Protein and nutrition. Cell was founded at the beginning of this century. Co-founded by Higher Education Press, Beijing Academy of Life Sciences and China Biophysics Society, and distributed overseas by springer-Nature Group. 20 12 was first included in SCI. Its editorial department is located in the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has long been regarded as a periodical by its students (similar to Journal of Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Genetics, China Academy of Sciences). The editor-in-chief is a famous structural biologist and former director of the Institute of Biophysics, Academician Rao He Zi. From the background of its publication, the journal focuses more on structural biology. However, with the development of time, the journal has gradually become a comprehensive journal of biology, publishing not only biophysical research, but also basic cell biology, stem cells, virology, immunology and other aspects.
In 20 12, the first impact factor was 3.2 points, and in 20 19, it has risen to 10. 164 points. What is more striking is that the impact factor in the JCR report released in June this year is expected to be as high as 13.6 points, surpassing scientific progress, natural communication and Cell in one fell swoop. In view of the current political orientation, it has become a trend to support domestic periodicals. The document issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology clearly requires that the scientific research evaluation should adopt the representative system, and five representative works must include domestic journals. Therefore, domestic journals are bound to be the focus of competition among researchers in the future. Protein and nutrition. As a rare comprehensive journal of high-impact factor biology in China, Cell will surely get more attention and contribution.
The bureau said that "Yan value is combat effectiveness." The typesetting of a periodical largely reflects the orientation and professionalism of the periodical. The layout of this periodical is fresh and concise, very modern, and both the font and the overall layout design are first-class standards. And the cover of each issue has the style of a cell line magazine. At least from the aesthetic point of view, protein &; Cell has the ambition to become a high-quality periodical.
Second, protein &; Cell growth history
Of course, just like judging people, we should not only look at the appearance, but also look at the inner connotation. Then let's analyze protein &; How did Cell surpass the Journal of Cell Biology, which was founded more than 70 years ago, in terms of impact factors in just ten years? As can be seen from the following table, with 20 15 years as the node, magazines are on the rise, and their growth rate far exceeds that of domestic GPD. Just like a rocket, it quickly rose from 3-point magazine to 10-point magazine, and officially surpassed JCB with an IF IF 8.6. Through our detailed analysis, it is found that the rapid improvement of the journal's impact factors is due to the following reasons:
First, keep the number of posts small. For example, 20 18/20 19, the number of articles, comments and letters is 174, and JCB is 523. In the case of a small number of articles, a small number of highly cited articles will significantly improve the impact factor, which in turn is the reason why PNAS, a giant magazine with more than 3000 articles a year, is very stable.
Second, a large number of comprehensive articles have been published. For example, in the two years of 20 18/20 19, the number of reviews was 38, and each article was cited 19 times, which directly contributed 50.8% of the citations. JCB's contribution to the review is 22%. However, Cell Report, another comprehensive biological journal, only published 1 review, and its contribution rate to the total citation was only 0. 16%.
Third, a large number of research letters have been published. The healthy development of a research journal cannot rely entirely on comprehensive articles. Then, how to improve the layout of research-oriented articles and improve the impact factors at the same time? The calculation rule of the JCR report for the impact factor is: the numerator is the citation number of all the documents published in magazines in the third year of two years, the denominator is the number of articles and reviews in published documents, and their ratio is the impact factor. Therefore, if a large number of comments are published from the numerator, a large number of letters are published from the denominator. Before the revision of Nature, there was a column called Letter. The published research articles did not exceed four digits, and the denominator was not an article. Medical journals, such as Blood, publish nearly 5000 conference abstracts every year, which also contribute a lot of total citations without affecting the denominator value. Therefore, protein &; Cell has published 68 papers, accounting for 65438 08.9% of the total citations.
Third, submission suggestions
Having said that, the core question that readers want to ask most must be: protein &; Is Cell worth contributing? Xiao Gongzi personally believes that although the rapid growth of IF in periodicals is based on the calculation rules of IF, in terms of its article content and typesetting design, periodicals have the ambition and potential to grow into excellent periodicals. Rational use of IF calculation rules and improvement of influence are the only way for domestic journals to become bigger and stronger, which is understandable. What we care about when we study dogs is whether we can use the rules of periodicals to meet our own needs. I think contributing to this magazine has several advantages:
First, domestic descent is noble. One of the four self-confidence constructions is cultural self-confidence, and mastering the right to speak in scientific research is a sub-aspect of cultural self-confidence. The Ministry of Science and Technology and the Literature Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences attach great importance to domestic periodicals. The Ministry of Science and Technology requires that five representative works must include domestic periodicals; The periodical fascicle produced by the Documentation and Information Center of China Academy of Sciences forcibly promoted domestic periodicals to 1 area, and created an index other than the index for this purpose. It should be noted that Academy of Sciences 1 Region contains only the top 5% of the journals in this field theoretically, which are basically the top old journals or CNS sub-journals in various fields. Because of this rule, even PNAS and North Carolina are divided into two districts. The first field of JCR is the top 25% journals in this field, and the standards are much looser. Many schools, whether enrolling students or graduating classes, have zoning requirements for papers, some require Academy of Sciences 1 area, and some require JCR 1 area. The JCR 1 area is actually relatively easy to reach, while the Academy of Sciences 1 area is basically unattainable. Domestic journals provide us with a slightly easier way to publish papers in the Academy of Sciences 1 area. Therefore, in this respect, protein &; Cells are worth investing in.
Second, distribute high-scoring magazines by letter. As we mentioned earlier, protein &; Cell uses letter to improve the impact factor by nearly 20%, so can we use this? In fact, this type of research letter is rare. What we look at the longest is the nature before the revision. However, Nature clearly points out that there is no difference between letter and text in science, and they are all research articles of Nature. There are relatively few pictures on the letter, and the research is more concise, but there are quite a few supplementary materials, even reaching dozens of pages, which is a compromise choice caused by the lack of paper magazines. And protein &; After careful investigation, I found that the acceptance standard of Cell Letter is obviously lower than that of the article. There are often only two figures in the text and few data in the annex, and the scientific issues it discusses are obviously not as popular as the article. Persuasively, the average number of citations in letters is also slightly lower than that in articles, which also confirms our speculation. So I suggest that if you have confidence in the integrity and innovation of your work, but the heat or depth may be slightly insufficient, you can try the letter column of this magazine. It should be noted that this journal's letter is a pure research paper, not a simple letter, so it fully meets the graduation requirements of major universities.
Third, it is extremely friendly to domestic research. As we all know, scientific research is a winner-take-all competitive industry, and the person who publishes his works first will basically get all the honors. Submission is a long process, and everyone is worried that hot issues will be robbed or published because of political factors. One of the reasons why the state supports domestic periodicals is to master the right to speak in scientific research and eliminate the influence of factors other than scientific research on the publication of articles. For example, in the Han Chunyu incident, 20 scholars at home and abroad quickly signed a letter in the form of protein &; Cell published an article entitled "Questions about NgAgo". Huang Jun of Sun Yat-sen University used gene editing technology to repair the mutation that caused thalassemia in human embryos. He repeatedly hit a wall in foreign magazines and was soon published in Protein &; Cell, the author was also elected as the annual scientific figure selected by Nature magazine.
So to sum up the above points, protein &; Cells have investment value. It is a good choice if the old high-scoring magazine fails to submit.
Fourth, the submission experience
Finally, let's take a look at the submission experience of netizens, whose data comes from the sharing of netizens.
1. Experience sharing: a very good domestic magazine! 1. The editing is very professional! The response speed of the entire editorial department is particularly fast! Whether it is submitted for trial or maintenance, it will be handled within 3 days, even during the epidemic. 2. The review period is 2 weeks. Three reviewers of our article made professional comments, and all the flaws were found out one by one. I even found a comma error ... (covering my face). 3. Publish 2-3 articles and 3-5 research letters per issue. At the beginning of our article, the article failed to meet the requirements of the article, and finally it was published as a letter.
2. Our article was submitted for review in the last 3 days, and it took 10 days for review. The evaluation opinions were decided two days after they came back, which was very efficient. The opinions of reviewers A and B are generally reliable, which makes the experiment reasonable. At that time, we were tricky with one of the judges, C. Let's make this up. . . . Later, in the second round, the editor wrote his own opinion that an article could tell a story well, and did not let us continue to make up the experiment according to the opinion of reviewer C.
There are few articles in computer magazines, most of which are letters. Our article was submitted for the first time and was rejected after the first trial. Later, I made up the experiment for a year and voted again. After the trial, I still can't meet the requirements of articel. The editor asked me whether I should change it into a letter publication. We have studied pc letters for nearly 3 years, and we feel good. Master's degree is 2 years, and sending a letter is enough. I hope I can work hard to send articles in the future!
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