23. 淺談淺談 (EES)(EES) 投稿系統 – 論文投稿系統 – 論文 (( 發表發表 )) 流程流程
Pre-Submission
Peer Review
Produc-
tion
Publication
Post
Publication
Automatic
Handover
Early
web presence
Online Refereeing
Prepare your
article
ELSEVIER
Editorial-Production
Fully citable
paper
Online
Submission
EES
24. Michael Derntl. Basics of Research Paper Writing and Publishing.
http://www.pri.univie.ac.at/~derntl/papers/meth-se.pdf
淺談淺談 (EES)(EES) 投稿系統 – 論文投稿系統 – 論文 (( 審稿審稿 )) 流程流程
25. 編輯的角色編輯的角色 RRole of Editorole of Editor
• Decides on what gets published
– type and standard of paper
• Sets editorial policies
– with editorial board & publishers’ editor
• Runs the peer review process
– Editor assigns article to (at least) 2 reviewers and
takes a decision based on recommendations of
reviewers comments.
26. 審查者的角色審查者的角色 Role of PeerRole of Peer ReviewerReviewer
• A methodological check
– soundness of argument
– supporting data and cited references
• Done by two anonymous academics
– (“the reviewers”)
• Reviewers peer review without payment
– costs of administering the selection of reviewers, postage
and document costs are borne by the journal
• On average 30% more papers are reviewed than published
27. 同儕審查流程同儕審查流程 Peer review ProcessPeer review Process
• Varies from journal to journal
• Peer review is the standard
– other scientists comment on quality, accuracy and suitability
of manuscript for publication in the journal
• Today, most journals reject some paper prior to peer review (on
basis of Editor’s own evaluation)
• Usually 2-3 reviews sought (per manuscript)
• Aim for first decision within 2-10 weeks
• Submission and review for most journals online (via EES)
• Authors can track the progress of their manuscript online
32. 文章審核標準文章審核標準 Criteria for Article EvaluationCriteria for Article Evaluation
• Does the article fit the aims and scope of the Journal?
• Is the research novel and does it add to the existing
body of knowledge?
• Are the right conclusions drawn from the data
presented?
• Is it of international relevance?
• Is it well-presented in proper English?
33. | 33
審 過程查審 過程查 :: 通過通過 // 拒絕拒絕 ReviewReview process - decisionsprocess - decisions
• Decision by Editor usually fall into four categories:
– Reject
• varies by journal, 30% - 90% is typical range
– Major revision required
• will require further refereeing (may still get rejected)
– Minor revision required
• likely to be accepted once changes made (often not
sent for further review)
– Accept immediately
• very rare
34. 為何論文被拒絕為何論文被拒絕 ?? Why Papers get Early RejectionWhy Papers get Early Rejection ??
Aims and scope
• Paper is of limited interest or covers local issues
only (sample type, geography, specific product,
etc.).
• Paper is a routine application of well-known
methods
• Paper presents an incremental advance or is
limited in scope
• Novelty and significance are not immediately
evident or sufficiently well-justified
Preparation
• Failure to meet submission requirements
• Incomplete coverage of literature
• Unacceptably poor English
35. 重要提醒重要提醒 && 訣竅訣竅 !! 切勿直接重投被退論文 給它家期刊切勿直接重投被退論文 給它家期刊
Never treat publication as a lottery by resubmitting a rejectedNever treat publication as a lottery by resubmitting a rejected
manuscript directly to another journal without any significant revision!!!manuscript directly to another journal without any significant revision!!!
It won’t save any of your time and energy…It won’t save any of your time and energy…
• The original reviewers (even editors) may eventually
find it, which can lead to animosity towards the author.
• 秘訣 建議 A suggested strategy
In your cover letter, declare that the paper was rejected
and name the journal.
– Include the referees’ reports and a detailed letter of
response, showing how each comment has been
addressed.
– Explain why you are resubmitting the paper to this
journal, e.g., this journal is a more appropriate
journal; the manuscript has been improved as a
result of its previous review; etc.
36. 語言矯正服務語言矯正服務 : Language Editing Services: Language Editing Services
• Elsevier negotiated competitive rates with the following service
providers for our authors:
– American Journal Experts (www.journalexperts.com)
– Asia Science Editing (www.asiascienceediting.com)
– Diacritech Language Editing Services (www.languageedit.com)
– Edanz Editing (www.edanzediting.nl)
– International Science Editing
(www.internationalscienceediting.com)
– ScienceDocs Editing Services (www.sciencedocs.com)
– SPI Publisher Services (www.prof-editing.com)
• provide language and copy editing services globally to authors
• will not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication in an
Elsevier journal.
• Please note: Elsevier neither endorses nor takes responsibility for any
products, goods or services offered by these vendors
Notas del editor
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(USERS’ NEEDS)
- Increasing amounts of information becoming available (either published in peer-reviewed literature or, more and more so, on the web)
- The “next generation” of users being Google-addicts
- Older generations of academic faculty know that not all scholarly information can be found via web search engines, but frustrated by having to search through many different (often duplicate) resources
- Time pressure: users have a need to quickly review information available to them and decide on its relevance
(LIBRARY NEEDS)
- Librarians frustrated by the Google trend, but ‘brick’ libraries giving way to ‘click’ libraries means that they have less and less contact with their users
- Users are no longer expert searchers; many do not use A&I controlled vocabularies. Librarians know this is not an efficient way of searching, but don’t have the resources or the face-time anymore to train users in expert searching
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All of this led to the need for Scopus – these quotes from users and librarians (all recent, and all found on various listservs and webblogs, etc., as well as from our own research) illustrate the point.
Daily updates = High priority on currency:
- 3000 titles in Scopus are loaded via e-flow (faster processing)
e.g., Physics Chemistry journal is indexed in both Physics and Chemistry subject area.
- adding up all the five subject categories comes to 15,650 journals. This means that 1,650 journals are indexed in two subject areas.
e.g., Physics Chemistry journal is indexed in both Physics and Chemistry subject area.
- adding up all the five subject categories comes to 15,650 journals. This means that 1,650 journals are indexed in two subject areas.
Scopus covers journals from all geographical regions including non-English titles (with English abstracts)
So how do we make sure that researchers don’t miss anything new?
The first thing we had to do (and continue to do) was ensure Scopus covered everything they needed:
- this meant Scopus had to be inter-disciplinary, the demand for an all-science platform was increasing
- Scopus needed to include a range of content types – peer-reviewed articles of course but also open access journals and other content types such as conference proceedings and Web content.
We continue to include what researchers demand by ensuring subject librarians and top scientists prioritise our new additions in a Content Selection Committee (in the process of being formed).