Every newspaper and magazine has its own specific policy and purpose (periodical) and its own readers. Before submitting a manuscript, we should understand this and find out whether its publishing cycle is bimonthly, quarterly, monthly or bimonthly or weekly. If it is a newspaper, it is a daily newspaper, a Tuesday newspaper, a weekly newspaper or a bimonthly or monthly newspaper. Next, we need to know what columns have been published in various newspapers and what articles have been published in each column. If possible, you should also learn about the history of newspapers and periodicals, see what articles have been published in recent years, compare your research questions with your papers, whether anyone has studied and written them before, what is the current research situation, from what angle you have published such articles before, and whether your articles have been innovative and developed. In addition, we should also study the trends and trends of newspapers and periodicals, and what kind of hot manuscripts will be next. Finally, it depends on which newspapers and columns your article is suitable for. When submitting a manuscript, it is best to indicate the column name on the envelope so that the editor can handle the manuscript timely and accurately. In order to do this, we must read more newspapers and periodicals at ordinary times, at least know the latest catalogue, so that we can be targeted when submitting articles, and we will not send the manuscripts of chemistry teaching in middle schools to newspapers and periodicals suitable for primary school students.

For example, Chemistry Education, the authoritative magazine of middle school chemistry teaching research, is a comprehensive academic monthly magazine sponsored by chinese chemical society. The column introduction of "Chemical Education" and the essay on "Chemical Education" are often published in the first issue of each year. If you want to contribute to this magazine, you must study these two articles carefully. Other magazines such as Middle School Chemistry Teaching Reference and Middle School Chemistry will also introduce their readers, submission requirements, magazine columns and so on.

Step 2 pay attention to the timing

Teaching and research papers can be divided into two categories according to timeliness: one is time-sensitive and coordinated with teaching progress (for example, chemistry teaching in middle schools refers to new teaching materials and various synchronous exercises, etc.). ), the other is not effective and has nothing to do with the teaching progress. The latter can contribute at any time, while the former must master a certain amount of advance payment. In the end, how long to contribute in advance, the general newspapers and periodicals will remind readers and authors through newspaper enlightenment. Under normal circumstances, if there is no provision in the newspapers and periodicals, the bimonthly and monthly manuscripts should be 4-6 months in advance. Generally speaking, the more timely the news articles, the better. The shorter the publishing cycle of newspapers and periodicals, the smaller the advance payment. "Monday morning quarterback" is the most taboo and generally not a very good manuscript. Monday morning quarterback is difficult to publish. For example, manuscripts related to the content to be learned at the beginning of next semester are generally distributed during holidays at the end of last semester at the latest to provide reference for teachers to prepare lessons. If you wait until you have finished teaching this part and then throw it out, it will be "Monday morning quarterback", and such a manuscript is not very valuable. This creates a contradiction, because most of the manuscripts related to the teaching progress are studied and written after problems are found in teaching, and the opportunity to contribute has already been missed. What shall we do? The author's experience is that you can write it first, process it slowly and carefully, and then throw it at the right time next year, so that the cold-worked manuscript will be more mature. Some newspapers and periodicals have been used for several months or even half a year, even if it is only one month, because it is impossible to contribute more than one manuscript, and it is too late to vote for other newspapers and periodicals after receiving the reply. In this case, the above method can also be adopted, but it is best to keep the release record and write down the release time and target. What was the result? Know what to do when submitting again.

3. Pay attention to the standard format.

If the manuscript is handwritten, pay attention to writing carefully, neatly and clearly, without typos and accurate punctuation, and be sure to copy it clearly with checkered manuscript paper, indicating the number of words per page. If it is a printed manuscript, you should also pay attention to the fact that the number of words should not be too small. The general text should be the third or third word, and the number of pages and words should be indicated in the footer for reference when editing and typesetting. Editorial departments of newspapers and periodicals generally do not take back written and copied manuscripts. Many newspaper editorial departments have detailed and clear requirements on the format of manuscripts, so they should study them carefully before submitting them. The format of a formal paper should be the title, the mailing address under the title, the postal code enclosed in brackets after the mailing address, and the author's name after the space. A long paper should have a "summary" of 200-300 words, with no more than five keywords before the text, which can save time and understand the main points when editing and reading the manuscript. Usually, the "citation source" or "remarks" and the main bibliography should be indicated at the back of the text, and the title, publisher name, edition and author should be clearly written in the bibliography. If it is the first submission, it is best to add "author profile" at the end of the article, which is convenient for editors to understand the situation and establish the author file, which is also the need of self-improvement. Of course, the introduction must be realistic and not boastful, because the final adoption of the manuscript is not determined by your introduction, but the quality of the manuscript, and the fundamental thing to improve the hit rate is the quality of the manuscript.

4. Properly control the number of words

Different journals have different requirements for the number of words in their papers, and there are great differences. Some people like long stories, while others like short ones. When submitting a manuscript, we should study the articles published in various journals and sum up some rules, so that the manuscript can be targeted. Generally speaking, the articles sent to newspapers and periodicals should be as short as possible, the topics should be small, practical and operable, so that others can be inspired and educated or can use them; The papers participating in the selection should be more theoretical, with slightly larger topics and more words, so as to make the problem clear. Usually, when the department that organizes the topic selection of a paper gives notice or inspiration, it has clear requirements on the topic selection, format and number of words of the paper, and it should be paid full attention to when writing. If there is no requirement, the author thinks that the number of words in the selected papers should be 3000-5000 words, generally not less than 3000 words and not more than 7000 words. As long as the topic is discussed clearly, don't worry too much about the number of words. As far as published articles are concerned, the number of words varies greatly, which is mainly related to the nature of the topic, the capacity of newspapers and periodicals, some readers and other factors. Generally, topics with strong theoretical nature can be slightly longer.