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How to get more out of professional English editing service?
虞左俊 2009-12-23 01:28
This article is written for you, if you plan to send your manuscript for editing service. Good English editing service is usually not cheap. So, how can you get more out of such a service? Citations: First, you check the journal style, to make sure the ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|5003 次阅读|没有评论
A few things to consider before launching a new English journal in China
虞左俊 2009-11-27 12:20
At the moment, I suspect that some institute or professional society in China is considering a new scientific journal in English. How to ensure the success of such a new journal is on someones mind, be it the boss who is in charge of the new journals bi ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|4276 次阅读|2 个评论
The joy of being an English editor
虞左俊 2009-11-27 07:08
Thanksgiving is a very busy day for most housewives and househusbands, but never for me. For as long as I have been in the states, I never once cooked a whole turkey myself. As a student, I was always one of our small labs party goers. After the graduation, I was often in ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|3753 次阅读|没有评论
当代科研论文怎么署名才合适?
虞左俊 2009-11-12 03:41
Some thoughts after reading 作者的 贡献 度 by 武夷山. I would like to share some of my own experience and observation on this sensitive issue. I dont want to be too revealing since I am still an active researcher in the field; however, I see faces when ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|4775 次阅读|3 个评论
Reading level of newspapers in U.S.
虞左俊 2009-10-19 14:49
I was told that most articles in U.S. newspapers are written at the 8th grade reading level. I didnt believe that until I saw my sons writing; I knew then that I could never be a writer, neither in English nor in Chinese. What I am trying to say is my English w ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|4789 次阅读|3 个评论
This "editor" is not that "editor"
虞左俊 2009-10-19 04:03
There are many types of editors. In English language, we say journal editors (chief and associated) who are established scientists, managing editors who actually RUN the journal, English editors who get paid to make the paper more readable, and copy-editors (lowest in terms of “power,” “infl ...
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I Believe 中国可以建设一流的学术期刊: An overseas scientist’s view
虞左俊 2009-10-18 05:23
If China can host summer Olympic Games successfully, China can do anything! First, we need to work with the system. Get the government involved by securing funding for one or two journals in each field that either have already been accepted as the top journals in ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|5864 次阅读|5 个评论
How to eliminate a bottleneck in English journal publication (2)
虞左俊 2009-10-16 03:38
Please skip the first two paragraphs, if you have read Part one. I recently learned from a journal editor that 稿件的编辑加工是一个bottleneck. Since I have been involved in journal publication for more than 15 years, first as an author and now as an English edit ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|5022 次阅读|2 个评论
How to eliminate a bottleneck in English journal publication (1)
虞左俊 2009-10-15 15:54
I recently learned from a journal editor that 稿件的编辑加工是一个bottleneck. Since I have been involved in journal publication for more than 15 years, first as an author and now as an English editor, I would like to share some views based on my own (limited) experiences. ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|4574 次阅读|3 个评论
To have, or not to have “the” (2): some examples
虞左俊 2009-10-14 15:25
The magnitude of the challenge of slowing the rate of biodiversity loss is demonstrated by the fact that most of the direct drivers of biodiversity loss are projected to either remain constant or to increase in the near future. (p. 14 of Ec ...
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