前兩年收錄的文章在這一次被引用的次數(shù),然后經(jīng)過(guò)一些算法算出來(lái)的指標(biāo),大家也可以猜到影響因子越高,這個(gè)期刊的影響力和水平也就越高,大家量力而為就好,一般小編選擇2到4的期刊,這個(gè)區(qū)間的期刊學(xué)術(shù)性也有,發(fā)表難度也沒(méi)有那么大。的問(wèn)題小編就講到這里,要是你還沒(méi)有看過(guò)癮,英文不好也能SCI投稿成功》介紹了英文sci論文的投稿過(guò)程。
第五篇:投稿英文sci期刊及其寫(xiě)作技巧
投稿英文sci期刊及其寫(xiě)作技巧
如何投稿SCI期刊:
對(duì)于母語(yǔ)并非英語(yǔ)的我們,在寫(xiě)論文投稿英文期刊時(shí),總是會(huì)遇到這樣那樣的問(wèn)題。最近,BioTechniques 雜志的編輯們介紹了一系列英文寫(xiě)作技巧,希望能夠幫大家把稿件寫(xiě)得更好。這里向大家介紹的是,如何處理好關(guān)鍵一步——投稿。本文基于投稿中的常見(jiàn)問(wèn)題,以編輯視角給出了十條寶貴的建議。以下這些竅門(mén)雖然不能保證你的稿件一定被采用,但至少能讓你的投稿對(duì)編輯和審稿人更有吸引力。1.了解想要投稿的刊物
每一份雜志都有自己的宗旨和覆蓋領(lǐng)域,這樣的信息在它們的網(wǎng)站上都有介紹。近年來(lái),新刊物如雨后春筍一般冒出來(lái),電子投稿又逐漸成為主流,作者們很容易忽視不同雜志的投稿指南,不進(jìn)行有針對(duì)性的修改。說(shuō)實(shí)話,再?zèng)]什么比這樣的事更令編輯心煩了,了解雜志是投稿之前的必修課。
2.了解投稿程序和格式要求
所有雜志對(duì)稿件都有一些特殊的要求,比如稿件應(yīng)采取什么格式,投稿需要提供什么材料等等。有些雜志甚至對(duì)不同類(lèi)型的稿件會(huì)提出不同的要求,BioTechniques 雜志就是這樣。如果你忽視這些要求,編輯們可能就不會(huì)認(rèn)真對(duì)待你的來(lái)稿。3.使用主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)
聽(tīng)起來(lái)很簡(jiǎn)單是不是?實(shí)際上,使用主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)是一種表達(dá)技巧。主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)對(duì)于投稿而言是不是真的這么重要呢?讓我們來(lái)舉兩個(gè)例子: 例 1:被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)
“Here we have demonstrated through a variety of experiments that when three additional amplification cycles are added to the existing protocol, the final product yield can often times be increased.”
例 2:主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)
“Here we show through a variety of experiments that adding three additional amplification cycles to the existing protocol often increases the final product yield.”
看到了吧,使用主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)的句子要容易理解得多,這樣的表述還提升了語(yǔ)句的影響力。4. 避免冗長(zhǎng)的表述
我們可以將上面的句子作進(jìn)一步的修改,去掉含義模糊的表述(例如“a variety of experiments”)讓句子說(shuō)服力更強(qiáng)。例 3:濃縮
“Here we show that adding three amplification cycles increases final product yield.” 我們可以看到,句子越簡(jiǎn)練就越容易引起讀者的注意。5.進(jìn)行仔細(xì)的核查
每個(gè)人都免不了犯錯(cuò)誤,你的論文稿也不會(huì)那么容易就毀在幾個(gè)錯(cuò)別字上。不過(guò),語(yǔ)法和格式漏洞百出的論文,很難博得編輯和審稿人的好感。我們?cè)谕陡迩皯?yīng)該仔細(xì)檢查整篇文章,甚至請(qǐng)“外援”來(lái)幫忙校對(duì)。因?yàn)閷?duì)文章越熟悉的人,越容易忽略掉其中的問(wèn)題。在使用特殊術(shù)語(yǔ)或縮寫(xiě)時(shí),檢查用詞的準(zhǔn)確性和一致性也很重要,尤其是論文不同部分由不同作者完成的時(shí)候。6.好好寫(xiě)投稿信
寫(xiě)投稿信是投稿的一個(gè)關(guān)鍵步驟,這封信往往是雜志編輯對(duì)你的第一印象。投稿信應(yīng)當(dāng)用 1-2 句話直截了當(dāng)?shù)馗爬愕难芯亢完P(guān)鍵發(fā)現(xiàn)。這句話最好不要直接從摘要中復(fù)制,應(yīng)該寫(xiě)的更簡(jiǎn)短但不那么正式。此外你還應(yīng)當(dāng)說(shuō)明,這篇文章符合這個(gè)雜志的宗旨和范疇。7.全面了解參考資料
當(dāng)編輯給你的研究定位時(shí),簡(jiǎn)介部分用到的參考資料是非常重要的。前文已經(jīng)說(shuō)過(guò),現(xiàn)在的期刊比十年前多得多,因此徹底的文獻(xiàn)檢索和適當(dāng)?shù)囊煤苡斜匾?,只有這樣讀者才能正確理解這項(xiàng)研究在整個(gè)領(lǐng)域中的地位。此外,徹底的文獻(xiàn)檢索也能增強(qiáng)你對(duì)相關(guān)領(lǐng)域現(xiàn)狀的理解,有助于寫(xiě)出更有影響力的投稿信。8.注意圖片和說(shuō)明的格式
對(duì)于圖片和說(shuō)明,所有雜志都有自己的特殊規(guī)定。然而這樣的規(guī)定很容易被作者們忽視,尤其是我們被拒稿后再投給另一份雜志時(shí)。這樣的疏忽只會(huì)毫無(wú)疑義地拖長(zhǎng)整個(gè)審稿過(guò)程,而你的論文會(huì)因?yàn)楦袷絾?wèn)題被打回來(lái)。9.別怕向編輯提問(wèn)
編輯和審稿人并不總是正確的,他們有時(shí)也會(huì)犯錯(cuò)誤,在回信時(shí)給出不清晰的修改意見(jiàn)。這時(shí)你不必埋頭苦想修改要求到底是什么意思,有沒(méi)有必要進(jìn)行額外的實(shí)驗(yàn)。更簡(jiǎn)單的解決方法是,直接聯(lián)系編輯問(wèn)一問(wèn)他需要些什么,以及他提出修改意見(jiàn)的原因。編輯們是非常樂(lè)意進(jìn)行解釋的,這往往是縮短審稿時(shí)間提高效率的最好辦法。10.如何有效地進(jìn)行反駁
在收到拒稿或者修改建議之后,我們可能需要對(duì)此進(jìn)行反駁,這時(shí)應(yīng)當(dāng)采取恭敬有禮的態(tài)度。一般來(lái)說(shuō),這樣的回復(fù)都是兩三個(gè)編輯和幾個(gè)審稿人經(jīng)過(guò)深思熟慮做出的決定。因此,email 里簡(jiǎn)單說(shuō)一句“你們錯(cuò)了,重新考慮下”,是不能讓編輯們改變決定的。成功的反駁,需要解決編輯或?qū)徃迦怂鶕?dān)心的問(wèn)題。
這一階段不要發(fā)送修改后的論文稿,如果編輯們提出的主要問(wèn)題沒(méi)有解決,他們可能根本就不會(huì)去看。此外,就算你成功反駁了編輯們的意見(jiàn),他們通常還是會(huì)要求你做出特定修改然后再提交稿件。專(zhuān)業(yè)論文編撰杜老師論文!由于工作的需要我們和多家雜志社建立了良好的合作關(guān)系,為你們提供論文方面的服務(wù)!另外我們和出版社也有合作,需要出書(shū)的,可以聯(lián)系我,單書(shū)單號(hào) 國(guó)家級(jí)出版社,價(jià)格優(yōu)惠!代辦專(zhuān)利申請(qǐng)科研基金掛名
親身體會(huì)英文sci論文寫(xiě)作技巧總結(jié)
1.Introduction:
A.如何指出當(dāng)前研究的不足并有目的地引導(dǎo)出自己研究的重要性?
在敘述前人成果之后,用 However 來(lái)引導(dǎo)不足,提出一種新方法或新方向。如:However, little information(little attention/little work/little data/little research??)(or few studies/few investigations/few researchers/few attempts??)(or no/none of these studies??)has(have)been done on(focused on/attempted to/conducted/investigated/studied(with respect to))。如:Previous research(studies, records)本人系天天論文網(wǎng)就職11年的資深論文編輯;工作中與各大醫(yī)學(xué)期刊雜志社進(jìn)行學(xué)術(shù)交流過(guò)程中建立了穩(wěn)定的編輯朋友圈,系多家醫(yī)學(xué)雜志社的特約編輯,常年為醫(yī)學(xué)期刊雜志供稿,負(fù)責(zé)天天論文網(wǎng)醫(yī)學(xué)論文·分檢·編校·推送·指導(dǎo)等工作!工作企鵝1:1550116010 工作企鵝2: 766085044has(have)failed to consider/ ignored/ misinterpreted/ neglected to/overestimated, underestimated/misleaded.thus, these previus results are inconclisive, misleading, unsatisfactory, questionable, controversial.Uncertainties(discrepancies)still exist??研究方法和方向與前人一樣時(shí),可通過(guò)以下方式強(qiáng)調(diào)自己工作:However, data is still scarce(rare, less accurate)or there is still dearth of??We need to(aim to, have to)provide more documents(data, records, studies, increase the dataset).Further studies are still necessary(essential)??
強(qiáng)調(diào)自己研究的重要性,一般還要在 However 之前介紹與自己研究問(wèn)題相反或相關(guān)的問(wèn)題。比如:(1)時(shí)間問(wèn)題;(2)研究手段問(wèn)題;(3)研究區(qū)域問(wèn)題;(4)不確定性;(5)提出自己的假設(shè)來(lái)驗(yàn)證。
如果你研究的問(wèn)題在時(shí)間上比較新,你可大量提及時(shí)間較老問(wèn)題的研究及重要性,然后(However)表明“對(duì)時(shí)間尺度比較新的問(wèn)題研究不足”;
如果你的是一種新的研究手段或研究方向,你可提出當(dāng)前流行的方法及其物質(zhì)性質(zhì),然后(However)說(shuō)對(duì)你所研究的方向方法研究甚少;
如果研究涉及區(qū)域問(wèn)題,就先總結(jié)相鄰區(qū)域或其它區(qū)域的研究,然后(However)強(qiáng)調(diào)這一區(qū)域的研究不足;
雖然前人對(duì)某一問(wèn)題研究很多,但目前有兩種或更多種觀點(diǎn),這種 uncertanties 或 ambiguities 值得進(jìn)一步澄清;
如果自己的研究是全是新的,沒(méi)有前人的工作可對(duì)比,你就可以自信地說(shuō)“根據(jù)假設(shè)提出的過(guò)程,存在這種可能的結(jié)果,本文就是要證實(shí)這種結(jié)果”等等。We aim to test the feasibility(reliability)of the??It is hoped that the question will be resolved(fall away)with our proposed method(approach).B.提出自己的觀點(diǎn):We aim to//This paper reports on//This paper provides results/論文咨詢QQ:258347976 /This paper extends the method//This paper focus on……The purpose of this paper is to……Furthermore, Moreover, In addition, we will also discuss……
C.圈定自己的研究范圍:introduction 的另一個(gè)作用就是告訴讀者(包括 reviewer),你文章的主要研究?jī)?nèi)容。如果處理不好,reviewer 會(huì)提出嚴(yán)厲的建議,比如你沒(méi)有考慮某種可能性,某種研究手段等。為減少這種爭(zhēng)論,在前言的結(jié)尾就必須明確提出本文研究的范圍:(1)時(shí)間尺度;
(2)研究區(qū)域等。如涉及較長(zhǎng)的時(shí)序,你可明確提出本文只關(guān)心某一特定時(shí)間范圍的問(wèn)題,We preliminarily focus on the older(younger)??如有兩種時(shí)間尺度(long-term and short term),你可說(shuō)兩者都重要,但是本文只涉及其中一種。研究區(qū)域的問(wèn)題,和時(shí)間問(wèn)題一樣,也需明確提出你只關(guān)心某一特定區(qū)域!
D.最后的原場(chǎng):在前言的最后,還可以總結(jié)性地提出“這一研究對(duì)其它研究有什么幫助”;或者說(shuō) further studies on??will be summarized in our next study(or elsewhere)??傊淠康木褪亲屪x者把思路集中到你要討論的問(wèn)題上來(lái)。盡量減少不必要的爭(zhēng)論(arguments)。2.Discussion:
A.怎樣提出觀點(diǎn):在提出自己的觀點(diǎn)時(shí),采取什么樣的策略很重要,不合適的句子通常會(huì)遭到 reviewer 置疑。
(1)如果觀點(diǎn)不是這篇文章最新提出的,通常要用 We confirm that??(2)對(duì)于自己很自信的觀點(diǎn),可用 We believe that??
(3)通常,由數(shù)據(jù)推斷出一定的結(jié)論,用 Results indicate, infer, suggest, imply that??
(4)在極其特別時(shí)才可用 We put forward(discover, 杜老師論文QQ:2035204840 observe)??“for the first time” 來(lái)強(qiáng)調(diào)自己的創(chuàng)新??
(5)如果自己對(duì)所提出的觀點(diǎn)不完全肯定,可用 We tentatively put forward(interrprete this to?)Or The results may be due to(caused by)attributed to resulted from??Or This is probably a consequence of??It seems that??can account for(interpret)this??Or It is posible that it stem from??要注意這些結(jié)構(gòu)要合理搭配。如果通篇是類(lèi)型 1)和 5),那這篇文章的意義就大打折扣。如果全是 2),肯定會(huì)遭到置疑。所以要仔細(xì)分析自己成果的創(chuàng)新性以及可信度。
B.連接詞與邏輯:寫(xiě)英文論文最常見(jiàn)的毛病是文章的邏輯不清楚,解決方法如下。(1)注意句子上下連貫,不能讓句子獨(dú)立。
常見(jiàn)的連接詞有,However, also, in addition, consequently, afterwards, moreover, Furthermore, further, although, unlike, in contrast, Similarly, Unfortunately, alternatively, parallel results, In order to, despite, For example, Compared with, other results, thus, therefore??用好連接詞能使文章層次清楚,意思明確。比如,敘述有時(shí)間順序的事件或文獻(xiàn),最早的文獻(xiàn)可用 AA advocated it for the first time.接下來(lái)可用 Then BB further demonstrated that.再接下來(lái),可用 Afterwards, CC??如果還有,可用 More recent studies by DD??
如果敘述兩種觀點(diǎn),要把它們截然分開(kāi) AA put forward that??In contrast, BB believe or Unlike AA, BB suggest or On the contrary(表明前面觀點(diǎn)錯(cuò)誤),如果只表明兩種觀點(diǎn)對(duì)立,用 in contrast BB??如果兩種觀點(diǎn)相近, 可用 AA suggest??Similarily, alternatively, BB??Or Also, BB or BB allso does??表示因果或者前后關(guān)系可用 Consequently, therefore, as a result??表明遞進(jìn)關(guān)系可用 furthermore, further, moreover, in addition??寫(xiě)完一段英文,最好首先檢查是否較好地應(yīng)用了這些連接詞。
(2)注意段落布局的整體邏輯:經(jīng)常我們要敘述一個(gè)問(wèn)題的幾個(gè)方面。這種情況下,一定要注意邏輯結(jié)構(gòu)。
第一段要明確告訴讀者你要討論幾個(gè)部份??Therefore, there are three aspects of this problem have to be addressed.The first question involves??The second problem relates to??The third aspect deals with??清晰地把觀點(diǎn)逐層敘述。也可以直接用 First, Second, Third, Finally??當(dāng)然,F(xiàn)urthermore, in addition 等可以用來(lái)補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明。(3)討論部份的整體結(jié)構(gòu):小標(biāo)題是把問(wèn)題分為幾個(gè)片段的好方法。
通常第一個(gè)片段指出文章最重要的數(shù)據(jù)或結(jié)果;補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明部份放在最后一個(gè)片段。一定要明白,文章的讀者分為多個(gè)檔次;除了本專(zhuān)業(yè)的專(zhuān)業(yè)人士讀懂以外,一定要想辦法能讓更多的外專(zhuān)業(yè)人讀懂。所以可以把討論部份分為兩部份,一部份提出觀點(diǎn),另一部份詳細(xì)介紹過(guò)程以及論述的依據(jù)。這樣專(zhuān)業(yè)外的人士可以了解文章的主要觀點(diǎn),比較專(zhuān)業(yè)的討論他可以把它當(dāng)成黑箱子,而這一部份本專(zhuān)業(yè)人士可以進(jìn)一步研究。C.討論部分包括什么內(nèi)容?(1)主要數(shù)據(jù)及其特征的總結(jié);(2)主要結(jié)論及與前人觀點(diǎn)的對(duì)比;
(3)本文的不足。對(duì)第三點(diǎn),一般作者看來(lái)不可取,但事實(shí)上給出文章的不足恰恰是保護(hù)自己文章的重要手段。如果刻意隱藏文章的漏洞,覺(jué)得別人看不出來(lái),是非常不明智的。所謂不足,包括以下內(nèi)容:
(1)研究的問(wèn)題有點(diǎn)片面,討論時(shí)一定要說(shuō),It should be noted that this study has examined only??We concentrate(focus)on only??We have to point out that we do not??Some limitations of this study are??
(2)結(jié)論有些不足,The results do not imply??The results can not be used to determine(or be taken as evidence of)??Unfortunately, we can not determine this from this data??Our results are lack of??但指出這些不足之后,一定要馬上再次加強(qiáng)本文的重要性以及可能采取的手段來(lái)解決這些不足,為別人或者自己的下一步研究打下伏筆。Not withstanding its limitation, this study does suggest……However, these problems could be solved if weconsider……Despite its preliminary character, this study can clearly indicate……
用中文來(lái)說(shuō)這是左右逢源,把審稿人想到的問(wèn)題提前給一個(gè)交代,同時(shí)表明你已經(jīng)在思考這些問(wèn)題,但是由于文章長(zhǎng)度,試驗(yàn)進(jìn)度或者試驗(yàn)手段的制約,暫時(shí)不能回答這些問(wèn)題。但通過(guò)你的一些建議,這些問(wèn)題在將來(lái)的研究中有可能實(shí)現(xiàn)。3.Others: A.為使文章清楚,第一次提出概念時(shí),最好以括弧給出較詳細(xì)解釋。如文章用了很多 Abbreviation, 可用兩種方法解決:
(1)在文章最后加上個(gè) Appendix,把所有 Abbreviation 列表;
(2)在不同頁(yè)面上不時(shí)地給出 Abbreviation 的含義,用來(lái)提醒讀者。B.絕對(duì)不能全面否定前人的成果,即使在你看來(lái)前人的結(jié)論完全不對(duì)。
這是對(duì)前人工作最起碼的尊重,英文叫做給別人的工作 credits.所以文章不要出現(xiàn)非常 negative 的評(píng)價(jià),比如 Their resultsare wrong, very questionable, have no commensence, etc.遇到這類(lèi)情況,可以婉轉(zhuǎn)地提出:Their studies may be more reasonable if they had??considered this situation.Their results could be better convinced if they??Or Their conclusion may remain some uncertanties.