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1、HowtowriteandpublisharesearchpaperinrefereedinternationaljournalsYipingQiuDonghuaUniversityOutlinewWhypublishresearchpaperswTypesofpublicationswStepsofpublishingapaperwWhattoknowbeforewritingwMajorcomponentsofaresearchpaperwImportantissuesinwritingwDoublecheckfinalcopywWhichjournaltosendwCorrespondi
2、ngwithrefereesandeditorwQ&AWhypublishresearchpaperswTomakeyouworkknowntothescientificcommunitywTocommunicatewiththetopresearchersinyourareawPublishorperishnTohelpyourstudentsoryouradvisornToraisetherankoftheuniversitynToraiseyourincomeTypesofpublicationswTypesofjournals:nRefereednNon-refereedandsemi
3、-refereedwTypesofpapers:nFullresearchpapersnShortcommunicationsorlettersnReviewpapersStepsofpublishingapaperwWritefirstdraftwSendthemanuscripttoajournalwReceivetherefereescommentswReviseandsenditbacktothejournalwMorebutsmallrevisionsneededwSendthefinalversionwProofreadthegalleyproofwPublishWhattokno
4、wbeforewritingwWhattypeofpapernReview,letter,orfullresearchpaperwTheresearchworknUniquenessnTheliteraturenTheresultswTheformatofthejournal:getasamplepaperwWhataretheexpectationsofthereaderswPotentialrefereesMajorcomponentswAbstractwIntroductionwNomenclature(Ifmanysymbolsareused)wTheoreticalbasis(may
5、notneed)wExperimentalwResultsanddiscussionwConclusionswAcknowledgementwReferencesThesequenceofwritingwExperimentalwIntroductionwResultsanddiscussionwConclusionswAcknowledgementwReferenceswAbstractIntroductionwExistingliteraturenCitemostimportantpapersnCiterecentpapersnCiteyourself?wJustificationnDet
6、erminestheangleofyourpaperwObjectiveswApproachesTheoreticalbasiswMajorissuesnUsenomenclatureordefineeverytermnNumberallequationsnCitebasictheoriesExperimentalwNecessaryinformationaboutyourexperimentalprocedurenMaterialsnSamplepreparationnMeasurementsandtestingnDataAnalysismethodsExperimentalwImporta
7、ntpointstoremembernProvidespecificinformation:wmaterialsuppliersnamesandaddresswInstrumentmakeandmodelwAllowsomeoneelsetoduplicateyourexperimentsnFollowsinternationalstandardsifpossiblenIftheprocedurehasbeendescribedinanotherpaper,justcitethepaperinsteadnPasttense,passivesentences,andthirdpersonResu
8、ltsanddiscussionwPresentanddiscusstheresultssequentiallyaccordingtotheexperimentalprocedurewTrytoexplaineverythingbutnotnecessarilycompletelynIfyouhaveagoodexplanation,greatnOtherwise,youmaysaythisshouldbefurtherinvestigatednDonotstretchResultsanddiscussionwMajorissuesnCompareyourresultswithothersnT
9、ablesandillustrationswFormataccordingtothesamplepaperwBeconsistent:format,scale,andtitleswNottoocomplicatedortoomuchinformationinonetableorgraphwBestqualitypossibleConclusionswMajorfindingsonlywEnoughisenoughwItemizeifnecessarywConciseAcknowledgementwInformthefundingrecourseswThankeveryonewhohelpedR
10、eferenceswBetterusereferencemanagementsoftwarewFormatconsistentwiththerequirementwCheckeachcitationcarefullyAbstractwWhatfor?nAreaderwhoiswDecidingwhethertoreadthefullpaperwUnabletoreadthefullpapernnoaccessnnotimenDonotunderstandthelanguage(ifitisnotinEnglish)wMajorcomponentsnWhydoyouwanttodotherese
11、archnThemajorfindingswMajorissuesnBeconcisenReportspecificfindingsusingnumberswheneverpossiblenCanusepresenttense.Whataboutareviewpaper?wMajorcomponentsnIntroductionnSpecificaspectsnSummaryorconclusionswMajorissuesnAsmanycitationsaspossiblenNeedtohavemostrecentpapersnNeedtobecriticalabouttheresearch
12、workbyothersbutnotnastynReadoriginalpapersImportantissuesinwritingwThewholepapershouldtellagoodstorywSubjectshouldnotbeseparatedtoofarawayfromtheverb.wIneachparagraph,sentencesshouldbeinter-connected.ImportantissuesinwritingwUseSIunitswAnyabbreviationshavetobecompletelyspelledoutwhenusedthefirsttime
13、wTheproductswithtradenamesshouldbemarkedwithTMorsuchasSpectraandDacronwGraphsorfiguresfromsomeoneelsespublicationneedtofirstgetpermissionfromthepublisheroratleastindicatetheoriginofthematerial.CommonproblemstoavoidwAvoidusetoomany“we”.Thirdpersonispreferred.wTense:forexperimentalpart,pasttenseshould
14、beused.wPassivesentencesmaysoundmoreobjective:e.g.nWetested3specimensforeachtreatmentn3specimensweretestedforeachtreatmentCommonproblemswAvoidcopyingsomeoneelsessentencesinanypartofthepaperunlessquotationmarksareused.wAvoidusinganywordsthatisdirectlytranslatedfromChineseunlessyouknowitiscorrect.wAvo
15、idusingChinesepunctuationssuchas“、”.wRememberthedifferencebetween“sample”and“specimen”.wMeaningof“Ontheotherhand”“However.”ProblemsrelatedtofigureswForasmallerfile,introducefiguresusinginsert-figurecommand.ForExcelfiles,copy-pasteasapicture.wWhendrawingasketch,useinsert-object-word-picture(插入对象Micro
16、softWord图片)wToavoidfiguresmovingrandomly,insertthefiguresintotextinsteadofallowingthemtofloat(clickrightkey设置对象格式版式嵌入型）OtherproblemswAvoiduseoralEnglishsuchas:nIts,dontetc.n“Cannot”shouldbe“cannot”n“Generally”shouldbe“Ingeneral”DoublecheckfinalcopywReadyourpaperatleastthreetimesindifferentdayswListentoyourselfwIfpossible,askagoodEnglishwritertocheckgrammarwChecktheformatofeachparagraph,tables,figureswDonotrelyonaninexperiencedstudentWhichjournaltosendwAnadequatejournalnInyourresearchareanSCIandE
