[Brahms-l] Submitting to Nature

      Dear Brahms,
              I think that we should publish our R_dAu letter in Nature. 
The criteria for publication of scientific papers (Articles and Letters) in Nature are that they: 

*	report original scientific research (the main results and conclusions must not have been published or submitted elsewhere)
*	are of outstanding scientific importance 
*	reach a conclusion of interest to an interdisciplinary readership. 

(see  http://www.nature.com/nature/submit/index.html)

Our results clearly satisfy these criteria and we will benefit from the
increased exposure "Nature" can bring. I believe that a letter based on the
R_dA and R_cp ratios would have a good chance of being accepted. We do not have to claim that we have discovered the Color Glass Condensate: rather
we can report that we see a suppression of fast particles in the forward 
region of dAu collisions and this is consistent with CGC predictions. Of course we should also note other possibilities. Letters should not exceed 
3 pages but given that we do not yet want to show spectra we can fit in this limit. "Nature" promises a very quick turnaround. If we are rejected flat out before being sent for review we should know within a week. If we are accepted Nature allows us to submit our data as part of a larger publication to another journal. It seems to me that we have nothing to lose accept the time it takes to write the paper well enough to be accepted.  

It is time to blow our own horn. 

Michael




PS Here are the guidelines for letters
.

1.2 Letters to Nature are short reports of original research focused on an outstanding finding whose importance means that it will be of interest to scientists in other fields. 
They do not normally exceed 3 pages of Nature, and have no more than 30 references. They begin with a fully referenced paragraph of not more than 180 words, aimed at readers in other disciplines. This paragraph contains a summary of the background and rationale for the work, followed by a one-sentence statement of the main conclusions starting 'Here we show' or equivalent phrase.
The rest of the text is typically about 1,500 words long, starting with a further brief paragraph of introductory material if the author requires it, not repeating information in the summary paragraph. Any discussion at the end of the text should be as succinct as possible.
Letters typically have 3 or 4 small figures.
Word counts refer to the text of the paper. References, title, author list and acknowledgements do not have to be included in total word counts. 

Supplementary online material . 
Authors wishing to include additional supporting material essential to the paper but for which there is no space in the printed journal can have this made available online with the version of the papers on NPG's website. Hence papers can have greater depth, online enhancements and are more useful to fellow specialists in the field who require detail, without distracting more general readers.


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