科技期刊应注意对数坐标的正确编排

Arrangement of logarithmic coordinates in sci-tech journals

对数坐标的形式比普通坐标复杂,在应用时容易出现错误。文章分析了对数坐标的本质,从对数坐标的刻度线、数量级、底数、标目等方面进行了探讨,提出了相应的编排格式建议,给出了相差数个数量级、不同底数时非等分刻度线所对应的实际数值公式,指出了常见的几种错误,以期引起科技期刊编辑同行的重视。

Logarithmic coordinates have more complex forms than ordinary coordinates. Therefore,in the arrangement of logarithmic coordinates,editors make mistakes more easily. In this paper,first,the nature of logarithmic coordinates is analyzed. Next,the arrangement of logarithmic coordinates is discussed in terms of calibration tail,order of magnitude,base number and heading.Then,some issues for improving the arrangement are suggested.Moreover,the formulas of the numerical values corresponding to the calibration tails that are not equant,are deduced by setting the difference of order of magnitude and the base number as the variables. Finally,several common errors are pointed out. It is expected that this paper can attract the attention of the peer to the arrangement of logarithmic coordinates.