Proof of a paper refers to the proof printed for proofreading after typesetting or plate making, and the proof printed for the last time is called proof.

This is a publishing term, which can be specifically understood as that when the paper is to be published, the editor will print out a first draft of the magazine to facilitate proofreading and typesetting. After the editor modifies the sample, the printed sample can be called a sample, and then the sample can be sent to the workshop for modification, and then it can be distributed.

Extended data

Paper proof mainly includes the following contents:

1, title, abstract and key words in Chinese and English;

2, the author's name, unit, address and postal code and footnote content;

3, the title of the text, the title and text and numbers in the chart;

4. Physical quantity symbols and their unit cells, upper and lower corner markers and vectors appearing in texts and formulas;

5, the position of the reference in the text and the items marked after the text (journal name, year, volume, issue, page number, etc.). ).