물리학계에서 가장 영향력있는 저널은?
기준에 따라 논란의 여지가 있겠지만 미국 물리학회지 중 '편지'에 해당하는 짧고, 임팩트 있는 논문을 싣는 Physical Review Letters(PRL)를 꼽는 사람이 많을 것이다. 입자물리학자들은 흔히 Physical Review의 D섹션 (PRD)에 논문을 투고하지만, 보다 대중적인 관심을 끌어모을 수 있는 토픽의 경우에 PRL에 논문을 투고하기도 한다. 저널의 에디터가 설명하는 내용은 한 번 들어볼 가치가 있겠다는 생각에 내일(9/24) 동경대에서 열릴 세미나 요약본을 올려본다.
Successful Letters at Physical Review Letters: An editor's perspective
Dr. Manolis Antonoyiannakis
Editorial Office of Physical Review Letters
A successful scientific paper relies critically on (a) the quality of the
"raw" material provided by the authors, (b) the referees, and (c) the
editorial decisions guiding the review process. Clearly, these three factors
are interrelated, and authors can actually influence items (b) and (c) by
attending to (a), as well as by adhering to some simple rules of common
sense, which I will elaborate on this talk. I will also provide some history
from the first 50 years of PRL, with emphasis on lessons from the past that
are of relevance today, and the current and future developments.
Some pertinent questions:
- How can authors contribute towards a timely and (hopefully) accurate
review process of their papers?
- How are referees chosen, and what is expected of them? Referee statistics
patterns. APS Outstanding Referees.
- What are the challenges an editor faces? What are the operating
constraints?
- Why and when it makes sense for an editor to reject a manuscript without
external review.
- Are there cultural, ethnic, geographical, or other types of bias in the
review process? Can we tell?
- Life after publication: New material and services by APS to highlight the
very best papers.
- Can we measure the full impact of a journal? How? Can we rank journals
based on such a metric?
- Does it make sense for authors to decide which journal to submit their
best work to by comparing journal impact factors?
- Raising the bar: Should PRL publish fewer papers?
Bio: Manolis Antonoyiannakis (PhD 1998, Imperial College) started his
editorial career as Science Editor for Crete University Press, while he also
taught high-school physics in Greece. He joined the American Physical
Society in 2003, working first for Physical Review B, and subsequently
moving to Physical Review Letters, where he is currently an Assistant
Editor, handling manuscripts in the areas of optics, metamaterials,
plasmonics, and microscopy. From 2008, he is also an advisor to the
President of the European Research Council, based at Imperial College
London.
(via Hitoshi Murayama's email. Thanks, Hitoshi!)
기준에 따라 논란의 여지가 있겠지만 미국 물리학회지 중 '편지'에 해당하는 짧고, 임팩트 있는 논문을 싣는 Physical Review Letters(PRL)를 꼽는 사람이 많을 것이다. 입자물리학자들은 흔히 Physical Review의 D섹션 (PRD)에 논문을 투고하지만, 보다 대중적인 관심을 끌어모을 수 있는 토픽의 경우에 PRL에 논문을 투고하기도 한다. 저널의 에디터가 설명하는 내용은 한 번 들어볼 가치가 있겠다는 생각에 내일(9/24) 동경대에서 열릴 세미나 요약본을 올려본다.
Successful Letters at Physical Review Letters: An editor's perspective
Dr. Manolis Antonoyiannakis
Editorial Office of Physical Review Letters
A successful scientific paper relies critically on (a) the quality of the
"raw" material provided by the authors, (b) the referees, and (c) the
editorial decisions guiding the review process. Clearly, these three factors
are interrelated, and authors can actually influence items (b) and (c) by
attending to (a), as well as by adhering to some simple rules of common
sense, which I will elaborate on this talk. I will also provide some history
from the first 50 years of PRL, with emphasis on lessons from the past that
are of relevance today, and the current and future developments.
Some pertinent questions:
- How can authors contribute towards a timely and (hopefully) accurate
review process of their papers?
- How are referees chosen, and what is expected of them? Referee statistics
patterns. APS Outstanding Referees.
- What are the challenges an editor faces? What are the operating
constraints?
- Why and when it makes sense for an editor to reject a manuscript without
external review.
- Are there cultural, ethnic, geographical, or other types of bias in the
review process? Can we tell?
- Life after publication: New material and services by APS to highlight the
very best papers.
- Can we measure the full impact of a journal? How? Can we rank journals
based on such a metric?
- Does it make sense for authors to decide which journal to submit their
best work to by comparing journal impact factors?
- Raising the bar: Should PRL publish fewer papers?
Bio: Manolis Antonoyiannakis (PhD 1998, Imperial College) started his
editorial career as Science Editor for Crete University Press, while he also
taught high-school physics in Greece. He joined the American Physical
Society in 2003, working first for Physical Review B, and subsequently
moving to Physical Review Letters, where he is currently an Assistant
Editor, handling manuscripts in the areas of optics, metamaterials,
plasmonics, and microscopy. From 2008, he is also an advisor to the
President of the European Research Council, based at Imperial College
London.
(via Hitoshi Murayama's email. Thanks, Hitoshi!)
덧글
루이 2008/09/23 17:18 # 답글
동경대라니, 설마 벌써 일본에 간 것은 아니죠?
ExtraD 2008/09/24 07:41 #
10월 광주에서 있을 물리학회 직후에 갈 예정입니다. IPMU의 메일은 올초부터 받고 있었어요.