为我国2070年开始的诺贝尔科学奖“井喷”清除障碍、铺平道路！ Zenas 公理 ：2017年《Nature》主编的表述 一、Zenas 公理 2012-05-03 14:23，俺提出： Top Journals ：一般不发表Top的研究结果，因为这些Top 开始时不可避免地不完美、有风险。 等到完美、保险了，Top Journals 开始考虑了，Top 的创新期、原始性已经过去了。 Zenas 公理： Top Journals do not publish Top results in science and technology. http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-2344-13949.html http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-2344-13949.html 可以说，Zenas 公理已经被近几年的西方大数据实证研究所证实。详见《同行评议的局限性和改进之策》（科技中国，2019-11）。 http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-107667-1206879.html http://www.casted.org.cn/channel/newsinfo/7562 二、Zenas 公理与《Nature》主编 2017年05月，《自然》杂志主编坎贝尔（Philip Campbell）先生说： 如果问问科学家们，他们 最引以为傲的研究 发表在哪里，他们回答的往往是其他一些 不太知名、不太被引用 的期刊。 换言之，《自然》以及其他一些在选择上比较挑剔、又有高影响因子的期刊，仅代表了 重要科研文献 的 一小部分 。 引用自：《科技日报》 2017-05-25，改变科研评估规则，现在是时候了，《自然》总编辑 菲利普?坎贝尔 http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/http_www.kjrb.com/kjrb/html/2017-05/25/content_370085.htm?div=-1 http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2017/5/377413.shtm?id=377413 If scientists are asked where they are most proud of their research, they tend to answer a list of other less well known and less cited journals. In other words, nature and other journals that are critically selective and have high impact factors represent only a small portion of important scientific literature. 引用自： http://www.bestchinanews.com/Explore/4926.html Editor in chief of nature: it's time to change the rules for scientific research evaluation 真傻评论： 《自然》、《科学》这样的高影响力期刊，会发表一些重要的“大科学”，如2016年7月《科学》发表LIGO检测到引力波（gravitational-wave）。因为这样的“大型实验结果”是众望所归的，基本上没有风险。“没有风险、完美”，是人类长期艰苦探索后的结果。是结果，不是开始。爱因斯坦的引力波，1936年发表在《富兰克林研究所所刊 Journal of The Franklin Institute》。 所以，赫胥黎说：“ 历史告诫我们说，一种崭新的真理惯常的命运是：始于异端，终于迷信。 ” Thomas Huxley： History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/thomas_huxley_403887 真正的“Top的研究结果”，依旧不能在“Top Journals”发表。即2012年5月3日中国人提出的“Zenas 公理”。 三、《Nature》主编坎贝尔（Philip Campbell）先生的简单背景 坎贝尔先生于1995年12月接替已故的约翰·马多克斯（John Maddox）担任《自然 Nature》杂志的主编（editor-in-chief）。在长达22年的愉快工作后，坎贝尔先生想改变一下自己的生活，所以在2018年5月辞去《自然》杂志主编一职。没有任何人要求坎贝尔先生辞职。 引用自：14 December 2017, Nature’s editor to step down after 22 years in charge, https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08625-3 Skipper, who is currently editor-in-chief of the open-access journal Nature Communications, will become the eighth editor of Nature. She will take over from Philip Campbell, who will move to the newly created post of editor in chief at publisher Springer Nature on 1 July. 引用自：NEWS 02 May 2018, Nature announces new editor-in-chief, Geneticist Magdalena Skipper is first woman to head the 149-year-old journal. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05060-w 四、进一步的担心：科技“同行评议”引发美国《大停滞》？ “ 同行评议扼杀大创新 → 科技回报率下降 → 美国经济大停滞 ”，不会真的存在吧？ http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-107667-1208480.html 万一这个链条是真的，我们该怎么办？ 因为还有人早就发现了： 历史上新的正确的东西，在开始的时候常常得不到多数人承认，只能在斗争中曲折地发展。正确的东西，好的东西，人们一开始常常不承认它们是香花，反而把它们看作毒草。 哥白尼关于太阳系的学说 ， 达尔文的进化论 ， 都曾经被看作是错误的东西，都曾经经历艰苦的斗争。—— 一九五七年六月十九日。 相关链接： 2017-06-18，Zenas 公理：2017年继续领跑世界！ http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-107667-1061527.html 张志东，2008-01-05，Top Journals 是标准吗-1 精选 http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-2344-13949.html 人大经济论坛，2013-12-28，Zenas公理 http://bbs.pinggu.org/forum.php?mod=viewthreadaction=printabletid=2811402 感谢您的指教！ 感谢您指正以上任何错误！ 感谢您提供更多的相关资料！
感谢《科技中国》 张主编给刊出“ 同行评议的局限性和改进之策 ”！ 2019年9月19日，我将稿件《同行评议局限性的近年实证研究结果简介》投稿给期刊《科技中国》的张九庆主编。张老师给出的修改意见如下： 题目：同行评议的局限性和改进之策 （1）简要说明同行评议的优点和效果 （2）近年关于同行评议的局限性的讨论和实证研究（参考文献写在文章中，不以脚注或者文尾标注） （3）改进之策：如何弥补同行评议的局限性 我修改后的稿件，9月21日再次投出。这次录用了。 目前，拙作《同行评议的局限性和改进之策》已经能在网上看到： http://www.casted.org.cn/channel/newsinfo/7562 来源：《科技中国》2019年第十一期pp.34-36 日期：2019-11-19 感谢并祝福科学网博主张九庆老师！感谢并祝福《科技中国》！ 祝您们健康快乐！ 转载如下： http://www.casted.org.cn/channel/newsinfo/7562 说明：某些汉语名词，用英文替换了。 同行评议 的 局限性和改进之策 来源：《科技中国》2019年第十一期pp.34-36 日期：2019-11-19 文/杨正瓴(天津大学电气自动化与信息工程学院) 同行评议，是指在论文发表、基金资助等学术活动中，由一个或更多相关领域的专家进行评价，来决定论文发表、基金资助等结果的活动。 当前，同行评议在维持和提高科技工作的质量和进步方面，起到了重要的程序保证作用。同行评议，在很大程度上保证了对科技劳动结果的价值确认、分配稀缺资源等方面的相对公正性和客观性。 1665年伦敦出版的《Philosophical Transactions》最先使用同行评议。二战之后，特别是1970年代之后，同行评议才步入制度化、社会化的阶段。同行评议的历史，大体归纳在2016年《Nature》的“Peer review: Troubled from the start(同行评审：从一开始就遇到麻烦)”一文中。 与同行评议相关的另一个活动是历史检验。二者都是对科技成果价值的评价。差别在于：同行评议一般是少数人主观的、短时的评价，其时间范围常在天、月的尺度。历史检验通常是人类的客观实践，其时间范围常在月、年、十年、百年或更长的尺度。显然，只有经过历史检验才能逐步确定科技成果或劳动的真实价值。 事物都是一分为二的。同行评议的局限性，也是需要我们认真对待的问题。 1962年1月毛Zedong同志明确指出： “历史上常常有这样的事实，起初，真理不是在多数人手里，而是在少数人手里。Marx、Engels手里有真理，可是他们在开始的时候是少数。Lenin在很长一个时期内也是少数。”“历史上的自然科学家，例如哥白尼、伽利略、达尔文，他们的学说曾经在一个长时间内不被多数人承认，反而被看作错误的东西，当时他们是少数。” 1978年华罗庚提出“早发表，晚评价。”“努力在我，评价在人。”强调科学工作要经过历史检验才能逐步确定其真实价值。 2014年丁肇中说，科学是多数服从少数，只有少数人把多数人的观念推翻以后，科学才能向前发展。因此，专家评审并不是绝对有用的。因为专家评审依靠现有的知识，而科学的进展是推翻现有的知识。 在更早些的1948年，著名物理学家普朗克(Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck，1858—1947)死后留下定理：“一个新的科学真理的胜利，不是通过说服其反对者让他们明白过来而实现的，而是由于其反对者最终死去，与此同时熟悉这个真理的新一代成长起来了。” 简单地说：同行评议是依靠旧知识来评价新知识，本身就具有误判的可能性。当代科技分工越来越细，还造成专家知识的主观性和有限性，进一步造成了同行评议局限性。 近年来国外一些基于大数据的实证定量研究，大体上证实了上面的看法。一些代表性的研究结果有： (1)2012年《Nature》的“Conform and be funded”。该文对本世纪美国国立卫生研究院(US National Institutes of Health，NIH)资助的项目研究表明， 大多数NIH的项目评审人得到了NIH资助，却没有发表高引用论文。反之，大部分高引用论文并没有得到NIH资助。 (2)2015年《PNAS》的“Measuring the effectiveness of scientific gatekeeping”。该文对1,008份顶级期刊的稿件评审意见分析后发现，同行评审能够识别出良好的研究论文，但一般不能识别出高创新性的稿件。 高创新性稿件，往往被高影响因子期刊拒绝，之后发表在低影响因子期刊上。 (3)2016年《Management Science》的“Looking across and looking beyond the knowledge frontier: intellectual distance, novelty, and resource allocation in science”。该文用“知识距离(intellectual distance)”作为评审人和申请书之间的“同行”量化指标，对随机挑出的2,130对“评审人—申请书”(evaluator–proposal pairs)分析的结果表明：知识距离越近，评审人给申请书的评分越差; 新颖性中等的申请书得分最高，高新颖性申请书的得分远低于没有新颖性的申请书得分。 (4)2016年《PNAS》的“Peer review and competition in the Art Exhibition Game”。该文构造了一个由23,627评审者参加的the Art Exhibition Game试验。结果表明： 同行之间的竞争，使得更多高质量的作品被故意拒绝。 这个结果，有可能解释众多的突破性的科技成果只能在低影响力期刊发表。 (5)2016年《Nature》的“Interdisciplinary research has consistently lower funding success”。该文以澳大利亚研究理事会(Australian Research Council Discovery Programme)2010—2014年间受理的18,476申请书为例，采用跨学科距离(interdisciplinary distance，IDD)作为“创新性”的量化指标，发现 创新性越高，获得资助的概率越低。 (6)2017年《Nature》的“Blinkered by bibliometrics”。该文认为， 大家嘴上都鼓励高创新的研究，而评审过程却是鼓励保守的、安全的研究。高创新性论文也倾向于发表在影响因子较低的期刊上。 (7)2017年《Research Policy》的“Bias against novelty in science: A cautionary tale for users of bibliometric indicators”。该文以2001年Web of Science收录的百万篇论文为例，以“组合新颖性”作为创新性的量化指标，分析后发现：在论文刊出的头三年里，高新颖性和其他论文的引用量差别不太明显。在刊出后的第15年，高新颖性论文在学科内和对其他学科的影响力会明显高于其他论文。主要结论： 短期评价指标(如三年以内)阻碍了科技创新。 (8)2018年《Science》在“Science of science”一文中，确认了上面第(3)(5)(7)项的发现。 (9)2019年《Nature》的“Large teams develop and small teams disrupt science and technology”。该文对1954—2014年间超过6,500万篇论文、专利和软件产品，以颠覆性指标(Disruption)作为科技成果的创新性量化指标，分析后发现：3人以下的小团队创新性明显比大团队高，即提出新的想法、发现新的机会;反之，大团队往往跟随在小团队后面进行后续的研究。进一步对2004至2014年发表的论文分析发现： 小团队得到资助后，其论文的创新性变得和大团队类似。这可能是保守的资助评审过程(conservative review process)扼杀了小团队的创新性。 简言之，同行评议的局限性在于：(1)是用旧知识来评价新知识，具有鼓励保守(而不是鼓励创新)的先天特性;(2)“评审—被评审”人之间潜在的利益冲突，会限制评审意见的科学性和客观性;(3)评审的时间太短，评审专家只能依据“不全面”的信息进行主观的推断或猜测。 回顾一下人类的科技史，不难发现： 人类科技史上的3个“奇迹年Annus mirabilis”，作为现代科学诞生年的1543年(维萨里的《人体构造》和哥白尼《天体运行论》)、1666年(牛顿)和1905年(爱因斯坦)，科学巨人们所创造的科学奇迹，以及构成现代科技体系的大多数重大科技成果，都不是在同行评议下完成的。 二战之后，人类的科技增长进入相对平缓的时期，明显表现出重大创新减少但一般性创新活跃的特征(Dong J、Li W、Cao Y等，2016)。能够基本上识别出良好科技成果的同行评议，在此条件下充分发出了积极的作用。这也引出一个问题：同行评议的制度化、社会化，和此时科技增长的平缓期出现，有没有内在的因果关系?换言之， 同行评议是否扼杀或阻碍了重大科技成果的出现? 为保障人类科技工作的可持续发展，应该充分利用同行评议的优点，竭尽全力避免同行评议的缺点。 上述实证研究提示我们，对高原创、高新颖的研究工作，弥补同行评议“守旧、不客观、短时”局限性的可能改进之策有以下几点。 (1)不使用通常的同行评议，或引入一定程度的“外行评议”。 将市场经济中的“反垄断法”、司法中的“民众陪审团”制度进行某种改造，都可能形成新的评审机制，以期绕过同行专家“旧知识”的局限性，从而促进科技重大创新。 (2)采用公开性的数轮对话式评审。如各种开放同行评议机制。 (3)引入历史检验的某些特征来提高同行评议的性能。如2019年3月Richard N.Zare提出的“同行评议责任制 peer-informed review”(Richard N.Zare，2019)。 正是认识到同行评议体系的无效和不公平，荷兰、美国、英国近年都进行了“经费平均分配”之类的新尝试(张章，2017;李江，2017)。2011年《Nature》“Fund people not projects”一文里也建议了平均主义、随机资助、自动的影响指数、科学公民身份、业绩评估、宽松项目等研究经费分配的可能模式。 不存在完美无缺的科技评价方法。正确地认识同行评议正反两方面的特性，更加合理地使用同行评议，是一个长期的历史任务(杨正瓴，2019)。 感谢您的指教！ 感谢您指正以上任何错误！ 感谢您提供更多的相关资料！ 相关链接： 2019-02-27，《对科技成果代表作评价的具体建议》正式刊出 http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-107667-1164530.html
今天接到一封邀请信，问我是否愿意担当“ Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research ”的主编。可惜我已经挂了一个《生命科学研究》杂志的执行主编，近来又决心退出江湖抗衰老，“在位退休”。不知科学网上有没有谁愿意担当这个主编，请与我联系。 收到的邀请信详情如下： Dear Prof . Dazhong Yin I will no longer take the position of EDITORS-IN-CHIEF of Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research because of my health status, if you accept, i will recommend you become the EDITORS-IN-CHIEF of the arising journal. The major task of the Editors-In-Chief of JBMBR is to peer review the manuscripts, which is one of the key steps in the publication of the journal to ensure its academic level. The second task is to write editorials voluntarily, organize topic highlights. The names of all the editorial board members who will be published in online version of each JBMBR issue, as well as in web version of each JBMBR issue. With best wishes, Janney Sun Editorial Board of Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Address: UNIT E, A1, 7/F, Cheuk Nang Plaza, 250 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong Http://www.ghrnet.org/index.php/jbmbr E-mail: s-editor@ghrnet.org
美国《科学》杂志主编撰文赞叹李克强科学理念 2014年1月13日，中国国务院总理李克强在北京中南海紫光阁会见了美国《科学》杂志主编。本文是其对会见的回忆。 李总理和我 我最近对中国进行了为期一周的访问，期间拜会了李克强总理，讨论科学问题。刚开始我还不相信。中国毕竟是一个有着十三亿人口的大国，而李克强作为国务院总理和党组书记，要处理诸多国内国际紧迫问题。我曾被总统任命为一个掌管10亿美元的美国科学机构领导人，任职四年中，奥巴马总统或拜登副总统从未直接指示我如何帮助他们实现科学愿景，为国家利益服务，更不要说亲自与我面对面讨论科学问题。中国总理会见我这件事发出一个强烈信息，表明中国认为科学对其未来的健康发展极为重要。 会见的要求很明确。仅我一人出席，不带美国记者，时间是30分钟。我们将讨论科学和经济问题。我提前来到了会见地点，这是一间漂亮的拥有中国传统风格的接待厅。没有像国会山或白宫入口处见到的X光安检机或人体扫描仪。总理和我喝茶、交谈，谈了70分钟，议题从探索宇宙到国际合作到气候变化和环境保护等。会谈开始后不久李的助手急匆匆送进来一张字条，大概不是很重要。为了不影响会见，总理将他打发走了。 总理对所有的问题都胸有成竹。他表示，中国应对环境问题的努力不只是意愿，而是已经产生实际效果。他提到自2000年实施退耕还林工程以来实现固碳1.6亿吨，中国节能环保产业的价值到2015年将达到4.5万亿元人民币。他说：“我们要向污染的环境、不清洁的水、污浊的空气宣战。”为了说明中国在这方面是如何积极进取的，他举例说到中国在2013年解决了农村六千万人的饮水安全问题，2014年计划再解决六千万人。但是，仍有很多工作要做。我离开北京的第二天，也就是2014年1月16日，北京遭遇了危险的雾霾天气，PM2.5浓度达到世界卫生组织界定的安全水平的20倍。 对总理来说，确保中国拥有最优秀最智慧的科学家来解决这些问题不仅是好政策，而且是他个人很关心的。三十多年前，他还是一个中国贫困农村地区的农民。由于高考成绩优异，被一流的北京大学录取，开启了他自己卓越的事业生涯。就任总理之后，他注意到贫困生在中国重点大学中的比例有下降的趋势。于是，去年中国政府要求各重点院校多招来自中西部欠发达地区的农村学生，并拿出500亿人民币作为这些学生的助学奖学金。李说，2013年农村学生的比例比上一年增长了近10%。 我们的会谈上了当晚7点的新闻联播，第二天早上各大报纸都做了报道。连出租车司机都知道这次会见，印象深刻。科研在中国享有明星般的地位。我推测这正是中国科学院白春礼博士提出要求时希望实现的目标。如果长远结果是中国最有才干的青年人纷纷成为找寻环境问题解决办法的研究者，我们就实现了共赢。(注：此文英文版将在4月11日出版的《科学》杂志上以社论形式发表) Published Online April 3 2014 Science Express Index Read Full Text to Comment (0) Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1251293 EDITORIAL Li and Me Marcia McNutt Marcia McNutt is Editor-in-Chief of Science . During a week-long trip to China in January this year, I was invited to meet with Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing to discuss science. At first, I was in disbelief. After all, China is a nation of 1.3 billion people. Li, as Premier and Party Secretary of the State Council, has many pressing issues of national and international concern to attend to. In all my years as a scientist, including heading a billion-dollar U.S. research agency, this was the most significant invitation I had ever received to meet with a sitting national leader to hear his vision for science and discuss important global science matters.The fact that the Chinese Premier wanted to meet with me sent strong signals as to how China is seeing science as critical to its future wellbeing. The meeting would have clear ground rules. Just me, no U.S. reporters, for 30 minutes. We would discuss science and the economy, not politics. Some topics were off limits for the Premier, suggested as more appropriate for conversations between President Bai Chunli of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and me. I arrived early for the meeting at a beautiful traditional Chinese reception hall. No x-ray machines or body scanners such as you find at the entrance to the U.S. Capitol and the White House. The Premier and me, having tea. And we talked, and talked, for 70 minutes, on topics ranging from space exploration to international cooperation to climate change and environmental protection . At one point early in the conversation, Li’s aide rushed in with an urgent note. And yet Premier Li dismissed him; whatever important matter demanded his attention elsewhere would have to wait. The Premier was clearly well prepared to demonstrate that China’s efforts to address its environmental woes have gone beyond intent to yield results. He quoted numbers on carbon stored through returning farmland to forest since 2000 (160 million tons) and the value of China’s energy-saving and environmental industries . He stated: “We need to declare war on environmental pollution, on unclean water and dirty air. As an example of how China is moving forward aggressively on this front, Li claimed that 60 million rural water users were supplied with clean drinking water in 2013, with another 60 million scheduled to benefit in 2014. Yet there is still much to do. The day after I left Beijing, the capital experienced dangerous smog, with concentrations of 2.5-micrometer particles that were 20 times the level considered safe by the World Health Organization. Ensuring that China has the best and brightest scientists to solve these problems is not just good policy for the Premier, but something personal. Over 30 years ago, Li was a peasant from a poor rural part of China. Thanks to his excellent performance on the college entrance examination, he was admitted to the elite Peking University, which helped launch his own illustrious career. When Li became Premier, he noted that the proportion of poor students at the elite Chinese universities was declining. Therefore, last year the Chinese government asked those universities to enroll more rural students from underdeveloped central and western areas of China and provided 50 billion RMB (approximately US$0.8 billion) in scholarships to offset the cost of their college attendance. Their representation increased by 10% over the previous year, Li noted. Our meeting made the 7 p.m. national news and was all over the morning papers. Even cab drivers knew about the meeting and were impressed. Scientific research had attained rock-star status in China. I suspect that this was the hoped-for intent when Dr. Bai of the CAS made the request for my meeting with the Premier. If the long-term result is that China’s most talented youth become researchers to find environmental solutions, then we all win. Published Online April 3 2014 Science Express Index Read Full Text to Comment (0) Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1253962 ASSOCIATION AFFAIRS AAAS News and Notes Marcia McNutt INTERNATIONAL A Discussion on Science Between Premier Li Keqiang and Dr. Marcia McNutt During a visit to the People's Republic of China, Science Editor-in-Chief Marcia McNutt had the opportunity to meet with Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on 13 January 2014. Much of the conversation centered around China's challenge of sustainably developing resources for economic growth while preserving the natural environment and curbing greenhouse gas emissions. There is no precedent for tackling these problems while supporting a population as large as China's 1.3 billion. Furthermore, China has been on an accelerated path to modernization, playing catch up since the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s. Li explained that China has been heavily investing in environmental science and clean energy technologies as part of its strategy to propel the nation into the 21st century. As further evidence of China's commitment to address environmental problems, Li pointed to efforts under way to tame air and water pollution in China. As more Chinese citizens attain middle-class economic status and find their basic life needs met, they are paying more attention to quality of life. Although past Chinese leaders declared a war on poverty, and that war continues, the current leadership has now also declared a war on pollution. As a first step, Li explained that China is using science to address the human contribution to smog in major cities, moving beyond monitoring to take action to treat it. He noted that China has raised fuel standards to cut vehicle exhaust, developed clean technologies for coal use, taken steps to prevent the spread of dust from construction sites, carried out afforestation in arid landscapes, and returned unproductive cultivated land to forests. He said his nation is developing the world's largest wind power capacity, expanding solar energy, and investing in carbon capture and storage technologies and new battery technologies for electric cars that require less palladium, platinum, and other limited resources. China is more than doubling the number of nuclear power plants while setting aggressive targets to lower overall energy consumption. Li believes that developing renewable energy and conserving energy and resources can together contribute to GDP growth while preserving the environment. With all the current policies in place, China's energy-saving and environmental industries will have a market value of 4.5 trillion RMB yuan by 2015 (approximately US$720 billion at current exchange rates) and will soon approach US$1 trillion. This is why, he said, many companies and research institutions developing nuclear power, carbon capture, and clean energy have turned their attention to China. Clean water in China is also a major concern. Contaminated water takes a heavy toll on human health. In rural areas, 100 million to 110 million people still do not have access to safe drinking water. Last year, with the support of central and local budgets and funds raised by individuals, Li said that China began providing clean water to over 60 million people. The plan is to extend that initiative to another 60 million people this year, and the remaining 50 million next year. By then, the drinking water problem will be basically solved. However, highly polluted water still accounts for more than 10% of China's total water resources; a plan is required to resolve this issue. The following are excerpts from the conversation. On China's space program, its goals, and the balance between manned and robotic missions Li Keqiang: China's manned space and lunar probe missions have a twofold purpose: First, to explore the origin of the universe and mystery of human life; and second, to make peaceful use of outer space. … peaceful use of outer space is conducive to China's development. China's manned space program has proceeded to the stage of building a space station, and will move forward step by step. … As human life is precious, we will start with robotic exploration before gradually expanding manned space exploration. Space is all too mysterious. We need to take risks, but not at the cost of human life when conditions are not yet right. On international science cooperation LK: China … needs to fulfill the responsibility required of a big developing country and do what it can to help other developing countries. At the same time, it also needs to draw experience from them. This is a process of mutual assistance and mutual learning. … There are three priorities of cooperation: First, development, such as agricultural productivity and poverty alleviation; second, improvement of livelihood, such as disaster prevention and reduction to mitigate losses caused by natural disasters; third, nature and the environment, such as development of clean energy. … there are bright people even in a poor country. … Science research needs brilliant ideas, and this requires input from all sources. On climate change LK: Climate change is a common challenge of mankind. …There is still controversy about whether the main cause of climate change is human activity or the changing dynamics of nature. Nevertheless there is no denying that human activities do impact climate change. To realize modernization, developing countries must overcome the challenges of the environment and resources facing the whole of mankind. These challenges are related to climate change and are pressing tasks for us. China is committed to achieving modernization, but there is no past precedent for us to follow in human history on how to achieve modernization in an energy-conserving and environment-friendly way. … Moreover, coal still accounts for about 66% of China's energy mix, and its emissions have a direct impact on climate change. Hence, we are determined to conserve energy, and this is a top priority. … China's energy consumption per unit of GDP in 2013 was 3.7% lower than the previous year. … we are vigorously developing clean energy. For example, China's installed hydropower capacity is 278 million kilowatts, and a total of 70 million kilowatts of wind power has been connected to the grid, larger than any other country in the world. On building elite institutions versus promoting equal access LK: We will continue to build some world-class universities and attract top-notch professionals. We place greater emphasis on educational fairness. For example, the share of poor students in key Chinese universities was declining. This is unfair for children in China's underdeveloped and poor areas. It also makes all-round and high-end scientific progress unsustainable. Last year, the Chinese government took strong measures to ask key universities to enroll more rural students from the underdeveloped central and western regions, especially poor areas. … In 2013, the share of rural students in key universities increased by 10% over the previous year. … Our government has provided 50 billion RMB yuan in scholarships or student loans to finance the higher education of children from poor regions and families. Originally published in Science Express on April 3 2014 (Translation) A Discussion on Science Between Premier Li Keqiang and Dr. Marcia McNutt On the afternoon of 13 January 2014, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council of the People's Republic of China met with Marcia McNutt, Editor-in-Chief of Science magazine, at Ziguangge, Zhongnanhai in Beijing. In the 70-minute meeting, Premier Li and Dr. McNutt had an in-depth exchange on a broad range of science-related topics. Premier Li answered questions from Dr. McNutt on space exploration, China's scientific cooperation with other developing countries, climate change, education, and environmental protection. The following is a transcript of the meeting. Premier Li: Madame Editor-in-Chief, I am delighted to meet you. Welcome to Beijing. Science magazine has a long history and a wide readership. It is an authoritative and influential journal in the science community. Under your stewardship, fresh progress has been made in further improving the quality of the journal and better serving the general public. I am especially appreciative of your commitment to cooperating with the Chinese science community and making the voices and views of Chinese scientists heard through your journal. I hope that the two sides will continue to advance the cooperation between the Chinese science community on one side and your journal and all its related scientific fields on the other. McNutt: Thank you very much, Prime Minister Li. I appreciated the words of welcome and the opportunity for this meeting. I believe this opportunity of a meeting between Science magazine and the Chinese Premier is such an honor for me personally and such an honor for Science globally. The importance of this meeting cannot be overstated. This meeting shows to the global science community how important China views scientific information to the future of China and the future of China in helping to use science in tackling global problems. Premier Li: Talking about science, one would naturally think of time and space. As far as human understanding about science and nature goes, space may be limitless, yet for us individuals time is limited. I am happy to use today's limited time to answer your questions. McNutt: Thank you. Speaking of space, I want to first congratulate you on your successful Moon landing this last month. We were all cheering you on. As one of the most successful nations in space exploration, I know that China is accelerating plans for a lunar sample return mission and also proceeding with plans to orbit a permanent space station. Can you share with the readers of Science China's long-term vision for space exploration? What would be the balance between robotic missions and manned missions? Premier Li: Let me first thank you for your kind words about Chang'e-3's successful soft landing and scientific probe on the Moon. In the final analysis, China's manned space and lunar probe missions have a twofold purpose: First, to explore the origin of the universe and mystery of human life; and second, to make peaceful use of outer space. China is a big country with 1.3 billion people. We see our effort in exploring the origin and mystery of the universe and life as our due responsibility to mankind as a major country. And peaceful use of outer space is conducive to China's development. China's manned space program has proceeded to the stage of building a space station, and will move forward step by step. Our lunar probe has made a soft landing on the Moon and sent back relevant information. Next, we will launch an automated mission to bring lunar samples back to the Earth for further study. As for how to balance manned space activities and robotic space study, in my view, robots are an extension of human intelligence and body—an extension with no limit if well designed. So the development of space science needs, to a large part, the use of robots, including in the automated mission for lunar sample return to the Earth and in exploring deeper into space. To some extent, manned space exploration is a test of the strength and even limit of human life. Hence, it is important for the advancement of life science. As human life is precious, we will start with robotic exploration before gradually expanding manned space exploration. Space is all too mysterious. We need to take risks, but not at the cost of human life when conditions are not yet right. The good thing is mankind has invented robots. McNutt: I remember a time when China was viewed as more insular. But that has really changed. China now funds research in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Africa and trains many researchers from abroad. What specific themes are priorities for your science cooperation with other nations? What do you hope the eventual outcome of these efforts will be? Premier Li: China is a developing country. It needs to fulfill the responsibility required of a big developing country and do what it can to help other developing countries. At the same time, it also needs to draw experience from them. This is a process of mutual assistance and mutual learning. China has a lot of such scientific and technological cooperation with the developing countries in its neighborhood. For example, between China and Southeast Asian countries, ASEAN countries to be exact, there are over 1000 such cooperation projects and over 10,000 mutual visits between scientists and technological professionals of the two sides. At the same time, scientific and technological exchanges between China and African countries are also expanding. China has provided financial assistance to students and scientists from some African countries to study or do research in China. There are three priorities of cooperation: First, development, such as agricultural productivity and poverty alleviation; second, improvement of livelihood, such as disaster prevention and reduction to mitigate losses caused by natural disasters; third, nature and the environment, such as development of clean energy. As I said previously, this kind of help and learning is mutual and it benefits both sides. China will continue to do what it can to help the developing countries at a lower level of development. During such cooperation, China has also gained knowledge and experience, because there are bright people even in a poor country. I learned that you once taught in American universities. I understand that teachers in American universities often draw very good ideas from their students. I am not saying that China is a teacher of other developing countries. Instead, we are each other's teachers and students. My hope is that developed countries will also join in this cooperation process among developing countries as a third party. This will make such cooperation richer. There will be a greater variety of ideas when people from countries at different levels of development pool their wisdom. Science research needs brilliant ideas, and this requires inputs from all sources. McNutt: Wonderful! So, changing topic somewhat, is addressing climate change a national economic imperative? If so, what fraction of GDP do you see devoting to address the problem? Premier Li: You asked a big question. Climate change is a common challenge of mankind. For a big and populous country like China to achieve modernization, climate change also poses us a huge challenge. Although climate change, as a term, has not been in existence for a long time, just about 20 to 30 years, it has received much attention in recent years. There is still controversy about whether the main cause of climate change is human activity or the changing dynamics of nature. Nevertheless, there is no denying that human activities do impact climate change. You asked how much of its GDP China should spend on addressing climate change. Since there is not yet agreement on the causes of climate change, it is hard for me to give you a specific number. But one thing is certain. To realize modernization, developing countries must overcome the challenges of the environment and resources facing the whole of mankind. These challenges are related to climate change and are pressing tasks for us. China is committed to achieving modernization, but there is no past precedent for us to follow in human history on how to achieve modernization in an energy-conserving and environment-friendly way. The total population of modern countries in the world now is, at most, around 1 billion. We are keenly aware that China, as a big developing country, now contributes to 11% of the world GDP but takes up 21% of global energy consumption. This means energy efficiency is still quite low in China. But the United States, with 5% of the world population, also accounts for nearly 20% of the world's energy consumption. China and the United States are the largest developing and developed countries in the world. One cannot say that the United States has low energy efficiency, but it is a fact that it has massive energy consumption. I don't wish to make too much comparison with other countries here. In China's case, if being the most populous country in the world is its most prominent national condition, then I should also note that China's per-capita possession of resources, including water and energy, is way below world average, and this is also our basic reality. Therefore, we must uphold the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities. Facing such harsh realities, we must tackle the constraints of energy, resources, and environment. Moreover, coal still accounts for about 66% of China's energy mix, and its emissions have a direct impact on climate change. Hence, we are determined to conserve energy, and this is a top priority. I can tell you with confidence that China's GDP growth in 2013 met the 7.5% target we set at the beginning of the year, and actually it would be higher than 7.5%. Our GDP will surpass US$9 trillion. In achieving that, we did not resort to quantitative easing. We neither increased budget deficit nor printed excess money. Rather, we relied on reform to energize the market and ensured economic sustainability through structural adjustment. That is why China's energy consumption per unit of GDP in 2013 was 3.7% lower than the previous year. This is by no means easy. At the same time, we are vigorously developing clean energy. For example, China's installed hydropower capacity is 278 million kilowatts, and a total of 70 million kilowatts of wind power has been connected to the grid, larger than any other country in the world. We plan to build on that. We have also worked hard to improve the eco-environment through afforestation, returning farmland to forest and desert control. Efforts in returning farmland to forest launched since 2000 are estimated to have realized 160 million tons of carbon sequestration. I know carbon sink is still an issue of controversy in the science community, but I believe an increase of carbon sink helps improve the human living environment. All in all, the Chinese government will make utmost efforts to implement any ecological initiative that contributes to addressing climate change and helps China tackle energy and resource constraints and build a livable eco-environment. This is not only China's responsibility to mankind but also what China needs to achieve sustainable development. There is another point which is highly important, that is, energy and resource conservation and environmental protection also contribute to GDP growth. McNutt: So, energy and resource conservation will also be a boost to GDP growth. Premier Li: With all the current policies in place, China's energy-saving and environmental industries will have a market value of 4.5 trillion RMB yuan by 2015, and will soon approach US$1 trillion. That is why many companies and RD institutions of nuclear power, carbon capture, and clean energy in developed countries have focused their eyes on the huge Chinese market. Therefore, one should not set the efforts to tackle climate change against economic growth. Economics was regarded by many as part of science in the 20th century. One very important reason is it invented the concept of GDP. Mcnutt: Wonderful! I can't wait to tell the U.S. government about this. I know China is building elite institutions for star performers, for example, an MIT and a Harvard in China. But China also has the need to promote wide geographical equity so that no matter where a child is born, there will be institutions all over the country that have good access to science and researchers. Are there programs in place to advance both elite institutions and geographical excellence in education and research? Can you give me examples? Premier Li: I noticed that you put MIT before Harvard. I greatly appreciate this way of yours in showing your love for the place where you worked. But in China, under the influence of oriental culture, when graduates from Peking and Tsinghua Universities talk about their alma maters, they tend to put the other university ahead of their own, probably for the sake of modesty. The elite institutions you mentioned are necessary because they play a leading role in scientific and social development. At the same time, we must also advance equity in education, as it not only is important for social fairness but also serves as the foundation for cutting-edge scientific development. It's like a big pyramid: Without a solid foundation, there would not be a high top. The base and the top shouldn't go against each other. Rather, they form an integral whole. In more than three decades of reform and opening up, China has worked hard to develop higher education, including elite institutions. We will continue to build some world-class universities and attract top-notch professionals. We place greater emphasis on educational fairness. For example, the share of poor students in key Chinese universities was declining. This is unfair for children in China's underdeveloped and poor areas. It also makes all-round and high-end scientific progress unsustainable. Last year, the Chinese government took strong measures to ask key universities to enroll more rural students from the underdeveloped central and western regions, especially poor areas. Student selection is still conducted on a fair basis. Such a requirement has paid off. In 2013, the share of rural students in key universities increased by 10% over the previous year. And recruitment of students from poor and rural areas will be further expanded in the future. We must not allow it that children in poor and rural areas be left behind at the starting point of their life. They are bright people and can make their contribution to the society. Over 30 years ago, I myself was a peasant in a very poor rural place of China. I took the college entrance examination and was admitted by Peking University, which, in a way, changed my life. I am not saying that I am more intelligent than others or rural children should all aspire to become Premier. What I mean is that we need to give all rural children an equal shot at life. Our government has provided 50 billion RMB yuan in scholarships or student loans to finance the higher education of children from poor regions and families. And such financial support will continue to increase. McNutt: Do we have time for the last question? Premier Li: Sure. McNutt: The Chinese government has moved aggressively to curb air and water pollution. Because of the increasing movement of people to the cities, the amount of crowding in the cities, and more affluent lifestyles of the Chinese people, environmental conditions are continuing to deteriorate. What new measures can be taken to protect the environment? Premier Li: In the course of pursuing modernization, China's energy and resources consumption will continue to rise. We hope to pass the peak at an early date, yet it will take some time. China has become a middle-income country. With their basic life needs met, the Chinese people are paying more attention to the quality of life, hoping to have clean air and water in particular. The reform and opening-up program launched 35 years ago is a war China declared on poverty. Nowadays, we still need to fight this battle, as we still have nearly 200 million Chinese living in poverty by the standard of the World Bank. At the same time, we need to declare war on environmental pollution, on unclean water and dirty air. China's per-capita possession of water resources is just a quarter of the world average. We must work very hard to develop water-saving technologies. In this process, we must, first and foremost, ensure the safety of drinking water, just as we both need to drink water and cannot live one day without water. Unclean water takes a heavy toll on human health. But you can rest assured that drinking water in most parts of China is safe, and you can drink it as you like. (Dr. McNutt took a sip from the glass of water on the table. Premier Li said, Thank you for believing my word.) But in some rural areas, 100 to 110 million people still have no access to safe drinking water. Last year, with the support of central and local budgets and funds raised among individuals, we solved this problem for over 60 million people. The plan is to extend safe drinking water to another 60 million people this year, and the remaining 50 million next year. By then, the problem will be basically solved. However, the unsafe water under national monitoring, or Grade V water, still accounts for more than 10% of total water resources in China, and it requires a process to eventually resolve this issue. We must take resolute action to keep reducing water pollution. Another thing is air. There is pollution in both urban and rural areas, and it is more serious in cities. We are determined to tackle the PM2.5 in Beijing and other key areas, which is the biggest cause for the smog in big cities. The fact that the Chinese government has decided to start with PM2.5 in its air treatment campaign is a testament of our courage. The WHO recommends developing countries to monitor particles ranging from PM10 to PM2.5. So far, I have not seen any other developing country monitor PM2.5 on such a large nationwide scale as China, though there are similar actions in individual cities of some developing countries. We not just monitor it, but also take action to treat it. In tackling the major factors contributing to PM2.5, we raise fuel standards to cut vehicle exhaust, we develop clean technologies for coal use, we take steps to prevent the spread of dust on construction sites, and we carry out afforestation in deserts and return cultivated land to forests. We aim to gradually reduce and even eliminate those factors. We will unswervingly fight this tough battle. The experience of some developed countries tells us that the campaign against PM2.5 will take some time. For Beijing and coastal cities in eastern China, more wind means less haze. But we cannot rely solely on the power of nature. We believe in science, so we are willing to discuss this issue with Science magazine. Of course, we are also willing to discuss it with Nature . (Laughter) McNutt: The Clean Air Act worked in the United States. Cities like Los Angeles are a basin too and had horrible air conditions. But the Act worked and now smog is very rare. Keep up what you are doing now. It will work. Premier Li: Thank you for the information. We need to combine the forces of science and the rule of law.
Jillian M. Buriak ： 美国《材料化学》杂志的新主编 诸平 据 CEN 周刊网站 2013 年 8 月 22 日 报道，加拿大阿尔伯塔大学（ Universityof Alberta ）化学教授 JillianM. Buriak 将在 2014 年 1 月起进入《材料化学》（ Chemistryof Materials ）杂志编辑部，接任 Leonard V. Interrante 教授的职责，成为新一任《材料化学》杂志的掌门人。 美国化学学会（ ACS ）主编的《材料化学》杂志是主要刊登化学、化学工程以及材料科学交叉方面的研究论文，加拿大阿尔伯塔大学化学教授 Jillian M. Buriak 被任命为一名新主编，将在明年元月起接任创始编辑、前任主编 Leonard V. Interrante 教授的工作。 Leonard V. Interrante 教授是美国伦斯勒理工学院（ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ）化学与化学生物学系的荣誉退休教授，早年毕业于美国 加州大学河滨分校 （ University ofCalifornia, Riverside ）获得化学学士学位，其无机化学博士学位 在伊利诺斯大学香槟分校 （ University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign ）获得， 他作为一名 NSF 博士后研究人员曾经在英国伦敦大学学院进行过研究工作 , 博士后出站回到美国，在加州大学伯克利分校任助理教授。 1985 年在伦斯勒理工学院被优先聘任为正教授， Leonard V. Interrante 博士曾经是美国斯克内克塔迪通用电气研发中心（ General ElectricResearch and Development Center in Schenectady ）的研究化学家。 Leonard V. Interrante 博士 热心社团工作，长期服务于美国材料化学分会。他从前是国际理论与应用化学联合会（ IUPAC ）无机化学分会的秘书，也是 IUPAC 材料化学分会会长；还担任组委会主席、财务主管以及美国化学会无机化学分会会长 , 首届“电子材料化学”戈登研讨会（ Gordon Research Conference on The Chemistry of ElectronicMaterials ）的创始人兼会长等职。 2010 年 Leonard V. Interrante 博士 当选为美国化学会会员（ ACS Fellow ）。自 1989 年以来他就一直担任《材料化学》的主编工作，他也是《材料化学》杂志的创办人之一。 对于将在 2014 年元月由 Jillian M. Buriak 教授接任连任 20 余年的 Leonard V. Interrante 主编之事，美国化学会期刊出版集团的高级副总裁 Susan King 说： “ 化学会已经选定 Jillian M. Buriak 教授作为《材料化学》杂志的下一任主编，我们将与她一起工作感到非常高兴 ,Buriak 博士的到来同时会带来她对材料科学领域的敏锐洞察力以及以她自己的魅力来引领《材料化学》取得更大发展。她已经对于《材料化学》的未来创新发展有所谋划，我们相信《材料化学》将会在前任主编 Leonard V. Interrante 博士奠定的基础之上，未来会继续蓬勃发展，不断壮大。 ” Jillian M. Buriak 教授 本科就读于哈佛大学（ Harvard University , 1986 年 9 月 -1990 年 6 月），获得化学学士学位； 1991 年 9 月 -1992 年 6 月在法国斯特拉斯堡（ Strasbourg, France ）路易·巴斯德大学（ Louis Pasteur University, Université Louis Pasteur ）获得 D.E.A. ， 1992 年 6 月 -1995 年 5 月在法国斯特拉斯堡路易·巴斯德大学获得化学博士学位。 1995 年 7 月 -1997 年 6 月在美国斯克里普斯研究所（ The Scripps Research Institute ）做博士后研究。博士后出站之后 ， 1997 年 8 月 -2001 年 8 月在美国普渡大学 （ Purdue University ）任化学助理教授； 2001 年 8 月 -2003 年 7 月在美国普渡大学任副教授， 2003 年 7 月 - 今在加拿大国家纳米技术研究所任高级研究员，同时任加拿大阿尔伯塔大学化学教授。 Jillian M. Buriak 教授曾经获得多项奖励以及荣誉（ Honors/Awards ），下面仅仅列举 2005 年之前的 20 项： 05/2005, RutherfordMedal (Chemistry) of the Royal Society of Canada 05/2004, Canada Research Chair in Inorganic andNanoscale Materials 04/2004, Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 03/2003, ACS PureChemistry Award American Chemical Society’s annual award toan academic researcher in chemistry or chemical engineering under age 36, in North America 05/2002-05/2004, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award Annual award and grant for research andacademic scholarship 09/2001, FreseniusAward National US award presented to a scientistin chemical science areas under age 35, by Phi Lambda Upsilon, NationalChemistry Honor Society 04/2000-04/2002, Cottrell Teacher-Scholar A two year research/teaching fellowshipfrom Research Corporation, awarded to 16 third year assistant professors in theU.S, in chemistry, physics and astronomy 10/2000-10/2001, 3M Untenured Faculty Award 04/2000, Purdue University School of ScienceOutstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award 04/2000-04/2002, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow A two year fellowship from the A. P. SloanFoundation for research 04/1999-03/2003, National ScienceFoundation ( NSF )Career Award 8/1997-8/2002, Camille and HenryDreyfus Foundation, New Faculty Award 6/1995-6/1997, Natural Science andEngineering Research Council Postdoctoral ( NSERC ) Fellowship 9/1991-5/1995, French GovernmentScholar (Boursière du Gouvernement Français, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères)Doctoral studies fully funded by the Government of France 2/1994-5/1995, CIES Fellowship Research fellowship from the CentreInternational des Etudiants et Stagiaires in France 5/1994, The InternationalPrecious Metals Institute Award Awarded for research on rhodium and iridiummetal complexes 9/1990 - 2/1991, Catherine Innes Ireland Fellowship Harvard-Radcliffe fellowship given forindividuals strong in both academia and extracurriculars to fund humanitarianprojects. Used to assist the Fijian government by teaching high schoolscience courses and preparing teaching materials 6/1990 - 8/1990, ICIInternational Fellow, Kortenberg, Belgium 6/1990, Danforth Teaching Award Awarded by Harvard Universityfor teaching excellence 5/1990, American Institute ofChemists Student Achievement Award 据谷歌学术搜索可得， Jillian M. Buriak 教授 1990 年以来已经发表论文 200 余篇，其中被引频次最高的一篇论文 {JM Buriak. Organometallic chemistry on silicon and germanium surfaces . Chemical Reviews ， 2002, 102(5): 1271-1308.} 累计被引用 1283 次， 200 余篇论文总被引 6726 次， 2008 年以来被引用 3919 次； H 指数 37,2008 年以来的 H 指数 30 。具体被引指数见表 1 ，被引超过 200 次的几篇论文见下图。 Table 1 Citation indices All Since 2008 Citations 6726 3919 h-index 37 30 i10-index 67 62 (Hi-res image) 更多信息请浏览： http://www.chemistry.ualberta.ca/FacultyandStaff/Faculty/JillianBuriak.aspx ； http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/~buriak/research.html http://pubs.acs.org/page/cmatex/multimedia/index.html Interview with Jillian M. Buriak
学术期刊编辑的胸怀 （王德华） 学术期刊编辑需要什么样的胸怀？这恐怕是没有标准答案的。 编辑手中是权力还是义务？这也不是每个编辑都明白的。有的认为是一种权力，可以主宰作者稿件的生杀大权。有的认为更多是一种义务和一种责任。学术成果的真实性、创新性，学术道德和学术伦理的规范性。 国内的很多学术期刊的编辑有时候会感到自己受了很多委屈，会蒙受作者一些无缘由的抱怨和埋怨。 不可否认，编辑素质对于学术期刊的质量无疑是很关键的。处理稿件的规范性、效率性，审稿专家的权威性，对有争议稿件学术价值的敏锐性，学术精神和学术规范的一贯性，是学术期刊质量和持续发展的保障。 说个自己最近内心很受冲击的一个经历。我们有一篇关于光周期影响动物产热和能量代谢的稿件投到专业期刊 Journal of Thermal Biology 。负责稿件的主编审理后，返回的结论是拒稿，理由是稿件内容不符合刊物发表论文的范围。接到这个审稿意见，很是不悦，动物的产热和能量代谢怎么不属于 thermal biology 的范围呢？虽然稿件质量不是很高，但这个拒稿理由是不成立的。我心静了几天后，决定给编辑回复，说明我的意见，稿件内容完全符合刊物刊载的范围，拒稿理由不成立。 没想到主编很快就回复了。这次回复解释了他为什么拒稿的理由，说我们的稿件虽然与产热和能量代谢有关，但主要是光周期的影响结果，没有温度处理实验，没有体温的数据等。这是拒稿的理由，很抱歉在拒稿信中没有说明详细理由。 关于这个理由，我还是不同意。又回复主编：尽管我们这个实验中没有温度处理，没有体温的数据，但这些信息我们在另一篇文章 (Journal of Comparative Physiology B) 中已经报道和讨论过了。文章中的产热能力与能量代谢的数据，从另一个方面反映了温度的影响。由于动物对光周期很敏感，光周期与温度也是直接相关的。如果是因为稿件质量的问题拒稿，我认可，如果说是稿件内容不符合刊物范围而拒稿，我还是不接受。在这封信中，我还提到了一个隐隐约约的一个感觉。尽管当今中国的某些科学家在科研中存在学术不端行为，影响了中国学者的学术声誉，我们研究组是不存在这个问题的。我们研究组在中国的小型哺乳动物生理生态学研究中是具有引领作用的，我们的研究也得到了国际同行的认可。 主编又很快回复：主编说很感谢我的开诚布公，但他的拒稿决定与这个没有任何关系。他又强调了一遍：尽管光周期对产热和能量代谢的影响与温度是间接相关的，但他还是希望在实验中看到光周期和温度的共同影响。文章内容必须是直接的 thermal biology 。在这封信中主编问，根据我们的交流，我想邀请你加入我们的编委会，你是否有兴趣？有兴趣的话，寄一份简历给他。 ... … 前些日子收到了 Elsevier 出版集团的邀请函，邀请加入 Journal of Thermal Biology 期刊的编委会。 链接： http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-thermal-biology/editorial-board/ 这次经历，我很受触动。我做期刊主编多年，也担任一些期刊的编委，也为很多期刊审理稿件。说实话，如此耐心的回复，如此的心胸，我自叹不如。 再说句题外话，有意思的是，我还担任了2天的 Enzyme and Microbial Technology 期刊的编委。由于 我同时收到了2封邀请函，开始以为是同一个期刊。等详细看时，心里发虚了，另一封邀请函是 邀请加入学术期刊 Enzyme and Microbial Technology 编委会。这个期刊我没有什么印象，登录期刊网站浏览了一下期刊发表的论文，明白自己对这个领域是外行，没有能力担任编委 （编委的第一责任是为期刊质量做出贡献，对论文质量把关）。我发现我的名字已经在期刊编委会的网站上了。心里开始冒虚汗了，赶紧回复 Elsevier 出版集团，说自己不是这个领域的专家，不适合作为这个期刊的编委。还好，第二天出版集团就同意了我的“辞呈”。 今天还收到 Journal of Animal Ecology 执行主编对副主编们的感谢函。 Journal of Animal Ecology 继续保持了高 IF 和在生态学期刊中的地位。信函中说，“我们都知道，向学术期刊投稿有可能是一个创伤的经历，但是我们获得的作者对在 Journal of Animal Ecology 的投稿经历的反馈是不错的。” 期刊编辑需要学术眼光，也需要一种胸怀。要有原则，要能够倾听善意的批评意见。注意收集作者的反馈意见。期刊编辑的学术水准和魅力，对学术期刊的发展是加分的。 自勉！ ×××××××××× Journal of Thermal Biology 的稿件范围: Journal of Thermal Biology — Environment, Evolution and Medicine The Journal of Thermal Biology publishes articles that advance our knowledge on the ways and mechanisms through which temperature affects man and animals. This includes studies of their responses to these effects and on the ecological consequences. Directly relevant to this theme are: • The mechanisms of thermal limitation , heat and cold injury, and the resistance of organisms to extremes of temperature • The mechanisms involved in acclimation , acclimatization and evolutionary adaptation to temperature • Mechanisms underlying the patterns of hibernation , torpor, dormancy, aestivation and diapause • Effects of temperature on reproduction and development, growth, ageing and life-span • Studies on modelling heat transfer between organisms and their environment • The contributions of temperature to effects of climate change on animal species and man • Studies of conservation biology and physiology related to temperature • Behavioural and physiological regulation of body temperature including its pathophysiology and fever • Medical applications of hypo- and hyperthermia Article types: • Original articles • Review articles Benefits to authors We also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services . Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our support pages: http://support.elsevier.com 美丽
手术后他让我审稿，我告诉他我病了，不能为他们审稿了。那时候其实已经很糟糕，审稿老拖延，但他得知我的病后，说be sure to have my full respect. 当时说过，病愈后继续为他们期刊服务。也不过是客气话，我曾经以为死亡离我很近。 今天他通过我导师问我，他是否可以邀请我为他们期刊审稿。导师说， He appreciates you very much as a good reviewer, so being asked is a form of recognition of your capabilities....... 那时候审稿，不知道天高地厚，横加指点，为所欲为，有时候，别人都接受了，却被我拒稿，导师一直害怕我的声誉因此受影响，要我放弃自己的观点，同意发表，我却坚持，并把毛病指给主编，说如果你可以接受这个毛病的话，我就同意接受。 说实话，心理小小有些得意，只是所有这一切，都抵不过家庭亲人的快乐。
这是本人作为 IEEE Intelligent Systems 杂志主编所写的最后一封信。四年来，我感到作为主编最费心、最费力、最费时的工作就是写 “Letter from the Editor” 。然而奇怪的是，除了时间上的压力之外，我对每一次写信都有一种期盼，而且是一种挑战性的期盼。除了因病没有完成今年第 2 期的信之外，我总共写了 23 封信。这些信反映了我对许多学术研究，学术组织和学术期刊的粗浅看法，一般比较空洞，但可能是今后自己许多研究的源头。对我个人而言，这些信远比自己的学术文章有意义。最后的一封信，本想系统地回顾一下四年的经历，基于时间的压力，只好匆匆地写了下面的短信。 再次感谢过去四年来所有对 IEEE Intelligent Systems 做出贡献的同仁，并预祝杂志在新的主编曾大军教授和编委会的指导下更上一层楼！ 祝新年快乐！
三个审稿人，都指出了一些具体的问题，没有一个明确拒稿的，而且有两个审稿人认为该文是“a good critique”和 “relevant, highly topical”。 但不知为什么，主编直接拒搞了？而且如是说：The referees were not totally dismissive: with some re-working it would be worth submitting to a jnl -possibly on arid lands or range management.这个“dismissive”是不是中性词？ 根据我以往发表文章的经验判断，这篇文章至少是不应该拒稿的。只要根据审稿人的意见认真修改的话，完全可以接受的。因为在我以前发表的文章中，审稿人的问题比这篇文章提出的问题既多又深刻。然而，经过三番五次令人头疼的修改后，终究还是接受了的。不知道这次为什么，主编直接凌门一脚，我便拒之门外了。 面对这样的结果，我想要求主编重新考虑，能不能修改后再送审定夺？毕竟每个审稿人的问题都很容易回答。
Nutrients终于有了第一个影响因子，0.676，算然比我想的要低一些，不过主编安慰我说因为去年年底才加入PubMed和SCIE，所以今年这个成绩不错了，明年我们的IF一定会升很多。非常感谢主编Prof. Peter Howe这3年来的不断支持。 想2009年3月Nutrients正式开始创立，邀请了一些很不错的编委会成员，特别是主编Prof. Peter Howe和副主编Prof. Jon Buckley, 两个人3年以来几乎每天都关注着期刊的发展，才使Nutrients有了今年的成绩。还应该感谢这3年来帮助过Nutrients的一些非常优秀的客座编辑，正是他们邀请了一些非常优秀的稿子，才使Nutrients可以非常迅速的进入SCIE和PubMed。 今年正好赶上编委会换届，又邀请了几位非常活跃的营养学专家进入编委会，希望10月份的第一届编委会大会圆满成功。 Nutrients(ISSN 2072-6643) http://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients
今天早晨已是第二次打开邮箱，检查是否有本科毕业学生交来的论文。突然，发现一封来自Elesvier某刊主编来信，很是诧异。因为刚刚给该刊审理过的一个熟人的文章，这是该论文的第二次审稿，第一次给了大修的机会。 信中说，“你的有关审稿意见已经收到，由于该文 复制了以前发表论文的重要内容，我必须 拒 了它 。 为了给你指导，我把审稿意见附后。” 主编的意见比较客观，与审稿人的意见在措词上有较大的区别。 另一个审稿人的意见很致命，他似乎花了蛮多时间，也应该对稿件的研究内容很熟悉，指出“*%的理论背景是 剽窃文献 （作者本人的文献）。 对于发表的文字必须是原创的（Original）。同样的情况也在实验和讨论部分。稿件的多数仍然剽窃了其它注明参考了和未注明的文献，复制的句子或词组必须用双引号 。” 我的第二次审稿意见是小修，指出了作者的一些低级错误和补充图片的问题。由于我没有看参考文献 ,刚刚核对了一下第二审稿人的意见，情况基本属实。只是如何 区别 复制和剽窃？欢迎大家讨论。 我在反思，我审稿的问题出现在哪里呢？刚刚比对了作者的返修稿件，发现 第一稿是不明显存在以上审稿人提出的严重问题的 。 问题出在：作者 修改稿补充了试验理论原理，基本上复制自己以前发表的论文相关部分 。这种现象在该作者以前的论文中也还不同程度的存在，因为试验方法是一样的，只是研究内容不一样。 另外，这篇稿件与我的研究领域有些相关性，应属于大同行，不属于小同行。以前没有了解他/她这方面的工作，但我比较相信作者不会出现所谓剽窃现象。 此次事情，给我教训是： （1）非小同行的稿件不审； （2）熟人朋友的稿件也不要放松，坚持原则，一视同仁。 （3）审稿要认真，学术名节很重要。 （4）参考前人的工作，包括自己的工作，注意合理引用，但不要照抄不误，更不要剽窃，否则后果很严重！ Definition of PLAGIARIZE transitive verb : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source intransitive verb : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source Definition of DUPLICATE 1 : consisting of or existing in two corresponding or identical parts or examples duplicate invoices 2 : being the same as another duplicate copies 来源：http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Seeks New Editor in Chief for 2013-2014 Terms The IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, and the Association for Computing Machinery seek applicants for the position of editor in chief of the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, serving two-year term starting 1 January 2013. Prospective candidates are asked to provide (as PDF files), by 1 May 2012, a completecurriculum vitae, a brief plan for the publication’s future, and a letter of support from their institution or employer. For more information on the search process and to submit application materials, please contact:Kathy Santa Maria, ksantama@computer.org Qualifications and Requirements: Candidates for any Computer Society editor in chief position should possess a good understanding of industry, academic, and government aspects of the specific publication’s field. In addition, candidates must demonstrate the managerial skills necessary to process manuscripts through the editorial cycle in a timely fashion. An editor in chief must be able to attract respected experts to his or her editorial board. Major responsibilities include • actively soliciting high-quality manuscripts from potential authors and, with support from publication staff, helping these authors get their manuscripts published; • identifying and appointing editorial board members, with the concurrence of the Publications Board; • selecting competent manuscript reviewers, with the help of editorial board members, and managing timely reviews of manuscripts; • directing editorial board members to seek special-issue proposals and manuscripts in specific areas; • providing a clear, broad focus through promotion of personal vision and guidance where appropriate; and • resolving conflicts or problems as necessary. Applicants should possess recognized expertise in the computational biology and bioinformatics community, and must have clear employer support.
Dear Mr. Chengning Zhang, ID: SMCC-11-10-0474 Title: Reconsiderations on Clustering Analysis Authors: Zhang, Chengning; Zhao, Mingyang; Luo, Haibo After careful examination, I have concluded that we will not be able to publish your paper in the Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics--Part C: Applications and Reviews. This looks like an interesting work. However, your paper seems to be TOO LONG exceeding the standard number of pages significantly. For this reason we will not consider it further. Thank you for considering our Transactions as an outlet for publication of your manuscript. Sincerely, Prof. Vladimir Marik Editor-in-Chief Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics--Part C: Applications and Reviews
《医用气体研究》（ Medical Gas Research ）是一种刚刚创办不久的开放存取（OA）类期刊，是专门发表有关医用气体研究成果的一个平台，这无疑对于医用气体研究工作者来说是一个利好消息。我看到科学网站 专门就有研究氢气医用的-孙学军老师 的 博客，他也翻译了《医用气体研究》的部分内容，我在此还是想说明主编对期刊的影响。 《医用气体研究》主要是将刊发论文的重点主要集中于神经生物学的基础研究和临床研究，以及与医用气体相关的多学科研究成果。医用气体是一个包括氧气、氢气、一氧化碳、二氧化碳、氮气、氙,硫化氢、氧化亚氮、二硫化碳、氩、氦和其他惰性气体等在内的多种气体的大家族。这些医疗气体被广泛用于临床与基础科学研究的多个领域，包括麻醉、高压氧医学、潜水医学、内科、外科、急诊医学以及许多基础科学学科,如生理学、药理学、生物化学、微生物学和神经科学等。 我们不仅关心《医用气体研究》OA杂志的创刊，更关注其主编的来头，主编张教授（ Professor John Zhang ）目前就职于美国加利福尼亚洛马·林达大学医学院（Loma Linda University School of Medicine, USA）,张教授的医学根底源于20世纪80年代末（1987年）在我国重庆的受训，1992年他在加拿大埃德蒙顿获得博士学位,主要致力于神经生物学,特别是脑血管疾病研究。2008年张教授编辑了“高压氧用于神经紊乱治疗”（Hyperbaric Oxygen for Neurological Disorders）教科书。目前,张教授在美国加利福尼亚洛马·林达大学医学院主要从事神经外科和生理学研究,其次是麻醉学及神经学研究,张教授被聘任《医用气体研究》主编与其在医用气体和神经血管生物学领域的研究成就密不可分。更为详细的最新消息，请浏览该刊网站： http://www.medicalgasresearch.com/
几年前，我记得西北大学学报编辑部姚远老师曾经说过，有人就有主编影响因子的提法，但是自己至今一直没有看到原文，最近看到《光明日报》开展的高校学报改革出路何在系列报道，结合美国《数学评论》（MR）2010年10月份的收录期刊一览表（是目前最新结果）中中国（包括港台）期刊的新变化，再回头想想昔日接触到的高校学报编辑同仁，感到主编影响因子的确有道理。主编确实对期刊的影响很大，可以说期刊在外界的影响力与主编自身的影响力有正比关系，难怪许多专业期刊的主编不是一种由政界官员来担任的角色，而是由某一领域内的知名学者来掌舵领航，特别是有些国际性的名刊更是如此，丘成桐就是《亚洲数学杂志》的主编之一，我们经常会在CEN周刊网站看到某些新主编的就职公告。但是我在此谈到的是以个人接触到或者了解到的信息作为基础，以高校学报界为例进行简要说明。其主编是广义的，并非就是学报封面或者封底上明确署名的主编，他可能就是一个普通编辑，是负责某些学科的，但是同样会对学报产生重要影响。先说说《内蒙古师范大学学报：自然科学汉文版》主编陈汉忠老师，《内蒙古师范大学学报：自然科学汉文版》能够在RM淘汰中国期刊的过程中躲过一劫，而且死里逃生，二返长安，其中陈汉忠老师的功不可没，我记得我们2004年联合创办《大学数学辑刊 》(Math Colloq.Chin.Univ.,简称MCCU) 之后，非常关注MR收录我国期刊的一些新变化，并将我们搜集到的信息传递给相关杂志编辑部，虽然有编辑部非常重视，及时回信或者采取积极的补救或者应对措施，然而，绝大多数的高校学报编辑部根本就不回信，置之不理，本人认为这种态度本身就是主编危机意识的反映。处于强手如林的竞争之中，不知己知彼，岂能百战不殆？一劳永逸的思想观念可以说是根深蒂固，认为我刊入选某个数据库之后，就可以成为终身成员，永远不会被淘汰。其实，这是一种完全错误的观点，根本没有任何一家二次文献数据库会将收录期刊一成不变的收录下去，为了保证数据库的高水准，优胜劣汰的规则才是永恒不变的真理。 陈汉忠老师收到我们关于《内蒙古师范大学学报：自然科学汉文版》被MR收录中断的信息后，及时与我们联系，将其学报发表的优秀数学论文推荐给我们，我们通过MCCU推荐给MR编辑部，果然被收录了，但是后来我们发现有重复收录的现象（即《内蒙古师范大学学报：自然科学汉文版》和MCCU有重叠收录的情况），马上通知陈汉忠老师，建议他单独与MR编辑部联系，《周口师范学院学报》也有类似情况，他们单独联系的结果，《周口师范学院学报》仅仅收录了一年就被淘汰了，而《内蒙古师范大学学报：自然科学汉文版》二返长安后，MR数据库一直摘评延续至今，而且是为数不多的几家高校学报，特别是师范大学类学报之一。陈汉忠老师这几年为了学报的发展，特别是数学稿件质量的不断提高，新招不断，聘请外校兼职编委，向著名学者预约稿件，积极参加专业学术研讨会等。2010年专程从内蒙古呼和浩特来到西安，有转乘去天水，参加第6届国际数论与Smarandache问题研讨会（6th international coference on number thoery and Smarandache problems）”，每年一度的国际数论研讨会今年3月25-27日在渭南举行，陈汉忠老师再次参加第7届国际数论与Smarandache问题研讨会（7th international coference on number thoery and Smarandache problems）”，积极宣传和与作者交谈，为学报组织优秀稿源。 其次就是浙江的《杭州师范大学学报：自然科学版》，2005年的桂林会议上(2005年11月20日至25日在广西 桂林 召开)，通过绍兴文理学院学报编辑部的翁胜兰老师介绍，认识杭州师范学院学报编辑部的方岩老师，当时他们学报刚公开不久，尚未入选任何一种国际知名数据库，经过这几年的不懈努力，《杭州师范学院学报：自然科学版》成长为《杭州师范大学学报：自然科学版》，当然与学校更名有关，但是更重要的是学报自身的发展，先后加入了德国《数学文摘》（ZBl）、俄罗斯《文摘杂志》（AJ）、波兰《哥白尼索引》（IC）、美国《化学文摘》（CA）等多家国际著名数据库，2010年获奖浙江省优秀科技期刊“编辑质量奖”，都是方岩主编以及编辑部的其他编辑同仁的贡献和努力的结果。还有《北京工业大学学报》的梁洁老师、《合肥工业大学学报：自然科学版》的朱新华老师等曾经多次与本人联系、在获得国际交流联系方式之后，积极进行联系，这2种期刊目前均是MR的尚在继续收录的期刊，也有其他国际著名数据库收录。相反《菏泽学院学报》的成广兴教授（数学专业，已退休）、《西安文理学院学报：自然科学版》主编吕玉琴编审（英语专业，曾经长期在科研机构从事科技信息的咨询服务工作，后调到西安文理学院学报，已退休）等，他们在职时非常重视国际交流，深知入选国际著名数据库对于学报自身扩大影响的重要性，所以千方百计，借助各种渠道，想方设法使自编的学报能够参与国际交流，使其发表的论文在国际著名数据库亮相，而二位退休后，后来者新人有新方式，对于国际交流的热衷程度锐减，表现最为突出的就是与MCCU的合作相继中断，但是发展的结果至今为止，尚未看到入选新的国际数据库。而《南阳师范学院学报》就不同，该刊2002年创刊，先后入选ZBl、CA数据库,参与MCCU的编辑工作，使其数学论文入选MR数据库。在2010年教育部科技司举办的“第三届中国高校精品优秀特色科技期刊奖”评比活动中，《南阳师范学院学报（自然科学版）》又一次荣获中国高校特色科技期刊奖。这是该校学报自科版前两届荣获中国高校特色科技期刊奖后，第三次获此殊荣。而且2010年的评比中，全国师范院校学报仅有2家获得此奖，《南阳师范学院学报：自然科学版》是其中之一，也是河南省唯一一家获得特色奖的学报。同时，在全国连续三届获此奖的学报仅有14家。这些成绩的获得与姚兴芝， 陆宜新 主编的努力有密切关系。特别是陆宜新编审，曾经2次到陕西西安、宝鸡，与学报界同行进行交流，积极参与MCCU的合作编辑工作，同时也不放过自身努力，付出必有收获，《南阳师范学院学报：自然科学版》已经入选CA数据库、也被ZBl数据库收录。截止2011年4月26日，ZBl累计摘录49篇论文。相关信息如下： J. Nanyang Norm. Univ. Journal of Nanyang Normal University. Nanyang Shifan Xueyuan Xuebao. Editorial Department of Journal of Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, Henan. Chinese. Journal, ISSN 1671-6132 http://caod.oriprobe.com/journals/nysfxyxb/JOURNAL_OF_NANYANG_TEACHERS_COLLEGE.htm 1 Zbl 1187.00011 Hou, Shao-jun ; Zheng, Qing-an Mathematics classroom teaching and the improvement of students' originality. (Chinese. English summary) J. Nanyang Norm. Univ. 8, No. 9, 117-119 (2009). MSC2000: *00A35 Comment on this Item PDF MathML XML ASCII DVI PS BibTeX Online Ordering Journal 2 Zbl 1187.03029 Ma, Shu-yun A note on the definition of dependence systems. (Chinese. English summary) J. Nanyang Norm. Univ. 8, No. 9, 27-29 (2009). MSC2000: *03B99 05B35 Comment on this Item PDF MathML XML ASCII DVI PS BibTeX Online Ordering Journal 3 Zbl 1187.49021 Sun, Fan ; Yang, Guo-zhi A variational principle for a class of function without lower bounds. (Chinese. English summary) J. Nanyang Norm. 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MSC2000: *49M30 Comment on this Item PDF MathML XML ASCII DVI PS BibTeX Online Ordering Journal 《西北大学学报：自然科学版》主编姚远编审，在科技期刊史研究方面成绩突出，《西北大学学报：自然科学版》的科技期刊史研究成为其一个新亮点，过去是内蒙古师范大学的科学史研究在全国乃至世界也有一定影响，但是现在似乎西北大学有超越内蒙古师范大学的势头。 再说浙江大学学报编辑部张月红编审，她是《浙江大学学报》自然科学版的编辑部主任，她也是《浙江大学学报》进SCI的第一功臣。她工作非常执着，依靠自己的英语特长，为《浙江大学学报》在国际舞台赢得一席之地。有人描述当年和ISI沟通申请学报进SCI的可能性时，对方回答：我们已经有nature,science这样的综合、权威期刊，对于综合性期刊我们不再欢迎。张回答：nature,science能把所有的好稿都发了吗？对方语塞。张月红老师手下人员不多，不过团队的硕士、博士个个很敬业，从编辑、校对到排版，事无巨细，坦白的说，比国内不少中文期刊编辑部的效率要高一些。付出就有回报，值得敬佩。也非常值得国内中文期刊编辑部学习。《浙江大学学报》成为中国第一份闯进SCI阵营的高校学报（不含高校主办承办的其它学术期刊），令《清华大学学报》、《北京大学学报》惭愧、汗颜。其后，《地球科学——中国地质大学学报》也进了。再后，浙江大学学报的其它英文辑也进了。《浙江大学学报》入选SCI，是张月红及其编辑同仁的辛劳与付出的最好回报。更详细的信 息可以浏览《 我所知道的张月红老师和浙江大学学报 》。 《地球科学——中国地质大学学报》能够进入SCI，不能说与主编王亨君教授没有关系啊。2000年学报主编王亨君荣获全国“百佳出版工作者”称号。1999年影响因子居高校学报第一位，学报上的文章曾被EI（工程索引）、CA、CBST、GeoRef等国际著名检索系统收录。进入21世纪以来，《地球科学》编辑部在国际交流方面进行了积极探索，为《地球科学》早日走向世界奠定了基础。学报编辑部先后与国际上156个国家和地区的研究机构和出版公司建立了长期的交换和发行关系。为学报国际化、网络化、数字化，为学报网络版问世，为创建中国名牌期刊和世界名牌期刊争进SCI世界著名检索系统而努力奋斗的目标终于变成现实。通过王享君及其同事的不断努力,《地球科学》的编辑出版工作逐渐走上正轨,由复刊初期的不定期到双月刊,由中文版到外文版,由一个不起眼的一般学报发展成为国内外有影响的地学期刊。王亨君是一位“开拓型”人才,始终把追求卓越,不断创新作为自己工作的准则。对她来说,一个目标的实现同另一个新目标的提出总是结伴而行。更多更详细的报道请浏览《编辑学报》2001年04期发表的喻军，王淑华 合作撰写的“ 华丽的乐章——记《地球科学》主编王亨君教授 ”。类似的例证还可以列举很多，不再一一列举。 就约稿而言，与主编的影响也有着千丝万缕的联系。有影响的主编可以约到高水平的稿件。如Cell Research的李党生常务副主编，就能约到美国的一些著名科学家写的综述性文章，这类论文是以国际大视野为背景，综述了某一个领域或者某一个方面近期的研究进展或者发展历史等，对于系统而全面了解其相关知识非常有用，也是易被他人引用的文献类型。约名家、大家写这类稿件，对于大大提升期刊的影响力无疑大有帮助。 当我们看到有些高校学报已经被某数据库淘汰多年，但是他们依然在学报封底或者其他位置注明“被XX数据库收录”字样，这种情况并非少数，从中反映出主编根本就不了解期刊被收录动态信息，可能也不关注收录信息，如果稍有留意就不会出现这种情况。一个仅仅局限于编辑，而忽视编辑结果的外界影响、忽视编辑结果的传播与扩散的主编，这种主编是否会对其期刊带来生机，发展壮大与扩大影响也难以想象，说白了充其量就是一个编校员，期刊的发展需要的不是这样的主编，不知您是否同意我的观点？ 主编对期刊的影响是多方面的、全方位的，可能还有许多，欢迎批评指正，相互切磋，共同提高，共同进步。
杂志如何运行？ 我们在投稿的时候只能看到杂志对作者的要求，一般不了解他们后面在干什么活，了解一下应该对我们有一些帮助。作为新任《 Medical gas res 》 的副主编，我最近接受了几项委派审稿专家的任务，在完成这个任务的过程中，了解到的一点“内幕”，分享给年轻科研工作者，以希望对大家更有效地向国外杂志投稿有一点帮助。 当你的论文被系统确认后，系统给你一个论文编号，主编应该是先看看文章的题目和摘要，根据他的理解，这个内容哪个副主编比较熟悉，就委任这个副主编负责这个稿件的后续工作。当然副主编肯定也要看看内容是否能玩的转，并确认是否接受这个任务。一般情况下，主编都比较忙，不会详细看稿件内容，主要根据题目、摘要、论文副标题、主要结果图片表格。 副主编接受到任务后，下一步主要工作就是寻找合适的审稿专家。 找审稿专家的依据有 4 个方面， 1 是作者建议的审稿专家。 2 是根据 Medline 上的信息与稿件内容符合度，系统自动筛选一批专家，并给出符合度百分比（我觉得这个东西很好，国内的杂志应该效仿）。 3 是杂志的编辑委员队伍。 4 是副主编根据对稿件内容的初步分析，找自己熟悉的专家。一般情况下，副主编比较懒，不会详细看稿件内容，也是主要根据题目、摘要、论文副标题、主要结果图片表格。如果发现论文很有意思，也会细看的。即使副主编自己很熟悉，一般也会继续指派审稿专家的。 所以在投稿的时候，选择比较理想的建议审稿专家也很重要，如果副主编发现你选的是他认为合适，或与系统提示一致的，那么送给这个专家的可能性就比较大。 副主编找好专家后，确认后系统会自动发给审稿专家邀请信，并指定最后期限。信的内容都是套话，就是希望能接受这个任务，帮我们干活。等到了约定时间，如果有的专家没有回来意见，会通过系统发一催促审稿的信。 两个专家的意见到齐后，如果意见比较一致，就是都不拒稿件。副主编会把意见转给作者，在转的时候如果副主编有个人意见，可以在系统中填写，好象一般不写。如果两个专家的意见不统一，则要另请一个专家再审。等第三个专家意见来了，决定拒绝或再审阅，副主编会给主编一个参考意见，主编再指示如何开展后续工作。 作者把修回稿件提交后，主编会再次委托副主编组织工作。一般仍请原来的副主编，当然也可能不同，这个决定权在主编。副主编接受任务后，仍会再邀请原来的两个专家再次审稿（有的杂志邀请另外的专家。）程序同上，这次信的内容中专门写了几个要求： When assessing the work, please consider the following points: 1. Is the question posed by the authors new and well defined? 2. Are the methods appropriate and well described, and are sufficient details provided to replicate the work? 3. Are the data sound and well controlled? 4. Does the manuscript adhere to the relevant standards for reporting and data deposition? 5. Are the discussion and conclusions well balanced and adequately supported by the data? 6. Do the title and abstract accurately convey what has been found? 7. Is the writing acceptable? 总的意思是，作者是否根据阁下的意思进行了正确反馈，从语言表达等细节上考虑能接受吧？当然即使这样，专家可能仍有意见，要求作者继续修改，那么重复上述过程。直到论文接受。 在上述邮件的落款中都是主编，就是说虽然副主编做的具体事情，但审稿专家和作者都会感到是主编来的信。
在前篇博文这样的审稿意见意味着什么 http://www.sciencenet.cn/m/user_content.aspx?id=398391 一文中，我提到主编要求修改的来信。就在今天，他给通讯作者来信（以前一直和我联系）说： Attached is a much revised version of your manuscript submitted to Human Ecology. Please review our editing but do not make any changes except correcting errors of fact. If you accept the edited version, I will forward it to production. 这是不是意味着文章接受了，而且准备排版发表了？ 还有没有其它担心。以前没有发表过SCI，心里没底啊。
王 应 宽 2010-08-15 Beijing, China 2010-10-30修订 博主按： 携妻儿黑龙江休假刚回来，忙碌之余，本想抽空写点儿游记，以弥补未提前通告即擅自休博一周的无礼。打开新创博文文件夹，发现 5 月份曾写了几句的一篇博文，随即完成此篇，游记后补。 浪得虚名：教育改变人生 回想在陕西大巴山深处一个偏僻落后的小山村放牛时，也不曾想到未来会怎样？但如果不读书继续放牛，恐怕不但自己走不出那个落后的地方，下一代还得子承父业继续放牛！一个放牛娃通过读书改变了命运，改变了人生轨迹。寒窗苦读数十载，走出大巴山，虽然考入了西北农业大学，在那里读了本科和硕士，但后来没有继续从事自己年少时擅长的行当继续当牛仔放牛，经营牧场，而是到了北京从事科技学术期刊的编辑出版工作。后来还读了北大的博士，去了美国明尼苏达大学作了高级访问学者。如今，从事几本国际英文期刊的编辑出版工作和学术交流工作，在所在的学术圈里广交朋友，广结善缘，得到同行认可，也获得一些微不足道的头衔，可谓浪得虚名（参见下表，更新时间 2010 年10 月）。从我自身的成长经历，切身感受到是学习创造了未来，知识改变了命运，读书使人不断进步，教育改善了人生。尽管我们的教育体制不完善，存在诸多需要改善的弊端，但不能否认的是，教育改变了很多人的人生。因此，对教育杀人的观点不能认同。教育为受教育者提供发展的基础和机遇，但发展后劲和前途就得依靠受教育者自身的再学习、再教育和再努力了。这也是为什么同一个班级的同学毕业数载后发展各异的原因所在。我认识很多学术界的大牛，他们曾经也在放牛，但都实践了知识改变命运，教育改变人生的道路。 博主在此列举浪得虚名，绝非炫耀，旨在说明：学习创造未来，知识改变命运，教育改变人生。 浪得虚名一瞥 编辑本行： 国际农业工程学会会刊主编（ Editor-in-Chief of the CIGR Journal ） 亚洲农业工程学会会刊《国际农业工程学报》执行主编 (Executive Editor-in-Chief of International Agricultural Engineering Journal) 《国际农业与生物工程学报》 (IJABE) 创办者、执行主编 (Founder and Executive Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering) 《农业工程学报》副主编、编委 (Associate Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board Member of Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering) 学术兼职 国际农业与工程学会执行委员 ( 中国仅 2 名，博主的执委代表 CIGR 期刊 ) Executive Board Member of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering 亚洲农业工程学会执行委员 Executive Council Member of the Asian Association forAgriculturalEngineering(AAAE) 海外华人农业、生物与食品工程师协会 (AOCABFE) 执行委员兼中国区负责人 Executive Board Member and China Regional Director of the Association of Overseas Chinese Agricultural, Biological and Food Engineers 2011 农业工程新技术国际学术研讨会（ 2011EAET ）秘书长（受聘单位山东理工大学） Secretary General of 2011 International Conference on Emerging Agricultural Engineering Technologies (2011 EAET) CIGR 期刊管理委员会委员 /CIGR Journal Policy Board Member 福建农林大学兼职教授 /Guest Professor at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University 中国管理科学研究院学术委员会特约研究员 Invited Research Fellow of Academic Committee of Chinese Academy of Management Sciences 《山西农业大学学报》特约编委 Invited Guest Editor of Journal of Shanxi Agricultural University 大众科技报社通讯员 /Guest Reporter of Popular Science News 中国科学技术期刊编辑学会会员 Member of China Editology Society of Science Periodicals 中国农业工程学会高级会员 Senior Member of Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering 2007 年曾兼任《农业工程技术》杂志社长兼执行主编 Having ever been Managing Editor and Journal Manager of Agricultural Engineering and Technology
本人近期被选为Journal of Petroleum Science andEngineering 杂志(SCI, Elsevier) 编委会常务委员, 欢迎投稿 --- J. Zhang. I am now an Associate Editor of Journal of Petroleum Sci. Eng. You are welcome to submit manuscripts. Journal of Petroleum Science andEngineering is indexedin Science Citation Index and published by Elsevier. It isone of the best journals in the oil and gas industry. Please refer to the following website for details: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09204105
王 应 宽 2010-04-18 Beijing, China Minutes of the Inauguration Ceremony of CIGR Journal Handover to China By Dr. Wang Yingkuan Editor-in-Chief of CIGR Ejournal, Managing Editor of IJABE, Associate Editor-in-chief of Transactions of the CSAE, CSAE and CAAE Time: 9:00-11: 00 A .M, April 7, 2010, Wednesday Venue: Meeting Room A606, Office Building, CAAMS Organizer: Prof. Li Shujun, Executive President of CAAMS, Deputy President and Secretary-General of CSAM, Member of Executive Board of CIGR Prof. Zhu Ming, President of CAAE CSAE, Editor-in-Chief, Transactions of the CSAE, Vice Standing Chairman of IJABE International Editorial Board Master of Ceremony (Emcee): Prof. Lanfang Zhang, International Cooperation Department, CAAMS Prof. Wang Yingkuan, Incoming Editor-in-Chief of CIGR Ejournal, CAAE Attendees: Incoming President and Editor-in-Chief of CIGR Ejournal, Prof. Fedro Zazueta, on behalf of the CIGR Presidium and CIGR President Prof. Sren Pedersen. Invited guests: Prof. Bill Stout, Honorary President of CIGR, Former Editor-in-Chief of CIGR Ejournal, Founder of CIGR Ejournal, USA; Prof Jiannong Xin, Member of Executive Board of CIGR, University of Florida, USA; Prof Yubin Lan, Agricultural Engineer and Professor, USDA-ARS at Texas AM University, College Station, USA. Three Chinese Representatives of CIGR Technical Sections: Prof. Wang Maohua, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Member of CIGR Technical Section VII, Honorary President of the CSAE CSAM, Editor-in-Chief of IJABE, China Agricultural University(CAU), China; Prof. Li Baoming, Member of CIGR Technical Section II, Vice Dean of College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, China; Prof. Huang Guanhua, Secretary of CIGR Technical Section I, Section Editor of CIGR Ejournal, Director of Chinese-Israeli International Center for Training in Agriculture, CAU, China. Leaders and Representatives from CAAMS, CSAM: Li Shujun, Zhao Xiaopeng, Liu Ruiwen, Zhang Zhenxin, Lanfang Zhang, Li Qing, Wang Jin, Zhang Pengzi Leaders and Representatives from CAAE and CSAE: Zhu Ming, Qin Jingguang, Guan Xiaodong, Wei Xiuju, Wang Yingkuan and two part-time editors Rabi Rasaily and Lingyan Zhang presented. Over twenty participants attended the ceremony. The inauguration ceremony of CIGR E-Journal handover to China was held on April 7, 2010, Wednesday in the meeting room A606 of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences (CAAMS) office building. The organizers of the ceremony were Prof Li Shujun, Executive President of CAAMS and CSAM, and Prof Zhu Ming, President of the CAAE and CSAE. On behalf of Prof Li Shujun and Prof Zhu Ming, Prof. Wang Yingkuan, Incoming Editor-in-Chief of CIGR Ejournal, called together the ceremony, who was also the Master of Ceremony (Emcee) along with Prof. Lanfang Zhang from International Cooperation Department, CAAMS. The program kicked off at 9:00 am with the introduction to all the participants. The participants from USA were also present via video conference. Because of the time difference, many expected participants failed to present the ceremony. The followings are the key speakers with their brief views and remarks on the handover ceremony: 1. Prof. Fedro Zazueta, Incoming President and Editor-in-Chief of CIGR E-Journal, gave a wonderful speech with the title of Today is truly a memorable day Via Video Conference. He briefly recalled the history of CIGR Journal with three milestones: Prof Bill Stout launched the journal; Modernize communication resources of CIGR using modern IT technology and redesign the CIGR website, implementing an management system for the CIGR Journal; Move the journal to the Open Journal System with the help of Dr. Jiannong Xin, Dr. Bill Stout, staff at the University of Florida and Staff at Texas AM University. This established a modern online review system and open access repository for publications in our profession at no cost to the authors. Today, we are looking at a new horizon. With the support from CSAM and CSAE, and with a dedicated professional editor, Dr. Yingkuan Wang, the level of the Journal is being raised to a higher standard, and a new stage in the development of the Journal and its positive influence on our profession worldwide will come. He is looking forward to this close collaboration between CSAM, CSAE and CIGR. 2. Prof. Wang Maohua, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, pointed out in his speech that this ceremony is a landmark with great significance in the cooperation between CIGR and China. The CSAM and CSAE joining as a Chinese Federation became a national member of CIGR in 1989. Since then, the academic exchange and friendship between Chinese agricultural engineers and worldwide colleagues of agricultural and biological societies have become more and more close link with good cooperation development. In 2004, the CIGR International Conference with the theme of The Olympics of Agricultural Engineering was successfully held in Beijing. Prof Wang expressed his sincere thanks to all former and active CIGR leadership, all our friends for their great trust, friendship and cooperation. The CIGR E-Journal Handover to China from today will be much helpful for Chinese federation of CSAM and CSAE to learn more experience for CIGR activities. I believe that the editorial board and both the CSAM and CSAE will do best efforts to make the EJournal even greater success. In the past, we all benefited a lot from our successful cooperation. In the future, we will write a new chapter in cooperation. Great thanks to CIGR Leaders who have made the decision that the 18th CIGR World Congress in 2014 will be held in Beijing, China. We will do our best to co-sponsor this important event. Prof Wang stressed that the cooperation to establish a strategic cooperative partnership among CIGR, CSAM and CSAE is a multi-win-win strategy. 3. Prof. Bill Stout, Honorary President of CIGR, Founder and Former Editor-in-Chief of CIGR E-Journal, addressed at the inauguration ceremony at his home in Meridian, Idaho, USA Via Video Conference. He mentioned that the concept of CIGR Ejournal was born in Oslo of Norway in August 1998, and took shape at Texas AM University, USA with the publication of seven technical articles and two overview papers in 1999. By the end of 2009, the journal has grown with the publication of 484 original papers and 115 invited overviews with authors from 57 countries. Dr. Fedro Zazuetta proposed the Ejournal adopt the Open Journal System which was approved by the CIGR Presidium and he was appointed as Editor-in-chief in 2009. China proposed to host the Ejounal some time ago. That leads us to today---the inauguration of Dr Yingkuan Wang as the Editor-in-Chief under the sponsorship of CSAE and CSAM. He thanked the CAAMS and its President, Dr Li Shujun for the moral and financial support for the Ejournal. Prof Bill Stout believes that the future of the CIGR Ejournal is bright. It continues to strive for higher quality and is well on its way to becoming as good as any of the best journals in the field of agricultural and biological engineering. He wishes the new Editor-in-Chief, Dr Yingkuan Wang and all his colleagues well as they undertake this important assignment. And he is looking forward to continuing to work as their advisor and supporter. 4. Main points of the speech given by Prof. Li Shujun, Deputy President and Secretary-General of CSAM, Executive President of CAAMS Prof Li first thanked the CIGR Presidium for giving China the opportunity to operate the CIGR Ejournal. Since the 2004 CIGR International Conference held in Beijing, more and more Chinese agricultural engineering scientists have been actively involved in the CIGR academic activities and have been playing positive roles in promoting CIGR worldwide. From 2007, China has been seeking the opportunity to host the CIGR Ejournal. The three-party agreement was signed on October 16, 2009 among CIGR, CSAM and CSAE in the CAAMS in Beijing, which was a big step forward for the CIGR Ejournal to come to China. CAAMS provided 1 million RMB Yuan for journal as the launching fund. Two rooms for the Editorial Office of the CIGR Ejournal are ready now, equipped with internet connection facilities, computers, printers, fax machines, four lines of telephones as well as the furniture. Apart from the facilities, five staff members of the CIGR Ejournal Editorial Office have been selected and employed. The incoming Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Wang Yingkuan from CSAE has been recommended and selected by both China and CIGR due to his outstanding professional qualifications. He appreciated that Prof. Bill Stout accepted the invitation to serve as the advisor to the CIGR Ejournal. Prof Li also promised, as the host of the CIGR Ejournal, CAAMS will be glad to provide whatever is needed by the CIGR Editorial Office and will be happy to offer the best support service. CAAMS will also invite the universities and research institutes in China to make contributions to the CIGR Ejournal. Prof Li stressed that the operation of the CIGR Ejournal should follow the CIGR-CSAM-CSAE Three-party Agreement and the Bylaws drafted by the CIGR Presidium. We will also rely on the CIGR section chairs and editors to ensure high quality, make the best use of the talented people both in China and abroad, and upgrade the professional level of the Editorial Office staff by continued technical training. He disclosed the Dr, Wang Yingkuan, the incoming Editor-in-Chief, has a detailed business plan to improve the journal. He believe with joint efforts of all the related parties under the guidance of the CIGR Presidium and the leadership of the Editor-in-Chief, the CIGR Ejournal can be made into a first-class international journal equal to the best journals in the agricultural/biological engineering area. 5. Main points of the address given by Prof. Zhu Ming, President of CSAE and CAAE Prof Zhu Ming first greeted all the friends and guests there. He expressed his great honor and excitement to witness the inaugural ceremony of CIGR Ejournal handover to China. Prof Zhu gave his heartfelt thanks to CIGR Presidium and foreign friends for their friendship, trust and support, so that China can operate the CIGR Ejournal. He warmly welcomed CIGR Ejournal to China, on behalf of Chinese agricultural engineers and scientists! He is quite convinced that Chinas agricultural engineering will be booming together with the prosperity of CIGR Ejournal. Therefore, maintaining a strategic cooperative partnership between CIGR and CSAE/CSAM is a win-win policy, which is good for all. Prof Zhu believes that the joint efforts of two strongest societies, CSAM and CSAE and academies, CAAMS and CAAE in China as cosponsor to operate the journal, will surely accelerate the development of CIGR Ejournal. Dr. Wang Yingkuan from CSAE is well qualified and completely competent for the new editor-in-chief. Prof Zhu promised, as the President of CAAE and CSAE, he ensure that CAAE and CSAE will give full support to run this journal. CSAE will conduct close cooperation with CSAM and CIGR to promote the journal. Last, he wish CIGR Ejournal a great success in China and worldwide! 6. Prof. Wang Yingkuan, Incoming Editor-in-Chief, s hared his ten new ideas on further improvement and promotion of the CIGR Ejournal. Starting with using a definite title of the Ejournal, transforming into a quarterly periodical publication as a professional and scientific journal, active communication with all indexing databases, improving and customizing the journal websites, increasing the visibility and accessibility of journal website, organize OJS training for section editors and editorial staff, strengthening the editorial team by training, improving journal manuscript process, inviting good papers and organizing an international editorial board with over 100 members from about 50 countries. Dr. Wang stressed that he would really appreciate more liberty and decision-making power to handle the journal affairs independently, and should have a major voice in editing and publishing this journal, since CIGR, CSAM and CSAE trusted and selected him as the editor-in-chief. Dr. Wang gave his special thanks to Prof Bill Stout, Zhu Ming and Li Shujun for trusting and recommending him as the new editor-in-chief, and great assistance, guidance, effort and support to host the CIGR Journal in China. Dr Wang believes and wishes this journal a great success in China and around the world! 7. Brief report on the preparation work for the CIGR E-Journal Editorial Office was given by Prof. Lanfang Zhang, International Cooperation Department of CAAMS. The preparation work includes six aspects: 1) Leaders of CSAM and CSAE discussed the operation of the CIGR Ejournal with the CIGR Presidium. Dr. Shujun Li visited the University of Florida and talked with Prof. Fedro and Prof. Jiannong Xin on the CIGR Ejournal matters. 2) A team was set up with Dr. Li Shujun as the leader, and three working meetings were held to make the business plan, formulate the working timetable and the detailed steps to implement the plan. 3) Five staff members for the CIGR Editorial Office were selected and employed, and the first short training on OJS was conducted and the professional training on OJS and the editing expertise training are also planned by new Editor-in-chief Dr. Wang Yingkuan. 4) The present editor-in-chief Prof. Fedro made frequent communications with the incoming Editor-in Chief Dr. Wang Yingkuan, and four online meetings were held between the two editors and the meeting minutes were made, which very much ensured the smooth handover of the CIGR Ejournal from US to China. 5) CAAMS allocated two office rooms equipped with all the necessary facilities and furniture. CAAMS also provided one million RMB Yuan as the fund for staring the operation of the CIGR Ejournal. 6) The Editor-in-Chief Dr. Wang Yinkuan spent a lot of time on visiting the CIGR website and the CIGR Ejournal website to learn more information and try to find out what should be improved. He drafted a detailed plan to improve the quality and promote the journal. 8. After the formal announcement by Prof. Fedro Zazueta, on behalf of Prof. Sren Pedersen, President of the CIGR, the CIGR E-Journal has officially moved to China, and Dr. Wang Yingkuan has been appointed as the new editor-in-chief of the CIGR E-Journal. After the formal announcement of the handover of CIGR Ejournal, farewell was given to foreign guests and video conference was ended. The rest of the participants presented in a meeting room proceeded to the 2 nd floor of the same building for the unveiling ceremony of CIGR Editorial office and Editor-in-Chief office. Prof. Li Shujun and Prof. Zhu Ming jointly unveiled the nameplate of the Editorial Office. Prof. Wang Maohua and Dr Wang Yingkuan jointly unveiled the nameplate of the Editor-in-Chief office of the CIGR E-Journal. The ceremony was officially closed after taking some group photo s. The whole process of the Inauguration Ceremony of the CIGR Journal Handover to China has been recorded, and the video clips will be played during the 2010 CIGR World Congress at Quebec, Canada, on Ju ne 13-17, 2010. After the ceremony, a luncheon party was held to celebrate the successful ceremony and smooth handover.
TenProposals for improving the journal: Address at CIGR Ejournal Handover Ceremony By Dr. Wang Yingkuan Incoming Editor-in-Chief of CIGR Ejournal, Managing Editor of IJABE, Associate Editor-in-chief of Transactions of the CSAE, CSAE and CAAE Dear Mr. Incoming President and Editor-in-Chief Prof Fedro Zazueta, Prof Wang Maohua, Prof Bill Stout, Prof Zhu Ming, Prof Li Shujun and other CIGR Officials and Members, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: Good morning and good evening ! Thank you all. I am excited and happy to be selected as the new editor-in-chief. I will try my best to improve, publicize and promote the CIGR J ournal. Since all the leaders and distinguished guests have delivered excellent speeches ， I will not repeat their kind words of praise and thanks. Today, I am going to share ten of my new suggestions on how to improve and promote the CIGR Journal. First, Unify one definite title of CIGR Journal I know from the emails that CIGR was criticized by Thomson ISI for the confusing journal titles. According to my rough statistics, we have used ten journal titles. They are as follows: E-Journals CIGR Journal CIGR Ejournal CIGR ejournal CIGR E-Journal (hyphen) The CIGR Electronic Journal Agricultural Engineering International: The CIGR EJournal ( the Presidium approved this one as the official name, but it can be changed by approval of the appropriate body) Agricultural Engineering International: The CIGR Journal of Scientific Research and Development The CIGR Journal of Agricultural Engineering Scientific Research and Development The CIGR Journal of AE Scientific Research and Development I will not make a decision on this, but I welcome suggestions on a good title after in-depth investigation. Frankly, I prefer CIGR Journal. Second, Behave like a journal The present practice of publishing one volume each year is not desirable and scientific. It is more like an online archive depositing some peer reviewed papers, rather than a journal. A journal is a serial publication, thus it should be published periodically. Therefore, some changes are needed. I plan to make the CIGR Journal a Quarterly publication with four issues a year, with volume and number of issues. I also wish to change the appearance, say, design a journal cover, adopt two-column format, add a page header with running title, journal title, volume and number of issue , making it more like a professional and scholarly journal. Third, Keep aggressive contact with indexing system I will conduct active communication with all indexing databases with the focus on Thomson ISI and EI. Certainly, we must continuously improve the quality of our journal. We also need to make some changes to meet the criteria of the indexing databases such as SCI and EI. Fourth, Improve and customize the journal website I will improve and customize the journal website. There are great opportunities for improving the journal website. I will provide detailed journal introduction, guide manuals for authors, reviewers and editors. To enlarge the expert databases of our journal to provide strong support to peer review is also an important task. Fifth, Increase the accessibility and visibility of journal website I will add a direct hyperlink to CIGR Journal in CIGR website. There is a link that leads to a brief introduction to the journal, but it cannot navigate to the journal website. What I need is to navigate directly to the journal homepage after clicking the journal link. I will also try to exchange interlinks with other related journals. After publishing each issue, I will use OJS to send an Article Alert to all the registered users of our journal. All those measures will greatly increase the accessibility and visibility of our journal and published papers. Sixth, Organize OJS training CIGR Journal uses Open Journal System (OJS) to receive submissions, conduct peer review, communicate with all users and publish papers online. Skillful use of OJS will improve the efficiency of handling manuscripts. The best solution to break the bottleneck is to provide OJS training. I plan to organize OJS training for our section editors and editorial staff. I may provide some online video guides for reviewers, authors and readers. Seventh, Strengthen the team of Section editors and editorial staff In order to strengthen our editorial team and also share the workload, I will invite more experts to serve as the section editors. I also plan to appoint more professional editorial staff, including science editors, English editors, copy editors, full time or part-time. Moreover, all kinds of training such as technical writing, editing, reviewing, proofreading for authors, reviewers and in-house editors will be provided. Eighth, Improve journal manuscript process Reasonable journal manuscript process will be made with a timetable for each procedure. We will monitor the review process, to ensure a timely, serious and high quality peer review with good review comments and constructive suggestions. We will ask the authors to make timely and effective revisions with a response letter addressing to the review comments. I plan to strengthen the post-review process, with more emphasis on editing, English polishing, formatting, proofreading, online publishing, to improve the writing and presentation of accepted papers. Ninth, Invite and solicit good papers Free submissions are not enough for a good journal. We cannot sit and wait for free submissions from authors. I will do my possible to invite good-quality papers. I will encourage our staff editors to attend symposia and meetings, contacting scientists face to face and inviting papers. Tenth, Organize an International Editorial Board I will organize an international editorial board of CIGR Journal. The board will consist of over 100 members from over 50 countries. An international editorial board will attract worldwide participation and support. These are just some of my plans. I have a lot of new ideas to improve and promote the journal, and there are many, many things to do. Since CIGR, CSAM and CSAE trust me as the editor-in-chief, I really appreciate more liberty and decision-making power to handle the journal affairs independently. I should have a major voice in editing and publishing this journal. Finally, I have to thank one of my best friends, Prof Bill Stout, for his selfless service and great contribution to the journal in the past ten years. He has launched this journal and has been working hard for it persistently for ten years. Thank him for trusting and recommending me as the new editor-in-chief of the CIGR Journal. I really appreciate his great assistance and guidance serving as an adviser after his resignation. Special thanks also go to Prof Zhu Ming and Prof Li Shujun for their great effort and support to host the CIGR Journal in China. I ask all of you to support the CIGR Journal and me as ever in the future. I wish this journal a great success in China and around the world! Thank you,
Address at Inaugural Ceremony of CIGR E-Journal Handover to China By Prof. Wang Maohua, Honorary President of CSAE and CSAM, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) April 7, 2010 Beijing Dear Distinguished Incoming President and Editor-in-Chief of CIGR E-Journal, Prof.Fedro Zazueta, Dear Honorary president of CIGR, Prof. Bill Stout, Dear colleagues of CIGR, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very happy to meet so many friends of our CIGR community here for the inaugural ceremony of CIGR E-Journal handover to China . This is a significant landmark in further promotion of the cooperation between CIGR and Chinese agricultural engineering federation. 21 years before in 1989, the Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery (CSAM) and the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering (CSAE) were joined as a Chinese Federation of CSAM and CSAE to represent agricultural engineering professional community in China to become a national member of CIGR. Since then, the academic exchange and friendship between Chinese agricultural engineers and colleagues of worldwide agricultural and biological societies have become more and more close link with good cooperation development. In the past 80 years, the CIGR have played a great role in consolidation of worldwide agricultural engineering communities to promote knowledge and experience transfer and contribute to change the conventional agriculture into modern food production system with advanced engineering and management technologies in the world. Some Chinese Scholars have actively involved in CIGR leadership and sessions in promotion of academic activities. In 2004, the CIGR International Conference with the theme of The Olympics of Agricultural Engineering was successfully held in Beijing . I would like to express my sincere thanks to all former and active CIGR leadership, all our friends for their great trust, friendship and cooperation. The CIGR E-Journal Handover to China from today will be much helpful for Chinese federation of CSAM and CSAE to learn more experience for CIGR activities. Here I would like to thank the former president of CIGR, Prof. Bill Stout, for his initiation to propose the CIGR E-Journal Handover to China and to extend CIGR E-Journal editorial experience to Chinese Editorial group in many years. I believe that the editorial board and both the CSAM and CSAE will do best efforts to make the EJournal even great success and continuous getting support and guidance from all of you! I believe the CIGR E-Journal will provide good services to CIGR community in the future! The cooperation of Chinese Federation of CSAM CSAE with CIGR is a multi-win-win strategy. In the past, we all benefited a lot from our successful cooperation. In the future, we will write a new chapter in the further even successful cooperation. Great thanks to CIGR Leaders have made the decision that the 18th CIGR World Congress in 2014 will be held in Beijing , China . We will do our best to co-sponsor this important event. Chinese Agricultural and biological engineering community will maintain a close relationship and cooperation with CIGR and establish a strategic cooperative partnership among CIGR, CSAM and CSAE. The world become flat, the fast advances of information and communication technology will change our working and life pattern and will have chance to use the new technologies to create a harmonious world. Thank you.
王 应 宽 2010-04-14 Beijing, China Address at Inauguration Ceremony of CIGR Ejournal Handover to China Address by Dr Bill Stout CIGR Honorary President Former CIGR Ejournal Editor-in-Chief Good morning to my dear friends and colleagues in China! Good evening to others! I am honored to be invited to participate in this video conference to inaugurate the CIGR Ejournal operations in China. As many of you know, I have been associated with the Ejournal since the original concept was born. It was in August, 1998. I was in Oslo, Norway visiting with CIGR Honorary President, Prof. Egil Berge. We were discussing the need for CIGR to host a means for dispersing technical information to its members in some 95 countries and others interested in agricultural engineering technology around the world. The idea of some kind of international journal emerged. But how? Paper journals are expensive, far beyond the financial resources of CIGR. We talked about the possibility of an electronic journal which has many advantages over paper journals and is much less expensive. I went home and talked with my Texas AM colleagues. They were enthusiastic about the idea and Dr George Sabbagh stepped forward and volunteered to serve as the first Editor-in-Chief. I should also acknowledge the dedicated service of two other Editors-in-Chief---Dr Rosana Moreira and Dr Lingjuan Wang. All these Editors served admirably for several years. The first year, 1999, we published only 7 technical articles and 2 invited overviews. The number of submissions and published articles grew every single year during the first 10 years that I was involved. By the end of 2009 we had published 484 peer reviewed original research papers and 115 invited overviews with authors from 57 countries. All this was done with no cost to authors or readers. But as the Ejournal continued to grow in numbers and quality it became apparent that the workload of processing the submissions was outgrowing the capability of a volunteer Editor-in-Chief to handle. Dr Fedro Zazueta, IT Specialist at the University of Florida (and Incoming President of CIGR) stepped forward and proposed that the Ejournal adopt the Open Journal System, an automated technical journal management system. Everyone agreed so Dr Zazueta was appointed as Editor-in-Chief last year and starting with Volume XI, 2010, the OJS was used. And submissions continued to increase substantially---196 last year. China proposed to host the Ejounal some time ago. Prof. Li Shujun will give details in his address later in this program. That leads us to today---the inauguration of Dr Yingkuan Wang as the Editor-in-Chief under the sponsorship of CSAE and CSAM. Finally, I want to recognize CAAMS and its President, Dr Li Shujun for the moral and financial support for the Ejournal. Details will be given in other presentations. The future of the CIGR Ejournal is bright. It is serving a critical need by providing technical information for both developing countries and industrial countries around the world. It continues to strive for higher quality and is well on its way to becoming as good as any of the best journals in the field of agricultural and biological engineering. I wish the new Editor-in-Chief, Dr Yingkuan Wang and all his colleagues well as they undertake this important assignment. And I look forward to continuing to work as their advisor and supporter. Thank you.
王 应 宽 2010-004-04 Beijing, China 国际农业与生物工程学会会刊 CIGR Journal 即将落户中国 经过前一段时间的联系和我与 CIGR 即任主席 Fedro 教授之间多次视频会议，终于确定了 CIGR 期刊移交中国承办的具体事项。经过商议，拟准备于 2010 年 4 月 7 日上午 9-11 点在中国农业机械化科学研究院（ CAAMS ） A606 会议室举行 CIGR 期刊落户中国移交启动仪式。会议将邀请的外宾包括国际农业与生物工程学会（ CIGR ）主席团（主席、当选主席、上任主席和秘书长）、 7 个专业技术分会主席、 CIGR 会刊栏目主编和特邀嘉宾等 20 余人。国内参会代表包括中国农业工程学会和农机学会的名誉理事长汪懋华院士、 CIGR 专业技术分会的委员中国代表，中国农业工程学会领导及代表、中国农业机械学会领导及代表和 CAAMS 国际合作部成员、 CIGR 会刊编辑部全体工作人员等 20 余人。会议的语言为英语。所邀请的 CIGR 主席团成员、各分会主席、栏目主编等外宾将通过网络视频 (Video Conference) 形式参加会议。国内参会代表全部到现场开会。启动仪式之后，王应宽博士将接任 CIGR 会刊主编， CIGR 期刊正式移交落户中国。会议中英文议程附后。欢迎关注，期待支持。 中文议程 国际农业与生物系统工程学会会刊 CIGR Journal 落户 中国移交启动仪式议程 时间： 2010 年 4 月 7 日 ，星期三，上午 9:00-11: 00 A .M. 地点： 中国农业机械化科学研究院（ CAAMS ）六层会议室 A606 召集人 ： CAAMS 院长、 CSAM 副理事长李树君研究员 CAAE 院长、 CSAE 理事长朱明研究员 主持人： CAAMS 国际合作部张兰芳研究员 CAAE, CIGR Ejournal 新任主编王应宽博士 出席人员： CIGR 主席团成员（现任主席 Pedersen 、当选主席、上任主席、秘书长等） CIGR 当选主席、 CIGR 期刊现任主编 Fedro Zazueta 教授 CIGR 前任主席、 CIGR 期刊创始人及前任主编 Bill Stout 教授 CIGR 执委， UFL 教授辛建农博士； USDA-ARS, TAMU 教授兰玉彬博士 CIGR 各专业技术分会主席和期刊栏目主编 ( 但因时差未必都参加 ) CIGR 各专业技术分会执委中国代表汪懋华院士、李保明教授、黄冠华教授 中国农业机械学会领导及代表（李树君、赵小鹏、张兰芳、刘瑞文、张振新、国际部和编辑部工作人员等） 中国农业工程学会领导及代表（朱明、秦京光、管小冬、靳佩贞、魏秀菊、王应宽） CIGR EJournal 期刊编辑部兼职编辑 Rabi Rasaily, Lingyan Iris Zhang 议程： 主持人介绍参会来宾 1 CIGR 当选主席、 CIGR 期刊现任主编 Fedro Zazueta 教授致辞（网络视频） 2 汪懋华院士致辞 3 CIGR 前任主席、 CIGR 期刊创始人及前任主编 Bill Stout 教授致辞（网络视频） 4 中国农业机械学会副理事长、中国农业机械化科学院院长李树君研究员致辞 5 中国农业工程学会理事长、中国农业工程研究设计院院长朱明研究员致辞 6 新任主编王应宽博士致辞 7 CAAMS 国际合作部张兰芳研究员介绍 CIGR 会刊编辑部前期筹备情况 8 CIGR 主席 Soren Pedersen 教授宣布 CIGR 会刊正式落户中国（网络视频） 会议室的视频会议结束，与外方视频人员告别，转到二楼办公室举行揭牌仪式。 9 中国农业机械学会领导李树君和中国农业工程学会理事长朱明联合为 CIGR 期刊编辑部新址揭牌 10 仪式结束，合影留念。共进午餐。启动仪式将全程录像，影像资料将在 6 月份魁北克举行的 2010 CIGR World Congress 期间播放。 2 英文议程 Inauguration Ceremony of CIGR Journal Handover to China Time: 9:00-11: 00 A .M, April 7, 2010, Wednesday Venue: Meeting Room A606, Office Building, CAAMS Organizer: Prof. Li Shujun, Executive President of CAAMS, Deputy President and Secretary-General of CSAM, Member of Executive Board of CIGR Prof. Zhu Ming, President of CAAE CSAE, Editor-in-Chief, Transactions of the CSAE, Vice Standing Chairman of IJABE International Editorial Board Master of Ceremony (Emcee): Prof. Lanfang Zhang, International Cooperation Department, CAAMS Prof. Wang Yingkuan, Incoming Editor-in-Chief of CIGR Ejournal, CAAE Attendees: CIGR Presidium: President: Prof. Sren Pedersen Past President: Prof. Irenilza de Alencar Ns Incoming President and Editor-in-Chief of CIGR Ejournal: Prof. Fedro Zazueta Secretary-General: Prof. Toshinori Kimura Invited Guests: Prof. Bill Stout, Honorary President of CIGR, Former Editor-in-Chief of CIGR Ejournal, Founder of CIGR Ejournal, USA Prof Jiannong Xin, Member of Executive Board of CIGR, University of Forida, USA Prof Yubin Lan, Agricultural Engineer and Professor, USDA-ARS at Texas AM University, College Station, USA. Section Chairs and Section Editors of CIGR Ejournal: Jose Tarjuelo-Section I Chair Daniel Berkmans-Section II Chair John K. Schueller-Section III Chair Mikio Umeda-Section IV Chair Pietro Piccarolo-Section V Chair Jozef Grochowicz-Section VI Chair Antonio M Saraiva-Section VII Chair Andre Aarnink Thomas M. Banhazi Laszlo Baranyai Remigio Berruto William Joseph Chancellor (resigned) Antonio Brasa Ramos Richard Love (resigned) Milan Martinov Neil McLaughlin Soren Pedersen (included) Fedro S. Zazueta Ranahan (included) Bill A Stout (included) Guanhua Huang (included) Chinese Representatives of CIGR Technical Sections: Prof. Wang Maohua, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Member of CIGR Technical Section VII, Honorary President of the CSAE CSAM, Editor-in-Chief of IJABE, China Agricultural University(CAU), China Prof. Li Baoming, Member of CIGR Technical Section II, Vice Dean of College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, China Prof. Huang Guanhua, Secretary of CIGR Technical Section I, Section Editor of CIGR Ejournal, Director of Chinese-Israeli International Center for Training in Agriculture (CIICTA), CAU, China Leaders and Representatives from Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery (CSAM) Prof. Li Shujun, Executive President of CAAMS, Deputy President and Secretary-General of CSAM, Member of Executive Board of CIGR Dr. Zhao Xiaopeng, Director, International Cooperation Department of CSAM Prof. Liu Ruiwen, Deputy Secretary-General of CASM Prof. Zhang Zhenxin, Deputy Secretary-General of CASM Prof. Lanfang Zhang, International Cooperation Department of CSAM Mrs. Li Qing, International Cooperation Department of CSAM Mrs. Wang Jin, International Cooperation Department of CSAM Ms. Zhang Pengzi, International Cooperation Department of CSAM Leaders and Representatives from Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering (CSAE) Prof Zhu Ming, President of CAAE CSAE, Editor-in-Chief, Transactions of the CSAE, Vice Standing Chairman of IJABE International Editorial Board Prof Qin Jingguang, Secretary General, CSAE Jin Peizhen, Director of Information Center, CAAE Prof Guan Xiaodong, Vice Standing Secretary General, Vice Director, CSAE Prof. Wei Xiuju, Executive Editor-in-Chief, Transactions of the CSAE, CAAE Prof. Wang Yingkuan, Managing Editor of IJABE, Incoming Editor of CIGR Ejournal All staff from the CIGR Editorial Office including part-time editors Rabi Rasaily, Lingyan Zhang AGENDA Master of Ceremony (Emcee) introduces all the attendees 1 Address by Prof. Fedro Zazueta (Via Video Conference) 2 Address by Prof. Wang Maohua, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering 3 Address by Prof. Bill Stout (Via Video Conference) 4 Address by Prof. Li Shujun, Deputy President and Secretary-General of CSAM, Executive President of CAAMS. 5 Address by Prof. Zhu Ming, President of CSAE and CAAE 6 Address by Prof. Wang Yingkuan, Incoming Editor-in-Chief 7 Report on the preparation work for the CIGR Ejournal Editorial Office by Prof. Lanfang Zhang, International Cooperation Department of CAAMS. 8 Formal announcement by Prof. Sren Pedersen, President of the CIGR Ejournal Handover to China Farewell to the foreign guests and End of Video conference Proceed to the second floor of the Office Building of CAAMS, where the CIGR Editorial office and Editor-in-Chief Office locate, to hold the Opening Ceremony. 9 Prof. Li Shujun, Deputy President and Secretary-General of CSAM, and Prof. Zhu Ming, President of CAAE CSAE, jointly unveil the nameplates of the Editorial Office and the Editor-in-Chief office of the CIGR Ejournal. 10 Closing the ceremony. Taking group photos. The Inaugural Ceremony of the CIGR Journal Handover will be recorded and the video clip will be played during the 2010 CIGR World Congress at Quebec, Canada, in June 2010.
王 应 宽 2010-03-19 Beijing, China CIGR 期刊网络工作会议纪要（ 2010-03-17 ） CIGR Ejournal 期刊工作会议如期举行，此次参加会议的人数增加，有 5 人在不同的地方通过计算机终端参会。会议由本人发起召集，通过 Skype 的 Conference 组建会议功能，召集大家开会。因为网络问题，会议期间有几位几次被 Kick out of the meeting 。会议很热闹，除了了完成各项议程，还进行了友好热烈的讨论。特别难能可贵的是， CIGR 前任主席、名誉主席， CIGR Ejournal 创始人和前任主编， Texas AM University 退休教授 Bill Stout 博士凌晨 4 点多就起床来参加会议，开完会有才回去睡回笼觉。会后他的会议评论很有参考价值，对以后的工作很有帮助。非常感谢各位的支持！ 会议确定下次视频会议的时间为 2004 年 4 月 1 日。就是愚人节那天！ 贴出会议纪要和 Bill Stout 的评论在此，以作纪念。 Agenda CIGR Journal Transition Meeting 2 7:30 AM Eastern March 17, 2010 Online Meeting In attendance: Wang Yingkuan*, Bill Stout*, Lanfang Zhang*, Xiaopeng Zhao*, Jiannong Xin, Fedro Zazueta* Call to order - 7:39 Changes to the Agenda Timetable for the transition of CIGR Ejournal Transition will take place immediately after the Journal board is in place. An announcement will immediately follow. Wang added: Wang and his editorial team plan to get started in early April after the CIGR announcement. A launching ceremony for CIGR Ejournal transition will be held jointly by CSAM and CSAE. OJS training for editorial staff will be provided in late March. Amendment of the Bylaws (May be discussed in next meeting) Changes to bylaws will follow standard parliamentary procedure, requiring approval by the Presidium. Observations: 1) Title of the Journal is not clear, this needs to be consistent. ISI is confused with it. 2) Some inconsistencies in repeated numbered headings that need to be addressed. 3) CIGR is an open access journal. Need to address copyright issue who holds the copyright author, CIGR?- 4) Composition of Journal Policy board. Members for geographic representation-. 5) Wang may not have the last version of the Bylaws. Communication from Thompson Scientific Request from Thompson for a description of the journal, we will need to respond. Wang will carefully study the ISI criteria to make any necessary changes to the approach. Journal Process The process is a blind review process. Wang adds: In general, after the manuscripts are accepted, technical editing, formatting, proofreading are necessary to make the paper ready to publish. English language polishing may be needed for the accepted papers with poor English from non-English speaking countries. Finally, converting Word file to PDF, and then uploading to the journal website. 100 Member Board? (International Editorial Board) Create an Editorial Board - Leave to Journal Board to create under the Editor. Change ejounral to ejournal Wang and Fedro will discuss offline. Replacement for Richard Love Fedro will work with section chair. Process for Section Editors Suggest to Chairs to move forward quickly A process is in place for the Section Editors to be selected by the technical section. Any member of a member society can be a section editor. The editor may nominate some candidates of section editors to Section Chair for approval. Status of Board members Recommendations will come from EURAGENG will come next week. Not clear about Africa. Next Meeting April 1 st , same time and location. Adjourn 8:21 Prof Bill Stouts Comments added to the Minutes Hello Yingkuan , Lanfang and Fedro , ---It was good to participate as a rather silent partner in the Online Meeting. As my primary assignment in CAAMS this fall is to advise Yingkuan and the Ejournal, here are some of my views. I hope they are helpful. First, some opinions about the overall goals of the Ejournal (not necessarily in order of importance): ---to obtain approval by ISI, EI, etc ---to continue to improve the quality of published papers ---to maintain diversity of authorship among countries ---to maintain a balance of authorship between developing and industrialized countries ---to publicize the success of the Ejournal in various ways, eg exhibits at conferences, articles in the CIGR Newsletter, prepare summary of papers showing authorship by country(I can do this in the fall), etc ---emphasize no cost to authors and readers ---etc A general problem in the past---some Section Chairs have been non-responsive and ineffective as far as the Ejournal is concerned. Dont be surprised if we continue to have this problem. How did I handleI appointed a few Section Editors when the Section Chair failed to fulfill his/her responsibilities. A good example was Bill Chancellor who did an outstanding job as Editor for Section III and served for many years until he resigned recently. Perhaps the authority of the Editor to take this action should be built into the Ejournal Bylaws. We may have a similar problem with members of the Journal Policy Board. Unfortunately, my experience is that sometimes busy people will agree to serve, but later fail to perform as expected and necessary. The key will be to select members who are knowledgeable about editing/publishing and are truly interested. And then to give the Editor the authority to replace non-performing individuals. Agenda CIGR Journal Transition Meeting 2 7:30 AM Eastern March 17, 2010 Online Meeting In attendance: Wang Yingkuan*, Bill Stout*, Lanfang Zhang*, Xiaopeng Zhao, Jiannong Xin, Fedro Zazueta* Call to order - 7:39 Changes to the Agenda Timetable for the transition of CIGR Ejournal Transition will take place immediately after the Journal board is in place. StoutI agree. Lets activate Yingkuan as Editor as soon as practical and end the uncertainty of the transition . An announcement will immediately follow. Amendment of the Bylaws (May be discussed in next meeting) Changes to bylaws will follow standard parliamentary procedure, requiring approval by the Presidium. Observations: 1) Title of the Journal is not clear, this needs to be consistent. In the past ISI has criticized CIGR for using several different names for the Ejournal. We should review all pages of the website (including the CIGR general website, Ejournal website, OJS instructions for authors, etc) to make sure that we consistently use only the official approved name. 2) Some inconsistencies in the membership that need to be addressed. 3) CIGR is an open access journal. Need to address copyright issue who holds the copyright author, CIGR?- 4) Composition of Journal Policy board. Members for geographic representation-. 5) Wang may not have the last version of the Bylaws. Communication from Thompson Scientific (I have a large file of old correspondence with ISI. Yingkuandid I share any of this with you? Do you want any of the old letters?) Request from Thompson for a description of the journal, we will need to respond. Wang (Fedroit would be more personal if you would use Yingkuan, his given name. We should all be on a first name basis.) will carefully study the ISI criteria to make any necessary changes to the approach. Since many of us will be in Pittsburgh for the ASABE meeting in June, should you consider a visit to ISI in Philadelphia? I dont think that I need to be involved, but perhaps Yingkuan and Fedro should consider it. Journal Process The process is a blind review process. The process Fedro outlined is essentially the same as that followed since the beginning of the Ejournal 12 years ago. That is, approval of two qualified reviewers is required. The Editor checks submissions to make sure they deal with engineering and fall within the scope of the Ejournal. Also, when I was serving as Editor, I checked submissions to make sure they complied with the Ejournal Style and Format. Then the manuscripts are submitted to the appropriate Section Editor who selects qualified reviewers. When at least two positive reviews are received, their comments are sent anonymously to the authors who are instructed to carefully consider the reviewer comments and prepare a final draft. I always asked authors to give me a summary of the revisions made in response to reviewer comments and also a list of any reviewer suggestions that were rejected by the authors and their reasons. These records were kept of file for several years in case anyone questioned the review process (actually, this never happened). In the event of rejection of a manuscript by reviewers, it is the Editors job to diplomatically advise authors. I always said the manuscript is rejected in its present form. This gives authors a chance to make major revisions and possibly correct errors, do more research, etc and resubmit if they choose. 100 Member Board? (International Editorial Board ) (I was cut off Skype from this point until the discussion of the next meeting, so have no comments on this section) Create an Editorial Board - Leave to Journal Board to create under the Editor. Change ejounral to ejournal Wang and Fedro will discuss offline. Replacement for Richard Love Fedro will work with section chair. Process for Section Editors Suggest to Chairs to move forward quickly A process is in place for the Section Editors to be selected by the technical section. Any member of a member society can be a section editor. Status of Board members Recommendations will come from EURAGENG will come next week. Not clear about Africa. Next Meeting April 1 st , same time and location. Adjourn 8:21 This type of Online discussion is very useful to keep everyone informed and allow input from all. Best regards to all! Bill Stout 17 March 2010
王 应 宽 2010-03-18 Beijing, China CIGR 期刊网络工作会议纪要（ 2010-03-05 ） 最近因为国际农业工程学会的会刊 CIGR Ejournal 事宜，本人频繁的里通外国，经常与 CIGR 的主席团成员和国内外的专家们网上联络，经常召开网络会议。我也因此熟悉了电话会议（ Teleconference ）、网络视频会议 (FreeConference, Video Conference) 、 Skype 视频会议等新鲜玩意儿。最近还由本人召集了几次网络会议。 3 月 5 日晚召开的这次网络视频会议是通过 Skype 在我和 CIGR 即任主席、 CIGR Ejournal 主编、佛罗里达大学教授、首席信息官 Fedro Zazueta 博士之间进行的。由于我被推选为 CIGR Ejournal 主编，即将接替 Fedro 的工作，并将该刊移师中国北京承办，有许多具体工作需要交接，因而需要频繁的开会，进行充分的沟通。会后将开会的议程和会议纪要提交 CIGR 主席团审议。 会议完成各项议程，还确定了下次开会的时间为 3 月 26 日。但后来因为有很多事情需要讨论，我们又把下一次会议的时间提前到了 3 月 19 日。 3 月 5 日是个特殊的日子。首先，这是毛主席题词向雷锋同志学习的发表 47 周年的日子（ 1963-03-05 ）。其次， 3 月 5 日也是我在科学网开博两周年的日子（ 2008-03-05 ）。其实，想想我不畏艰难的去迎接挑战担任国际期刊 CIGR Ejournal 主编，主要目的也是希望通过我的专业修养和丰富经验把这本期刊发展好，更好的为中国和世界农业工程界的科研工作者服务。在科学网开博客，目的之一也是希望把自己的信息、知识和经验与同行交流、分享，以期为需要者提供一些有益的信息和资料服务。因为都在做服务，故贴出此篇会议纪要以志纪念。 Agenda Wang Yingkuan and Fedro Zazueta March 5, 2010 Online Meeting Meeting Started at 8:00 AM US Eastern Time Zone. Journal Governance Bylaws Bylaws were reviewed by Dr. Wang , and he also translated the bylaws into Chinese. Therefore, Dr. Wang knew the bylaws very well. Dr. Wang, as the new editor, will follow the principles of the tripartite agreement among CIGR, CSAM and CSAE, and the Journal Bylaws to run the CIGR journal. Proposals for changes to the journal will be processed ac c ording to the bylaws. Journal Board Need to ask the President to appoint the Journal Policy Board. Wang can officially become the new editor at the end of the first board meeting, meanwhile , Wang and Fedro will work together for a smooth transition. Fedro and Wang recommend Prof Bill Stout to become one of the member of the Journal Policy Board. Overview of the Journal One volume/year Conti n uous publication Wang recommends to have several issues per year ( Say, a Quarterly, four issues a year ). This will be helpful in securing ISI listing as submitting several issues is required for processing by Thompson Reuters . Issues and Top Priorities Computer skills of reviewers/section editors Current mode of operation Some section editors are conducting the review process outside OJS. Competencies of Section Editors need to be improved. Communications need to take place through OJS so a record is kept. Training A training session for Section Editors needs to be organized during 2010 CIGR World Congress held in Quebec , Canada in June. . A letter needs to be written to CSAE and CSAM to invite Wang for purposes of securing funding to travel to the CIGR meeting in Quebec. ISI listing Past communication A copy of communications with Thompson was sent to Wang. No reply to these was ever received from Thompson. Creation of Official SG file on the communications The lack of a trail of communications has hampered the efforts to suc c essfully list the Journal. A request was made some time ago to the Secretary General to keep an official file in communications with Thompson. Strategy for pursuing listing Wang is familiar with the submission process and will assist the Journal Policy Board in deciding on a strategy. Number of Section Editors The number o f Section Editors may not be adequate to move the number of publications through the system on a timely basis. Section editors must represent the society by a mix from different countries. Section editors must be submitted by the Technical Section to the Journal Board. Wang and Fedro will identify areas where section editors may be needed and names to propose to the Section Chairs. Can the editor (Wang) recruit section editors who are not from CIGR Technical Sections? Next Meeting Wang and Fedro will meet again on March 26 th at 8:00 AM Eastern Time Zone, online. An agenda will be developed in the interim and other may be invited as necessary. Meeting adjourned at 8:55 AM US Eastern Time Zone.
来自国际著名的科技图书出版机构英国泰勒-弗朗西斯（Talyor Francis）公司的喜讯： 由中国测绘科学研究院申请、张继贤院长担任主编的国际期刊《影像和数据融合国际期刊》 （International Journal of Image and Data Fusion，简称IJIDF）获得批准，这是测绘领域继 对地观测与数字地球中心主任郭华东（数字地球国际期刊，简称IJDE）之后，第二个由中国人 担任主编的国际期刊。
问：博主好，我有一篇文章，主编给一个意见是：“Add an experimental part and show some practical application. Offer strong motivation. Stress originality of your approach. ” 在提交修改稿后，他对此意见的答复是“not done”。但我感觉是按他的意思已经完成了，但他还是认为还没有做，有点茫然，请给个建议，在此先谢过了！ 答：不客气！ 本人对主编意见“Add an experimental part and show some practical application. Offer strong motivation. Stress originality of your approach. ” 的理解是：“添加一个实验部分并且显示一些实际中的应用(实例) 。给出强有力的(研究)动机。强调你研究(这一)问题的原创(性) ” 。(因为没有看到全文，这是我初步的理解。如有出入，请谅解。) 基於这个意见分析，我个人以为有以下几个考虑重点： 1．添加实验。应该是与论文研究的问题直接相关的实验，从方法，数据到分析，有的放矢； 2．实际的应用。表明研究的课题在实践中的应用价值，如果还没有实例，展望是否可行？ 3．研究课题的动机。理论上为什么要研究这个问题，要搞清楚什么，达到怎样的目的？最好说得到位，明了，尤其要有说服力； 4．关键是个人的新意，原创，而不是照搬或借用前人的。 由此，本人的建议是再审查一遍修改的论文，看与原稿相比，是否按照要求更新了。如果是，可以审查程度上是否可以再进一步。主编原话中的some和strong是概念比较难掌握的量词，理解的程度因人而异。甲方感觉做到了，乙方可能觉得深度还不够。originality也是，作者觉得是原创，但主编和审稿人看过的文章比较多，也许会感到是旧话重提。这些都是有水分的地方，需要作者凭经验权衡和探究。实在还想不出原因，可以礼貌地和主编沟通，请求他/她的帮助。让其明确告之到底哪个方面改得还不够标准。 最后再多说一句，中西方的科技期刊不仅语言有别，而且运作过程中文化理念的差异更大。国内作者可能会有一些不解，委屈或牢骚。个人以为这是正常的，双方需要一个互相适应的过程。如果要继续发表文章，上策是抱着虚心和探索的态度，更不要急于求成。在两大差异悬殊的环境下，一蹴而就的事几乎是不可能的。交道打得多了，理解慢慢就加深了。关键要有理，有据，有节；就事论事，表现出较高的学术素养和职业修行。 个人愚见，仅供参考。衷心地祝您好运，论文早日发表！ 又：郑融先生的评论对拙文中提及的 4 ，是很好的补充，特登于此，供游客君参考： 发表评论人： RongZheng 好文章！关于强调原创这一点，我觉得还要注意一点，就是不要避而不提他人相关的工作，把他人的贡献写清楚了，自己的创新和不同之处便突显出来了。 博主回复： 很好的补充，谢了！ 的确是这么回事。实事求是地提及他人的工作，既尊重了前人的努力，又烘托出自己独创的部分。是聪明的“绿叶配红花” 之举， ^_^。
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