If you want to publish a paper on HowNet, you generally need to follow the following steps:

1. Choosing a journal: First, you need to choose a suitable academic journal, which can be selected according to your own research field and thesis theme. You can find the corresponding journals on HowNet to understand the submission requirements and processes of journals.

2. Prepare a paper: write a complete paper to ensure that the content is rigorous, the structure is clear, the language is fluent, and it meets the submission requirements of the journal.

3. Submission: To submit a contribution to the editorial department of a journal, you usually need to submit the title, abstract, keywords, text, references and other materials of the paper. You can contribute online through the periodical submission system of HowNet, or by mail or email.

4. Review: the editorial department of the journal conducts a preliminary review of the paper and makes amendments or rejections as needed.

5. Review: After passing the preliminary review, the paper will be reviewed by anonymous experts, and the reviewers will review the paper according to the quality, innovation, academic value and other factors.

6. Revise and submit: According to the reviewer's opinion, the author needs to revise the paper and submit the revised manuscript to the journal editorial department again.

7. Hire for publication: If the paper is finally hired by the journal, the author needs to sign a publishing contract and pay the publishing fee. Journals will typeset and proofread papers and finally publish them on HowNet.

It should be noted that the submission requirements and processes of different journals may be different, so it is necessary to read the submission guide of journals carefully and submit according to the requirements.