求职信的艺术
I have now served as an Aociate Editor at ACS Nano for three months.As promised, doing so has provided unique insights into scientific publishing.Interestingly, the biggest surprise has not been something that authors do, but something they frequently neglect to do: constructing a well-written cover letter, including a statement justifying the importance of their work.
我现在已经担任ACS纳米三个月的副主编。按照承诺，但这样做到科学出版提供了独到的见解。有趣的是，最大的惊喜还没有得到作者的东西，但他们经常忽视的东西要做到：建设一个写得很好的求职信，其中包括一份声明，证明其工作的重要性
Consider the incredible effort that goes into a manuscript.First, an original idea must be generated by the small miracle of human inspiration, backed by years of research and study.To acquire resources to pursue that idea, it must be further refined, put into scientific and social contexts, and explained to other researchers in the form of a grant proposal, often many times over.Once funding and other resources have been secured, the real work can begin.A few courageous graduate students or postdocs must squander a part of their precious youth toiling in fluorescently lit laboratories, repeatedly executing experiments to see if, when, and how the idea works, to see what can be learned from it, or to see how it might be useful.The results of this effort will be analyzed, scrutinized,rejected, and repeated for months on end.Once a cohesive story can be aembled, the text is written, citations are added, and figures are prepared.The manuscript is now ready for submiion.A journal is chosen, reviewers are suggested, and the upload button is preed.The humble idea has become a work of science, yet its fate now rests with the editors and reviewers, who must evaluate its significance。
考虑成手稿令人难以置信的努力。首先，必须生成一个原始的想法的支持下，通过多年的研究和探讨人类灵感的小奇迹。要获取的资源来追求这一想法，必须进一步完善，投入科学和社会背景，和其他研究人员解释说，在补助金的建议形式，往往许多倍。一旦已获得资金和其他资源，真正的工作就可以开始。少数勇敢的研究生或博士后必须浪费他们宝贵的青春在荧光点亮实验室劳苦的一部分，重复执行实验看到，如果当，以及如何的思想工作，看看有什么可以从中学到，或者看看它是如何可能是有用的。这一努力的结果进行分析，审核，拒绝，并为上月结束重复。一旦一个有凝聚力的故事，可以组装，书面文本，引文补充说，数字准备。手稿现正准备选择submiion.A杂志，审稿人的建议，并按下“上传”按钮。谦逊的想法已经成为一个科学的工作，但现在用的编辑和审稿人，必须评价其意义在于它的命运。
The editors have not traveled the long journey described above with the submitting authors and are likely hearing about the idea for the first time.In a perfect world, the authors and editors could discu the manuscript over coffee to be sure the novelty and significance of the work are appreciated.It is likely that the authors could be more persuasive in person than in the formal text of the manuscript.Sadly, such meetings are seldom poible.However, one last chance at such an interaction is available, in the penultimate step miing from the sequence of events above: the cover letter.Among the requested items of information to be included in the cover letter is “a statement of why the paper is appropriate for ACS Nano”.While this is just one of several requested elements, it is by far the most vital.The cover letter provides the chance for authors to persuade the editors of the significance of their work in a le formal manner1
than what is written in the manuscript itself.While most authors take advantage of this opportunity, there are many cases where the opportunity is squandered, even though it could be the difference between a manuscript sent for external review and one rejected without further consideration。
编辑，凡未上述提交作者的漫漫征程，并有可能谈到第一次的想法听证会。在一个完美的世界里，作者和编者可以边喝咖啡边讨论的手稿，可以肯定的新颖性和工作的意义appreciated.It是可能的，作者可以在人更有说服力，比正式文本的手稿。可悲的是，这样的会议几乎是不可能的。然而，在这样一个互动的最后机会之一是，从上述事件的序列失踪在倒数第二个步骤：求职信。其中信息的要求，在求职信中包含的项目是“为什么纸张适合ACS纳米声明”。虽然这仅仅是几个要求的元素之一，它是迄今为止最重要的。求职信，提供了机会，为作者在一个不太正式的的方式说服他们的工作的重要意义“的编辑，比什么是手稿本身的书面。虽然大多数作者利用这个机会，也有挥霍机会是很多情况下，即使它可能是外部审查和一个发送一个手稿之间的差异没有进一步考虑拒绝。
Therefore, if you tend to hurriedly prepare cover letters or are overly modest when you write them, I encourage you to allow the submiion to be delayed by just one more day.Spend time writing a convincing cover letter and share it with your coauthors for their input.As active researchers and often on the other side of the publishing proce ourselves, the other ACS Nano editors and I realize that not every submitted result has the capability to cure cancer or to replace silicon in the semiconductor industry; however, a carefully crafted and straightforward description of the impact of one’s work can go a long way toward communicating its significance.This is especially important in a field like nanoscience,with potential reviewers and readers having diverse and interdisciplinary backgrounds.You may even find, as I have, that this finalreflection reveals new insights that could strengthen the manuscript
因此，如果你倾向于赶紧准备求职信或过于保守，当你写，我鼓励你们允许提交多一天延迟。花时间写一个有说服力的的求职信，并与你的合作者分享他们的投入。作为活跃的研究人员往往对自己提供的出版过程中的另一侧，其他ACS纳米的编辑，我认识到，不是每个提交的结果，有能力治愈癌症或取代硅在半导体行业，但是，一个精心制作的和直接的描述一个人的工作的影响，可以对传达其意义的一个很长的路要走。这一点尤其重要，像纳米科学领域，多样化和多学科背景与潜在的评审和读者。你甚至会发现，像我一样，这最后的反思，揭示了新的见解，可以加强手稿。
Finally, if I may make one more suggestion to appease my fellow ACS Nano editors, please, I beg of you, include citation titles in your reference list! We include these in our published papers to guide our diverse readers (as well as our editors and reviewers) to the sources and topics of the basis upon which the information and discoveries presented are built.
最后，如果我可以让更多的建议，以安抚我的同胞ACS纳米编辑，请，我求求您，包括您的参考清单中引用标题！我们包括这些在我们发表的论文来指导我们的多样化的读者（以及我们的编辑和审稿人）的来源和基础的信息和发现内置的主题。
In a perfect world, the authors and editors could discu the manuscript over coffee to be sure the novelty and significance of the work are appreciated.
在一个完美的世界里，作者和编者可以边喝咖啡边讨论的手稿，可以肯定的新颖性和工作的意义是赞赏。
