最差的英文編輯錯誤，停止你的論文發表－專題台灣學術報告

The Worst English Editing Mistakes That Stop Your Paper from Being Published
Special Academic Report Why Most International Academic Journals Reject Papers from Taiwan
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Leading marketing journals accept around 10%, with 80% rejected at the first review round.
Source: Summers, J. (2001). Guidelines for conducting research and publishing in marketing: From conceptualization through the review process. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 29(4), 405-415.
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Rejection of manuscripts is the norm rather than the exception in academia. The top information sciences journals, for example, accept only 10% to 15% of manuscripts.
Source: Straub, D. W., Ang, S., & Evaristo, R. (1994). Normative standards for IS research. Data Base, 25(1), 21-34.
Manuscripts replete with spelling and grammatical errors and those that are not carefully proofread are likely to receive a negative reaction from the referee. If the authors dont care enough about their work, then why should I care?
Source: McKercher, B. , Hsu, C. , Weber, K. Song, H., & Law, R. (2007). Why referees reject manuscripts. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 31(4), 455-470.
The following referee comment is typical of poorly written papers: There are numerous grammatical and logical faults throughout the entire manuscript. . . . I have basically stopped copyediting the manuscript after the first sentence. The author should have found a professional editor to proofread the manuscript before sending it to a refereed research journal.
80%
Percentage of Rejection
70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%
Country
Source: Ehara, S, Takahashi, K. (2007) Reasons for rejection of manuscripts submitted to AJR by international authors. AJR Am J Roentgenol 188(2), 113-6.
Percentage of Papers Reviewed
80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%
Deficiencies Cited in Papers

0%
6% 4%
Poor, sloppy grammar, punctuation, spelling, proofreading Inappropriate wordings and/or terms used Inappropriate title used
7%
8%
49%
Quality of English writing (not readable) Paper is overwritten or underwritten
12%
Did not focus on argument made and/or stated title Lack of comprehensibility
14%
Shallow and/or insufficient scope of argument

Elsevier gets over 600,000 article submissions per year. 40%-90% of articles are rejected.
Source: Newman, A. (2012) How to write a Great Paper and Get it Accepted by a Good Journal. Retrieved April 12, 2013 from http://taiwan.elsevier.com/htmlmailings/Event/AuthorWorkshop/Anthony_Newman.pdf
If you wish, you may write in the first person singular or plural and use the active voice. Remember to check spelling. If your native language is not English, please get a native Englishspeaking colleague to proofread your paper.
Source: Anderson, F., Niles, S.B., Donald, T.C.., (2011). Template for Preparation of Papers for IEEE Sponsored Conferences & Symposia. Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society,EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE. .1351 - 1354
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1) Over double the number of papers submitted as ten years ago. 2) Number of journals has not doubled. 3) Some editors simply reject papers that are too poorly written to send for review. They have many other options.
Source: Mabe, M. A. (2003) The number and growth of journals. Serials,16(2), 191-197.
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Relative growth from 100% baseline in 1990
Source: Bowler, D. (2011). How to Write for and Get Published in Scientific Journals. Edanz Group Japan. Retrieved April 12, 2013 from http://japan.elsevier.com/news/events/aw/dr_diana_nara201105.pdf
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The Worst English Editing Mistakes That Stop Your Paper from Being Published

70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Percentage of Papers Reviewed

80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Deficiencies Cited in Papers

Quality of English writing (not readable) Paper is overwritten or underwritten

Shallow and/or insufficient scope of argument

Relative growth from 100% baseline in 1990

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you achieve your academic excellence.

education in England and Taiwan (MBA taken in Chinese).

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English Editing Fee:

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