preparation

reparationandSubmission

PreparationforSubmission

hefinishedversionforoneweek

oAfterthepaperiscompleted,donotimmediatelysubmitittoajournal.(It

isnotfinishedyet.)

oYouinvariablywillfindmanysmallerrorsintext,notations,explanations,

ormissingreferences,finishedpaper.

theintroduction,conclusion,andabstractbeforesubmission

oRereadthethreepartscarefullybeforeyousubmitthepapertoajournal

andeliminatealltypographicalerrorsandotherembarrassingmistakes.

oAtypographicalerroronthefirstpageofintroductionorabstractindicates

thattheauthoriscareless.

oSucherrorstendtoleadrefereesandeditors,rightlyorwrongly,to

ncludethattheauthor

ymightberight.

oIfyoudon'tproofreadyourownintroduction,whyexpecttherefereesto

spotandcorrectalltheerrors?

,butdonotrelytotallyonspellingcheckers

reareno

substitutesforreadingthepaperspersonally.

oSpellingcheckersdonotcheckwordmeanings.

rouenvy

oDonotufancyfontsorexpensivebondpaper.

oDonotcitetoomanyofyourownpapers.