Please read the following guidelines before submitting your manuscript to Journal of East China Jiaotong University. 

1.    The policies, processes, and requirements related to submission can be found on the website: http://journal.ecjtu.edu.cn. Authors must register in the system before logging in and making the first submission.

2.    Please carefully read the Copyright Transfer Agreement and the copyright policy specified in “Policies and Ethics” paged of this website. Authors should confirm they agree with the copyright arrangement before proceeding to the next step. Submission to this journal is deemed as consent to copyright transfer. Multiple submission is unacceptable. The journal is indexed by a series of databases. Unless otherwise specified, it is deemed that the authors agree to have their articles included in databases.

3.    Please carefully read the Writing Requirements and Requirement for Figures, and prepare the manuscript accordingly. Compulsory parts should not be missing in manuscripts. Please refer to the Manuscript Template for detailed requirements of format. The three documents mentioned above can be found on the Chinese website of the journal.

4.    Please carefully read the ethical statement specified in “Policies and Ethics” page of this website. In order to guarantee the originality of articles, the journal adopts the academic misconduct detection system developed by CNKI and Wanfang Data to test all submitted manuscripts. Any article with high repetition rate will be rejected.

5.    Please carefully read the “Review Process” page and the review policy specified in “Policies and Ethics” page of this website. Authors should have a complete understanding of our peer review system before submission. Authors should be responsible for their own writing. The editorial office has right to make technical and textual modifications to manuscripts. Authors should make a statement in the manuscript if they do not accept any editorial modification.

6.    For manuscripts that meet the basic requirements, a "receipt letter" including a serial number will be sent via email within one week. Afterwards, the manuscripts will enter the review process. The review cycle generally does not exceed 3 months. If authors do not receive any notice of revision or acceptance from us within 4 months, it shall be deemed as rejected.

7.    Manuscripts that do not meet the basic requirements will be rejected. Before submitting, please make sure that the article format meets the journal's requirements, that no necessary part is missing, and that the quality of figures is acceptable.

8.    An APC shall be payable after acceptance (RMB 250/page).

9.    For any question, please call the editorial office by 0791-87046655.