How to submit your manuscript?

9 November 2011

Leo Jiang

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Researcher reads journals & books Comes up

with a research project

Gets funding

Does research

Writes article or books

Passes peer review

Article or books published

Publishing is an

indispensable part of

Scientific

Research

Cycle of Academic Research

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Publishing in English allows you to reach the broadest possible audience

English is the international language of science

 

Introduction

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Journal editors want to publish good quality science that is of interest to their readers

•Describes research that advances the field

• Is carefully prepared and formatted

•Uses clear and concise language

•Follows ethical standards

Before you begin

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Writing

Good readers make good writers!

Before you begin

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Seek out those unexplained findings, controversies, emerging fields

Read review literature including related fields

Talk with experts, attend conferences

Research topics can be identified by exploiting opportunities

Before you begin

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E-newsletterDatabase Table of Content

Reading Resources from Springer

http://weibo.com/springerchina

Before you begin

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Appropriateness of themes

Aims and scope

Target audience

Publishing frequency

Open-access or subscriber-based

Impact Factor

Cost

Publication type

Factors considered are:

Authors need to choose journals according to certain criteria

Choosing a journal

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Choosing a journal

• Talk to colleagues

• Read the journals product page and READ THE JOURNAL

• Read the aims and scope of the journal, does your paper fit the aims and

scope of the journal

• Read and follow the instructions for authors

• What are your priorities – e.g. speed of publication, impact factor, reach?

Choosing a journal

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Journal Selector by 理文编辑

Choosing a journal

www.liwenbianji.cn/journal_selector

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Derntl, M. (1999) Basics of Research Paper Writing and Publishing. Unpublished manuscript—Revision 2.1—September 2009, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vienna, Austria.

Preparing your manuscript

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By linking, scientific writing evolves in the same way as telling a story

Expanded IMRaDTitleAbstractIntroduction Methods ResultsDiscussionConclusionsAcknowledgementsReferencesAppendices

Fulfills readerexpectations

Preparing your manuscript

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write after selecting target journal

The order of writing your manuscript in the IMRaD format starts with the easiest

write last

The easiest to write is …

Methods and Results

Discussion and Introduction

write during the research

Preparing your manuscript

Title and Abstract

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Cover letters

---A good cover letter will help “sell” your manuscript to the journal editor.

Common phrases:

• Please find enclosed our manuscript, “[manuscript title]” by [first author's name] et al.,

which we would like to submit for publication as a [publication type] in [name of the journal].

• To our knowledge, this is the first report showing…

• We believe our findings would appeal to the readership of [journal name].

• Please address all correspondence to:

• We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.

All cover letters should contain these sentences:

• We confirm that this manuscript has not been published elsewhere and is not under

consideration by another journal.

• All authors have approved the manuscript and agree with its submission to [insert the name

of the target journal].

Preparing your manuscript

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Electronic submission

• Electronic submission substantially reduces the editorial processing and reviewing times

and shortens overall publication times

Submitting

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Please register firstly

Submitting

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Please click here to start

your submission

Submitting

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Successful

Submitting

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Submission to publication 3 months – 12 months

Journal publishing timelines can vary depending on editor and reviewer

Manuscript submitted

Editor elects rapid rejection OR

peer review

Reviewers evaluate accept, revise OR reject

Editor assigns reviewers

Article Publica

tion!

Revise manuscript

Peer review

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Article Tracking – track the status of your article during production

Congratulations

Peer review

25Publication ethics

DO NOT…

AND I REPEAT, …

DO NOT

•Data fabrication and falsification

•Plagiarism

•Multiple submissions

•Redundant publications

•Improper author contribution or attribution

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Summary

Submit

• Identify appropriate journal

• Well prepared manuscript and introductory letter

• Recommend appropriate reviewers

• Keep in touch with editors

Re-submit

• Response to reviewer’s comments point by point

• Highlight corrections in your revision

• Submit your rebuttal of reviewers’ comments to editor (If necessary)

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Springer Author Academy (http://www.springer.com/authors/journal+authors/training)

How to submit your book manuscript

29http://www.springer.com

Subject area

30http://www.springer.com/chemistry

If you want to publish your book, please contact the

editor

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Contact our editors in China

How to submit your manuscript to Springer

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Outline/AEQ/(Sample, Author CV, Recommendations)

WritingSample CheckMS Check

Proof Check Publication

Review

Process of Book Publication

33http://www.springer.com/authors/book+authors

Book authors can access

detailed guidelines

from Springer.com

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Relevant books on SpringerLink

• From Research to Manuscript• A Guide to Scientific Writing

• Katz, Michael Jay

• ISBN 978-1-4020-9466-8

• http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-1-4020-9467-5

• English for Writing Research Papers• Wallwork, Adrian

• ISBN 978-1-4419-7921-6

• http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-1-4419-7922-3

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• Concise summaries of cutting-edge research and practical

applications comprising 50 to 125 pages.

• Included as part of Springer’s eBook collection, with

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