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FROM THE EDITORS PUBLISHING INAMJ—PART 3: SETTING THE HOOK 发布 INAMJ — — 第 3 部分： 设置钩 Editor’s Note: This editorial continues a seven-part series, “Publishing in AMJ,” in which the editors give suggestions and advice for improving the quality of submissions to the Journal. The series offers “bumper to bumper” coverage, with installments ranging from topic choice to crafting a Discussion section. The series will continue in December with “Part 4:Grounding Hypotheses.” -J.A.C 编者注： 这篇社论中继续七部分系列，发布在 AMJ，在其中编辑为提高杂志质量给出建议和意见。系列还提供的撞覆盖面，以分期的方式从选题到精心编制的讨论部分。该系列将继续在 12 月进行部分 4:Grounding-J.A.C。 Ten times. If this were AMJ Jeopardy, the category would be“introductions,” and “ten” would be the answer. What’s the question? You might be thinking of one, but this is actually the correct answer to two questions: 十倍： 如果这是 AMJ 岌岌可危，类别将介绍，和十就是答案。问题是什么？您可能会想的一个，但这是实际的两个问题的正确答案： On average, how many times do winners of the AMJ Best Article Award rewrite the introductions to their work? How many times did we rewrite this introduction? (Disclaimer: we’re still not satisfied.) 平均而言，多少次做 AMJ 最佳文章奖的得奖者重写到他们的工作介绍？ 多少次我们重写这个的介绍？（免责声明： 我们仍然不满意.) We all know that articles are like dates: first impressions matter. Although it is typically the shortest section of an article,the introduction (i.e.,the opening few pages, before the literature review) determines whether or not readers will continue reading. The introduction provides the interpretive frame that shapes how reviewers read a manuscript during the review process. If reviewers are intrigued by the research question, appreciate its importance, and understand how the study advances understanding of the topic, they are more likely to look for reasons to recommend revision. If reviewers are not excited after reading the introduction,they are more inclined to look for reasons to reject. 我们都知道文章就像日期： 第一印象重要。虽然它通常是一篇文章，介绍 (i.e.,the 打开文学审查之前的几页） 的最短节用于确定是否读者继续阅读。介绍提供的解释性的框架，形状如何审阅者在审查过程中阅读了这份手稿。如果审阅者都对研究的问题有兴趣，欣赏其重要性，并了解如何进步了解该主题的研究，他们是更有可能寻找原因，建议修