PNAS今早终于接受。分享一些经验供大家参考。
我做的是病毒方向，一个动物病毒不感染人。发综合期刊还是有挑战。
写的方面主要是多突出general interest, 突出只是用病毒做一个model organism来了解general molecular mechanism.
pnas不允许出现data not shown或者personal communication, 所有的论述都需要数据支持。
最大的挑战其实是压缩，因为只有6页，所以只能把图做的非常小，不是很重要的图都放supporting information里去。
投稿的时候选择正确的编辑其实很重要，但可惜我投的时候完全不知道，基本是胡选的，赌博的成分大，建议大家投稿之前把每一个editorial borad member都看一下。
我们不认识院士所以自然是direct submission.
初次投稿状态如下：
Revision Received; Under Review 2016-01-07
Waiting for Revision 2015-09-15
Review Complete; E-Mail Notification Sent 2015-09-15
Pending Final Recommendation 2015-09-11
Under Review 2015-08-18
Under Editor Review 2015-08-17
Under Editorial Board Review 2015-08-06
Quality Control Review Completed 2015-08-06
Quality Control Review Started 2015-08-06
Author Approved Submission 2015-08-06
Waiting for Author Approval of Converted Files 2015-08-06
Waiting for File Conversion 2015-08-06
返回后编辑的意见如下：
Editor's Remarks to Author:
Your paper was reviewed by two experts in the field. While one reviewer was more positive, the second reviewer thought that in order to make this a convincing and strong story, you would need to demonstrate that xxxxxxx. The positive reviewer also raised important concerns about technical aspects of the paper. I would be ready to consider a revised manuscript if you feel that you can satisfactorily respond to the reviewers' comments.
两个审稿人，意见一正一负，负的那个要求了很多实验，然后推荐我们去投投专业期刊不要投pnas.
我们忽略了他的意见决定revision, 补充了四个月的实验，推迟了两次dead line，推迟很简单，给小蜜写信说required extension即可, 感觉上好像可以无限期推迟。。。。
二稿投稿状态如下：
Manuscript Ready for Publication 2016-01-26
Review Complete; E-Mail Notification Sent 2016-01-26
Pending Final Recommendation 2016-01-15
Under Review 2016-01-07
Under Editor Review 2016-01-07
Under Editorial Board Review 2016-01-07
Author Approved Submission 2016-01-07
三周不到出结果还算很快的。
我看论坛很多人说投稿pnas必须认识院士这个其实是过去的故事，去他的网站看看就知道：
“Papers listed as “Contributed” by NAS members (at least one of the authors is an NAS member) account for only 5% of submissions and less than a quarter of published papers. NAS members are only allowed up to four Contributed papers per year. Contributed papers must have at least two independent reviews and are evaluated by the Editorial Board.” 百分之75的稿件都是direct submission的哦。
