《【推荐研究生阅读之1】How+to+pulish+a+(good)+Paper_SCYan》.ppt

摘自Yaqing Zhang的讲座   颜水成 2004.5.27 提纲 什么时候开始写? 什么是一篇好文章? 如何让一篇好文章发表? When to write a paper? Passion with your invention/concept Compelled to speak and write Truly novel concept/algorithm/procedure/architecture Vision and survey that provide value for the community Solid and mature results What is a Good Paper ? Well-Defined Problem Simple and Compelling Clear Contributions Reliable and Reproducible Results Good structure and logic flow Frequent Referrals A few misconceptions The more, the better Many new ideas The more selling, the better First-ever, the best, breakthrough The more authoritative, the better Excessive use of own references and previous work How to Publishing a Paper Before Submissions – Choose a journal or conference Journals - for formal evaluation Conferences - for quick presentation and interaction After Submissions – Communicate with Reviewers/Editors Reviewers’ comments Revisions Handling rejections Before Submissions – choose the right publications Review Process 1: Submit your paper to the Editor-in-Chief (EIC) 2: EIC assigns a responsible Associate Editor (AE) 3: AE identifies 3-5 anonymous reviewers 4: AE makes a preliminary decision based on the comments 3-6Mon Acceptance (w/o or w/ minor revisions) Major revisions ( = Step 3) Rejection 5: AE makes final recommendation to EIC regarding the status of the paper 6: EIC makes the final decision and inform the author 7: Author then works with the Publication Editor (PE) to get the paper published Rebuttal When You submit a rebuttal Point-by-point detailed response to each reviewer Constructive and positive Clear and to-the-point Responsive ( 1 month) It’s fine to disagree with the reviewers, AE may be on your side If there are many disagreements, exchange emails w/ AE in advance, to minimize the # of rounds You need to make some compromise, but not on principles It’s your paper ! Reviewers carefully read my paper [T][F] [F] A review typically makes up his/her mi