1. The journal adopts double-blind review system. All manuscripts are subject to three rounds of reviews, namely the preliminary review, external review and final review. After submission, the editorial office will conduct a preliminary review of the manuscript and 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. Manuscripts which have passed the preliminary review will be anonymously sent to two or more peer reviewers for external review. Authors must respond to reviewers' every comment and submit the revised version in time. This process would be repeated until reviewers and editors are satisfied with the manuscript. The Editor-in-Chief decides the acceptance of manuscripts.
2. If the submitted manuscript does not meet the requirements of this journal, the authors shall be required to revise the manuscript and re-submit the revised version within the specified time. If the article is accepted, the editorial office has right to make revisions to the article. If authors do not approve of any deletion or modification, they should state it in advance. Authors should keep a copy by themselves as this journal generally does not return manuscripts.
3. If special issues or special columns are published, the manuscripts will undergo the same review process as regular submissions, and the final decision on acceptance is made by the editor-in-chief, who is responsible for the entire content of the journal, including special issues or columns. Authoritative experts in the field may be invited to serve as guest editors-in-chief of the special issue or column, overseeing theme proposal, manuscript solicitation, peer review organization, and addressing any publication issues under the editor-in-chief's supervision to ensure fairness in the review process.
4. Submissions by Editorial Board Members (EBMs)/Editors must adhere to the journal's review and editorial procedures, ensuring independence from the involved individuals and their research groups. They cannot participate in reviews of manuscripts whose authors they have conflicts of interest with.
5. 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 office 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 office 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.