Dr. John Plummer, Senior Editor of Nature Materials, Nature Publishing Group
Venue：Conference Room of Basic Energy Science Building
Time：July 27, 2016 (Wednesday) 9:00am
Abstract
Nature journals offer a number of venues for the publication of high impact peer-reviewed papers. This talk will present an overview of the Nature family of journals, including: 1) criteria for publication, and what the editors are looking for, 2) advice on how to prepare a paper for submission, and 3) the dos and don’ts of scientific publication. The aim of this talk is to improve understanding of Nature journals, and how to prepare and submit a manuscript for consideration.
Short Biography
John Plummer earned a MEng in materials science and engineering from the University of Sheffield, UK, and remained there for a PhD, investigating metallic glasses. He then moved to Imperial College London as a postdoctoral researcher and to lecture on deformation mechanisms in materials. As an editor, John started with Nature Communications in January 2013, and then joined Nature Materials in October 2014, where he handles manuscripts on structural materials, multiferroics, high pressure studies and other topics of condensed matter physics. John has been based in Shanghai since April 2015.
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