大家好，最近我投了一篇论文给PLOS One，3天后收到下面的信


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第2点我可以理解要公开数据，下次上传时我一并传上去就好了，但是在第1点修改语言后面有这么一段话：
Please note that PLOS ONE considers only primary scientific research and not purely theoretical research (such as pure mathematics), and it must be clear that your work contributes to the base of knowledge in the sciences. Therefore, during the editing process of your manuscript, we strongly urge you to include the following:

a. Specific details of methods and analysis
b. Elaboration of conclusions that can be drawn

There is also a concern that there may be insufficient validation of the results for this paper to be considered a full research article.

我是做计算机网络方面的，因为这篇论文写得不太好，所以才想试试PLOS One，但是编辑这样说的意思是不是PLOS One只收基础学科方向的文章，对于我们这种专业性比较强受众比较小的，实验数据是仿真得到的文章不太容易接受？请大家分享一下经验搞计算机网络方面的投这个好中么？ 返回小木虫查看更多