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PreparingyourresultsforpublicationHansLambersSchoolofPlantBiologyTheUniversityofWesternAustraliaPerth,AustraliaMaximisingyourchancestogetyourmanuscriptrapidlyaccepted他出生在一个贫寒的家庭里，面朝黄土背朝天的父母，无法为他提供优越的学习和生活条件。但是他非常懂事，从步入校门的那天起，从来没跟父母主动要过一分钱。几年之后，成绩优异的他，考上了市里的一所高中，因为学校离家里较远，他只年选择住校。那天，他带着对父母的思念花9块钱买了一张车票，第一次坐上了返乡的客车。回到家，村里的电工正在收电费，他凑过去瞟了一眼，只见收据上的数字栏里写着一个小小的“5”。谈赶紧从口袋里掏出5块钱，边递给对方，边嗔怪父母的节省。一个月就5块钱的电费，爸妈平时肯定连电视都舍不得看啊。就在这时，电工又递回给他几张零钱。他接过来一数，4元5角钱。顿时，他明白了。原来，父母每月的电费只有5毛钱！他半张着嘴，呆呆地站在那里，一句话都说不出来。他在心里暗暗地算了一笔帐，自己坐车花掉的9块钱，足足可以支付家里18个月的电费！他一个劲地在心里责骂自己，真是个不懂事的败家子！他暗暗发誓，父母的血汗钱只允许挥霍这一次！回到学校后，他更加节省了。然而，屋漏偏逢连夜雨，母亲因为劳累导致腰椎压迫神经，只能整日躺在床上。一边是卧病在床令他惦念的母亲，一边是来回18块钱的车费，他站在中间，Editor-in-ChiefofPlantandSoilSeniorAuthorofPlantPhysiologicalEcologyMemberof(Advisory)EditorialBoardsWhattopublish?•Full-lengtharticlesareabout5,000words:aseriesofexperimentsmakingacoherentstory•Shortnotesareabout200words•Generalrule:itisbettertopublishonesolidpaperthantosplititintotwoorthreeshortnotes•Articlesinbooksandreportsarelessprestigious:publishyourprimarydataininternationaljournalsWheretopublish?•Carefullyselecttherightjournal–Fromwhichjournalsdoyoucitepapersinyourreferencelist?–Whichjournalspublishonasimilartopic?•Finaldecision–Prestige(“impactfactor”)–Timetopublish(checktimebetweensubmissionofthemanuscriptandpublication)–Yourexperiencewithaspecificjournal(attitudeofreviewersandeditors)Whatexactlyisthe“impactfactor”(IF)?•Putsimply:IFisaroughindicatorforthequalityofajournalinanarrowlydefineddiscipline,e.g.,–Agriculture–Plantsciences–Molecularbiology•Itissillytocompareimpactfactorsbetweendisciplines,e.g.,EcologyandMolecularBiology•Moreaccurately:IFisthenumberofcitationsofallpaperspublishedinajournalovertwoyearsdividedbynumberofpaperspublishedintheprecedingtwoyears,e.g.,–IFfor2001:(numberofcitationsin2001+2000)/(numberofpaperspublishedin2000+1999)Planyourexperimentsinsuchawaythatthedatacanbepublished•Makesureyouhaveasoundquestion(hypothesis)beforeyoubeginyourresearch•Thathypothesismaynotbethesameyouwishtousewhenpublishingthedata•Researchwithoutasoundhypothesisishardtowriteup,but…•sometimestherearegoodreasonstomakean“inventory”(nosoundhypothesisrequired)•ThinkthreetimesbeforeyoustartyourexperimentsDatathathavenotbeenpublisheddonotexist!Ifyoudonotpublishyourdata,youmightaswellnotdotheexperimentsPublisheddatacanmakealastingimpression,liketheGreatWallPhotoDrJianboShen,CAU,Beijing,PRChinaThestructureofascientificpaper•Authors+addresses•Title,runningtitle•Abstract•Keywords,abbreviations•Introduction•Materialsandmethods•Results•Discussion•Acknowledgments•References•TablesandFiguresWheredoIstart?BeginwiththeResultssection•Arrangeyourdatainfiguresandtables–Arethedatabestpresentedasfiguresorastables?•Decidewhichfigure/tablecomesfirst•Decidetheorderofallotherfigures/tables•MakeastructureforyourResults–Decidewhatyouwishtodescribe–DesignthesectionsintheResults(“dotpoints”)•Thenmakeastructureforeachsection(dotpoint)–Decidewhatyouwishtodescribeineachsection•Thenstartwriting•WriteyourresultsinthepasttenseThechoicebetweenaFigureoraTableAgemalicmaloniclacticaceticmaleiccitriccis-aconiticsuccinicfumarictrans-aconiticTotal01610371001191090748412521.5006600040214862.5170410001045685.521000000006278.59290057082462092219206613.53217000030201416075464712500110000000110.0000.0500.1000.1500.2000.2500.3000.3500.4000102030Time(days)OA(nmolg-1FWs-1)malicmaloniclacticaceticmaleiccitriccis-aconiticsuccinicfumarictrans-aconiticThechoicebetweenafewlinesinthetextoraTableTheyieldofricewas1.232,2.798,3.193,1.009and4.272tonha-1forthefarmsofDong,Zhang,Cheng,HuandShen,respectivelyDongZhangChengHuShen1.2322.7983.1931.0094.272TheseresultsareeasiertotakeinwhenpresentedinaTableCanwemakethetableclearerbyalteringtheaxes?DongZhangChengHuShen1.2322.7983.1931.0094.272Dong1.232Zhang2.798Cheng3.193Hu1.009Shen4.272Shouldweorderthedatainadifferentmanner?Cheng3.193Dong1.232Shen4.272Hu1.009Zhang2.798Arrangethefarmersalphabetically?Noimprovement!Shouldweorderthedatainadifferentmanner?Hu1.009Dong1.232Zhang2.798Cheng3.193Shen4.272Arrangeinorderofincreasingyield?Shendidmuchbetterthananyoftheotherfarmers!Doweneedthislevelofprecision?Hu1.009Dong1.232Zhang2.798Cheng3.193Shen4.272Hu1.1Dong1.2Zhang2.8Cheng3.2Shen4.3IncludeasmanydecimalpointsasjustifiedbytheaccuracyofyourdataThecolumnsofatablemustbelabelledappropriately,andtheunitsmustbeincludedtooHu1.1Dong1.2Zhang2.8Cheng3.2Shen4.3FarmerYield(tonha-1)WecanquicklyseewhytheyieldonHu’sandDong’sfarmswassolow:lowpH!FarmerYield(tonha-1)AveragesoilpHHu1.14.1Dong1.24.2Zhang2.85.1Cheng3.25.5Shen4.36.2Makesureyouuseacceptableunits,notonesthatare“out-of-date”•Recommended/preferredSIunitsandnon-SIunitsthatareeitherdiscouragedornotacceptableforPlantandSoilareincludedinInstructionsforAuthors(aTableissenttoauthorsafteraneditorialdecision)•Inaddition,doubleprefixesshouldbeavoided,e.g.,usemgg-1,ratherthanmgkg-1•ForfurtherinformationonSIconventions,thefollowingWebsitemaybehelpful: