导致国内科研论文被退稿的九大错误.pdf

Nine Errors that Cause Chinese Research Papers to be Rejected Dr. Steve Wallace Introduction • Teach at National Taiwan University, National Chiao Tung University, National Ting Hwa University and ITRI technical writing teacher and editor • Written 13 textbooks used in 28 universities • The Publication Challenge • Consider the following statistic: • “The chance that a typical paper of average quality will get a favorable recommendation from both referees is about 11% (= 1/9).” • - 1993 APS OBSERVER newsletter, a publication of the American Psychological Society. What Causes Rejection of ESL Papers? • “The little things” • Editor, Journal of Retailing. • “Maybe there are some good ideas in the paper, but after a couple pages with mistakes, I just don’t care” Reasons for major revision or rejection of journal papers Faulty methodology Inadequate references 7% 7% 4% Poor quality supporting figures 16% 9% Outside the scope of journal Not enough contribution to field 7% 2% Authors did not follow manuscript instructions Poor writing style and use of English 8% Title not representative of study English Errors 27% Subject of little novel interest or not generally 13% applicable Poorly written discussion Writing Errors that Cause Revision and Rejection