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稿件评审也“看脸”
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一篇文章从投稿到发表一般会经历初审、同行外审和编辑、校对、作者确认等很多步骤。在我N年的编辑生涯中，初审稿件数千篇，看同行评审意见无数。就某篇文章为什么会被退稿，原因多种多样，其中，除了不在本刊刊稿范围和存在学术伦理不规范的问题以外，比较直接的原因主要有以下方面：
文章的题目冗长无新意（编辑和审稿人不爱看，读者也不会喜欢。我大致看了一下Nature和 Science上的文章，题目总体来说都不长。Nature 和Science近五年被引最多的前20篇文章中，没有一篇文章的题目超过12个实词。）
图表质量差（作为编辑，看到质量极差的图马上联想到一些一编再编、一改再改，到最后要发表的时候，图的质量也只是差强人意的文章。因此，倒不如不给这样的稿件麻烦编辑和审稿人的机会，直接初审退稿！）
写作质量差，拼写错误、语法错误随处可见，文字前后逻辑关系不清楚。(这样的稿件如果在初审时不被挡下，有的审稿人会发飚! 在多年的期刊编辑实践中，这样的1篇稿件如果任其继续往下走，往往是我们处理5篇甚至更多篇稿件的工作量。趁早退掉，省却编辑和审稿人无数的烦恼。副主编Iain Taylor一再强调，投稿的文章写得清楚明了是作者的基本义务，不然，审稿人如何能够理解文章的研究内容并作出恰当的评价呢？）
一篇稿件具有一个有吸引力的题目（sexy title）， 文字流畅，图表美观，读来赏心悦目，立即会给编辑和审稿人留下良好的印象，文章被送审和被接收的可能性会大增 。
2014年以来《Nature》发表的被引最多的20篇文章的题目：
1．Deep learning
2．Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans
3．Compositional engineering of perovskite materials for high-performance solar cells
4. A global reference for human genetic variation
5. Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci
6. Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome
7. Predictive correlates of response to the anti-PD-L1 antibody MPDL3280A in cancer patients
8. PD-1 blockade induces responses by inhibiting adaptive immune resistance
9. Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnSe crystals
10. Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search
11. Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma
12. Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma
13. An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes
14. Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes
15. Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
16. High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China
17. Discovery and saturation analysis of cancer genes across 21 tumour types
18. Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology
19. MPDL3280A (anti-PD-L1) treatment leads to clinical activity in metastatic bladder cancer
20. Comprehensive molecular characterization of urothelial bladder carcinoma
2014年以来《Science》被引最多的前20篇文章的题目
1．Interface engineering of highly efficient perovskite solar cells
2. High-performance photovoltaic perovskite layers fabricated through intramolecular exchange
3. Mutational landscape determines sensitivity to PD-1 blockade in non-small cell lung cancer
4. Tissue-based map of the human proteome
5. Where Do Batteries End and Supercapacitors Begin?
6. Iodide management in formamidinium-lead-halide-based perovskite layers for efficient solar cells
7. The new frontier of genome engineering with CRISPR-Cas9
8. Electron-hole diffusion lengths > 175 mu m in solution-grown CH3NH3PbI3 single crystals
9. High-efficiency solution-processed perovskite solar cells with millimeter-scale grains
10. Metal-free efficient photocatalyst for stable visible water splitting via a two-electron pathway
11. Genome-Scale CRISPR-Cas9 Knockout Screening in Human Cells
12. A hole-conductor-free, fully printable mesoscopic perovskite solar cell with high stability
13. Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet
14. Low trap-state density and long carrier diffusion in organolead trihalide perovskite single crystals
15. The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) pilot analysis: Multitissue gene regulation in humans
16. Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science
17. Graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems for energy conversion and storage
18. Discovery of a Weyl fermion semimetal and topological Fermi arcs
19. The future of immune checkpoint therapy
20. Neoantigens in cancer immunotherapy
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