Unit 11徐Word格式.docx

Unit 11徐Word格式.docx

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11.1）NecessarySelection

Althoughmostresearcherswouldlikeverymuchtopublishtheirwork,theproblemfornewauthorsisbreakingtheicebysubmittingtheirfirstmanuscripttoajournal.Sincetherearenumerousinternationalperiodicalsforscientists,engineers,andotherprofessionalstopublishtheirresearchresultsandthoughts,acarefulselectionoftargetjournalsisimportantforanauthortoimprovetheacceptanceratehispaper.Cautiousandcorrectjournalselectionprovestobealeadingfactorinpaperpublicationforthefollowingreasons:

（1）Thegreatvarietyofsciencesandtechnology.

（2）Theavailabilityofnumerousinternationalprofessionaljournals.（3）Seriousintersectionandoverlapping.（4）Rulesofpaperpublication:

onepaperisonlysubmittedtoonejournal.Multiplesubmission,orsimultaneoussubmission,tojournalsisnotonlyimmoralbutalsoimpermissible.Therefore,thesignificanceoftheselectionoftargetjournalspriortosubmissioncannotbeover-exaggerated.

Oneofthemainpurposeofthiscourseistomakepublishingpapersininternationaljournalseasierandfasterforthecourse-takers.Sincemanypapersaresubmittedtoprofessionaljournals,anysubmittedpaperwillhavetobecompetingwithothersforaplaceinafutureissue.

Asubmittedpapermust,ofcourse,beapieceofreallysoundscientificresearchwork,anditmustbewritteninclearandcorrectlanguage.Also,aswehaveknownfromthepreviousunits,eachjournalhasitsownguidelinesthathelpauthorsunderstandwhatthatjournalconsidersacceptable.

However,beforeawriterstartswriting,hemustdecidetowhichjournalheintendstosubmitthepaper.Oneguidelineisto“writeforwhatyouread.”Inotherwords,thewritermaystartbysubmittingarticlestothejournalshereadandthejournalshecitedinhisreferencelists.Thisunitandtheunitstofollowwillcontainmorespecificinformationtoguidepapersubmittersinfindingasuitablejournal.Theywilllearnmoreabouthowtoappropriatelyidentifythejournalsfortheirarticles.Also,theywillstarttheprocessofchoosingthejournaltowhichtheywillsubmittheirarticleduring,whichorafterthiscourse.

Remember:

Apaperwillbeacceptedonlybyaneditorwhoconsidersitstopicandformatappropriateforthosewhoreadthatjournal.EveniftheresearchiswonderfulandtheEnglishisexcellent,aneditormayrejectthearticlebecauseitisnotsuitableforthatparticularjournal.

Byfindingthejournalsthatarethemostlikelyandmostdesirable“homes”forthesubmittedpapersthewriterscanavoidwastingtimeandeffort.Insteadofsendingpaperstoawrongjournal,wherethesubmissionmightgetrejected,thewritershouldstartwritinghispaperwithanappropriatejournalinmind.Thus,thesubmittedpaperwillhaveamuchchanceofacceptanceforpublication.

11.2）NeededInformation

Inordertocatertotheinterestofthejournalandtheeditor’spredisposition,theauthor’schoicemustbebasedonthecomprehensiveandaccurateinformationaboutthetargetjournal.Commonlytheoverallinformationaboutthetargetjournalcanbesummedupasfollows:

（1）Formalnameofthejournal:

Ifthejournalhasasupplement,itsnameshouldbeenclosedintheformalname,e.g.,ProceedingsoftheRoyalSocietyofLondon—AMathematicalandPhysicalScience.

（2）Categoryoftheperiodical:

Therearedifferentcategoriesofperiodicals,ashasbeendiscussedpreviously.Writershavetomakesureofthespecificcategoryofthetargetjournal,forexample,isitajournal,acta,bulletin,letters,orrapidcommunications,review,proceedings?

（3）Addressforthecorrespondence:

thisincludesthecity,andthecountrywherethejournalissponsored.

（4）Natureofthejournal:

includedareitsfeature,editorialpolicies,criteriaofpaperacceptance,thedesignofitsfixedcolumns,theeditor’sinterest,themainpurposeofthejournal（forexample,isthejournalpublishedfortheaccumulationofresearchachievementsorjustindexesforinformationsearch）,etc.

（5）Specificrequirementssetforthbythejournal:

therequirementsmayinclude,forexample,thelanguage,writinggenre,printingformat,lengthpermitted,thenumberofcopiesrequired,etc.foraparticularjournaltowhichawriteristosubmithispaper,moredetailedinformationisneeded,forexample,thefavoriteterminology,voices,andthelikeusedinarticles,andthepreferenceoftheeditor,etc.

（6）Publicationprocedures

（7）Publicationcharges

（8）Copyrighttransfer

（9）Reprints.Considerthenumber,quality,publicationperiod,dateofthereprints,etc.

（10）Otherconsiderations

Althoughauthorsmayputdifferentweightsonvariousaspectsofthebackgroundofajournal,theaboveinformationwouldcovermostofwhatanauthorneedstoknowpriortosubmittinghispaper.

11.3）Availablechannels

Authorscaneasilygatherinformationofthejournalsoftheirownspecialtyorprofession.Mostexperiencedcontributorsmayhaveintimateknowledgeofhowtogetthiskindofinformationsincetheyhavebeenworkingintheirprofessionforyears.Thefollowingpointsprovethemosteffectivechannelsforcollectingnecessaryinformationaboutvariousjournals.

（1）BooksorPeriodicalsCarryingJournalInformation

Currently,therearequitealotofreferencebooksandperiodicalsprovidingcomprehensive,concise,andaccurateinformationondifferentkindsofjournals.TakeUlrich’sInternationalPeriodicalsDirectoryforexample,itisacomprehensivedirectorycoveringtheperiodicalsallovertheworld.Themainbodyofthisdirectoryprovidesinformationontheperiodicalsincludingpublicationnationality,classification,theformalname,language,publicationperiod,editors,thepublisher’sname,theaddressofeditorsorthepublisher,maincharacteristics,thecirculation,etc.thisdirectoryhasbecomeveryinfluentialintheworldofinformationretrieval.

（2）AJournalItself

Professionalscancollectthenecessaryinformationaboutaspecificjournalbyaccessingthejournaldirectlybecausemostofthenecessaryinformationcanbefoundinvariouspartsofthejournal.Thesepartsincludethefollowing:

a.Frontandbackover:

wecanfindtheformalname,thevolumenumber,thepublicationtime,thepublisher,andtheInternationalStandardSerialNumber（ISSN）,etc.

b.Namepageandthespine:

wecanfindtheformalname,thevolumenumber,thepublicationtime,thepublisher,thenumberofpages,etc.

c.Copyrightpage:

inthissection,thereareusuallytheformalname,thepublicationperiod,sponsors,thepublisher,editors,thefeaturesandpurposesofthejournal,speciallycopyrightannouncement,etc.

d.Tableofcontents:

thistableusuallycontainstheinformationonmaincolumns,fixedcolumns,etc.

e.Advertisement（s）

f.Index

g.Variousnotices:

someimportantinformation（e.g.,theeditors’andthepublisher’spolicy,thecriteriaforacceptingpapers,thepublicationprocedures）isusuallymadeknowninthesections.

h.Others:

“NotesforContribution”,“Announcementformthepublisher”,“GuidelinesfortheSubmissionofManuscripts”,“InstructionstoAuthors”,etc.

（3）Consultation

Consultationisanotherefficientway.Forexample,authorscanconsulttheinformationdepartmentofmajorlibrariesaboutinternationaljournals.Notonlycanauthorsbeprovidedwithcomprehensiveandaccurateinformation,butalsobehelpedtounderstandhowtomakefulluseoftheinformation.Authorscanalsoconsultwithexperts,professors,specialistsinthespecificfield,becausetheypossessthiskindofinformationandhavealotofpracticalexperienceinjournalselectionandpaperpublication.Theinformationandexperiencetheyprovidecanbeverypreciousandaccurate.

（4）TheInternet

Computerandcommunicationtechnologydevelopssoquicklythattheglobalcomputernetwork---theInternethasbeenverypopular.Currently,WorldWideWeb（WWW）isthemostpopularmediaintheInternet.WWWiseasyforuserstolearnandaccess.Therefore,mostofthefamousinternationalpublishers,journalsorperiodicals,andprofessionalsocietieshavebuilttheirownHomepagestoissueinformationintheInternet,whichawritercanuseifheknowstheUniversalResourceLocation（URL）oftheHomepagesofjournals.IfawriterdoesnotknowtheURL,hecanstillusethepowerfulsearchengines（e.g.,Yahoo,Lycos）whichcontainmillionsofentriesabouttheInternetintheirdatabasestofindthetargetURLandthenretrievewhatheneeds.AuthorscanalsouseE-mailtocontacteditorsdirectly.

4）AccountableFactors

Onthebasisoftheinformationabove,authorscanmakeaselectionamongprofessionaljournals.Inaddition,therearesomeotherfactorsthatshouldbetakenintoaccountwhentheydetermineatargetjournal.Theauthorsaresupposedtoanswerthefollowingquestions:

（1）ProfessionallySuitable?

Authorsshouldgettoknowthemainfeaturesoftheirtargetjournals（e.g.,mainpurposes,thescopeofspecialty,thecriteriaofpaperselection,theprospectivereaders,etc.）,andthetargetjournalshouldbesuita