The Twentieth Legal Academy Master Salon of Beijing Normal University—The special lecture on "Academic Paper Writing from the Perspective of Journal Editors" was successfully held online on the evening of October 31st, 2021. In this lecture, Mr. Liu Shuguang, executive deputy editor, editor and doctor of philosophy of Journal of Peking University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), was invited to share the characteristics, topics and contributions of social science academic papers with students. The lecture was hosted by Professor Liang Yingxiu, Dean of Beijing Normal University Law School, and attended by Professor Chai Rong, Vice Dean of Beijing Normal University Law School and Associate Professor Yin Bo of Beijing Normal University Law School and Criminal Academy. More than 400 students attended the lecture, including Master's degree and Master's degree in the School of Law and the School of Foreign Studies.
At the beginning of the lecture, Dean Liang Yingxiu solemnly introduced the editor-in-chief of the guest Liu Shuguang to the students, and introduced that this lecture aimed at improving their academic writing level. Students also expressed their warm welcome to the teachers.
The lecture edited by Liu Shuguang took "Academic paper writing for university teachers and students" as the introduction. Starting from Professor James Soong's How to Write Academic Papers, it introduced the significance of academic paper writing to the participating students. Editor-in-chief Liu Shuguang pointed out that it is extremely difficult and difficult to complete an excellent paper, and to write a high-quality paper, one must have a rigorous and serious attitude towards academic research. Editor-in-chief Liu Shuguang mainly explained in detail the relationship between academic papers and cultural development, journals and readers, authors and editors, and the responsibilities of academic journals. Editor-in-chief Liu Shuguang pointed out that in addition to having a deep understanding of the submitted publications and establishing a good mutual assistance and cooperation relationship with the editors of academic journals, it is also necessary to follow the basic rules of academic paper writing and master basic writing skills, such as following the basic norms and requirements in drawing up topics, choosing themes, signing signatures, writing abstracts and keywords, quoting references, using languages, using punctuation marks and numbers, and preventing academic misconduct.
Editor-in-chief Liu Shuguang classifies academic papers into academic journal papers, academic report papers and degree papers according to their different functions. In order to avoid a paper with a decent form but a hollow core, the writing of the paper should follow the rhythm of slow (topic selection)—fast (writing)—slow (modification), especially in the stage of modifying and polishing the paper, and the words and structures of the paper should be hammered repeatedly. Editor-in-chief Liu Shuguang summarized the three stages of publishing academic papers, that is, the selection of topics, the writing and revision of papers and the submission process of papers, and then introduced and guided the topics, topic formulation, abstract and keyword writing norms in detail. Editor-in-chief Liu Shuguang emphasized that high-level articles must have three elements: exquisite title, innovative ideas and meticulous structure. From the perspective of journal editors, this paper analyzes and summarizes what kind of vision and skills should be held when writing and submitting academic papers, which is progressive and interlocking. In the spirit of being highly responsible for yourself, periodicals, readers and society, the articles that try to influence others' thoughts and actions are well-thought-out and healthy masterpieces.
In the following conversation session, Professor Chai Rong and Associate Professor Yin Bo talked about their own feelings and opinions respectively. Professor Chai Rong shared his thoughts from the perspective of contributors and graduate tutors. Professor Chai Rong said that the most difficult part of academic paper writing lies in the topic selection. If you want to find out the "real problem", you must have a sense of social responsibility. If you want to write articles that are meaningful to society, you should substitute for the writing of articles, so that you can meet the editing perspective. According to his own practice of guiding graduate students, Professor Chai Rong also explained his experience in topics selection, references, academic norms and other aspects of dissertation with his classmates.
Associate Professor Yin Bo started and talked about it from the perspective of Research Ethics and Academic Norms course. Associate Professor Yin Bo said that the sharing of Liu Shuguang's editor-in-chief enhanced the teachers and students' understanding of academic paper writing, broadened their academic horizons and benefited everyone a lot. Associate Professor Yin Bo pointed out that learning is like being a human being, and scientific research integrity is the bottom line and life of learning. That is to say, the so-called scholars can't be dishonest, be dishonest, think good, and be dishonest. Learn to learn miscellaneous things without sincerity, but fail to do things with sincerity.
At the end of the lecture, editor-in-chief Liu Shuguang interacted with the students, and the students asked editor-in-chief Liu Shuguang about the topic selection, length and standardization of academic papers. Editor-in-chief Liu Shuguang gave detailed answers to the questions raised by the students, which enabled the students to have a deep understanding of what academic papers are and how to write and publish academic papers, and provided practical guidance for students to write general academic papers and degree papers in the future.
Dean Liang Yingxiu made the final concluding remarks: Pay tribute to the dedication and professionalism shown by editor-in-chief Liu Shuguang in this high-quality lecture. This lecture will help scholars and graduate students to understand the evaluation criteria of editors for academic papers, understand the process of review and editing of academic papers and improve their writing ability. We also welcome editor-in-chief Liu Shuguang to give lectures at the Law School of Beijing Normal University frequently. At this point, the lecture ended successfully.
