by Dennis
Baldocchi - November 23, 2014
I have just
stepped down as editor in chief of JGR Biogeosciences. After having handled over a 1000 papers many
trends have emerged regarding the quality of papers, the expectations of
referees and seeing what published papers become more successful than others. Much of it gets down to writing clearly and
presenting new and novel results that are of interest to the community. We are grateful that many past flux papers
have met this criterion, but we also want to keep the momentum going and the
quality of the next generation of papers high. Below is a list I posted on the
JGR Biogeoscience web site. Is it the perfect and final word for writing a
better paper, obviously not. But many of
the suggestions are worth considering, especially for young scientists.
