Chem Commu拒稿经历---分享
xiaolong3097
3月末投了一篇Chem Commu, 被拒掉了，给各位虫虫积累经验吧，也希望能有更多的失败经验来共享一下，这样就会有更多的机会来成功！！
先说下我的情况吧，多相催化专业的，第一次投稿，新虫，发个拒搞贴，大家共同学习》
Chem Commu拒搞全过程
1. 2009-2-20与编辑部的第一回合-----------网上投稿过程
分别写了自己的邮箱和老板的邮箱，投完后立刻发现老板的邮箱出现了chemcomm@https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html, 的邮件：
Dear XXXXXXXX has submitted a manuscript to Chemical Communications on your behalf. The following information about the submission has been recorded:
JOURNAL: Chemical Communications
EDITORIAL OFFICE: Berkeley ChemComm Office
MANUSCRIPT NUMBER: XXXXXXX
MANUSCRIPT TITLE: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
ARTICLE TYPE: Communication
SUBMISSION ROUTE: New Manuscript
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: XXXXX
CONTACT EMAIL: XXX@https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,
UPLOADING AUTHOR'S RESOURCE ID: 301662
Below are the documents which been have submitted to the Berkeley ChemComm Office : UPLOADED FILES:
RSC Communication.doc
ESI Support Information.doc
To complete your submission our Licence to Publish must be agreed by the corresponding author (or alternative arrangements should be made).The Licence to Publish has yet to be agreed for this manuscript. This can be agreed online during submission of a new manuscript or revised files, or can be downloaded via https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,/AboutUs/Copyr ... lishforjournals.asp A formal acknowledgement message will be sent from the Editorial Office to you once your paper has been verified. If you do not receive this acknowledgement within 5 working days, if any of the above details are incorrect, or if you wish to contact the Editorial Office for any other reason, please contact us using the email address provided below. If you have forgotten to upload a file, you may upload them via this manuscript's record on the ReSourCe web portal at : https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,/resource To track the progress of your manuscript through ReSourCe, visit https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,/resource. The ReSourCe database has attempted to match your e-mail address with our database of authors and assigned the
ReSourCe ID listed above. If this is incorrect, or zero, then you will not be able to track your manuscript online. If you already have a ReSourCe ID that does not match that given in the table above, then please send your correct ReSourCe ID to the Editorial Office for your manuscript via email, below If you do not have a ReSourCe ID please visit https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,/resource and register with us. Email : chemcomm@https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html, Journal Homepage : https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,/Publishing/Journals/CC/ With best wishes, Professor T Don Tilley: Inorganic, Organometallic and Materials (Berkeley, CA, USA)
这就是需要老板的同意，才可以发文章，CC的效率就是高，投稿的第二天2009-2-21又发来一封基本一模一样的邮件，还是要老板的licence，然后用老板的邮箱给他发过去一个Licence好象是，有些记不清了。
2. 2009-2-23与编辑部的第二回合-----------投错编辑部
本来以为没什么事情了，结果过了1天又收到了chemcomm@https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,的邮件：
Dear Professor XXXX
Communication Ref.: XXXXX
Title : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Thank you for your submission to ChemComm via one of our US Associate Editors. The Associate Editors only handle papers from within their specified subject area, and from the Americas. Your paper has therefore been transferred to the Cambridge, UK office which handles manuscripts from the rest of the world. All further correspondence should be directed to the UK office at ChemComm@https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,
According to our Information for Authors at https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,/Publishing/Re ... olicy/CC/index.asp) we require a letter of why you feel urgent publication is justified before your manuscript can be sent to referees.
When preparing your letter please bear in mind the following criteria: Communications should be a concise preliminary account of original and significant research.
Communications should appeal to either the wide general readership or be of exceptional interest to the specialist.
Would you please provide such a letter urgently, preferably by e-mail to ChemComm@https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,, quoting the above reference number on all correspondence?
Please note that we do not require a printed hardcopy of your paper. If you have already sent a hardcopy or have received more than one manuscript number for this submission please let the editorial office know immediately in order to avoid your manuscript being duplicated on our database.
It is our aim to publish accepted communications in less than 70 days from their initial receipt. In order to maintain short publication times we ask you to reply urgently to any requests for information. Please quote the above manuscript reference number in all correspondence.
I have assigned your manuscript to your ReSourCe ID xxxxx. You can use your ReSourCe account to track your manuscript online and to submit your revised manuscript. Visit https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,/ReSourCe to track your manuscript now. If you are new to ReSourCe or do not know your password, then you should request this to be sent to you from the ReSourCe web pages https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,/ReSourCe/forgotpwd.cfm
Yours sincerely
Rachel Blakeburn,
Publishing Assistant, Chemical Communications
Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House
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看明白了，原来是投稿时候把文章投到了美国的编辑部（呵呵，不好意思，菜鸟啊），然后美国编辑部只接受美国本土投的CC，剩下世界其他地方都是由英国的editor office来处理，各位虫虫不要犯这个错误，呵呵。
3. 与编辑部的第三回合-----------Urgent Note
上面邮件还提及到了we require a letter of why you feel urgent publication is justified before your manuscript can be sent to referees.查了下才知道原来是让说明为什么急着出版，有什么显著重要性要发在CC上，根据木虫上各位大侠的版本，我DIY了一个版本回了过去2009-3-2：
Dear Professor:
First of all please accept our apology that we have not replied to you in time. Here we submit the paper entitled ‘XXXX’ (Ref:XXX) to you for publication in Chemical Communications. There must be some editorial mistakes in our paper. We will be pleasure if you can forgive these mistakes and revise them. We will be greatly honored by your appreciation.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.
In this manuscript, we demonstratively report XXXXXXXXXX, we believe the paper may be of particular interest to the readers of Chemical Communications. In addition, our findings may also have general implications in the theory of XXXXXX. Finally, the work described is our original work, it has not been submitted elsewhere for publication, in whole or in part. All the authors listed have seen the manuscript and approved to submit to Chemical Communications.
Thank you very much for your attention and consideration.
Sincerely yours,
XXXXX
Prof of chem.
将这个发过去，收到了CHEMCOMM@https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,的回复
Many thanks for sending your letter of justification for urgent publication, which we have received.
4. 2009-4-13与编辑部的第四回合-----------催稿
接下来的一个月没有消息，一直信奉“没有消息就是好消息”，最后等的不耐烦了，不会把我的稿件当垃圾处理了吧，然后就毕恭毕敬的下了一封邮件：
Dear Professor:
Please excuse me for taking some of your time.
We submitted a manuscript entitled “XXXXXX”(Ref. No. XXXX) to Chemical Communication on 20 Feb 2009. I do not know whether it is a proper time to contact you regarding the review process. I will be grateful for you if you tell me what has occurred to the review process of my manuscript in the several months. I am looking forward to your reply.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely yours,
立刻就收到了编辑部的信件，挺兴奋的结果发现估计是机器自动回复的：
Thank you for your email. The ChemComm Editorial Office is now closed for Easter until 14th April 2009. All emails and submissions will be stored and dealt with as soon as possible after this date. Thank you. ChemComm Editorial Team
原来是人家在过复活节啊，郁闷，只有等待了------
5. 2009-4-15与编辑部的第五回合-----------兴奋的等来了编辑部的回信
过了两天，估计是人家放完假上班了，看见了邮件：
Dear Professor XX,
Thank you for your e-mail. I am writing to update you regarding your submission to ChemComm. This was sent for review as soon as the justification letter had been received in early March, however unfortunately several referees were unable to provide a report, and the initial reports received contained conflicting recommendations. The manuscript was therefore sent to an adjudicative referee, and I very much hope that I will receive an adjudicative report regarding the manuscript within the next few days. Once this has been received an Editorial decision will be made regarding the manuscript, and I will be in contact with you regarding the decision as soon as this has been made.
I apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience.
With best wishes,
Rachel Cooper.
看了一下明白了，原来是稿件已经送出去了，这下心里稍微高兴了点，毕竟没直接给拒回来，挺给面子，再一看，原来是前两个审稿人意见不是很一致，找大牛去了，完了，我猜就没戏了，一般要是找大牛肯定就凶多吉少了。
6. 2009-4-20与编辑部的第五回合-----------OVER版
等来了编辑部的终审：
Dear Professor XXXXXX
Communication Ref.: XXXXXXXXXX
Title : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
I regret to inform you that the above manuscript has not been accepted for publication in ChemComm. The initial referees provided conflicting recommendations regarding the suitability of the work for ChemComm and an adjudicative referee was therefore consulted who recommended publication in a more specialised journal than ChemComm.
In the light of the referees’ comments, I have shown your work to Sophia Anderton, deputy editor of Journal of Materials Chemistry. She would be willing to consider this work for publication as a communication in Journal of Materials Chemistry once the comments made by the referees have been fully addressed.
If you would like to transfer this manuscript for consideration by Journal of Materials Chemistry please prepare a revised manuscript, addressing the points raised by the referees. Please quote the above reference number, and also include a detailed summary of any new work that has been added and a point by point list of the changes made in response to the referees’ comments.
Please note that your manuscript will receive a new reference number and submission date, and will be subject to further review. In addition, there is no strict page limit for communications published in Journal of Materials Chemistry. The revised manuscript may be uploaded via ReSourCe at https://www.doczj.com/doc/2513441528.html,/resource
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider your work, and I very much hope you will be interested in submitting a revised version of the work to Journal of Materials Chemistry.
Yours sincerely,
Rachel Cooper.
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Chemical Communications,
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Report A
The concept used in devising this catalysts composition is an interesting one and the results obtained with it probably deserve rapid publication, but the style used in this paper does not lend itself to publication in ChemComm.
The paper is too long; it contains an unnecessary review of other work on Ru catalysts, and excessive description of work on characterisation, not essential for a preliminary paper. What is missing is a short note of how the measurements were made and better comparison with how other Ru catalysts perform. The Arrhenius plot is not needed, and Fig 2 should show where the equilibrium concentration lies. The general tone is very laid-back, and needs to be a much more concisely written account, preferably with a somewhat better explanation of how the catalyst is working.
Report B
This manuscript is unfortunately so poorly written that it is extremely difficult to comprehend. One has to really struggle to follow the experiments and try to grasp the science. Upon getting some grip, it is very clear that this manuscript does not fit the general criteria for publication in ChemComm as it will not be of general interest to chemists who constitute the audience of this general journal. It will serve a better purpose published in a Materials Chemistry journal, and that is where I will recommend it should be submitted. I can recommend its publication in J. Mater. Chem. conditional that authors clean it up to make it more comprehensible.
Adjudicative Report
I agree with the other referees that this manuscript is poorly written. At present, the evidence provided on the model and on the characteristics of catalyst is insufficient.
I am surprised that the author can build a model without sufficient data and use the model to clarify the reaction mechanism. There are many references missed in the manuscript,There are no references and no data to be compared with. All the questions remain unanswered. The manuscript should be revised carefully, before the manuscript is submitted to J. Mater. Chem.
上面这封邮件值得虫虫们好好读读，这就是审稿人的意见：
第一个审稿人 Report A：
文章太长了，而且没有必要做钌基催化剂的回顾工作，催化剂评价的工作不详细，Arrhenius plot没有必要画出来，整体基调Laid-back，不简明。
第二个审稿人 Report B
So poorly written. 写的专了，不适合CC，最重要的是这一句：
“已经将文章给J. Mater. Chem.的副主编看过，她很乐意将此作为Communication发表如果作者能够对审稿人的意见作出正确的修改”
Adjudiction Report；仲裁意见
肯定了前两位审稿人的意见，建议修改后投J. Mater. Chem.
至此，我的第一次投稿过程(共60天)以失败告终，没有什么特别的感觉，感觉学了不少东西，在此希望能给各位第一次投稿的虫子们点帮助，也希望各位大牛牛在看完后能给我写建议，我现在正在修改过程中ing。