Workflow of Manuscript Processing

1. Submission: Authors sign in and submit the manuscript. All required information shall be registered.

2. Receiving: The editorial office will send receipt to authors and conducts the preliminary review. If the manuscript does not pass the preliminary review, a "Notice of Rejection of Preliminary Review" will be sent to authors via E-mail.

3. Initial Revision: For a manuscript that has passed the preliminary review, editors will modify the format of the manuscript, and then return it to authors through the system, and ask authors to make revision according to the editing requirements. For any question, please contact us by QQ: 1351669176.

4. Peer Review: After format revision is completed, the manuscript shall be sent out for peer review. Authors cannot check the review result until comments of all reviewers are returned. Generally, the review time is 3 weeks. It is not recommended to make inquiries during this time.

5. Revision or Rejection: After peer review is completed, the editorial office will notify the result to authors by E-mail (revision or rejection)

6. Revision Submission: Authors should make revision to the manuscript according the comments of reviewers and return the manuscript to the editorial office in time. It may take several times to meet our standards.  

7. Final Review: The revised manuscript shall be sent for final review. Some manuscript may be rejected at this phase.

8. Revising or Accepting: Manuscripts passing the final review will be queuing for publication. Manuscripts not passing the final review shall be revised again.

9. Waiting for Publishing: Accepted manuscripts are under the status of “to be published”.

10. Payment: The payment notice shall be sent to authors by phone or by EMS.