Correspondence或Letter类文章要不要放入CV或Publication list?

情况似乎有点复杂。

因为Correspondence或Letter类文章可长可短，可以是同行评议的，也可以是非同行评议的。有的还被引用，有的则否。而且不同期刊这类型文章所包含的内容是否与学术有关或者关系大小，也是不同的。也就是说，要具体期刊具体分析，具体文章具体分析，不见内容或不熟悉的人也较难判断。

有人认为这类文章与正常学术论文还不是一码事，是否放入CV或Publication list取决于你给谁看，想给读者以什么印象。这里有两种办法，如果是经同行评议的Correspondence或Letter，可以列入；另一种办法就是，在CV或Publication list中单独设一个“Correspondence或Letter”类别。

这种文章应该是同行评议的、真正有学术内容的Letter类文章：

《Nature》杂志除长论文Articles外，Letters类文章比较特别，它指这类短论文：

Letters are short reports of original research focused on an outstanding finding whose importance means that it will be of interest to scientists in other fields.

They do not normally exceed 4 pages of Nature, and have no more than 30 references. They begin with afully referenced paragraph, ideally of about 200 words, but certainly no more than 300 words, aimed at readers in other disciplines. This paragraph starts with a 2-3 sentence basic introduction to the field; followed by a one-sentence statement of the main conclusions starting 'Here we show' or equivalent phrase; and finally, 2-3 sentences putting the main findings into general context so it is clear how the results described in the paper have moved the field forwards

它还有一类“Brief Communications Arising and Corrections”文章，指这类：Brief Communications Arising are exceptionally interesting or important comments and clarifications on original research papers or other peer-reviewed material published in Nature. They are published online but not in print.

在“Other contributions to Nature”类型文章中，还有如下门类：

• News and Comment

• Correspondence

• Obituaries

• Opinion

• Books & Arts

• Futures

• News & Views

• Insights, Reviews and Perspectives

• Analysis

• Hypothesis

• Careers

• Technology Features

• Outlooks