Before writing an English article, I always find it extremely difficult to write an English article. Coupled with hearsay, listening to those experienced people talk about how long the review cycle is, how difficult it is to answer the review opinions, and how complicated the whole process is, I always have a fear of sending English SCI articles. I comforted myself for a while, so I will write articles in Chinese in my life. As long as the research results are good, Chinese can still attract the attention of others. Later, when I was abroad, I had to write articles in English. After a while, I found it not difficult to send English articles, and it was not as difficult as I thought.

Please look at the following analysis:

First of all, most English periodicals (published in Britain and America) are included in SCI, which is much larger than the proportion of Chinese periodicals selected in SCI among all Chinese periodicals, so it is basically unnecessary to consider whether the selected English periodicals are included in SCI when submitting a manuscript. As long as it is the periodical where the frequently read literature is located, it is basically true.

In China, there are Chinese core journals and sci-tech core journals, and the Chinese core is a little higher than the sci-tech core. Some Chinese core journals are included in SCI, but few sci-tech core journals are included. Then if you change to English journals, it will become SCI journals with high impact factors and SCI journals with low impact factors. There is only the difference of periodical level, and there is no difference between SCI and non-SCI.

SCI * * * contains more than 3,700 journals, so if divided by research fields, an article can find dozens of journals that can be contributed. If it is an interdisciplinary article, there are many journals suitable for submission. On the other hand, there are 4-5 first-class periodicals in each field. The number of articles published in each issue is limited, and many domestic units have requirements for publishing articles. With a large number of scientific researchers and a limited number of first-class periodicals, the employment rate of articles is greatly reduced. So it's better to take the initiative and contribute directly to English journals. Writing English articles is a bit bitter at first, but it will bring a broader road.

On the whole, the review cycle of English periodicals is shorter than that of Chinese periodicals. Of course, the comparison here is between ordinary SCI journals and domestic first-and second-rate journals. Some second-and third-rate periodicals in China make a living by collecting page fees. The quality control of articles is not strict. Editors think that similar articles are hired, and the revision of articles is mainly done by the author. This review cycle is really short. However, the evaluation cycle of domestic first-class journals is relatively long, mainly because scholars with strong academic ability usually take some administrative posts, and they are usually busy, so the evaluation naturally delays for a long time.

In terms of peer review opinions, foreign peer review opinions are indeed more professional and more difficult to answer. But from another angle, this is not a good opportunity to improve your ability. A straightforward opinion is much better than a general review opinion. Moreover, the peer review opinions of foreign journals are basically free from malicious comments despised by peers.

In addition, these submission steps can be handed over to professional paper companies, such as www.enago.cn. To sum up, publishing English papers is not as difficult as expected.