Advice to Chinese authors on writing preparation.pdf

1Current status of Chinese articles 2 Current status of Chinese articles Fr 05 Ger 05 Gr 05 Sp 05 Aus 05 Ger 99 Fr 99 Sp 99 Aus 99 Gr 99 Ru 99 In 99 S K 99 Br99 Tw 99 Tk 99 Mx99 In 05 S K 05 Br 05 Tw 05 Tk 05 Mx 05 China 99 China 05 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40 - 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 Number of papers Fi el d W ei gh te d R el at iv e Im pa ct High quantity – exponential growth since 1999 Low quality – China is at 70% of the world average 专业英文论文修改服务 - EssayS 3Chinese articles are accepted much less than American ones 24%15%26%15%24%14%China 2007(Jan – Jun38%40%42%Total 51%17%55%16%58%20%US Rate of acceptance % of submissions Rate of acceptance % of submissions Rate of acceptance % of submissions * Selection of Elsevier Editorial Outflow Statistics * Number of submissions from the country / Total number of submissions Elsevier received. 4 So what is the problem? “A great deal of excellent research is submitted from China.” But, “I have encountered the following serious issues…” Multiple submissions Submission of a paper already published in Chinese Plagiarism (especially of small parts of a paper)” “The following problems appear much too frequently” Papers which are clearly out of scope Failure to format the paper according to the Guide for Authors Inappropriate (or no) suggested reviewers Inadequate response to reviewers Inadequate standard of English Resubmission of rejected manuscripts without revision – Paul Haddad, Editor, Journal of Chromatography A 5And who has to deal with it? Editors and reviewers: the most precious resource of a journal! practicing scientists, even leaders in their fields busy people doing their own research, writing and teaching, and working for journals in their spare time, to contribute to science Editors may receive a small payment, but reviewers are UNPAID These are scientists; just like you! Make their life easy by preparing well This workshop will tell you how 6 Why d