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Peer to peer 同行评审机制 Portable reviews look set to speed up thepublication of papers 便捷化同行评审将会加快文章的发表 ASK a researcher what annoys him most about scientific publishing, and slowness will comenear the top of the list of gripes. 要是问研究员在学术论文发表中什么最令他烦恼，速度慢位居烦恼榜单之首。 It takes nearly six months, on average, for a manuscript to wend its way fromsubmission to publication. 一篇文章从投给出版社到发表，通常需要将近六个月的时间。 Worse, before a paper is accepted by a journal, it is often rejected by one or more others. 更糟糕的是，在论文被一家期刊接受之前，通常会被一家或多家的期刊拒绝。 The reason need not be a fatal flaw in the research; sometimes the work is simply notsplashy enough for outlets high up in the pecking order. 原因不一定是研究有致命的错误;有时只是因为研究内容受关注的程度达不到高级期刊的要求。 But in the process, each journal s editors send the paper for peer reviewappraisal byexperts in the relevant fieldin much the way that each prospective purchaser of a housecommissions his own survey. | 
