Review Policy

The journal follows a single-blind review process. After submission, the editorial department will firstly conduct a preliminary review of the manuscript. The editorial department will reject the manuscripts which are insufficient in originality, having serious scientific or technical mistakes, lacking valuable information, or not in the scope of the journal. The manuscripts which have passed the preliminary review will be sent to two or more reviewers. A reviewer's comment and decision (accept / reject / modify) will be passed onto the corresponding author. The authors must respond to the reviewer's every comment and submit the revised version in time. This process would be repeated until the reviewers and editors are satisfied with the manuscript.The editor-in-chief makes the final decision for acceptance of manuscripts.

Editing Policy

All authors shall be responsible for their own writing. The journal shall make textual amendments or deletions to the manuscript. However, if the amendment involves a change of meaning, the editorial department will contact the authors for confirmation.

Timing

The review turnaround time is about 3 months. Please be patient for the review result. It is not allowed to re-submit your manuscript to another journal during the review process. For manuscripts that need to be revised, authors should return the revised manuscripts within the given time. In case of difficulties, it is necessary to explain the situation to the editorial department. If manuscripts not received in time, the submission would be regarded as a withdrawn.

Submission by Editors

The editorial staff / editors / editorial board members should not be involved in publishing decisions on papers which they have written themselves or have been written by their family members or colleagues. Any such submission should be strictly subject to the journal’s usual editorial process. Peer review should be handled independently from the relevant author/editor and their research groups. 

Correction and Retraction

After publishing, if there appears to be an unintended scientific mistake in the article which would not lead to significant impacts on the results and conclusion, the editorial department will publish corrections in the journal as soon as possible, and detailing the changes made to the original article. If severe scientific errors are found in published articles, or the article is suspected of academic misconduct, such as plagiarism and data falsification, the editorial department will issue a statement to inform readers of the risks, initiate an investigation and announce the final result, or even retract article with a retraction statement if necessary.

Appeal

If authors have objections against the review comments, they can file an appeal. Authors should write an "Appeal Letter" stating the manuscript serial number and send it to the journal's email at xbzwxb@nwsuaf.edu.cn. The letter needs to provide detailed reasons for the appeal, including a comprehensive and reasonable explanation responding to the review comments, and it must be stamped by the author's institution for validation. The editorial department will decide whether to accept the appeal as appropriate.

Post-publication Discussions

We warmly welcome authors and readers to participate in discussions on our published articles. Comments can be sent to the journal's email at xbzwxb@nwsuaf.edu.cn. The editorial department will handle them promptly and provide feedback as necessary. Furthermore, the journal actively encourages readers and authors to engage in mutual supervision and offer feedback on pertinent information, aiming to cultivate a vibrant and positive academic environment.