IEEE

How to Write a Quality
Technical Paper and Where to
Publish within IEEE
如何撰写高质量科技论文以及在IEEE进
行论文发表
Orignal Speaker, Prof. Saifur Rahman
Joseph R. Loring Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Advanced Research Institute
Virginia Tech, United States
Speaker
Prof. Zhengming Zhao, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Tsinghua University
Chair of IEEE PELS membership Committee
Member of IEEE PELS AdCom
Chair of IEEE PELS Beijing Chapter
Topics
题目
IEEE Introduction and Background
IEEE介绍与背景
How to Write a Quality Technical Paper and Where to Publish
within IEEE
如何撰写高质量科技论文以及在IEEE进行发表
Next Steps: IEEE Xplore® and other author tools
IEEE Xplore以及其他作者工具
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About the IEEE
关于IEEE
World’s largest technical membership association with over 430,000
members in over 160 countries
世界最大的技术学会，在全球160多个国家拥有43万多会员
Not for profit organization dedicated to
“Advancing Technology For Humanity”
非盈利组织，致力于为人类谋福祉
Four Core areas of activity
核心业务领域
– Membership organization
– Conferences organizer
– Standards developer
– Leading Publisher
IEEE members and authors are the leaders of
today & tomorrow
IEEE会员与作者是当今世界和未来的领导者
Thomas Kailath
IEEE Medal of Honor
2007
Algorithms for credit card
processing, text messaging &
video cell phones
Gordon Moore
IEEE Medal of Honor
2008
Leadership in
semiconductor industry, co-founder Intel
Morris Change
IEEE Medal of Honor 2011
CEO Taiwan Semiconductor Mftg
John Hennessy
Irwin Jacobs
B. Jayant Baliga
IEEE Medal of Honor 2012
President, Stanford University
IEEE Medal of Honor 2013
Co-founder, Qualcomm, Inc
IEEE Medal of Honor 2013
Transformed Power Semiconductors
What we do 我们正在做什么
Publish the top-cited science and technology research in the
field, most notably our journals, conferences and standards
出版科技领域高被引期刊、会议和标准
– Publish 170 journals, transactions and magazines 出版170多种期刊、汇刊
和杂志
– Sponsor more than 1,300 annual conferences worldwide 每年组织全球
1300多个会议
– Leading developer of nearly 1,500 industry standards in a broad range
of technologies 各项技术领域1500多种工业标准的领导开发者
– More than 3.5 million documents in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library,
with more than 8 million downloads each month 超过3.5百万文档通过
IEEE Xplore数据库进行访问，每月下载量8百万多次
– Over 300 IEEE educational online learning courses, plus IEEE English
for Engineering 超过300多种IEEE在线学习课程，包括IEEE工程师英语教程
– Publish technical books in all the fields served by IEEE 出版各科技领域技
术书籍
Mission statement 宗旨
IEEE's core purpose is to foster
technological innovation and excellence
for the benefit of humanity.
IEEE 核心目标是促进科技创新，为人类谋福祉
Many programs, projects and initiatives
that IEEE has in place support this mission,
including IEEE Author Workshops.
IEEE许多项目以及活动，包括作者研讨会都服务于此
宗旨
Why we are here today
为什么今天我们来到这里
Support the IEEE mission of advancing
technology and dissemination of information
支持IEEE推动技术与传播信息的目的
– Enhance the ability of engineers, faculty,
researchers, authors, and industry
professionals to develop high quality scholarly
research papers 提升工程师、教授、研究员、作者与
从业人员发表高质量论文的能力
– Help advance the careers of engineers and
researchers by enabling them to get published
通过辅助论文发表助力工程师和研究者职业发展
– Help authors share and disseminate critical
information and emerging innovations with a
global community 助力作者在全球范围内分享传播
前沿创新知识
– Help authors select the best outlet for their
research by choosing the right quality journal
in their field 协助作者选择适合的高质量期刊进行研
究发表
IEEE Journal Submissions and Acceptances from
Chinese Authors (2005-2014)
2005-2014年间中国作者IEEE期刊论文投稿数量与接收数量
60,000
50,000
47,888
43,324
40,000
38,892
30,000
Submissions
29,408
Acceptances
22,442
20,000
16,569
10,000
5,840
0
8
14,417
12,843
1,039
2005
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7,372
1,343
2006
11,283
9,030
2,111
2007
3,191
2008
4,437
2009
5,953
2010
12,748
8,095
2011
2012
2013
2014
IEEE Published conference papers from
Chinese Authors (2004-2013)
2004-2013年间中国作者IEEE会议发表数量
90000
80000
77001
70000
64915
60000
52175
50000
No. of Conf
papers
40000
39668
30000
29172
20000
10000
0
9
9252
8035
7809
3433
2004
2005
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2006
2722
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
IEEE quality
makes an impact
IEEE内容质量影响深远
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IEEE quality makes an impact
IEEE内容质量影响深远
Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports® by Impact Factor
IEEE publishes:
19 of the top 20 journals in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
18 of the top 20 journals in Telecommunications
7 of the top 10 journals in Automation & Control Systems
6 of the top 10 journals in Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture
4 of the top 5 journals in Cybernetics
3 of the top 5 journals in Artificial Intelligence
2 of the top 5 journals in Robotics
The Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports presents quantifiable statistical data
that provides a systematic, objective way to evaluate the world’s leading journals.
Based on the 2013 study released June 2014
More info: www.ieee.org/citations
IEEE quality makes an impact
IEEE内容质量影响深远
Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports® by Impact Factor
IEEE journals are:
# 1 in Automation and Control
# 1 in Computer Hardware
# 1 in Cybernetics
# 1 in Electrical Engineering
# 1 in Industrial Engineering
# 1 in Manufacturing Engineering
# 1 in Robotics
# 1 in Telecommunications
# 2 in Aerospace
# 2 in Information Systems
# 2 in Imaging Science
Based on the 2013 study released June 2014
The Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports presents
quantifiable statistical data that provides a systematic,
objective way to evaluate the world’s leading journals.
IEEE Leads in Patent Citations
IEEE推动专利创新
Top 20 Publishers Referenced Most Frequently by Top 40 Patenting Organizations
IEEE is cited over 3x
more often than any
other publisher
Source: 1790 Analytics LLC 2014. Based on number of references to papers/standards/conferences from 1997–2013.
More info: www.ieee.org/patentcitations
The IEEE conference
collection continues to grow
IEEE会议集持续增长
Now over 1,300 annual conferences. Over 2.3 million total papers.
1300+
The world benefits from
IEEE’s impact
Maximize discoverability by
publishing with IEEE
通过IEEE出版而最大化论文被
发现机率
The world’s most successful technology
organizations rely on IEEE information
全球领先技术组织使用IEEE信息
Technology
Companies
•7 out of top 10 Telecommunications
companies
•24 out of top 25 Semiconductor
companies
•Top 10 Aerospace companies
Universities
•All of the top 100 engineering
schools in US
• 49 of the Top 50 Technical
Universities Worldwide
•9 of top 10 Auto & Truck
Manufacturers
•4 of top 5 Electronics companies
(Forbes Global 2000 Rankings, June 2014)
•Defense research and
aerospace agencies
•Communications and energy labs
•Patent offices and scientific
councils
•Government R&D centers in
North America, Europe, Asia
and the Middle East
•9 of top 10 Communications
Equipment companies
•4 of top 5 Computer Hardware
Government
(US News and World Report 2013,
(Study based on 2012) Times Higher
Education Top Technology Universities)
Maximize Discoverability with IEEE
通过IEEE出版最大化论文被发现机率
Now, over 8 million downloads per month from IEEE Xplore
from over 3 million unique users
Average PDF Downloads Per Month
8,000,000
7,000,000
6,000,000
PDF
Average
Per Month
5,000,000
4,000,000
3,000,000
2,000,000
1,000,000
-
Partial 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
2001
Source: IEEE Xplore Internal Usage Stats
Today’s Author Workshop
今天研讨会涉及主题
Topics Covered
Choices
1.
Publishing choices 出版渠道选择
Audience
2.
Choose an Audience 选择受众
3.
Paper Structure 论文结构
Structure
4.
Ethics 学术道德
5.
Where to Publish 何处出版
6.
Open Access 开放存取
Open Access
7.
Impact Factor 影响因子
8.
Next Steps 下一步
Impact Factor
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Ethics
Publish
Next Steps
Choices
选择
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Publish
IEEE journal or IEEE conference?
发表IEEE期刊或会议？
•
A journal article is a fully developed presentation of your
work and its final findings 期刊文章是研究工作和最终结果的完整展
示
•
•
•
•
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Clear conclusions are made and supported by the data 做出清晰推论，并辅以数
据支持
A conference article can be written while research is ongoing
会议文章可以是正在进行没有完成的研究
•
•
Original research results presented 展示原创研究结果
Can present preliminary results or highlight recent work 可展示初期成果或强调
最近工作
Gain informal feedback to use in your research 获得非正式反馈用于后续研究
Conference articles are typically shorter than journal articles,
with less detail and fewer references 会议论文通常短于期刊论文,
细节和参考文献也少些
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Publish
IEEE journal or IEEE conference?
发表IEEE期刊或会议？
IEEE Journals
•
IEEE journals are cited 3
times more often in patent
applications than other
leading publisher’s journals
IEEE期刊被引次数高
•
A high percentage of
articles submitted to
any professional
publication are rejected 投
稿期刊被拒机率高
PRO
优点
CON
缺点
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IEEE Conferences
•
•
IEEE Conference
proceedings are recognized
worldwide as the most vital
collection of consolidated
published articles in EE,
computer science, related
fields IEEE会议论文是全球
电子电气计算机方向最重要内
容
Per IEEE Policy, if you do not
present your article at a
conference, it may be
suppressed in IEEE Xplore
and not indexed in other
databases 作者须现场展示论文
后,文章才能收入IEEE Xplore
Publish
Finding the right IEEE publication
or IEEE conference
选择合适的IEEE期刊或会议
IEEE has 170 unique publications covering
a wide range of technical areas
170多种IEEE期刊
•
Review the journal listings 浏览期刊列表
•
Who reads it 受众
•
What they publish 内容
•
What kinds of articles
they want 期待文章类型
IEEE publishes 1,200+ leading-edge
conference proceedings every year
每年1200多场IEEE前沿会议
•
Review the conference calendar 浏览会议列表
•
•
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Find a good match for your research
subject matter 寻找与研究方向吻合的会议
Ensure you are available to present 确保
你可以出席会议
Audience
受众
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Audience
Basic Questions
基本问题
1.Are you writing this paper for the
sake of writing a paper? 你是为了写论文
而写论文？
2.Or do you want to make a difference
in your technical community? 还是想在
某个技术群体中做出贡献？
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Audience
Scientific research publishing
科学研究出版
•
Who writes scientific papers? 谁在撰写科技文章
•
•
•
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Whoever solves a new and important problem in their field 在各
自领域解决全新重要问题的研究者
Engineers, scientists, educators and researchers from: 来自不同
机构的工程师、科学家和教育者

Corporations

Academia

Government
Students typically write and present conference papers before
submitting journal articles 学生在发表期刊论文前通常先发表会议论文
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Audience
What IEEE editors and
reviewers are looking for
IEEE编辑和评审人在寻找什么
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•
Content that is appropriate, in scope and level,
for the journal 内容符合期刊收录范围
•
Clearly written original material that addresses a new
and important problem 清晰表达的原创研究，解决全新重要问题
•
Valid methods and rationale 有效的方法
•
Conclusions that make sense 有意义的结论
•
Illustrations, tables and graphs that support the text 图表图
像有力支持文字描述
•
References that are current and relevant to the subject 能反
映最近研究进展的相关参考文献
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Audience
Why IEEE editors and reviewers reject
papers
IEEE编辑和评审人拒稿原因
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•
The content is not a good fit for the publication 内容不适合该期
刊
•
There are serious scientific flaws: 严重的科学缺陷
•
Inconclusive results or incorrect interpretation 无法信服的结果或不正确的解释
•
Fraudulent research 学术造假
•
It is poorly written 文笔差
•
It does not address a big enough problem or advance the
scientific field没有解决重大问题或提升当前科技水平
•
The work was previously published 研究之前已经出版过
•
The quality is not good enough for the journal 质量没有达到期刊
要求
•
Reviewers have misunderstood the article 评审人误解文章
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Structure
结构
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Paper Structure
Elements of a manuscript 主体结构
Title 题目
Abstract 文摘
Keywords 关键词
Introduction 引言
Methodology 方法
Results/Discussions/Findings
结果
Conclusion 总结
References 参考文献
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Paper Structure
Title 题目
An effective title should… 好的题
目应该
•Answer
the reader’s question:
“Is this article relevant to me?” 回答读者
问题“这篇文章与我相关吗？”
•Grab
the reader’s attention 抓住读者兴趣
•Describe
the content of a paper
using the fewest possible words 简洁描述
文章内容
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•
Is crisp, concise 简洁
•
Uses keywords 使用关键词
•
Avoids jargon 避免行业术语
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Good
Title
VS.
Bad
Title
Paper Structure
Good vs. Bad Title 好题目/坏题目
A Human Expert-based Approach to Electrical
Peak Demand Management
VS
A better approach of managing environmental and
energy sustainability via a study of different methods
of electric load forecasting
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Paper Structure
Abstract 文摘
A “stand alone” condensed
version of the article 文章的浓
缩版
•No
more than 250 words; 不
超过250字
What you did
Why you did it
•written
in
the past tense 以过去式写作
•Uses
keywords
and index terms 使用关键词和
索引词
Why they’re useful & important
& move the field forward
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How the results
were useful,
important & move
the field forward
Paper Structure
Good vs. Bad Abstract
好文摘/坏文摘
The objective of this paper was to propose a human expert-based approach to electrical peak demand
management. The proposed approach helped to allocate demand curtailments (MW) among
distribution substations (DS) or feeders in an electric utility service area based on requirements of the
central load dispatch center. Demand curtailment allocation was quantified taking into account
demand response (DR) potential and load curtailment priority of each DS, which can be determined
using DS loading level, capacity of each DS, customer types (residential/commercial) and load
categories (deployable, interruptible or critical). Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to model a
complex decision-making process according to both expert inputs and objective parameters.
Simulation case studies were conducted to demonstrate how the proposed approach can be
implemented to perform DR using real-world data from an electric utility. Simulation results
demonstrated that the proposed approach is capable of achieving realistic demand curtailment
allocations among different DSs to meet the peak load reduction requirements at the utility level.
Vs
This paper presents and assesses a framework for an engineering capstone design program. We
explain how student preparation, project selection, and instructor mentorship are the three key
elements that must be addressed before the capstone experience is ready for the students. Next,
we describe a way to administer and execute the capstone design experience including design
workshops and lead engineers. We describe the importance in assessing the capstone design
experience and report recent assessment results of our framework. We comment specifically on
what students thought were the most important aspects of their experience in engineering capstone
design and provide quantitative insight into what parts of the framework are most important.
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First person, present tense 第一人称，现在时
No actual results, only describes the organization of the paper
没有展示实际结果，只是描述文章结构
Paper Structure
Keywords 关键字
Use in the Title and
Abstract for enhanced
Search Engine Optimization
用在题目和文摘中，以提审检
索引擎精度
Logical
Appropriate
Applicable
Specific
Searchable
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Paper Structure
Introduction 引言
•
A description of the problem you researched 研究问题描述
•
It should move step by step through: 按照以下步骤
Generally
known
information
about the topic
•
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Prior studies’
historical
context to
your research
Your
hypothesis and
an overview
of the results
The introduction should not be 引言不应该
•
Too broad or vague 太宽泛或太模糊
•
More then 2 pages 超过2页
•
Written in the present tense 以现在时撰写
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How the article
is organized
Paper Structure
Methodology 方法
•
Problem formulation and the processes used to solve the
problem, prove or disprove the hypothesis 问题构想以及解决问
题，证实或否证假想的过程
•
Use illustrations to clarify ideas, support conclusions: 使用图
解阐释想法并支持结论
Graphs 图表
Tables 表格
Present representative data
or when exact values are
important to show
Show relationships
between data points
or trends in data
Figures 图解
Quickly show ideas/conclusions
that would require detailed
explanations
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Paper Structure
Results/discussion 结果/讨论
Demonstrate that you
solved the problem or
made significant advances 证明你解决
问题或作出重大贡献
Discussion
Results: Summarized Data 结果：总结数据
•
Should be clear and concise 应该清晰简洁
Use figures or tables with narrative
to illustrate findings 使用表格图解配合文字解释结
果
•
Discussion: Interprets the Results 讨论：阐释
结果
•
Why your research offers
a new solution 为什么研究提出了一个新方案
•
Acknowledge any limitations 列出研究缺陷
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Results
Paper Structure
Conclusion 总结
•
Explain what the research has achieved
解释研究达到何种效果
•
•
•
•
•
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As it relates to the problem stated
in the Introduction 与引言所阐述的问题关联
Revisit the key points in each section 重新回顾
每个部分关键点
Include a summary of the main findings,
important conclusions and implications
for the field 包括重要发现、重要结论和推论的总结
Provide benefits and shortcomings of:
提供以下优缺点
•
The solution presented 展示的解决方案
•
Your research and methodology 你的研究和方法
Suggest future areas for research 建议未
来研究方向
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Paper Structure
References 参考文献
•
Support and validate the hypothesis
your research proves, disproves or
resolves 支持和证实你研究所证实、否证或
解决的假想
•
There is no limit to the number of
references 参考文献数量无明确限制
•
•
But use only those that directly support our
work 但是只应列出与研究直接相关的文章
Ensure proper author attribution 确保作
者署名
•
•
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Author name, article title, publication name,
publisher, year published, volume, chapter
and page number
IEEE journals generally follow
a citation numbering system
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Properly
cited material
Ethics
学术道德
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Ethics
Types of misconduct 学术不端类型
Conflict of Interest利益冲突
•
A financial or other relationship
Author Attribution认可贡献
•
author’s ideas in your article, even
with the publication at odds with
if you do not directly quote a source
the unbiased presentation of
当使用他人想法时，即使不直接引用，也需
data or analysis 文章内容与出版方
有利益冲突
Plagiarism 剽窃
•
Copying another person’s work
Must be given if you use another
要给于认可
Author involvement/
contributions 作者贡献
•
Include any and all who have made
word for word or paraphrasing
a substantial intellectual contribution
without proper citation 拷贝他人工
to the work 标示任何做出重要贡献的作者
作而没有进行正确引用
•
Do not include minor
contributors 不要标示小的贡献
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Ethics
Ethical publishing 出版学术道德
Plagiarism 剽窃
•
Avoid plagiarism 避免剽窃
•
Cite and separate any verbatim copied
material 避免直接文字拷贝引用
•
Paraphrase reused text properly, and include
citation 合理改述原文，并进行正确引用
•
Credit any reused ideas 对别人的想法要正确引用
•
Familiarize yourself with IEEE Policies 熟悉
IEEE相关政策
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Refer to our Tips Sheet
http://www.ieee.org/public
ations_standards/publicatio
ns/authors/plagiarism_and_
multiple_submissions.pdf
Ethics
Ethical publishing 出版学术道德
Duplication, Redundancies &
Multiple Submissions 重复冗余一稿多投
•
Author must submit original work that:
作者必须提交原创工作
•
Has not appeared elsewhere for publication 没
有在其他地方发表过
•
Is not under review for another refereed
publication 没有在其他学术期刊进行评审
•
Cites previous work 宜用以前相关工作
•
Indicates how it differs from the previously
published work 表明如何和以前工作不同
•
Authors MUST also inform the editor when
submitting any previously published work 当
提交以前已出版工作时需要告知编辑
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Refer to our Tips Sheet
http://www.ieee.org/public
ations_standards/publicatio
ns/authors/plagiarism_and_
multiple_submissions.pdf
Where to Publish?
在哪里发表
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Types 类型
Traditional Journals 传统期刊–
Users/Libraries pay for access 用户/图书馆
付费访问
Open Access Journals 开放期刊 –
Author pays, free download 作者付费，免费
下载
Hybrid Journals 混合期刊–
Most articles are traditional, some are
open access (author preference) 大部分文章传统模
式出版，部分采用OA出版（作者选择）
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Open Access
Publications
OA期刊
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Next Steps
Open Access Opportunity for IEEE
Authors (Author pay model) OA作者付费模式
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IEEE provides 3 open access
publishing options to meet the
varying needs of authors
throughout their careers IEEE
提供3种OA选择以满足不同需求:
• New multidisciplinary mega
journal 全新跨学科综合期刊
• Over 100+ Hybrid journals
100多种混合期刊
• Fully open access topical
journals 完全OA主题期刊
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More Information http://open.ieee.org/
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Topical Journal 主题期刊
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Impact Factor
影响因子
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Are we depending too heavily
on Impact Factors?
我们是否过度依赖影响因子？
There is more than one type
of Impact Factor
不只一种影响影子存在
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Impact Factor from Journal Citation Reports JCR影响因子
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An Alternative Impact Factor 另一种影响因子
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Impact Factor is not enough of a metric
影响因子不是全部
• Journal’s reputation in the community
is important 学术界期刊名声很重要
• For new and lesser known journals –
look at the editorial board, their
reputation 知名度不高的新刊-重点看编委会
成员
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Other ways of judging a journal’s value to
the engineering community 其他判断期刊质
量的方式
1. Number of Downloads (IEEE uses this
information for revenue distribution) 下载次数
2. Patent Citations (Available from IEEE) 专利
引用次数
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Thanks!
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