Nature系列期刊投稿指南

《Nature》系列期刊投稿指南
1、《自然》系列期刊对作者的承诺（保证）
《自然》系列期刊的编辑努力为作者提供高效、公正和充满关切的投稿、同行评议及发表经历。

作者期望被接受发表的投稿都是经过同行以最严格的专业标准进行过评审，他们也希望编辑是根据其提供深刻和有益分析的能力来挑选同行评审的专家。

编辑在选择《自然》期刊的内容需要权衡诸多因素，但他们会在尽可能保持最高决策质量的前提下努力减少做出决定的时间。

经过评审后，编辑会努力提高一篇论文的可读性，因此对读者来说，通过建议和对文章的编辑，所有的研究工作都将这样的形式呈现，即对领域内专家来说它是易读的，对直接领域外的科学家来说它是可以理解的。

通过我们的高级在线出版系统，研究工作会以在线开工发布而不被延误。

在每周举行的新闻发布会上，《自然》系列期刊为3000多位注册记者提供新闻，内容涉及到即将出版的所有研究论文。

大约80多万注册用户会通过电子邮件收到目录内容，在期刊的主页、目录页以及“新闻和观点”栏目中，许多论文都以“亮点方式”突出介绍以方便非专业读者阅读。

在所有的这些工作过程中，《自然》系列期刊的编辑坚守根据相关政策制定的编辑方针、伦理和科学标准，这些政策都刊登在我们期刊的网站上，我们也会周期性地评估这些政策以确保它们能持续地反映科学界的需求。

2、如何在《自然》系列期刊上发表您的研究工作
《自然》系列期刊是由每周出版的多学科《自然》杂志和8种每月出版的期刊组成。

《自然》杂志发表在某一学科内具有高最影响、其它领域的科学家也会感兴趣的研究工作；8种学术期刊的名称是根据其报道领域命名的，它们都发表在其领域中质量最高、影响力显著的论文，这8种期刊的名称分别是：《自然生物技术》、《自然细胞生物学》、《自然遗传学》、《自然免疫学》、《自然材料学》、《自然医学》、《自然方法学》、《自然结构和分子生物学》（《自然》杂志的主页有它们的直接链接）。

所有的这些期刊都是国际性的，它们在美国、英国和日本出版和印刷。

点击这里可获得更多这些期刊间相互关系的信息。

《自然》杂志和《自然》系列月刊的影响因子位居世界影响因子最高的期刊之列。

每种期刊的影响因子都在可以其期刊的主页上找到。

期刊的崇高声望让作者受益良多，但也意味着论文发表的竞争异常激烈，因此有许多投稿未经同行评审就被拒绝。

《自然》系列期刊与绝大多数其它期刊的不同之处在于它们均没有编辑委员会，取而代之的是，论文是否出版是由具备深厚专业背景的编辑在与科学界作广泛的商议后决定的。

这篇文章只是为您提供这些非凡期刊的常规编辑过程。

虽然所有的期刊都基本相似且有共同的编辑方针
（/npg/servlet/Content?data=xml/05_policies.xml&style=xml/05_policies.xs l），但所有的作者在投稿前都需要参考所投稿期刊的《读者指南》，以获得在该期刊准备和发表论文的至关重要的详细信息，因为期刊间存在差别。

3、编辑过程
下面的部分概述了期刊的编辑过程，描述了编辑在投稿和发表过程中是怎样如何处理稿件的。

您可以通过进入在线投稿系统了解这一过程中的每一个步骤，并了解您的稿件的状态。

4、投稿前询问
在将论文全文投稿前，研究人员也许可以从编辑处获得非正式的反馈信息。

这种服务的目的是节省您的时间――如果编辑认为论文不适合发表，您可以将论文及时投到其它期刊，而不被耽误。

如果您希望使
用投稿前询问服务，请使用您选择的期刊的在线系统发送一段话，解释您的论文的重要性，以及论文的摘要或概述段和相关的引用目录，以便编辑能够将投稿与其它相关工作进行对比判断。

编辑也许会很快邀请您递交完整的论文（这并不意味着发表的任何承诺），或许告诉您这篇论文不适合在该期刊发表。

如果接到的是否定的回应，请不要回复。

如果您确信自己论文的重要性，那就不要在乎编辑的疑惑，您可以通过期刊的在线投稿系统递交论文的全文。

编辑会对您的工作做更详尽的评估。

5、初次投稿
当您准备投稿时，请根据期刊的要求使用在线投稿系统。

当期刊收到您的投稿时，它会为您提供一个编号并安排一位编辑，这位编辑负责阅读论文，征询科学顾问和编辑部同事的非正式建议，并将您的投稿与本领域最近所发表的其它论文进行比较。

如果论文看起来新颖、引人注目，所描述的工作即很直接又有深远的意义，那么编辑会将论文送出去作同行评审，通常会送给两个或三个独立的专家。

然而，因为期刊只能在某一领域或次领域发表极少数的论文，因此许多论文未经同行评审就被拒绝，即使这些论文描述的可能是可靠的科学结果。

6、投稿在《自然》系列期刊间的转移
在部分情况下，编辑不能发表您的论文，但他（或她）也许会建议说这篇论文更适合在其它的《自然》系列期刊上发表。

如果您愿意将论文重新投到所建议的期刊，那么您只需要简单地链接到编辑提供的网址，将您的论文和审稿意见转给新期刊。

这一过程全在您的掌握（控制）之中：您可以选择不使用这种服务，取而代之的是您可以使用期刊常用的在线投稿服务将论文投到其它的《自然》期刊或《自然》出版集团的期刊，而且如果您愿意，您可以选择在投稿中是否包含审稿人的意见。

7、同行评议
当编辑决定将论文送出去评审时，他会给通讯作者发一封电子邮件告知这一信息。

编辑挑选的审稿人的依据是：独立性；对论文做出全面、公正的技术方面评价的能力；目前或最近是否评审过相关投稿；以及在规定的短时间内是否能对投稿做出评审等。

您也可为自己的论文推荐审稿人（包括详细的地址信息），只要他们是独立的科学家。

尽管编辑不一定会采纳这些信息，但这些信息常常是有用的。

编辑会考虑您的要求排除一定数量的指定姓名科学家作为审稿人。

8、决定和修订
订后它又会怎么样地好。

在收到所有审稿人的意见后，编辑会在编辑之间讨论这份投稿，然后再给作者写信。

在这封信中，编辑或是拒绝发表您的论文，或是建议您修改后重投，或者说论文不需要进一步的修改就可发表。

如果编辑建议您修改论文，他或她会提供特别的建议，并在信中陈述这种修改是大改还是小改，以及是否会与审稿人进一步讨论您再投的修改稿件。

9、接受以后
您的论文被接受以后，文件编辑（或副编辑）会对这篇论文做出版前的准备，他们会对文章进行推敲、润色，以便文字和图具有可读性，对直接领域外的读者来说也是清晰明白的，并且让论文符合期刊的风格。

文件编辑将为英语为非母语的作者提供建议，并且在编辑这些论文时特别小心。

10、出版后
所有的论文都会在印刷版本的形式出版，在期刊的网站上以PDF和HTML格式全文刊登。

如果编辑和审稿人认为补充信息对于论文的结论至关重要（比如大的数据表格或有关一种方法的详细信息），而且许多专家对此的兴趣甚于论文的其它部分，那么补充信息将随同论文一同在电子网络版发表。

许多链接和导航服务会提供给《自然》系列期刊以在线形（HTML）出版的所有论文。

我们的新闻发布服务将包括所有论文和通讯作者的详细联系方式，这意味着您的工作会引起世界上所有主流媒体机构的关注，他们也许会选择在报纸或其它媒体中对您的工作进行特别报道。

部分论文会在《自然》杂志、《自然》出版集团的出版物和专门的网站上被突出介绍或概述。

《自然》出版集团出版的期刊不要求作者的版权，但是会要求您签署一份独家的出版许可文件。

这允许您可以在您自己或研究所的网站上以PDF格式刊登您的论文。

11、对决定的不同意见
如果一位期刊的编辑不能发表一篇论文，也不建议再投稿，那么我们强烈建议您将论文发表在别的期刊上。

然而，如果您确信编辑或审稿人严重曲解您的论文，那么您可以给编辑写信，解释您认为该决定不正确的科学理由。

请记住编辑会优先处理最新的投稿和被邀请重投的稿件，因此会需要数周时间才能得到有关不同意见的回信。

在这一期间，您绝对不能将您的论文投到别处。

为了您的研究论文能够不被耽误地发表，我们因此建议如果您的论文被拒绝了您就将论文投交到别处，而不要将时间花在与编辑进一步的交流上。

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