We are very pIeased to announce that five Associate Editors have joined the editorial team of the Joumal of Environmental Sciences （JES）. Professors/Drs. Yong Cai, Paul Lain, Jonathan Martin, Michael Plewa, and Po K...We are very pIeased to announce that five Associate Editors have joined the editorial team of the Joumal of Environmental Sciences （JES）. Professors/Drs. Yong Cai, Paul Lain, Jonathan Martin, Michael Plewa, and Po Keung Wong bring a wealth of expertise in environmental sciences. As preeminent scientists in their chosen areas of research.展开更多
Chairs, World Forum of Ophthalmological Journal Editors:Prof. Neil Bressler (middle), Prof. Richard Parrish II (right)and Prof. Jose Carlos Pastor (left)Prof. Neil Bressler (Editor-in-Chief of JAMA Ophthalmology)gave ...Chairs, World Forum of Ophthalmological Journal Editors:Prof. Neil Bressler (middle), Prof. Richard Parrish II (right)and Prof. Jose Carlos Pastor (left)Prof. Neil Bressler (Editor-in-Chief of JAMA Ophthalmology)gave a lecture at the World Forum of Ophthalmological Journal展开更多
Chief editors are the souls of journals,and can guarantee a journal's success by enhancing the efficiency of the manuscript submission and publication process through promptness and speedy response rates to author...Chief editors are the souls of journals,and can guarantee a journal's success by enhancing the efficiency of the manuscript submission and publication process through promptness and speedy response rates to authors.In this study,a total of 867 international journals—indexed by Science Citation Index,Social Sciences Citation Index,and Arts&Humanities Citation Index,and 567 Chinese journals—indexed by Chinese Science Citation Database and Chinese Social Science Citation Information database,were randomly selected to explore whether significant differences in the response rate and speed exist between chief editors.639 chief editors'email addresses were obtained for the international journals,whereas 357 email addresses were gathered for the Chinese journals.However,due to mail servers,only 274 international and 330 Chinese editors were successfully contacted.All messages contained a questionnaire geared to determine the total length of time required for the manuscript submission and publication process.After two months,a 100% response rate was achieved for international chief editors,while Chinese chief editors had a significantly lower rate(P<0.01)of 30.6%.Nevertheless,for both international and Chinese chief editors,66% and 58% provided a response within 12 hours,respectively.Although several reasons exist for the Chinese journals'lagging behind international journals,this study demonstrates that the response rate of chief editors to authors may also be a contributing factor.Thus,chief editors of Chinese journals should enhance their response rate to improve the current situation and further contribute to Chinese journals'success.展开更多
The JOURNAL OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS(JAC)is published annually in two fascicles by the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations(IHAC,Northeast Normal University,Changchun,Jilin Province,People’s Republic of...The JOURNAL OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS(JAC)is published annually in two fascicles by the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations(IHAC,Northeast Normal University,Changchun,Jilin Province,People’s Republic of China).展开更多
The editors of International Journal of Ophthalmology gratefully acknowledge the members of IJO Editorial Board and reviewers from 51 countries and regions who participated in the peer-reviews and provided their valua...The editors of International Journal of Ophthalmology gratefully acknowledge the members of IJO Editorial Board and reviewers from 51 countries and regions who participated in the peer-reviews and provided their valuable comments between Nov.1st,2024 and Oct.31st,2025.They volunteer their valuable time and expertise,and without them we would not maintain the necessary quality expected of the journal.We apologize if we have inadvertently missed a reviewer’s name off this list.展开更多
探索英文科技期刊提升国际影响力的重要举措,与同行期刊交流参考。以英文期刊《Journal of Marine Science and Application》(JMSA)为例,从聘请外籍主编开启双主编办刊、外籍主编在促进期刊国际化发展的重要举措、期刊国际化发展的显...探索英文科技期刊提升国际影响力的重要举措,与同行期刊交流参考。以英文期刊《Journal of Marine Science and Application》(JMSA)为例,从聘请外籍主编开启双主编办刊、外籍主编在促进期刊国际化发展的重要举措、期刊国际化发展的显著变化等方面阐述了外籍主编对提升英文期刊国际影响力的重要作用。自双主编办刊以来,《JMSA》国际稿件的质量和比例、国际影响力和认可度显著提升。实践表明,聘请支持期刊发展且具有高影响力外籍主编、充分发挥外籍主编引领作用,能够快速提升英文科技期刊的国际影响力,并大大加快期刊的国际化发展进程。展开更多
A letter to the editor constitutes a short communication addressing a range of topics pertinent to the readership of a journal(Dkhar,2018).This format offers several benefits,such as timeliness,accessibility,innovatio...A letter to the editor constitutes a short communication addressing a range of topics pertinent to the readership of a journal(Dkhar,2018).This format offers several benefits,such as timeliness,accessibility,innovation,and conciseness,thereby serving as an effective means to disseminate cuttingedge scientific ideas.Over the past five years,there has been a considerable increase in the number of letters published,representing the highest growth rate(approximately 20%)observed in the last three decades(Figure 1A).In the field of academic publishing,letters to the editor are typically more concise than typical research papers.展开更多
In the fast paced world of geo-spatial information science,theoretical progress,technical advances,and new application experiences are everyday developments.Geo-Spatial Information Science(GSIS)is honored to be an imp...In the fast paced world of geo-spatial information science,theoretical progress,technical advances,and new application experiences are everyday developments.Geo-Spatial Information Science(GSIS)is honored to be an important platform for authors and readers to share their findings.To cultivate an even better geo-spatial information science journal,a new editorial team was organized to work for GSIS from this issue onwards.Four fields are identified as the major areas of concern in GSIS,i.e.,geospatial information systems,photogrammetry,remote sensing,GNSS,and Geodesy.For each area,a top scholar was invited to be an associate editor for this field to handle submissions.展开更多
Prof.Houze Xu,Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences,a renowned scientist in geodesy and geophysics,passed away due to illness on August 31,2021,in Wuhan,at the age of 87.Since 2014,Prof.Xu has served as the edito...Prof.Houze Xu,Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences,a renowned scientist in geodesy and geophysics,passed away due to illness on August 31,2021,in Wuhan,at the age of 87.Since 2014,Prof.Xu has served as the editor-in-chief of Geodesy and Geodynamics,a peer-reviewed journal of China Earthquake Administration.He helped increase the journal’s visibility within the geoscience community.展开更多
GENERAL Asian Pacifie Journal of Reproduction(APJR)is an English medical journal which is publisbed biomonthly and distributed worldwide.The articles published mainly deal with cellular and molecular mec hanisms of re...GENERAL Asian Pacifie Journal of Reproduction(APJR)is an English medical journal which is publisbed biomonthly and distributed worldwide.The articles published mainly deal with cellular and molecular mec hanisms of reproduction,fertility/inferility,gynecologic/reproductive oncology,embryology,obetetnics,Byneoology,andrology,repnoductive endocripology,reproductive immunology,malemal-fetal medicine,and reproductive genetics.New and emenging.topics in more applied areas of reproduction,including assisted reproducive technolopies,prenatal and preimplantation genetic diagnosis.cloning,and stem cell research,are also welcome.Origina!scientifie researches.timely reviews.case repors,short communications,and ltters 10 the editor related 10 the research and practice of repnoduction are encouraged The joumal prov ides a platfomm for reporting progress in repnoductive science in diferent settings,which enhances our underslanding of reproduction.Al present,there is No Page Charge for this journal.展开更多
Letters to the editor can provide useful scientific information and evaluation of published work as well as acting as an additional level of peer review.Furthermore,letters are good reading material,especially if they...Letters to the editor can provide useful scientific information and evaluation of published work as well as acting as an additional level of peer review.Furthermore,letters are good reading material,especially if they involve a debate between authors.Finally,letters are relatively short.Therefore,inexperienced career researchers can use such an opportunity to practice putting together a cogent argument.However,it is far from an ideal situation if letters are the only(or main)type of article on which to base an academic career.展开更多
In February 2022,we were deeply shocked and sad-dened to hear of the death of Dr C.Richard Conti,a legendary cardiovascular educator,researcher,and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications.Dr ...In February 2022,we were deeply shocked and sad-dened to hear of the death of Dr C.Richard Conti,a legendary cardiovascular educator,researcher,and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications.Dr Conti was a fi rst-class editor who led CVIA with great commitment.The Editorial Board members wish to express their great sad-ness about the passing of Dr Conti;his enthusias-tic and passionate work for the journal will not be forgotten.展开更多
1)Promoting Geography for Sustainability Bojie Fu Volume 1,Issue 1,March 2020,Pages 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2020.02.003 Given his role as Editor-in-Chief of this journal,Bojie Fu had no involvement in the...1)Promoting Geography for Sustainability Bojie Fu Volume 1,Issue 1,March 2020,Pages 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2020.02.003 Given his role as Editor-in-Chief of this journal,Bojie Fu had no involvement in the peer-review of this article and had no access to information regarding its peer-review.Full responsibility for the editorial process for this article was delegated to Paulo Pereira.展开更多
文摘We are very pIeased to announce that five Associate Editors have joined the editorial team of the Joumal of Environmental Sciences （JES）. Professors/Drs. Yong Cai, Paul Lain, Jonathan Martin, Michael Plewa, and Po Keung Wong bring a wealth of expertise in environmental sciences. As preeminent scientists in their chosen areas of research.
文摘Chairs, World Forum of Ophthalmological Journal Editors:Prof. Neil Bressler (middle), Prof. Richard Parrish II (right)and Prof. Jose Carlos Pastor (left)Prof. Neil Bressler (Editor-in-Chief of JAMA Ophthalmology)gave a lecture at the World Forum of Ophthalmological Journal
基金This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41461109)the Major Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu province,China(18JR4RA002)+1 种基金Opening Fund of Key Laboratory of Land Surface Process and Climate Change in Cold and Arid Regions,CAS(LPCC2018008)the Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin,Chinese Academy of Science(KLERB-ZS-16-01).
文摘Chief editors are the souls of journals,and can guarantee a journal's success by enhancing the efficiency of the manuscript submission and publication process through promptness and speedy response rates to authors.In this study,a total of 867 international journals—indexed by Science Citation Index,Social Sciences Citation Index,and Arts&Humanities Citation Index,and 567 Chinese journals—indexed by Chinese Science Citation Database and Chinese Social Science Citation Information database,were randomly selected to explore whether significant differences in the response rate and speed exist between chief editors.639 chief editors'email addresses were obtained for the international journals,whereas 357 email addresses were gathered for the Chinese journals.However,due to mail servers,only 274 international and 330 Chinese editors were successfully contacted.All messages contained a questionnaire geared to determine the total length of time required for the manuscript submission and publication process.After two months,a 100% response rate was achieved for international chief editors,while Chinese chief editors had a significantly lower rate(P<0.01)of 30.6%.Nevertheless,for both international and Chinese chief editors,66% and 58% provided a response within 12 hours,respectively.Although several reasons exist for the Chinese journals'lagging behind international journals,this study demonstrates that the response rate of chief editors to authors may also be a contributing factor.Thus,chief editors of Chinese journals should enhance their response rate to improve the current situation and further contribute to Chinese journals'success.
文摘The JOURNAL OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS(JAC)is published annually in two fascicles by the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations(IHAC,Northeast Normal University,Changchun,Jilin Province,People’s Republic of China).
文摘The editors of International Journal of Ophthalmology gratefully acknowledge the members of IJO Editorial Board and reviewers from 51 countries and regions who participated in the peer-reviews and provided their valuable comments between Nov.1st,2024 and Oct.31st,2025.They volunteer their valuable time and expertise,and without them we would not maintain the necessary quality expected of the journal.We apologize if we have inadvertently missed a reviewer’s name off this list.
文摘探索英文科技期刊提升国际影响力的重要举措,与同行期刊交流参考。以英文期刊《Journal of Marine Science and Application》(JMSA)为例,从聘请外籍主编开启双主编办刊、外籍主编在促进期刊国际化发展的重要举措、期刊国际化发展的显著变化等方面阐述了外籍主编对提升英文期刊国际影响力的重要作用。自双主编办刊以来,《JMSA》国际稿件的质量和比例、国际影响力和认可度显著提升。实践表明,聘请支持期刊发展且具有高影响力外籍主编、充分发挥外籍主编引领作用,能够快速提升英文科技期刊的国际影响力,并大大加快期刊的国际化发展进程。
文摘A letter to the editor constitutes a short communication addressing a range of topics pertinent to the readership of a journal(Dkhar,2018).This format offers several benefits,such as timeliness,accessibility,innovation,and conciseness,thereby serving as an effective means to disseminate cuttingedge scientific ideas.Over the past five years,there has been a considerable increase in the number of letters published,representing the highest growth rate(approximately 20%)observed in the last three decades(Figure 1A).In the field of academic publishing,letters to the editor are typically more concise than typical research papers.
文摘In the fast paced world of geo-spatial information science,theoretical progress,technical advances,and new application experiences are everyday developments.Geo-Spatial Information Science(GSIS)is honored to be an important platform for authors and readers to share their findings.To cultivate an even better geo-spatial information science journal,a new editorial team was organized to work for GSIS from this issue onwards.Four fields are identified as the major areas of concern in GSIS,i.e.,geospatial information systems,photogrammetry,remote sensing,GNSS,and Geodesy.For each area,a top scholar was invited to be an associate editor for this field to handle submissions.
文摘Prof.Houze Xu,Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences,a renowned scientist in geodesy and geophysics,passed away due to illness on August 31,2021,in Wuhan,at the age of 87.Since 2014,Prof.Xu has served as the editor-in-chief of Geodesy and Geodynamics,a peer-reviewed journal of China Earthquake Administration.He helped increase the journal’s visibility within the geoscience community.
文摘GENERAL Asian Pacifie Journal of Reproduction(APJR)is an English medical journal which is publisbed biomonthly and distributed worldwide.The articles published mainly deal with cellular and molecular mec hanisms of reproduction,fertility/inferility,gynecologic/reproductive oncology,embryology,obetetnics,Byneoology,andrology,repnoductive endocripology,reproductive immunology,malemal-fetal medicine,and reproductive genetics.New and emenging.topics in more applied areas of reproduction,including assisted reproducive technolopies,prenatal and preimplantation genetic diagnosis.cloning,and stem cell research,are also welcome.Origina!scientifie researches.timely reviews.case repors,short communications,and ltters 10 the editor related 10 the research and practice of repnoduction are encouraged The joumal prov ides a platfomm for reporting progress in repnoductive science in diferent settings,which enhances our underslanding of reproduction.Al present,there is No Page Charge for this journal.
文摘Letters to the editor can provide useful scientific information and evaluation of published work as well as acting as an additional level of peer review.Furthermore,letters are good reading material,especially if they involve a debate between authors.Finally,letters are relatively short.Therefore,inexperienced career researchers can use such an opportunity to practice putting together a cogent argument.However,it is far from an ideal situation if letters are the only(or main)type of article on which to base an academic career.
文摘In February 2022,we were deeply shocked and sad-dened to hear of the death of Dr C.Richard Conti,a legendary cardiovascular educator,researcher,and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications.Dr Conti was a fi rst-class editor who led CVIA with great commitment.The Editorial Board members wish to express their great sad-ness about the passing of Dr Conti;his enthusias-tic and passionate work for the journal will not be forgotten.
文摘1)Promoting Geography for Sustainability Bojie Fu Volume 1,Issue 1,March 2020,Pages 1-7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2020.02.003 Given his role as Editor-in-Chief of this journal,Bojie Fu had no involvement in the peer-review of this article and had no access to information regarding its peer-review.Full responsibility for the editorial process for this article was delegated to Paulo Pereira.
