How to get published in IOP Journals

Professor Mingfang Lu, PhD, FInstPChief Representative/Editor-in-Chief, ChinaIOP Beijing Office and IOP Publishing Harbin Institute of Technology, 21 May 2008mingfang.lu@iop.org, www.iop.org, publishing.iop.org

Outline Papers and their qualities from China Quality - IOP criteria What determines your quality Select the journal and submit your paper Process at the journal What referees do for your paper Responding to referees Getting published in IOP journals

中国大陆作者向 IOP 期刊投稿和发表论文情况Year Submitted Accepted Acc

rate=Acc/Sub1995 1341996 1501997 1581998 1701999 858 177 20.63%2000 1,132 196 17.31%2001 1,383 262 19.09%2002 1,550 468 30.2%2003 2,016 568 28.2% 2004 2,505 (+24%) 624 (+10%) 24.9%2005 3,415 (+36%) 788 (+26%) 23.1%2006 4,282 (+25.4%) 1,125 (+42.8%) 26.3% 2007 5,507 (+28.6%) 1,510 (+34.2%) 27.4%2008.5.5 1,932 515 26.7%

2007年 IOP 全球范围接受投稿和接受论文情况

Year Submitted Accepted Acc rate=Acc/Sub

2007 total 27,475 12,461 45.35%中国 (No 2) (5,507) 20.04% (1,510) 12.12% 27.4%

2007 其他主要国家向 IOP 投稿和发表论文情况No. 1 美国 3 英国 4 德国 5 日本 6 法国 7 意大利 8 印度 9 加拿大 10西班牙投稿 3,948 1,911 1,665 1,282 1,202 961 1,954 743 674接受 2,430 1,290 1,206 845 812 656 530 411 402接受率 61.6% 67.5% 72.4% 65.9% 67.6% 68.3% 27.1% 55.3% 59.6%

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至 2008.5.5 IOP 全球范围接受投稿和接受论文情况

Year Submitted Accepted Acc/Sub

2008ytd 9,742 4,678 48.02%中国 (No 2) (1,932) 19.83% (515) 11.0% 26.7%

2008ytd 其他主要国家向 IOP 投稿和发表论文情况No. 1 美国 3 德国 4 英国 5 法国 6 日本 7 意大利 8 加拿大 9 印度 10西班牙投稿 1,389 636 549 417 373 316 233 672 266接受 957 515 443 329 266 238 188 181 177接受率 68.9% 81.0% 80.1% 78.9% 71.3% 75.3% 80.7% 26.9% 66.5%

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QUALITY ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR IOP JOURNALS

Q1 Makes major contributions to the advancement

of the subject world-wide (top 15%) Q2 Good quality work - original and internationally

competitive Q3 Borderline work of limited interest Q4 Low quality work - adds little or no new

knowledge Q5 Poor work, clearly unsuitable

Q1 or Q2 papers are expected Q3 papers unlikely to be accepted Q4 or Q5 papers will be rejected

2007年 IOP 发表中国大陆作者论文的质量水平

Quality rating Papers accepted Percentage Accumulated %

Q1 11 0.7% Q1.5 47 3.1% Q1.5 better 3.8%Q2 1118 74.0% Q2 better 77.8%Q2.5 275 18.2% Q2.5 better 96.0%Q3 58 3.8% Q3.5 1 0.07%Q4-Q5 0

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What determine your quality Original work, novel and significant Interest to the community Have sound motivation and purpose Not previously published Not under consideration for publication in

any other journal or any other form Scientific quality not quantity of papers Ethical code:

Research results Authorship practices

Helpful techniques for writing your paper Focus on new and important research

results Make sure the language is clear and

precise, especially your conclusions Ensure that figures and tables are clear Ensure that the paper is of the right

length

Something to avoid Presenting new but trivial or obvious

results Making unsubstantiated conclusions Burying new results beneath too much

scene-setting Recapping of findings already published Presenting incremental research

More helpful tips Allow time for rewriting Use figures instead of tables Ask a colleague to read and comment on an early

draft Avoid using too much jargon Check the structure of the paper:

Title and Abstract Introduction Method Results and Discussion Conclusion References

Selecting the journal Choose the right one for you

Submitting the manuscript: visit the journal home page

For authors

Submitting the manuscript: instructions for authors

Author guidelines

Submitting the manuscript: Web, e-mail (or hard copy)

Fill in online form

电子投稿 Electronic Submission

对所有 IOPP 期刊，可直接电子邮件投稿至

E-mail: mingfang.lu@iop.org

在标题栏中用英文注明电子投稿及所投期刊 标准格式，如 : Electronic submission to JPCM

稿件（附件） + 英文投稿信 (Cover Letter)

适用于所有 IOP 期刊，简单、快速、可靠！

或网上直投： Online submission

Process at the journal Editor acknowledges your paper, assign a

ref number, e.g. CM/232162/PAP/260501 Pre-screening process Editor selects referees for the paper Referees send their reports back to the

Editor Editor makes decision based on referee

reports Adjudicator is selected if the reports are

conflicting

What referees do for your paper? Independent assessment by experts in the field Referees provide constructive criticism and

feedback on your paper A ‘filter’ for scientific quality control Publishing a paper in a peer-reviewed journal

gives more credibility to your work than if you post it on your own web site

Peer review is an essential part of publishing in a journal or obtaining a grant

Referees’ assessment: Scientific Quality Scientific merit: significant new results and

originality Accurate and correct Sufficient discussion of the context of the

work, and suitable referencing Suitable material for the Journal

Referees’ assessment: Presentation Title: is it adequate/appropriate? Abstract: is it complete by itself and suitable

for direct inclusion in an abstracting service? Diagrams, tables, and captions: are they clear

and essential? Text and mathematics: are they brief but still

clear? Conclusion: does it summarise what has been

learned and why it is interesting and useful? References: objective and up-to-date Clear writing and communication of ideas,

readability and discussion of concepts

Geographical Distribution of Referee Reports 2005

43%

16%

4%

21%

16%

EU (excl. UK)

UK

Japan

USA

Rest of World

International Refereeing Fully international refereeing is possible

through the internet

We still need more referees from China only ~1% of referee reports

Volunteer at http://referees.iop.org or contact the IOP journal where you

have published

Responding to referees’ comments

Read referees’ report and put away for a day! Read them again! Respond to each and every comment

specifically Keep a list of your changes Where you disagree, explain why If referee misses a point it is not necessarily

his/her fault Be polite! Prepare a detailed covering letter with your

response

If your paper is rejected

Do not despair: treat referees’ comments as a free expert advice

You may be able to re-write your article taking into account the suggestions of the referees and re-submit it

Note: If you re-submit the paper to any IOP journal, you need to add enough significant new results in it

If you think the review was unfair, appeal to the journal by sending a letter and explaining why you think your work did not receive a fair treatment

If your paper is accepted Great - celebrate! The journal will expect you to check your

proofs rapidly Nominate another person if you are

unavailable Give one copy of proofs to somebody else

to read Reply to editor’s queries

IOP Flagship Journals

Journal of Physics series

Journal of Physics – IOP flagship journals range

J Phys A: Mathematical & Theoretical (2006 IF: 1.577)1. Quantum field theory2. QFT/BEC overlap3. Quantum information4. Foundations of quantum mechanics5. Open quantum open systems6. Quantum condensed matter physics7. Computational physics8. Mathematical methods for materials and biology

J Phys B: Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics (2006 IF: 2.024)1: Quantum optics and quantum information processing 2: Ultrafast science 3: Cold atoms and molecules4: Novel light sources for atomic and molecular physics studies

Journal of Physics – IOP flagship journals range

J Phys CM: Condensed Matter (2006 IF: 2.038)1. Soft condensed matter2. Biological physics3. Nanostructured surfaces and surface processes4. Spintronics5. Correlated electrons6. Solid-state quantum information processingAll on fundamental CM physics, experimental or theoretical!

J Phys D: Applied Physics (2006 IF: 2.077)1. Magnetism and magnetic materials2. Applied interfaces3. Photonics and semiconductors4. Spintronics5. Biomedical optics, biophotonics and biomagnetism6. Tribology7. Nanostructures and nanoelectronics8. Terahertz physics

Journal of Physics – IOP flagship journals range

J Phys G: Nuclear and Particle Physics (2006 IF: 1.781)1. Quark Matter / QGP / Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions2. Cosmic Rays & Particle Astrophysics 3. Hadronic Physics4. Neutrino physics5. Nuclear Structure6. Lattice QCD7. Underground Lab Physics

ISI 影响因子的计算 :

A=2004 年发表的论文数 , B=2005 年发表的论文数C=(A+B)在 2006 年被引用的总次数 ( 能够追踪的 )

2006 Impact Factor=C/(A+B)发布时间 : 2007年 6月 20 日

IOP 58 种期刊目录及最新 SCI 影响因子 (1-7) IOP 最著名的期刊系列 -- Journal of Physics series

(2006 Impact Factor, updated in June 2007) 1. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical & Theoretical (1.577) 2. (1) Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics (2.024) 3. (2) Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (2.038) 4. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2.077) 5. (3) Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics (1.781) 6. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (New)

7. New Journal of Physics (3.754)

Notes: 1. No page charge except NJP which is an open access journal.2. For journals marked (1) - (8), IOP Beijing Office provides free pre-refereeing and English

polishing services.3. For journals marked “*”, authors need to submit papers directly to their editorial offices,

please check www.iop.org/journals

IOP 58 种期刊目录及 SCI 索引和最新影响因子 (8-21) (2006 ISI Impact factor) 8. * The Astronomical Journal (AAS, 4.854) 9. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics (New) 10. Biomedical Materials (New) 11. *Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics (0.746) 12. *Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics (USTC, 0.437) 13. *Chinese Physics B (CPS, 1.497) 14. *Chinese Physics Letter (CPS, 1.135) 15. (4) Classical and Quantum Gravity (2.773) 16. * Communications in Theoretical Physics (0.726) 17. Computational Science & Discovery (new) 18. Environmental Research Letters (New) 19. European Journal of Physics (0.595) 20. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (new) 21. * EPL (Europhysics Letters) (2.229)

All IOP Journals (22 - 36) 22. Inverse Problems (1.319) 23. Journal of Breath Research (new) 24. *Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (6.175) 25. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering (IGP, Nanjing, 0.839) 26. *Journal of High Energy Physics (5.393) 27. *Journal of Instrumentation (New) 28. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (2.321) 29. Journal of Neural Engineering (New) 30. (5) Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics (1.604) 31. *Journal of Radiological Protection (0.736) 32. *Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (2.185) 33. Measurement Science and Technology (1.228) 34. * Metrologia (1.657) 35. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Sci. & Eng. (1.457) 36. (6) Nanotechnology (3.037)

All IOP Journals (37 – 52) 37. Nonlinearity (1.288) 38. * Nuclear Fusion (IAEA, 2.839) 39. * Physica Scripta (1.161) 40. Physical Biology (2.773) 41. Physics Education 42. Physics in Medicine and Biology (2.873) 43. Physiological Measurement (1.438) 44. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (2.820) 45. *Plasma Science and Technology (IPP, 0.331) 46. Plasma Sources Science and Technology (2.346) 47. Reports on Progress in Physics (9.549) 48. SciDAC Review (DOE, new) 49. * Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (NIMS, 1.124) 50. (7) Semiconductor Science and Technology (1.586) 51. Smart Materials and Structures

(1.510) 52.(8) Superconductor Science and Technology (1.440)

All IOP Journals (53 – 58) 53. *Izvestiya: Mathematics (Turpion) (0.545) 54. *Physics-Uspekhi (Turpion) (2.675) 55. *Quantum Electronics (Turpion) (0.860) 56. *Russian Chemical Reviews (Turpion) (1.836) 57. *Russian Mathematical Surveys (Turpion) (0.303) 58. *Sbornik: Mathematics (Turpion) (0.295)

Notes:

1. No page charge except NJP which is an open access journal.

2. For journals marked (1) - (8 ), IOP Beijing Office provides free pre-refereeing and English polishing services.

3. For journals marked “*”, authors need to submit papers directly to their editorial offices, please check www.iop.org/journals

More journals to come AAS – American Astronomical Society

-- The Astrophysical Journal (6.119)

More Chinese journals: Chinese Physics C: High Energy Physics and Nuclear

Physics (0.287) (in final discussion) Chinese Journal of Semiconductors – CJS China Science Review – NSFC (in discussion)

Where to read IOP journals

http://journals.iop.org

http://www.iop.org/EJ

IOP 期刊的显著特点 , www.iop.org/EJ 双审稿人审稿机制，对作者更公平和更多的发表机会。 均为享誉国际的著名期刊， 1,000 人的一流国际编委，多名中国编委 广泛的传播性， 电子期刊达到全球 180 多个国家和地区的 4,000 多个研究机

构，包括所有 200 多个世界最著名实验室。 2007 年被点击 6137 万次，全文下载超过 1000 万次。

全电子服务： esub, eStatus, eSearch, eAlert, RRS 方便作者投稿和研究。 审稿和出版速度快， JPCM： Receipt to First Decision = 38 days,

Receipt to Acceptance = 76 days, Receipt to Web Publication = 104 days; 网上出版可快至 20 天、平均 2-3个月或更快。 NJP 的最快记录只有25小时，前提是保证论文和出版质量。

多媒体附件，免费附加“ ”活 的公式、数据库，彩色图片或动画 电影片段等，向读者充分介绍自己的研究结果和过程。

所有 IOP 期刊均不收取版面费 , 运行经费完全来自期刊的销售 所有新发表论文 30 天网上免费阅读和下载 ， www.iop.org/EJ 自 1874 年成立以来 134 年的过刊全部全文上网，总计超过 20 万篇论文和

150 万页的物理学，其中包括许多荣获诺贝尔奖的经典之作。

Institute of Physics (IOP) – 关于英国物理学会

Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London W1B 3NT United Kingdom

成立于 1874 年，原名为 Physical Society, 1970 年由英国女王授权更名为 Institute of Physics

国际著名学术机构之一 致力于在全球范围内推动和传播物理学的研究和应用，以及促进物理学教育的发展

在英国注册为非盈利性皇家慈善机构 , 注册号码 :293851 在全球范围内拥有约 3.4 万名会员 , 其中约 9 千名国际

会员

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英国物理学会出版社 -- (IOPP)

IOPP 是英国物理学会 (IOP) 下属的非盈利性出版机构 IOPP 采用公司化运作方式，所有盈余全部上缴英国物理学会 从资金和知识两个方面，支持物理学发展的慈善事业 IOPP是全球领先的物理学及相关学科的信息传播机构之一， 出版物包括：

50 余种著名物理学期刊 , 包括 《 Journal of Physics 》系列

Magazine, 包括 6 种杂志 , 如 Physics World, 等 物理学网站， physicsweb.org, physicsworld.com,

eprintweb.org, nanotechweb.org ，等

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IOP’s history of publishing research from China

First paper from China in 1932, published in Proceedings of the Physical Society : Some thermomagnetic effects in Nickel and Iron (

Shih-Chen T'Ao and William Band) From 1932 to 1980, 36 papers with authors from China From 1981 to 1990, 801 papers From 1991 to 2000, 3,192 papers Since 2000, 12,186 papers Nearly 3,000 in 2007 China now 1st for submissions, 2nd for accepted

papers

First paper from China published by IOP, 1932

英国物理学会北京代表处 -- IOP Beijing Office

2000 年 7 月 7 日在北京正式成立 , IOP Beijing Office 联络和促进中英两国在物理学方面的友好合作 , 中国著名的大学和研

究机构 , 中国科技部、中国科协、国家基金委、中国物理学会 , 等 为中国物理学家向 IOP 期刊发表论文、作为审稿人或编委提供服务 为中国作者向 IOP 期刊投稿提供预审服务和免费修改英文服务

希望大家能够从中受益 Contact us: 英国物理学会北京代表处 北京海淀区中关村南三街 8号 A楼 512 房间 （中国科学院物理研究所内） 北京 603 信箱 37 号分箱 邮编：北京 100190 Tel: (010) 82649679, Fax: (010) 82649678 E-mail: mingfang.lu@iop.org, iopchina@aphy.iphy.ac.cn http://www.iop.org/iopbeijing/chssej_intro.html

为 8 种期刊提供预审和免费英文修改 , 方便中国作者投稿

(2006 Impact Factor) 1. Classical and Quantum Gravity (CQG, 2.773) 2. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics (JOPA, 1.604) 3. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics (JPB, 2.024) 4. Nanotechnology (NANO, 3.037) 5. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (JPCM, 2.038) 6. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics (JPG, 1.781) 7. Semiconductor Science and Technology (SST, 1.586) 8. Superconductor Science and Technology (SUST, 1.440)

将扩展到包括所有 Journal of Physics 期刊 : J Phys: A, D

All cited by SCI

IOP 北京代表处提供稿件预审和免费英文修改服务

国内稿件质量不齐 , 低质量论文对高水平论文带来不利影响，造成多种浪费 — 时间、声誉

对稿件内容水平和写作把关，增加可读性 国际审稿时加速审稿过程 , 增加可接受性，提高命

中率 整体上提高学术声誉

被拒稿的国内论文主要存在的一些问题

科学水平不高，追求论文数量。 写作水平和英文水平欠缺，不能正确表达研究结果和对

其进行充分的讨论，难以达到学术交流目的，甚至使审稿人难以相信你的研究结果 – 不一定是偏见。

内容不适合所投期刊，如 JPCM强调基础凝聚态物理，因此，属于材料科学的论文难以被发表

关于如何发表高水平研究论文，请参见： http://www.iop.org/iopbeijing/howto_get_published_in_chinese.html

Best Chinese papers published in J Phys

Top Chinese papers published in 2006 http://herald.iop.org/deliver/A5/Chinese.flyer.pdf

Top Chinese papers published in 2005 http://www.iop.org/iopbeijing/chssej_intro.html

How to get published in IOP journals http://www.iop.org/iopbeijing/howto_get_published_in_c

hinese.html

Top 10 Chinese institutions publishing papers with IOP in 2007

Name Submitted / Accepted / Acceptance rate (%)

1 Chinese Academy of Sciences - Beijing 485 /162 / 33.40% 2 Zhejiang University 180 / 73 / 40.56% 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong University 186 / 72 / 38.71% 4 Tsinghua University 231 / 68 / 29.44% 5 Jilin University 172 / 61 / 35.47% 6 Nanjing University 181 / 61 / 33.70% 7 Chinese Academy of Sciences - Shanghai 120 / 49 / 40.83% 8 Peking University 150 / 48 / 32.00% 9 Dalian University of Technology 147 / 42 / 28.57% 10 Huazhong University of Science and Technology 142 /42 / 29.6%

Top 10 IOP journals most published by Chinese authors in 2007

Accepted papers

Journal Chinese papers Total papers Chinese papers/ world 1 Nano 297 1,226 24.23% 2 JPhysD 265 1,075 24.65% 3 JPhysCM 180 1,586 11.35% 4 JPhysA 89 1,148 7.75% 5 PhysScr 80 334 23.95% 6 MST 67 476 14.08% 7 JPhysB 60 460 13.04% 8 SMS 50 317 15.77% 9 JOptA 49 246 19.92% 10 JPhysG 46 452 10.18%

几点建议 做好研究工作是写好论文的基础 利用互联网和电子期刊全面检索本领域的研究进展 提早全面准备写论文，不要等到最后 采用标准格式建立参考文献的电子数据库如 Excel 文件

方式，方便以后检索和引用 在研究过程中尽可能采用标准方式记录研究数据，争取形成数据—图表—引用的自动数据链

提早训练写作英语（或其他外语）科技论文，检索一些本领域的范文论文，反复熟记其语言写作特点和语言用法，克服写作自己论文时的语言障碍 , 但切记不可照搬 !

多与老师、同学或同事讨论，认真思考不同的观点 写好第一篇外语论文，不要急于投稿

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