A Practical Sharing of Paper Submission to Journals 期刊投稿 實務分享

A Practical Sharing of Paper Submission to Journals 期刊投稿 實務分享

Dept. of Mold and Die Engineering, NKUAS

楊勝安教授（國立高雄應用科技大學 模具工程系 系主任）

Outline

Introduction1

Tips-1~52

My Experience3

Concluding Remarks4

Introduction

想達高瞻遠矚 ,就必須站上巨人肩膀

The dwarf sees farther than the giant

when he has the giant’s

shoulder to mount on.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Friend(1828)

TIPS

搜尋閱讀 (Search)

收集整理 (Collect)

練習寫作 (Practice)

Tips on polishing your Technical English Writing

Tip 1

11Search and collect the related articles (via SDOS, EI,…)

22Use websites from search engines, MSN, Google and Yahoo

33 Ex: http://encarta.msn.com/

Using Tools for Learning Technical English

Tip 2

Entering the Writing Center in US universities, Ex: Purdue

Reading technical English writing references

1. Writing Up Research: Pearson Education Taiwan Ltd. by Robert Weisslerg; Suzanne Buker( 書林書局代理 )

2. Academic writing for graduate students:( 文鶴出版社 )

The University of Michigan Press

Tip 3

Abstract

Introduction

Modeling

Method

DiscussionResult

Conclusion

Imitating good examples of those who have great skills by collecting good sentence patterns from E-journals, such as SDOS, EI, …etc.

Tip 4

Suggesting your graduate students to take “Technical English Writing” course.

EE MDE

organizedorganized

CHMECHME

MDEMDE

Tip 5

Attending Workshop on Technical English Writing (MDE and CHME departments have organized one before)

Concise

My Experience

Sharing My Experience of Technical English Writing: 3 C Principles

ClearCorrect

My Experience

1

Correct Verb Tense

2

Correct Sentence Voice

3

Effective Verb instead of Noun Phrase

4

Unclear pronouns must be avoided, such as, it, this, they,…

(As minimum as possible)

1. Correct Verb Tense

正確動詞時態： “ 提到”前人的研究成果的陳述時，關於成果內容

為一般共同可接受的學理，必須採現在式。 特定點動作例如“描述” (describe, present), 或“

探討” (deal with, investigate), 等採過去式。 Author+ Reference number or date+ verb of

report( past tense)+ that +Findings (Present tense)

Curie [1] showed that aluminum in seawater is regulated by a thermodynamic balance.

2a. Choosing between active and passive voice

. The passive voice: The actor is not really important but the

process or principle being described is of ultimate importance.

The active voice: The actor is more important than the

process or principle being described.

2b. The cases using Active Voice

A process description employs verbs that indicate a change of state, such as expand, rise, cool, and form.

Most metals expand and contract with variations in temperature.

Intransitive verbs: stem from, originate (in), becomeResearch terms, such as “The study”,

“The project”, “The report”, “The paper” use the active voice.

The paper aims to investigate the effect of X on Y.

2c. Some transitive verbs can not be transformed into passive constructions.

HaveResemble= look like Equal Agree with Mean Contain= Comprise Hold Lack Suit=Fit

3a. Effective Verbs

要簡潔有力 請使用單一字的動詞，避免口頭常用的動詞 +

介系詞的形式，例如： figure out --> determine go up to --> reach keep up --> maintain go down --> decrease make up --> constitute

3b. Effective Verbs

避免使用名詞表示動作，直接用單一字動詞 Draw a conclusion --> conclude Make an analysis --> analyze Make a consideration --> consider Perform a simulation -->Simulate Conduct an investigation --> Investigate

4a. Skills to write clearly

Avoid using unclear pronouns: it, this, that, these, they.

use → “ This/these + noun” to join ideas together.

According to a recent survey, 26% of all American adults, down from 38% thirty years ago, now smoke. This drop can be partly attributed to the mounting evidence linking smoking and fatal disease, such as cancer.

4b. Skills for writing concisely

Reduce the relatives clause into prepositional phrase:

1. S+Be/V +(N1)+which has +N2. → S+Be/V+(N1)+with +N2. 2. S+Be/V +(N1)+that is preposition

+N2. → S+Be/V+(N1)+ preposition +N2

4c. Skills for writing concisely

Reduce the clause into participle phrase:

A current is sent through the material; therefore, the electrons are polarized.

→ A current is sent through the material, (thus) polarizing the electrons.

Prices rise; thus, the chance of hyperinflation increases.

→Prices rise, thus increasing the chance of hyperinflation.

5. Dangling Modifier: Common mistake should be avoided

句首的不定詞片語或分詞構句中主詞要與主要子句主詞一致 .

1. To calculate the temperature, the energy balance equation should be used.

--> To calculate the temperature, we should use the energy balance equation.

2. Based on the energy balance, we can calculate the temperature.

Based on the energy balance, the temperature can be calculated.

On the basis of the energy balance, we can calculate the temperature.

Concluding Remarks

科技論文寫作 : 簡潔通則盡量用最少的單字表示一個句子。能用單字表示，就不要用片語，能用片語表示，就不要用子句，能用簡單句表示，就不要用複合句。