Author Guideline

Manuscript Preparation
Before you submit your manuscripts, please refer to Submission Guide and Paper Template.
Download Submission Guide
Download Paper Template and Title Page Template

Manuscript Submission
Authors may submit their manuscripts either through this online submission platform or directly to the journal email.
Option 1: Click Here to submit a manuscript online. (Registration required)
Option 2: Send your manuscript and supplements (if applicable) to this e-mail: ajsss@julypress.com

Manuscript Selection and Publication Process
Step 1: Submission Acknowledgement
After you submit your manuscript, you will receive an email of confirmation from the editorial assistant within 1-2 working days. If you fail to receive this confirmation, your submission/e-mail may be missed. Please contact the editorial assistant in time.

Step 2: Basic Review
The editor or editorial assistant determines whether a manuscript fits the journal’s aim and scope. Then, the manuscript is checked for its similarity index by CrossCheck, powered by iThenticate.

Step 3: Peer review
We use double-anonymized system for peer-review. Both reviewers and authors’ identities remain anonymous. A manuscript will be peer-reviewed by at least three experts: one editorial staff and two external reviewers. The review process may take 3-4 weeks.

Step 4: Acceptance/Rejection Decision
The decision to accept or reject a manuscript is based on suggestions of reviewers. If differences of opinion occur between reviewers, the editor-in-chief will weigh all comments and arrive at a balanced decision based on all comments, or a second round of peer review may be initiated.

Step 5: Notification of the result of review to the corresponding authors by E-mail.

Step 6: Revision and payment of APC
The authors are asked to make revisions based on comments from both the editorial board and external reviewers. Meanwhile, they should pay an Article Processing Charge of 300USD for the accepted manuscripts. 

Step 7: Online Publication & Post-publication
Manuscripts will be published online upon completion of revision and payment of publication fee. Online PDF version of a manuscript is free to access and download. For hard copies, please order at Subscription Information