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1、PuttingscienceattheheartofdevelopmentHome>PracticalGuidesPRACTICALGUIDESHowdoIsubmitapapertoascientificjournal?MaxineClarkeNature11February2008
2、ENFlickr/cudmoreMaxineClarketakesusthroughtheprocessesinvolvedinsubmittingapapertoascientificjournal.Beforesubmittingapa
3、pertoascientificjournal,twofactorsshouldbekeptinmind.Thefirstistheneedtoensurethatyouhaveaclear,logicalmessage.Thesecondistopresentyourpaperinthecorrectformatforthejournaltowhichyouintendtosubmitthepaper.Thefirstoftheseisthemostimportant.Howevercarefulandbeautiful
4、thepresentation,apaperwillnotbepublishedunlessithasaclear,soundconclusion(editorsofreputablejournalswillalwaysbehappytoadviseauthorswhosescientificconclusionsarepublishablebutwhohavedifficultyinpresentingtheseconclusionsin,say,aforeignlanguage).Beforesubmittingapa
5、per,therefore,besurethatyouhavesomethingimportantandpublishabletosay.Toknowthis,youshoulddiscussyourresultswithothersworkinginthefield,bothinyourowninstitutionandelsewhere.Thebestwaytodothisistopresentyourresultsatscientificmeetings—ifyoucangettothem.Anadditional(
6、oralternative)strategyistojoinanemaillistrelevanttoyourfield,andusethattoobtainfeedbackaboutyourresearchplans,andlearnaboutresultsfromothersinthefield.Discussyourideasandproposedpaperwithpeoplewhoseworkyourespectandadmire.Itmaybeagoodideatosendoneortwokeyscientist
7、sabriefsummaryofyourpaper,andaskthemtosendyousomeinformalcommentsonwhetheritisworthyourwhilewritingafullpaper,orifwhetheryoushouldtodosomemoreworkfirst(andifso,what).UsetheInternetandemailifyoucannotspeaktopeopledirectlyatmeetings.Ifyoucandiscussyourworkbytelephon
8、e,thendoso;butsendtherecipientasynopsisordraftofyourproposedpublicationfirst,sothatyouhavesomethingconcretetodiscuss.WritingadraftWhenyouaresureyouarereadytowriteupthepaper,prepareafirstdraft,includingthefigures,andrepeattheconsultationprocess.Askpeopleatthisstage
9、whichjournaltheythinkwouldbemostappropriateforpublicationofyourwork.Onceyoufeelyouhaveasolidconclusiontopresent,youneedtoprepareafinaldraftofyourpaper(s
