爱华网Materials Letters对文章篇幅严格限制在4页以内，图表不超过5幅，字数在2000字以内（以3幅图计算，增加一副图必须少200字，若5幅图则限制在1600字以内），否则文章肯定berejected。
有趣的是，它在作者指南里提供了交互式问题的方法来指引作者投稿，其形式颇有几分类似当前在报刊杂志流行的心理测试星座问答类题目。
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Is the totalnumber of words less than 200?
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