A letter to the editor constitutes a short communication addressing a range of topics pertinent to the readership of a journal(Dkhar,2018).This format offers several benefits,such as timeliness,accessibility,innovatio...A letter to the editor constitutes a short communication addressing a range of topics pertinent to the readership of a journal(Dkhar,2018).This format offers several benefits,such as timeliness,accessibility,innovation,and conciseness,thereby serving as an effective means to disseminate cuttingedge scientific ideas.Over the past five years,there has been a considerable increase in the number of letters published,representing the highest growth rate(approximately 20%)observed in the last three decades(Figure 1A).In the field of academic publishing,letters to the editor are typically more concise than typical research papers.展开更多
Chief editors are the souls of journals,and can guarantee a journal's success by enhancing the efficiency of the manuscript submission and publication process through promptness and speedy response rates to author...Chief editors are the souls of journals,and can guarantee a journal's success by enhancing the efficiency of the manuscript submission and publication process through promptness and speedy response rates to authors.In this study,a total of 867 international journals—indexed by Science Citation Index,Social Sciences Citation Index,and Arts&Humanities Citation Index,and 567 Chinese journals—indexed by Chinese Science Citation Database and Chinese Social Science Citation Information database,were randomly selected to explore whether significant differences in the response rate and speed exist between chief editors.639 chief editors'email addresses were obtained for the international journals,whereas 357 email addresses were gathered for the Chinese journals.However,due to mail servers,only 274 international and 330 Chinese editors were successfully contacted.All messages contained a questionnaire geared to determine the total length of time required for the manuscript submission and publication process.After two months,a 100% response rate was achieved for international chief editors,while Chinese chief editors had a significantly lower rate(P<0.01)of 30.6%.Nevertheless,for both international and Chinese chief editors,66% and 58% provided a response within 12 hours,respectively.Although several reasons exist for the Chinese journals'lagging behind international journals,this study demonstrates that the response rate of chief editors to authors may also be a contributing factor.Thus,chief editors of Chinese journals should enhance their response rate to improve the current situation and further contribute to Chinese journals'success.展开更多
Letters to the editor can provide useful scientific information and evaluation of published work as well as acting as an additional level of peer review.Furthermore,letters are good reading material,especially if they...Letters to the editor can provide useful scientific information and evaluation of published work as well as acting as an additional level of peer review.Furthermore,letters are good reading material,especially if they involve a debate between authors.Finally,letters are relatively short.Therefore,inexperienced career researchers can use such an opportunity to practice putting together a cogent argument.However,it is far from an ideal situation if letters are the only(or main)type of article on which to base an academic career.展开更多
Chairs, World Forum of Ophthalmological Journal Editors:Prof. Neil Bressler (middle), Prof. Richard Parrish II (right)and Prof. Jose Carlos Pastor (left)Prof. Neil Bressler (Editor-in-Chief of JAMA Ophthalmology)gave ...Chairs, World Forum of Ophthalmological Journal Editors:Prof. Neil Bressler (middle), Prof. Richard Parrish II (right)and Prof. Jose Carlos Pastor (left)Prof. Neil Bressler (Editor-in-Chief of JAMA Ophthalmology)gave a lecture at the World Forum of Ophthalmological Journal展开更多
GENERAL Asian Pacifie Journal of Reproduction(APJR)is an English medical journal which is publisbed biomonthly and distributed worldwide.The articles published mainly deal with cellular and molecular mec hanisms of re...GENERAL Asian Pacifie Journal of Reproduction(APJR)is an English medical journal which is publisbed biomonthly and distributed worldwide.The articles published mainly deal with cellular and molecular mec hanisms of reproduction,fertility/inferility,gynecologic/reproductive oncology,embryology,obetetnics,Byneoology,andrology,repnoductive endocripology,reproductive immunology,malemal-fetal medicine,and reproductive genetics.New and emenging.topics in more applied areas of reproduction,including assisted reproducive technolopies,prenatal and preimplantation genetic diagnosis.cloning,and stem cell research,are also welcome.Origina!scientifie researches.timely reviews.case repors,short communications,and ltters 10 the editor related 10 the research and practice of repnoduction are encouraged The joumal prov ides a platfomm for reporting progress in repnoductive science in diferent settings,which enhances our underslanding of reproduction.Al present,there is No Page Charge for this journal.展开更多
The World Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine(CN 11-5511/R,ISSN 1673-6613)is a scientific and technological journal supported by China Association for Science and Technology,and sponsored by China A...The World Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine(CN 11-5511/R,ISSN 1673-6613)is a scientific and technological journal supported by China Association for Science and Technology,and sponsored by China Association of Chinese Medicine,and publicly issued globally.WU Meng-chao,an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and winner of the Highest Science and Technology Awards,serves as the honorary editor-in-chief.LU Zhi-zheng,a national TCM master,serves as the editor-in-chief.展开更多
文摘A letter to the editor constitutes a short communication addressing a range of topics pertinent to the readership of a journal(Dkhar,2018).This format offers several benefits,such as timeliness,accessibility,innovation,and conciseness,thereby serving as an effective means to disseminate cuttingedge scientific ideas.Over the past five years,there has been a considerable increase in the number of letters published,representing the highest growth rate(approximately 20%)observed in the last three decades(Figure 1A).In the field of academic publishing,letters to the editor are typically more concise than typical research papers.
基金This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41461109)the Major Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu province,China(18JR4RA002)+1 种基金Opening Fund of Key Laboratory of Land Surface Process and Climate Change in Cold and Arid Regions,CAS(LPCC2018008)the Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin,Chinese Academy of Science(KLERB-ZS-16-01).
文摘Chief editors are the souls of journals,and can guarantee a journal's success by enhancing the efficiency of the manuscript submission and publication process through promptness and speedy response rates to authors.In this study,a total of 867 international journals—indexed by Science Citation Index,Social Sciences Citation Index,and Arts&Humanities Citation Index,and 567 Chinese journals—indexed by Chinese Science Citation Database and Chinese Social Science Citation Information database,were randomly selected to explore whether significant differences in the response rate and speed exist between chief editors.639 chief editors'email addresses were obtained for the international journals,whereas 357 email addresses were gathered for the Chinese journals.However,due to mail servers,only 274 international and 330 Chinese editors were successfully contacted.All messages contained a questionnaire geared to determine the total length of time required for the manuscript submission and publication process.After two months,a 100% response rate was achieved for international chief editors,while Chinese chief editors had a significantly lower rate(P<0.01)of 30.6%.Nevertheless,for both international and Chinese chief editors,66% and 58% provided a response within 12 hours,respectively.Although several reasons exist for the Chinese journals'lagging behind international journals,this study demonstrates that the response rate of chief editors to authors may also be a contributing factor.Thus,chief editors of Chinese journals should enhance their response rate to improve the current situation and further contribute to Chinese journals'success.
文摘Letters to the editor can provide useful scientific information and evaluation of published work as well as acting as an additional level of peer review.Furthermore,letters are good reading material,especially if they involve a debate between authors.Finally,letters are relatively short.Therefore,inexperienced career researchers can use such an opportunity to practice putting together a cogent argument.However,it is far from an ideal situation if letters are the only(or main)type of article on which to base an academic career.
文摘Chairs, World Forum of Ophthalmological Journal Editors:Prof. Neil Bressler (middle), Prof. Richard Parrish II (right)and Prof. Jose Carlos Pastor (left)Prof. Neil Bressler (Editor-in-Chief of JAMA Ophthalmology)gave a lecture at the World Forum of Ophthalmological Journal
文摘GENERAL Asian Pacifie Journal of Reproduction(APJR)is an English medical journal which is publisbed biomonthly and distributed worldwide.The articles published mainly deal with cellular and molecular mec hanisms of reproduction,fertility/inferility,gynecologic/reproductive oncology,embryology,obetetnics,Byneoology,andrology,repnoductive endocripology,reproductive immunology,malemal-fetal medicine,and reproductive genetics.New and emenging.topics in more applied areas of reproduction,including assisted reproducive technolopies,prenatal and preimplantation genetic diagnosis.cloning,and stem cell research,are also welcome.Origina!scientifie researches.timely reviews.case repors,short communications,and ltters 10 the editor related 10 the research and practice of repnoduction are encouraged The joumal prov ides a platfomm for reporting progress in repnoductive science in diferent settings,which enhances our underslanding of reproduction.Al present,there is No Page Charge for this journal.
文摘The World Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine(CN 11-5511/R,ISSN 1673-6613)is a scientific and technological journal supported by China Association for Science and Technology,and sponsored by China Association of Chinese Medicine,and publicly issued globally.WU Meng-chao,an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and winner of the Highest Science and Technology Awards,serves as the honorary editor-in-chief.LU Zhi-zheng,a national TCM master,serves as the editor-in-chief.
