High-level professional journals generally reflect the latest progress and frontier trends of their related majors through their published papers, keeping up with the latest development of science and technology, that is, papers represent the quality and status of their publications. For example, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is the largest professional society in the world, with more than 65,438+050 meetings organized or co-organized by it every year. In addition, more than 20 peer-reviewed journals have been published/kloc-0. One of the goals of the association is to promote the theory and practice in the fields of electricity, electronics, computer science and engineering. They tried to keep the members and non-members of the Institute informed of the latest technological developments in electrical, electronic and related fields through meetings and publications. From this point, we can see that the authors who intend to contribute to IEEE journals should at least be innovative, meaningful, cutting-edge and interesting to readers. Therefore, it is very necessary to know the level, policy and purpose of the publication before submission.
2. Select the contributing journals.
Experienced authors all know that it is necessary to choose the journals for submission before writing papers, that is, to study the market first and then develop products. To know the level of a publication and the professional scope of published articles, you can ask your peers or read the publication directly, or you can search for famous abstract indexes, such as EI (engineering index) and SCI (scientific citation index). These abstract indexes contain high-level publications. SCI also determines the "impact factor" reflecting the level of publications according to the citation rate of publications in a period of time. By consulting the impact factors of publications, we can also know their level in similar publications.
3. Please read the "Submission Instructions" carefully.
After selecting a submission publication, you should read the "Notes for Submission" carefully, which is the most important information to understand a publication, and all editors have repeatedly emphasized this point. Moreover, this step must be carried out before writing a paper. "Instructions for Submission" is generally on the front cover, back cover or website of a publication. What we need to know mainly includes: the purpose of the publication, the professional scope of the manuscript, the readers of the publication, the editing policy, the acceptance criteria of the manuscript, the format requirements of the manuscript, the length of the manuscript, the language of the manuscript, references, notes, illustrations/charts, and whether the text needs to be printed alternately (leaving room for editing). If the author's manuscript is rejected by one publication and intends to change to another publication, it is also necessary to "cut the manuscript" according to the "Guidelines for Submission" of that publication before sending it.
4. Understand the requirements of peer-reviewed journals for manuscripts.
Peer review is a common way of peer review for foreign high-level journals. The specific method is: the author will send the manuscript to the editorial department, and then send it to the relevant experts for review after the first trial, so as to evaluate the quality of the paper, that is, peer review. Experts are generally very familiar with periodicals and have a high professional background and attainments. They come from different work units, not necessarily editors, and most of them have contributed articles or are prolific authors themselves. Due to the different practices of specific publications, the names of experts may be made public or anonymous to the authors of the papers. Similarly, in order to be fair and just, the author's name may be open or anonymous to experts. The same manuscript is sent to several experts for review at the same time, and the number of experts is more or less, usually three or four. They carefully review the manuscript and give feedback to the editorial department or the author himself. It should be pointed out that the opinions of experts are not always correct. If the author disagrees with them, he can explain or forgive them, and don't give up easily. The main purpose of peer review is to control the quality of manuscripts and ensure that the submitted papers are readable, credible and meaningful. This is why it is generally believed that the academic level of published articles is higher than other types of documents such as conference documents after peer review.
Because each publication is different, the content of peer review is also different. The following is a summary of geophysical exploration and tectonic physics in the United States: Does the article meet the standards? Does it have wide international significance? Does it matter? Is the article novel? Does the technical level meet the standards of this journal? What is the quality of methods and mathematics? Is the title of the article clear? Is this article properly organized? Is it concise? Are all the references listed in the text? Are all the references cited in this article referenced? Is the length of the article appropriate? Does the manuscript need major language changes? Are all the tables and illustrations suitable? Is it necessary? Is the abstract informative? Are keywords appropriate and comprehensive? . Finally, in addition to grading the manuscript, experts should also write a comment on the title, abstract, preface, research methods, final results, conclusions, references, language proficiency and illustrations one by one. The editorial department will refer to their opinions and decide whether to publish or reject the manuscript after revision. According to the above introduction, the author suggests that authors who want to contribute to peer-reviewed journals can make a self-evaluation with their own manuscripts, or ask peer review before submitting them, so as to increase the possibility of their manuscripts being accepted.
5. Matters needing attention in paper writing
An editor said: editors always cherish their own pages, and readers cherish their own time. Scientific papers should be concise, clear and definite, without too many modifications and complicated sentences.
The topic should be concise and clear, closely related to the theme of the paper, and can attract readers. The length of the topic is generally limited to one line.
Some words are used to describe research results. Therefore, the abstract should be concise, clear and accurate. Structured abstracts are generally used for writing: a brief introduction to the research background, research purpose, methods to solve problems, paper topics, final results, conclusions and suggestions. This structure is adopted because it can fully reflect the content of the paper. Pay attention to the requirements of publications on the number of abstract words, generally between 150-300 words. The abstract should be written before the text. After the text is finished, come back and read the abstract, measure the text according to the abstract, see if it is clear and concise, and remove verbose and irrelevant content.
Keywords are sometimes called indexing terms or descriptors. The main purpose of keywords is to search papers by computer. Keywords can be taken from the title, abstract or standardized vocabulary of the topic. We should choose the most important words that can represent the theme of the paper. Keywords are usually located below the abstract.
The main body of the paper discusses in detail the theory, equipment or instruments used, experimental steps or procedures, experimental results, data and observation results, and discusses the significance, importance, possibility or value of practical application according to the experimental results.
Conclusion The conclusion should be based on the research results, and the conclusion should be consistent with the proposed proposition (inconsistency is one of the common mistakes). The conclusion can also include relevant research and suggestions that can be carried out on this basis.
Illustrations and tables Illustrations and tables play a great role in scientific and technological literature because they can explain a complex problem simply and clearly. The location of illustrations depends on the requirements of specific journals. Generally, it can be placed in the place mentioned in the article or at the end of the paper. The illustrations should be clear and easy to read, so as to avoid many descriptions in the illustrations (to be placed in the legend). Don't make the graphics and legends too small.
6, other matters needing attention and skills
(1) The symbols and formats used should be consistent.
(2) language consistency, pay attention to the consistency of using English and American languages.
(3) The abbreviations that appear for the first time in the article should be explained.
(4) Advocate the use of headings and subheadings in the text: this will highlight the key points, give readers clear content tips, and make the article more readable. Some editors suggest adding a title every six paragraphs.
(5) Don't send the same manuscript to several journals at the same time. Each periodical has its own style and format requirements. Write papers according to the requirements of publications. Multiple submissions will only increase the possibility of rejection.
7, the method of contributing to the editorial department
Learn how to submit a manuscript, the number of copies and the mailing address from the "Notes for Submission".