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關(guān)于SCI論文投稿的一些素材和教訓(xùn)
1. Cover letter
Cover letter是給編輯的簡(jiǎn)短信件,簡(jiǎn)要描述所投文章的主要內(nèi)容,下面是我投《Scripta Materialia》時(shí)準(zhǔn)備的Cover letter。其實(shí)要說(shuō)簡(jiǎn)短概括文章內(nèi)容,摘要再合適不過(guò)了(下面模板中斜體字即為文章的摘要):
Paris,September 6, 2018
Mechanics Unit
Materials and Structures Group
ENSTA-Paristech
Chemin de la Hunière
91761 Palaiseau cdex
Editorial committee
Scriptamaterialia
Dear editor,
Please find attached our paper entitled « Degradation of the recoverable strain during stress controlled full transformation cycling in NiTi shape memory alloys» to be considered for publication in your esteemed journal. Our paperinvestigates the degradation of the recoverable strain during full transformation cycling in shape memory alloys. Results show that such degradation occurs due to: (i) untransformed austenite during full transformation, (ii) residual martensite after complete unloading, and (iii) plastic strain produced in the latest reverse transformation. Particularly, the plastic strain tends to zero when the stabilized state is reached. Furthermore, the degradation is frequency-dependent in the sense that a higher loading frequency results in a larger degradation of the recoverable strain. Finally, it is shown that fatigue lifetime decreases when transformation degradation increases.
Sincerely yours
ZHANG Yahui
2. 推薦審稿人
很多期刊投稿時(shí)都要推薦審稿人,3到5人不等。我推薦審稿人的時(shí)候,主要考慮兩條:一是避開(kāi)和自己團(tuán)隊(duì)有過(guò)合作的熟人,二是找一些領(lǐng)域內(nèi)小方向相關(guān)的專家,而且推薦的審稿人不少就是本文參考文獻(xiàn)里的作者。推薦理由寫(xiě)的很簡(jiǎn)短,例如:
Prof. XXX is a recognized specialist in this field, and his work is
cited in this work to explain the plastic deformation in SMAs.
3. 返修
論文若有返修的機(jī)會(huì),就離接受近了一大步,當(dāng)然也不盡然。這里給出一些我投稿過(guò)程中成功和失敗的案例。
3.1 返修Cover letter
返修的Cover letter一般直接寫(xiě)上編輯的名字,文本如下:
Dear Professor Kazuhiro Hono,
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to revise our paper entitled «Degradation of the recoverable strain during stress controlled full transformation cycling in NiTi shape memory alloys» (SMM-18-1696). In the revised version, all the reviewer’s comments and suggestions have been taken into account (the modifications are highlighted in blue in the paper) and the details are given in the attached document “Answer to the reviewer”.
Thank you very much and looking forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
Sincerely yours
ZHANG Yahui
3.2 小修接受
截止目前我遇到的最好的審稿意見(jiàn)沒(méi)有提具體的修改意見(jiàn),當(dāng)天回復(fù),第二天接受。
Reviewer's comment: This paper presents an interesting work showing the effect of untransformed austenite and residual martensite on the super-elastic behaviorof a NiTi wire subjected to a cycling tension loading with two frequencies values. It shows that an induced remnant strain is reached for stabilized behavior leading to a decreasing of the maximum transformation strain between the initial and stabilized cycles. The effect of loading frequency is carried out by considering various values of frequency between 0.1 and 1 Hz. It appears that remnant strain increases with frequency increasing.
The paper is very well written and presents an original work. It will be interesting to confirm such conclusions by considering the effects of geometry (higher and lower diameter and plate samples in order to consider the localization influence), material properties (effect of microstructure on plastic strain and internal stresses) and loading (lower stress level leadingto internal loop behavior and stress rate effect).
返修時(shí)給審稿人解釋了一下他提的幾個(gè)效應(yīng),然后在引言(Introduction)和最后的展望(Prospect)里簡(jiǎn)短描述了一下。提交返修稿第二天接受。
有的時(shí)候小修還會(huì)遇到一些奇怪的問(wèn)題,那我也就俏皮地回答一下:
Reviewer's comments: In Fig. 8, why does not it contain the results at room temperature? Is there a specific consideration? If yes, what?
(圖18用溫度箱測(cè)了不同溫度下材料的力學(xué)性能,審稿人問(wèn):為啥木有室溫的?有特殊考慮嗎?)
Answer: There is no specific consideration; it is just because the first author used the temperature chamber and then unconsciously heated the specimens to high temperatures.
(沒(méi)有特殊考慮,僅僅因?yàn)榈谝蛔髡撸ㄒ簿褪俏遥┦褂昧藴囟认浜笄椴蛔越鼐桶褱囟壬吡恕?
3.3 大修接受
我投稿遇到最多的就是大修了。下面這個(gè)審稿意見(jiàn)是我投《International Journal of Plasticity》遇到的具有代表性的大修意見(jiàn),
Reveiewer' comments: In this paper, the authors investigate how the generation and absorption of latent heat aects the low cycle fatigue of shape memory alloys (SMAs) under different cyclic loading frequencies. The content of the article shows a work that has been conducted carefully, the procedures are well explained, and a plethora of experimental results are illustrated, discussed, and modeled. To my opinion,however, it is not very clear how this work is in a mechanics based journal of the caliber of IJP.
I believe that the specic section needs to be completely reconstructed, aligned with experimental evidence as provided in the literature, and discussed with respect to the model suggested or removed altogether.
(……這篇文章看起來(lái)做得很仔細(xì),步驟描寫(xiě)的很清楚,實(shí)驗(yàn)結(jié)果也討論了,但是,我認(rèn)為這篇文章還差得遠(yuǎn),要重寫(xiě)……)
Answers: The authors are thankful to the reviewer for his constructive comments. Our study consists of experimental and theoretical parts, which is compatible with the scope of IJP as it is stated in the scope of the journal: “The purpose of the journal is to report original research on all aspects of plastic deformation, damage and fracture …...Significant experimental, numerical or theoretical contributions advancing the understanding of plastic behaviour of solids are of special interest, together with studies relating macroscopic to the microscopic behaviour of solids.” Actually many articles dealing with the fatigue behaviour including crack growth and fatigue models have been published in IJP, such as......
針對(duì)審稿人其他的技術(shù)性問(wèn)題,做了回答和解釋,把審稿人認(rèn)為篇幅太長(zhǎng)的理論推導(dǎo),放在了文章最后的附錄里。返修后經(jīng)過(guò)兩個(gè)月二審,直接接受。
3.4 大修被拒
大修被拒的經(jīng)歷太多了,歸納下來(lái)有兩點(diǎn),一是文章水平確實(shí)不到位,二是遇到一個(gè)和作者意見(jiàn)向左的審稿人。下面分別給出素材:
文章水平不到位被拒的經(jīng)歷還是來(lái)自《International Journal of Plasticity》,三個(gè)審稿人都給出了大修的意見(jiàn),代表性的如下:
Reviewer‘s comments: The paper has not enough innovation as an independent paper comparing to the previous work. More's important, this paper attempts to give a physical insight into the energy analysis at both micro and macro scales, however, some necessary experiments at micro scale are absent. The predicted fatigue lives by the energy-based model should be provided here if any new contributions are added into the model.
(這篇文章和作者前期工作相比,創(chuàng)新性不足,更重要的是,作者試圖從宏觀微觀尺度給出物理解釋,然而相關(guān)微觀實(shí)驗(yàn)缺失……)
我花了兩周時(shí)間苦口婆心說(shuō)了一大堆,旁征博引洋洋灑灑,但就是沒(méi)有補(bǔ)做實(shí)驗(yàn),因?yàn)槲覀兡抢镂⒂^實(shí)驗(yàn)實(shí)在做不了。
結(jié)果被拒,審稿人的意見(jiàn)是:
The paper cannot provide more new contributions than the previous work, the reviewer insists original judgment: the present version is not suitable for a publication in IJP.
遇到和作者意見(jiàn)向左的審稿人的經(jīng)歷來(lái)自《Journal of the Mechanics and Pysics of Solids》。任憑我如何解釋,審稿人堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為我的觀點(diǎn)不對(duì):
The key concerns on this manuscript is that the basic concepts, starting points and the fundamental physics mechanism are not clearly stated/provided and even wrong.Also the authors failed to clearly address the other major concerns raised by the reviewer. Therefore I will not recommend it for publication in JMPS.
However, I feel that this manuscript is quite suitable for publication in certain more specific journal like Int. J. of Fatigue.
(這篇文章好多地方不明確甚至是錯(cuò)誤的……)
因?yàn)檫@條審稿意見(jiàn),文章被拒掉了。讓人哭笑不得的是,其他審稿人二審時(shí)還專門贊賞了我對(duì)這個(gè)審稿人的回復(fù):
I also appreciate how the authors dealt with the comments of the referee 1.....
I appreciate all the efforts the authors made in the rebuttal and agree with the publication of the article in its present form.
(另外,我還很贊賞作者對(duì)審稿人1的回復(fù)……我推薦發(fā)表……)
被拒后給編輯發(fā)了封郵件,向這個(gè)審稿人討說(shuō)法:說(shuō)別人做的工作是錯(cuò)誤的不能空口白牙說(shuō),請(qǐng)拿出你的理論和實(shí)驗(yàn)依據(jù)。后來(lái)編輯回信,審稿人沒(méi)回音,他也沒(méi)辦法。
3.5 忍無(wú)可忍、懟回去
最近接受的一篇《International Journal of Plasticity》,在所有審稿人全部接受的情況下,有一審稿人,連拒四次。這是審稿人第三拒,實(shí)在沒(méi)法改,那就不改了,懟回去
Reviewer's Comments:My final decision is such that it is not demonstrated experimentally and theoretically that the term "TRIP" can be used in the phenomena. It seems that the reasonable connection between experimental result, theory, and modelling is missing in this paper.
Additionally, it may be difficult to claim theoretical advances in present study, because the equations 1-20 are just the definitions of physical quantities in the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
(作者所謂的“TRIP”無(wú)法解釋他們的實(shí)驗(yàn)現(xiàn)象,而且他們的實(shí)驗(yàn)結(jié)果和理論建模沒(méi)有必然聯(lián)系——這個(gè)指的是我的疲勞準(zhǔn)則只是經(jīng)驗(yàn)公式而不是直接理論推導(dǎo)結(jié)果。)
Answers: The reviewer expresses his concern about the use of the term "TRIP" for the phenomenon, however, we feel that TRIP is the right term for the phenomena described in the paper......In fact, in the pseudoelastic domain of SMAs, the applied stress is lower than the plastic yield limit; TRIP is then the unique mechanism that could explain the triggering of plastic deformation during stress-induced transformation. This has been reported in many works, such as:......... When it comes to the reviewer’s doubts about the connection between our theoretical modeling and experimental results, we must point out that none of the classical stressor strain based criteria derive from quantitative derivations; they are alwaysempirical equations from experimental results (Masson-Coffin criterion,Crossland Criterion, Findley criterion, etc.).To the best knowledge of the authors, the only criterion that considers mesoscopic stress is the Dang Vancriterion, and even in his case, the validation of the model is carried out at amacroscopic scale using a meso-macro passage.
"TRIP"這個(gè)概念大家都用了多少年了。。。傳統(tǒng)的疲勞準(zhǔn)則都是經(jīng)驗(yàn)公式,都不是理論直接推出來(lái)的。。。
Reviewer's comments: Additionally, it may be difficult to claim theoretical advances in present study, because the equations 1-20 are just the definitions of physical quantities in the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
(公式1-20沒(méi)有創(chuàng)新性,都是基本的熱力學(xué)第一定律和第二定律公式。)
Answers: Of course they are derived from the first and second laws of thermodynamics; they are the foundation of continuum mechanics. (這是當(dāng)然了,熱力學(xué)第一第二定律是所有連續(xù)介質(zhì)力學(xué)的基礎(chǔ)。)
投稿后,收到審稿意見(jiàn),仍然拒,列了三點(diǎn)拒稿理由。然而,主編接受了。
4. 催稿
審稿人拖是常事,然而拖得太久就沒(méi)轍了,該催還得催。
4.1 客氣地催
Dear editor,
I'm not sure if it is the right time to contact you to inquire about the status of my submitted manuscript: (ID: CMAT-D-18-00038) Entitled "Energy-based analysis of temperature oscillation at the shakedown state in shape memory alloys"
It has been submitted for over three months, but I have not heard of any decision from the journal. I will be most grateful if you could let me know the current status of the manuscript.
Thank very much for your consideration, and look forward to hearing from you soon.
With kind regards,
Yours sincerely,
ZHANG Yahui
尊敬的主編大人,
很抱歉冒昧地打擾您,我的文章投了三個(gè)多月了一點(diǎn)消息也木有,您給瞅瞅啊。。。
您真誠(chéng)的
張亞輝
4.2 不客氣地催
Dear editor,
I am writing to inquire about our paper reference above. This paper has been submitted more than 8 months since Feb 15, but the status of the paper is still "under review".
I understand that reviewers can sometimes be busy but there is limit. It is not normal to keep a paper 8 moths for review. I have never faced such a situation.
If your journal is unable to make a decision of our submission, please let me know and let me withdraw the paper to submit it to another journal. I would be very grateful for your attention and thank you very much for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
ZHANG Yahui, PhD
編輯你好,我從未見(jiàn)過(guò)如此拖沓的審稿,八個(gè)月啊,算了,我撤稿了。
結(jié)果:兩周后終于收到了審稿意見(jiàn)。
5. 結(jié)語(yǔ)
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