省部重点实验室
第1楼2013/01/02
论文准备不当
1. 未遵守期刊对作者的规定
2. 句子表达不简练明确
3. 标题、摘要及/或投稿信无说服力
4. 冗长及过度使用专业术语
5. 大量的粗心错误,如错误的文法或拼字
6. 图表设计很差
非英语母语的作者通常面临另一个问题:同行评审员不一定能明确区分论文内容和写作风格。因此,即使是高质量的研究,其论文也可能会获得负面评价[15]。但是,通过寻求英语母语的朋友或同事对论文进行审查或对论文进行专业的编校或排版,就可很容易地解决这类问题。
与论文质量无关的退稿原因
低质量的论文并不是退稿的唯一原因。某些重要因素也会影响期刊的决定[8,11,16,17]:
空间限制:期刊拒绝高质量论文并非少见,其主要原因是空间不足。期刊都希望发表能代表期刊整个范围的各种主题。印本期刊只能发表有限数量的文章,因此其编辑尤其需要精心选择可发表的论文。开放获取期刊受这种限制相对较低,因为空间对他们不是什么大问题。
同行评审员的水平和经验:根据评审员的专业经验、教育背景和研究方向等,同行评审的质量也有很大的不同。
投稿量:由于众所周知的原因,投稿量越大的期刊退稿量也越大。例如:《自然》杂志每年的投稿量 为10,000篇,因此,即使是高质量的论文也难免遭到拒绝。
期刊的决策策略:各期刊的决定策略各有不同。例如:某些期刊会拒绝所有需要进行重大修改的的论文,而某些期刊则在不能确定论文的质量的情况下重新进行一轮同行评审。
期刊编辑在特定时间段内寻找特定主题的论文:有时,期刊编辑可能要出版一期专刊或只对当前的热门主题感兴趣。在这种情况下,编辑可能更倾向于接受更多论述特定主题的论文。
期刊收到多篇同一主题的论文:在这种情况下,期刊可能经过仔细选择后只发表其中的一篇而拒绝其它论文,其理由就是期刊已发表了一篇相同主题的论文。
省部重点实验室
第2楼2013/01/02
结论
期刊退稿有很多原因。或因研究或论文的质量,或因可完全避免的原因:如与期刊不匹配。另外,期刊因空间限制或其它问题而拒绝高质量论文也不罕见。上述为期刊退稿的某些最常见原因,但未涵盖所有的退稿原因。其它原因还包括腊肠论文、不符合伦理政策及剽窃等。
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