1. 首先一定要注意杂志的发表范围;另外,每个杂志都有他们的具体格式要求,一定要按照他们的要求把论文写好。
2. 论文写作一定要言简意赅,特别是摘要、引言和结论部分。摘要和结论不能重复。摘要是引人入胜的"药引子",要留悬念;而结论是你论文得出的有证据的东西,要简单明了。另外,很多人认为数据越多发表的可能性越大,但很多论文很烂只是数据的简单堆积;所以,论文的重点应该在观点上,保证一篇论文一个新观点,已经足够了。
3. 投稿时,一定要找和你做研究内容相近领域的专家作评阅人,最好是国外的。
4. cover letter要简单介绍你的工作的创新性,这样便于论文的快速发表,当然也应该客气几句,让编辑感到心里舒服,主要是夸杂志好之类的话;有人写cover letter,就是写上题目、然后说很荣幸投稿之类地话,也有人干脆把摘要全写上,这样个人认为不好,一定用两到三句话说明你论文“新”在哪,这个非常重要。
5. 前些时候看到论坛上很多人说不能写信催编辑,个人认为没关系,当然写信的时候要客气,说一些快速发表对于学术讨论和促进工作等方面的重要性之类的话。
6. 坚持就是胜利,按照审稿人的建议好好改你的论文,只要坚持投稿,就一定能够被接收的。如果论文被某杂志拒稿,但不提倡降低杂志质量再投(应该根据审稿人意见修改后找合适的杂志);有人认为低影响因子的杂志一定中的几率高,我也这么认为,但一般低影响因子的杂志论文出稿比较慢。
7. 英语不好没关系,但要能表达清楚你要的意思,而且等审稿人提出来时,一定要从头到尾改一遍,你会发现,这样多次发论文后,你的英语写作水平在一天天提高,拿两年前的论文过来,自己都感觉写得很烂。
再加两封催稿信。英语不好,但意思表达到了。
第一封,客气点!
Dear Prof. Dr. Editor ***
I submitted our latest work to your journal *** last November. I want to know the review process. If there are some reponses from the reviewers. Would you please tell me the results so that I can deal with it as early as possible? Please understand me that fast publication of our work is important for me.
I appreciate your contribution to the publication of the high quality papers.
Kind thanks to you for your care.
Best Regards
Yours sincerely
第二封,很不客气了,他们刚开始说他们的审稿周期很短,但近四个月了,也没消息,所以打算投别的地方。
Dear Dr. Prof. ***
I am sorry to make you in trouble. It takes too long for reviewing my manuscript (***) which was submitted to Journal "***". Generally, only about two months are necessary for the reviewing process on my usual submissions to other Journals. Hence, I decide to withdraw this submission.
I am sorry to make this decision. Please understand my condition because the rapid publication of my work is important for me and our group.
I hope that I have chance to get a rapid publication in this Journal in future.
Thank you for your attention and kind help.
Best Regards
Yours sincerely