以下是英文投稿过程中的十种状态。
1. Submitted to Journal
当上传结束后，显示的状态是Submitted to Journal，这个状态是自然形成的无需处理。
2. With editor
如果在投稿的时候没有要求选择编辑，就先到主编那里，主编会分派给别的编辑。这当中就会有另两个状态：
①Editor assigned编辑分派
②Editor Declined Invitation编辑拒绝邀请，这时主编不得不将投稿文章重新分派给其它编辑。
3. Reviewer(s) invited
说明编辑已接手处理，正在邀请审稿人中。有时该过程会持续很长时间，如果其中原因是编辑一直没有找到合适的审稿人，这时投稿者可以向编辑推荐审稿人。
4. Under review
审稿人的意见已上传，说明审稿人已接受审稿，正在审稿中，这应该是一个漫长的等待（期刊通常会限定审稿人审稿时间，一般为一个月左右）。当然前面各步骤也可能很慢的，要看编辑的处理情况。如果被邀请审稿人不想审，就会decline，编辑会重新邀请别的审稿人。
5. required review completed
审稿结束，等编辑处理，该过程短则几天，长则无期，科学堂有一篇文章出现required review completed状态已近一个月了，还是没有消息。
6. Decision in Process
到了这一步就快要有结果了，编辑开始考虑是给修改还是直接拒，当然也有可能直接接受的，但可能性很小，呵呵。
7. Minor revision/Major revision
小修/大修，这个时候可以稍微庆祝一下了，因为有修改就有可能。具体怎么改就不多说了，谦虚谨慎是不可少的（因为修改后一般会再发给审稿人看，所以一定要细心的回答每一个审稿人的每一个问题，态度要谦逊，要让审稿人觉得他提的每个问题都很有水准的，然后针对他的问题，一个一个的做出答复，能修改的就修改，不能修改的给出理由，而且都要列出来，文章的哪一段哪一行修改了最好都说出来，记住：给审稿人减少麻烦就是给你自己减少麻烦！另注：有时，审稿人会在修改意见里隐讳里说出要你仔细阅读某几篇文献，这时可要注意了，其中某些文章可能就是评审者自己发表的，这时你最好在你的修改稿中加以引用），修改后被拒绝的例子也多不胜数的。8. Revision Submitted to Journal
修改后重新提交，等待编辑审理。
9. Accepted
如果不要再审，只是小修改，编辑看后会马上显示这个状态，但如果要再审也会有上面的部分状态。一步会比较快，但也有慢的。看杂志的。
10. Rejected
相信大家见了Rejected，都会很郁闷。但也不要太灰心，耐心将评审意见看
完，一般评审者会给出有益的建议，相信看后你会有所收获
稿外文期刊目前作为国内很多科研工作者都非常青睐的投稿方向，相比某些国内核心期刊来说，投稿外文期刊的难度相对较小，尤其是对于sci这类国际核心 投稿外文期刊目前作为国内很多科研工作者都非常青睐的投稿方向，相比某些国内核心期刊 来说，投稿外文期刊的难度相对较小，尤其是对于sci这类国际核心刊物。发表一篇sci论文，所带来的荣誉不可忽视 外文期刊投稿流程一般如下： 1、杂志官网首页，打开submit paper; 2、以通讯作者的身份register一个账号，然后以author login身份登录; 3、按照提示依次完成：Select Article Type、Enter Title、Add/Edit/Remove Authors、Submit Abstract、Enter Keywords、Select Classifications、Enter Comments、Request Editor、Attach Files; 4、最后下载pdf，确保无误后，方可到投稿主页approve submission或直接submit。 5、文章送达，证明投稿成功。若投稿时未要求选择编辑，则先到主编处，主编会分派 给副主编或者其他编辑。如果编辑接手处理了就会邀请审稿人了。 6、送审 7、审稿 8、表示审稿意见已经返回给编辑。 9、评估审稿人的意见，随后你将收到编辑给你的decision。 10、等待稿件处理意见。小修或大修，大修的也存在一定的拒稿率，而小修的绝大多数 是能够最后搞定的。又开始了一个循环。 11、 Accepted 接受or Reject 拒稿 发表sci论文的流程比较繁琐，而且需要与国外审稿人进行沟通，所以国内作者发表外 文期刊大多会选择国内正规的论文发表服务机构投稿。无论选择什么期刊，投稿的游戏规则 都是一样的：符合期刊主题，文本规范，论文长度适中。如果能做到这几点，论文就能更快 地通过审查和发表。
Dear Editor, Thanks very much for your kind work and consideration on publication of our manuscript entitled "论文标题" (ID ；论文编号). On behalf of my co-authors, we would like to express our great appreciation to editor and reviewers. Moreover, although this is a serious problem because the manuscript is already accepted for publication, we are wishing to add Dr. 新增作者名字as an extra author to the manuscript and the new title page is sent as an attachment. 新增作者名字is a new member of my group and contributed much in the revised version of our manuscript. After we received the referee's comments, he/she did a great job for the expansion of literature review so as to provide a deeper insight into the related published work and hence establish the contribution of this paper with respect to other publications tackling the problem. He/She also recalculated all the noise coefficients with a precision of four digits after the decimal point, as listed in Table II, Table III, Table IV and Table VII. Without her hard work, we could not finish the revised version in several days. However, when I changed the authors' list, I forgot to add her as the fifth author. Would you please to give us a chance to add Qin Gao as a new author to the paper If you give us this chance, we will be grateful. Best wishes, Yours sincerely, XXXXX
以下是英文投稿过程中的十种状态: 1. Submitted to Journal 当上传结束后，显示的状态是Submitted to Journal，这个状态是自然形成的无需处理。 2. With editor 如果在投稿的时候没有要求选择编辑，就先到主编那里，主编会分派给别的编辑。这当中就会有另两个状态： ① Editor assigned编辑分派 ② Editor Declined Invitation编辑拒绝邀请，这时主编不得不将投稿文章重新分派给其它编辑。 3. Reviewer(s) invited 说明编辑已接手处理，正在邀请审稿人中。有时该过程会持续很长时间，如果其中原因是编辑一直没有找到合适的审稿人，这时投稿者可以向编辑推荐审稿人。 4. Under review 审稿人的意见已上传，说明审稿人已接受审稿，正在审稿中，这应该是一个漫长的等待（期刊通常会限定审稿人审稿时间，一般为一个月左右）。当然前面各步骤也可能很慢的，要看编辑的处理情况。如果被邀请审稿人不想审，就会decline，编辑会重新邀请别的审稿人。 5. required review completed 审稿结束，等编辑处理，该过程短则几天，长则无期，科学堂有一篇文章出现required review completed状态已近一个月了，还是没有消
息。 6. Decision in Process 到了这一步就快要有结果了，编辑开始考虑是给修改还是直接拒，当然也有可能直接接受的，但可能性很小，呵呵。 7. Minor revision/Major revision 小修/大修，这个时候可以稍微庆祝一下了，因为有修改就有可能。具体怎么改就不多说了，谦虚谨慎是不可少的（因为修改后一般会再发给审稿人看，所以一定要细心的回答每一个审稿人的每一个问题，态度要谦逊，要让审稿人觉得他提的每个问题都很有水准的，然后针对他的问题，一个一个的做出答复，能修改的就修改，不能修改的给出理由，而且都要列出来，文章的哪一段哪一行修改了最好都说出来，记住：给审稿人减少麻烦就是给你自己减少麻烦！另注：有时，审稿人会在修改意见里隐讳里说出要你仔细阅读某几篇文献，这时可要注意了，其中某些文章可能就是评审者自己发表的，这时你最好在你的修改稿中加以引用），修改后被拒绝的例子也多不胜数的。 8. Revision Submitted to Journal 修改后重新提交，等待编辑审理。 9. Accepted 如果不要再审，只是小修改，编辑看后会马上显示这个状态，但如果要再审也会有上面的部分状态。一步会比较快，但也有慢的。看杂志的。 10. Rejected
【投稿英文期刊】中国人常犯的错误 【编者按】如今要取得博士学位必需要有SCI文章，许多人因此纷纷投稿英文期刊。许多人在投稿英文期刊时会遇到这样或那样的问题，生物通将就这个问题为大家提供系列的文章。首先介绍的是一位审阅过200余篇稿、以英语为母语的审稿人写的中国人常范的错误，相信这些错误具有一定代表性，希望能够帮助各位正在为paper奋斗的莘莘学子们。 如果你是以英语为母语，那么下面所讲的问题可能不会成为问题。但是，对于学中文出身的人有一个非常麻烦的语法问题，那就是冠词（article）。这之所以会成为一个问题也是非常容易理解的，因为中文里面根本没有与之相对应的部分，同理，外国人也对量词感到费解。学英语最初接触的就是"a, an, the"，但是，学到最后发现被难住的也是这三个简单的词。 单数前的"a, an, the"是最容易被忽略的。冠词意味着后面将出现一个名词，在冠词余名词之间的修饰词语都是针对这个名词的（如：a big blue bicycle/the first award），a和an是不定冠词，the是定冠词。下面将举几个错误的例子： Incorrect Figure 2 shows the distribution of relative velocity on surface of main and splitter blades. Correct Figure 2 shows the distribution of relative velocity on the surface of the main and splitter blades. Incorrect The software PowerSHAPE is chosen to be a 3D modeling tool; it is good at dealing with free surfaces and curves.
一、最初投稿Cover letter Dear Editors: We would like to submit the enclosed manuscript entitled “Paper Title”, which we wish to be considered for publication in “Journal Name”. No conflict of interest exits in the submission of this manuscript, and manuscript is approved by all authors for publication. I would like to declare on behalf of my co-authors that the work described was original research that has not been published previously, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere, in whole or in part. All the authors listed have approved the manuscript that is enclosed. In this work, we evaluated …… (简要介绍一下论文的创新性). I hope this paper is suitable for “Journal Name”. The following is a list of possible reviewers for your consideration: 1) Name A E-mail: ××××@×××× 2) Name B E-mail: ××××@×××× We deeply appreciate your consideration of our manuscript, and we look forward to receiving comments from the reviewers. If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me at the address below. Thank you and best regards. Yours sincerely, ×××××× Corresponding author: Name: ××× E-mail: ××××@×××× 二、催稿信 Dear Prof. ×××: Sorry for disturbing you. I am not sure if it is the right time to contact you to inquire about the status of my submitted manuscript titled “Paper Title”. (ID: 文章稿号), although the status of “With Editor” has been lasting for more than two months, since submitted to journal three months ago. I am just wondering that my manuscript has been sent to reviewers or not?
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外文期刊投稿时可能碰到的词语 希望对论文投稿者有所帮助。 1. Submitted to Journal 刚提交的状态 2. Manuscript received by Editorial Office 就是你的文章到了编辑手里了，证明投稿成功 3. With editor如果在投稿的时候没有要求选择编辑，就先到主编那，主编会分派给别的编辑。这当中就会有另两个状态： 3.1. Awaiting Editor Assignment指派责任编辑 Editor assigned 是把你的文章分给一个编辑处理了。 3.2. Editor Declined Invitation 如果编辑接手处理了就会邀请审稿人了。 4.随后也会有2种状态 4.1. Decision Letter Being Prepared 就是编辑没找审稿人就自己决定了，那根据一般经验，对学生来说估计会挂了 1）英文太差，编辑让修改。 2）内容太差，要拒了。除非大牛们直接被接收。 4.2. Reviewer(s) invited 找到审稿人了，就开始审稿
5. Under review 这应该是一个漫长的等待。当然前面各步骤也可能很慢的，要看编辑的处理情况。如果被邀请审稿人不想审，就会de cline，编辑会重新邀请别的审稿人。 6. Required Reviews Completed 审稿人的意见已上传，审稿结束，等待编辑决定 7. Evaluating Recommendation 评估审稿人的意见，随后你将收到编辑给你的decision 8. Minor revision/Major revision这个时候可以稍微庆祝一下了，问题不大了，因为有修改就有可能。具体怎么改就不多说了，谦虚谨慎是不可少的。 9. Revision Submitted to Journal 又开始了一个循环。 10. Accepted 恭喜了 11. Transfer copyright form 签版权协议 12. uncorrected proof 等待你校对样稿 13. In Press, Corrected Proof 文章在印刷中，且该清样已经过作者校对 14. Manuscript Sent to Production 排版
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Elsevier上发表论文的作者须知-——中英文011-03-25 13:35:11 Elsevier上发表论文的若干要求 发表SCI论文的人，恐怕没有人不知道Elsevier的吧，这个位于荷兰的出版社是世界上最大的科技期刊出版单位了。每年出版2,000 多种期刊和2,200种新书。例如青霉素的发现、伟哥的发明等等重大科学成果的发表，都是在Elsevier出版的。 发表外文和中文不太一样，感觉上外国人屁事挺多的，有些矫情。当然，也可以认为是人家编辑比较认真啦，商业规则很成熟，学术风气也比较正。所以想发表论文还是得按照人家的要求来办。 我想发篇论文，结果发现Elsevier的发表要求还是蛮复杂的。到网上看看有没有大侠翻译出来的中文版，结果没有找到合适的，有的人直接用翻译软件一翻译就挂到了网上，结果中文都不通顺，这怎么行？看来还是自己动手，丰衣足食吧。花了一天时间，把在Elsevier 上提交论文的基本要求翻译了一下。当然，本着积德行善的宗旨，供自用，也供大家方便。当然，本人英文水平达不到专业级，翻译中难免有些错误，希望大侠给予指正。此外，Elsevier 的每个期刊的要求不太一样，但也是大同小异，使用时需要分辨一下。祝你发表论文顺利。 利益冲突： 所有的投稿人都必须披露从其交稿前三年中可能产生不良影响的且与其工作相关的现实或潜在的利益纠纷，包括任何财务，个人或与其他人或其他组织的关系。参见。 提交声明： 提交一篇文章意味着该文章所述工作尚未发布，（可以以摘要的形式发布，或作为学术演讲的形式发布），而且也没有考虑在其他地方出版。如果该文章被接受，它的出版需要得到所有作者和主管部门的同意。而且除非得到了版权持有人的书面同意，不能以其他形式出版（无论英文或其他语言，纸质还是电子版）。 作者保有的权利： 作为作者（或作者的雇主、机构），您将保留一定的权利，详细情况请参见：。 对资金来源的作用 请确定谁为研究提供金融支持，或为文章的准备工作提供帮助，并简要介绍赞助者在文章撰写工作中的作用，诸如研究方案设计、数据收集、分析和解释，报告的撰写，以及决定文章提交等等。请参阅。
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