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INTRODUCTION

Aim and scope

Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection is an academic journal sponsored by the Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection and the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is a core Chinese Journal with a high academic impact. It publishes original research papers and comprehensive reviews in the field of corrosion and protection. The scope of this journal covers a broad spectrum of corrosion and protection, including corrosion electrochemistry, high-temperature oxidation, passivity, anodic oxidation, biochemical corrosion, inhibitor, stress corrosion cracking, environment corrosion, mechanisms, and methods of corrosion control. The journal publishes on a bi-monthly basis (specifically on the 20th day of the second month).


Types of articles

·         Research papers: original and unpublished research work

·         Review articles: a critical assessment of the research data that is already available, or topics related to an emerging research area or issues of public concern.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Article structure

Content and manuscript length

The submission requires clear arguments, reliable data, clear structure, concise text, and confidentiality (proof of confidentiality is required). The research paper should not exceed 6000 words, and the comprehensive review should not exceed 15000 words.

Headings and sub-headings:

The headings and subheadings in the manuscript should not exceed four levels and should be numbered consecutively as 1, 2, 3 … , 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 … , 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3 … etc. (the abstract and introduction are not included in section numbering). Each heading should appear on a separate line.

Introduction: State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature review or a summary of the results.

Material and methods:  Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Methods that are already published should be summarized, and indicated by a reference.

Results and discussion: Results should be clear and concise. The significance of the work should be discussed in this section. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.

Conclusions: The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Results and Discussion section.

Title page information

·         Title: The title of the paper should be concise and accurate, and abbreviations should not be used.

·         Author names and affiliations: Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are correctly spelt. In principle, the names of authors should not be more than 6. The authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) should be presented below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a superscript number immediately after the author's name (e.g. XYZ1) and in front of the appropriate address (e.g. 1Institute of XXX). Provide the full postal address of each affiliation.

·         Biography: Please provide the profile of the first author (name, birth year, gender, professional title, degree, research direction). Please refer to the recent publication for more details.

·         Corresponding author: Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages. Provide the name and e-mail address of the corresponding author.

Abstract

The content of the abstract should be concise and factual. The abstract should briefly state the purpose of the research, methods and main results, and conclusion. References should not be included in the abstract. The length of the abstract in Chinese should be between 150 to 250 characters, and the English abstract should be between 200 to 500 words.

Keywords

Immediately after the abstract, please provide 3 to 8 keywords. The key words of the paper should not contain any words already in the title but can include abbreviated terms or location information not suitable for the title.

Note: The abstract and keywords should be provided in both Chinese and English.

Abbreviations

Please clearly define non-standard abbreviations that are not standard in a footnote to be placed on the first page of the article. Also, abbreviations that are unavoidable in the abstract must be defined at their first mention there, as well as in the footnote. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.

Funding sources

Papers with funding should indicate the project name and grant number.

Symbols and Units

The quantities, units and symbols in the text should be written according to the national standard GB3100-3102-93. Attention should be paid to the correct writing of foreign letters which may be confusing in terms of the language type, capitalization (lower and upper cases), italics, superscripts and subscripts. All symbols of physical quantities should be written in italics, while units and prefixes should be in orthography. In the figure, the names and units of physical quantities should be separated by a slash symbol (/), such as p / kPa, t / ℃.

Figures and Tables

The titles of figures and tables in the text should be written in both Chinese and English, while the contents of the figures and tables are expressed in English. The table should be in the form of a three-line table, and the line drawings should be created with Origin software (the curve should be black). The width of the graph (including the numbers and coordinate title) should not exceed 7.4 cm. For specific format and style of figures and tables, please refer to the recent publication of the Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection.

Referencing

References should be listed at the end of the text in the order in which they appear in the text. Chinese references should be recorded in both Chinese and English. For specific format, please refer to the recent publication of the Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection. The format and examples of references are as follows:

·         Monographs, dissertations and reports: [Serial number] Name(s) of author(s). Title of literature [Monograph (M). Dissertation (D). Report (R)]. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Start and end page numbers

·         Journal: [Serial number] Name(s) of author(s). Journal title [J], Year of publication, Volume number (Issue number): Start and end page numbers

·         Proceedings: [Serial number] Name(s) of author(s). Title of paper [A]. Editor(s) of conference proceedings (optional). Title of conference proceedings [C]. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication. Separated literature: starting and ending page numbers.

·         Standard: [Serial number] Standard No., Standard Name [S]

·         Patent: [Serial number] Patent Owner. Patent title [P]. Patent Country: Patent Number, Publication Date

SUBMISSION AGREEMENT

(1)  The submitted manuscript must not have been previously published or is under consideration for publication in another Journal, whether it be in Chinese or another language. It is strictly prohibited to submit more than one manuscript with repeated content or in different languages. In case of any of the above conditions, the manuscript will be rejected and the author's affiliations and relevant journals will be notified. In addition, the author's manuscript will not be accepted in the future.

(2)  The authors shall be notified of the results of the manuscript review within three months.  During this period, the author shall not submit the manuscript elsewhere. However, if the author decides to submit the manuscript to another journal or withdraw it, the editorial department should be notified before the process. The editorial department will inform the author of the decision to accept the manuscript in time.

(3)  During the process of manuscript revision, if the time limit for manuscript revision exceeds 30 days, the editorial department will take the date when the author returns the revised manuscript as the submission date. After 30 days, the editorial department has the right to reject the manuscript.

(4)  The editorial department has the right to make technical and textual changes to the manuscript and may make substantive changes with the consent of the author.

(5)  After the paper is published, the author must sign the copyright transfer statement, and the copyright belongs to the editorial department (including the copyright on the Internet). According to the Interim Measures for Charging of Publication Fees for National Sci-tech Journals, our Article processing charge (APC) for domestic authors is 2000 RMB/6 pages, with an increment of 300 RMB/page.

ONLINE SUBMISSION

Please log in to the journal's website at www.jcscp.org and submit your articles online through the remote system. When submitting articles, authors must fill in all the information needed on the system accurately and in detail. If you encounter any problems during the submission process, please contact the editorial department in time. You will receive an E-mail notification upon successful submission.

EDITORIAL PROCESS

(1)  Receipt: The Editor receives the manuscript, assigns a number to it, and sends the manuscript number information by E-mail.

(2)  Preliminary review:  The editor shall conduct a preliminary review of the manuscript.

(3)  Re-examination: The manuscript is sent for external review after passing the preliminary review or is outrightly rejected.

(4)  External review: The manuscript is sent to experts for external review.

(5)  Re-examination: The editorial department and the final review experts would give the final results alongside the external review comments, and either return the manuscript for revision or reject the manuscript.

(6)  Return for revision: After the revised draft is returned by the author, please wait for typesetting. If the revised manuscript is not returned on time, the editorial department has the right to reject the manuscript at its discretion

(7)  Editing and processing: Editing and proofreading of the accepted manuscripts (including proofreading by authors).

(8)  Final review: The final expert will conduct a comprehensive review of the manuscript.

(9)  Publishing: Typesetting by the editorial department, proofreading by the author(s), printing, publishing, sending databases, and sending sample journal.

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