Editors of sci-tech journals are practitioners of the spirit of scientists and craftsmen, and should also be practitioners of the spirit of "three cows".

Innovation and development of pioneer cattle

Developing high-quality manuscript sources is pioneering. Planning a new column is pioneering. Others have asked for the Chinese version, and you have asked for the foreign version; Others have invited domestic scholars' manuscripts, and you have invited foreign scholars' manuscripts. They are all pioneering. Visiting scientific research institutes and frontline experts in the field of disciplines is also pioneering. Only when we have enough knowledge of scientific research institutes and researchers can we make an appointment for high-quality manuscripts.

The spirit of innovating and developing pioneer cattle is also reflected in: deeply thinking about problems, seeing what others have not seen and thinking about what others have not thought. It is also pioneering to explore boldly, write papers, publish opinions on various problems encountered by journal editors, and write what others have not written.

It is also pioneering to explore new ways and methods for the development of scientific and technological journals. The spirit of doing well the editing work of scientific and technological journals and innovating and developing pioneering cattle cannot be lacking.

Serving the people

Specifically, in the editing work, we should spare no effort to serve the authors, readers and reviewers. Among the authors, there are not only postgraduates and college students who have not yet left the cottage, but also masters and doctoral directors with certain discipline influence and popularity, as well as famous academicians. Among the authors of Chinese sci-tech journals, the proportion of initial contributions is high. If some authors repeatedly accuse and belittle the authors because they lack experience in writing, do not fully understand the instructions for submission, do not cooperate well with the editorial department, and the revision and improvement are unsatisfactory, it is obviously too lack of the spirit of a child cow. While working as a part-time editor, Mr. Lu Xun devoted himself to the cultivation of young writers, which can be described as a model for future generations. "As long as you can cultivate a flower, you might as well be a rotten grass.". In his life, he received 500 visiting literary youth, wrote a preface to 31 youth books, and wrote more than 3000 letters to more than 1200 youth. At that time, but there was no e-mail. How much time and energy did it take!

The characteristic of editing profession is to contact a large number of authors. Young writers lack experience in writing manuscripts, and they certainly do not have as much understanding of editing and proofreading norms and processes as editors, which is a very normal phenomenon. Editors are the window of the editing and publishing department. Warm and thoughtful service is the basic requirement. Once editors say negative energy, it will not only affect their personal image, but also the image of the journal.

Hard working old scalper

Editors of sci-tech journals should still carry forward the spirit of old scalpers.

The editing work not only includes the links of directly handling manuscripts such as soliciting manuscripts, reading manuscripts, reviewing manuscripts and Editing Manuscripts, but also includes the cumbersome affairs of communicating and verifying details with the author, including contacting typesetting, printing factory, sending sample journals, paying royalties and so on. The proportion of women in the editing and publishing industry is high, and some small jobs require effort. Male compatriots should not shrink back. Quarterly and bimonthly journals are better. Some monthly journals are rich in content, and the total annual weight is still considerable. The word "annual review" looks very easy. It may take a few sweats to send the annual sample to the reviewers.

Editors should not only keep improving the formula and its symbol description, but also the superscript and subscript of symbols. In the face of English abstracts, editors should not only pick the main and subordinate sentences, but also care about the singular and plural nouns, but also think about the collocation of simple sentences and compound sentences. All these require editors to make hard efforts and maintain enough patience.

The great writer Shen Congwen praised the word "patience". "Patience" is a word with two or so structures, one of which contains discretion and square inch; The other includes heart fire and fire. If you are impatient, you may lose your sense of propriety; Before the heat comes, the editing quality will not be high; If you can't hold the fire, you may have an unknown fire or a famous fire. The nature of an editor's work is sometimes like a commentator in a museum. Those cultural relics have ready-made labels, but each group of visitors need to hear targeted explanations. After all, the commentators have a more comprehensive and thorough understanding of the exhibits and their excavation background. Editors work as hard as commentators and are "patient".

In short, carrying forward the "three cattle" spirit of sci-tech periodical editors and releasing positive energy are conducive to the development of sci-tech periodical editing work. Of course, the year of the ox is not an "old slow ox", does not drill into the corners of the ox, does not have an ox temper, and does not have an ox spirit. This is another topic.