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近日小编听了Cell编辑的报告，介绍了其杂志社的审稿过程以及一些小建议，整理分享给大家。
在你的paper提交到publication平均需要151天，具体的过程以及所需时间如下：
1.Paper submitted 4~5days from submission
2.Review or return to author 31days from submission
3.Return reviewers reports and decision 2~3 months routinely allocated for revision
4.Submit revised version 14 days from resubmission
5.Final decision(after re-review if necessary)
其中编辑给了大家一些建议：
1.Pick the right journal
Read the Aims and Scope page
Does the journal publish on the topic?
• Look at the papers that you cite
• Do a literature search
The right journal will have editors who:
-know the field and the important questions being asked
-know reviewers
-can guide the process and resolve disputes
2.Tell a story
Title: keep it short
Abstract：write it for the readers
Manuscript structure: the chronology of the experiments is not important. Keep the logic of the experiments and the story front and center.
3.Cover letters
Don’t repeat the abstract, but convey your excitement in a personal manner
Summarize how your work builds upon what’s been done before and how it advances work in the field
Be precise. Be honest. Let us know what the work does not do.
Note competition and controversies.
Make reviewer suggestions and exclusions.
4. Main text
Simplicity is often a virtue
• Keep focus on the main points - with too many sick stones, the major points can get lost
• Ask yourself for each piece of data whether it is absolutely necessary to support the main story.
Do the same thing for each phrase in the paper
5. Main text
Help the reader understand your work with as little effort as possible.
---Use paragraph headings that describe concrete findings. And use similar language in figure tides.
— Put information where readers expect it.
Make use of color/shapes/etc in figures to highlight parts that you want readers to pay attention to.
Guide readers to specific pens of figures in the text.
6.Prior to submission
• Recruit colleagues outside of your area to read it
• Is the flow of logic clear?
• Is all the jargon defined?
• Do the experiments support the conclusions?
• If English is your second language ask a native speaker to
check for grammar and clarity.
• Pre-submission inquiries.
7. Responding to the review
• Feedback is a gift
• Focus on the scientific issues.
• Ask the editor for clarification.
• If you think we’ve missed something— tell us!
• If you think the reviewer is wrong about something, then try to see it as an honest mistake and address the issue as a misunderstanding.
• Put yourself in the reviewer’s shoes. Would the tone and content of the
rebuttal make you want to change your mind?
最后祝大家早日发Cell！！
