1. The form of papers published in the “Chinese Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology“: research papers, research bulletins, review reviews, popular science columns, and technical exchanges.
2. "Chinese Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology" publishes papers including vacuum technology and standards, thin film physics and technology, surface and interface physics, applied surface science, physical electronics, electronic materials and processing, nanoscience and technology, vacuum metallurgy, electrical Vacuum technology, nuclear vacuum technology, cosmic vacuum, etc.
3. Factors to consider when accepting articles:
(1) Strong correlation with vacuum science and technology;
(2) The topic selection is important or novel;
(3) The original papers are highly innovative, the research bulletins have important pioneering results, and the review comments are written by teams that have done important related work in the field, which is forward-looking and instructive;
4. Common reasons for article rejection:
(1) No important and innovative work content;
(2) The research methods and results are not credible, or there are basic conceptual errors, or the main conclusions cannot be supported;
(3) The theoretical explanation of the research results is insufficient;
(4) The writing quality of the article is too poor;
(5) Other reasons.
5. Review method
Reviewers log on the journal website to review the manuscript online. If there are a lot of mathematical symbols and formulas in the review comments, they can save a separate word file and submit your review comments by uploading the attachment.
6. Review time
In order to speed up the processing of manuscripts, reviewers are generally requested to return the review comments within 15 days of receipt of the manuscript. If there are special circumstances, it can be appropriately postponed. The editorial system will automatically send an email reminder on the 14th day, and the editorial department will manually remind it after the 14th day.
7. Review process
In order to save the time of authors and reviewers, the editorial department will check the duplication and preliminary review of all submitted manuscripts. Articles with insufficient novelty or content that are not suitable for "Chinese Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology" will be directly rejected and will not be sent for external review. The editorial department of manuscripts that have passed the preliminary review will send at least two experts for external review. Manuscripts that have passed the external review will be finalized by the chief editor and the editorial board. Whether to accept the manuscript will be decided according to the review comments of experts, the revision of the author, and the requirements of the journal. manuscript.
8. Review
In some cases, the author's revised manuscript will be reviewed by a reviewer, and the expert will be asked to give a final suggestion on whether to adopt or not according to the author's revision description and revision.
9. Author Appeal Review Review
The editorial department generally sends the author's appeal draft and appeal description to the original reviewer for re-examination, and the original reviewer is asked to reply to the author's appeal and give clear opinions on the appeal draft. If the author requests to refrain from the original reviewer, the editorial department may consider sending it to other reviewers for review, and the editor-in-chief of the final review will make the final decision based on the reviewer's comments from the appeal reviewer.
10. Selection of Reviewers
The selection of reviewers is crucial to maintaining the academic quality of the journal. The editorial department will comprehensively consider multiple factors when selecting reviewers, including professional level, reputation, academic impartiality, detailed review comments, and review speed, etc., the editorial department will try to avoid selecting reviewers whose review comments are rough and general, reviewers are too harsh or loose, and review time is too long.
11. Anonymity and Information Security
"Chinese Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology" adopts a single-blind review system. During the whole review process, the information of the reviewers is kept confidential to the authors. If the reviewers are inconvenient, they can directly give the authors their opinions. Fill in the comments column separately. Reviewers should keep the experimental data and main academic achievements of the manuscripts under review confidential. If other colleagues review the manuscript with you, please attach their name and contact information to the review comments and inform the editorial department. During the review process, please do not discuss with the author, but contact the reviewing editor.