Ecological Civilization is now open for submissions on all aspects of ecological civilization. Both high-level original research articles and timely reviews are very welcome. All submitted manuscripts will be subject to a thorough peer-reviewing process.
All manuscripts must be submitted online through SCIEPublish manuscript platform.
2. Submission Checklist
Please:
read the Aims & Scope to check if your manuscript is suitable for this journal;
use the Microsoft Word template to prepare your manuscript;
make sure that issues about ethics in publishing, research ethics, conflict of interest, and author contributions have been clarified appropriately.
3. Types of Article
Manuscripts submitted to Ecological Civilization should neither be published previously nor be under consideration for publication in another journal. The main article types are as follows:
Original Research Article (6000-8000 words): Original research manuscript reports scientifically sound experiments and provides a substantial amount of new information with enough related tables and/or figures and a clear structure to contain but not confined to the sections showed in the word template. The quality and impact of the study will be considered during peer review.
Review paper (5000-15000 words): Reviews should provide a complete and balanced overview on the latest progress in a given area of research.
Communication (2000-5000 words): Communication is a short research article usually claiming certain results, which present original and significant material for rapid dissemination.
Case Report (2000-5000 words): Case reports usually describe an unusual or novel occurrence and as such, remain one of the cornerstones of medical progress and provide many new ideas in medicine.
4. Before You Begin
4.1. Ethics in Publishing
Ecological Civilization fully abides by the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
4.2. Changes to Authorship
This policy concerns the addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship of accepted manuscripts:
Before the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Requests to add or remove an author, or to rearrange the author names, must be sent to the Journal Manager. Requests that are not sent by the corresponding author will be forwarded by the Journal Manager to the corresponding author, who must follow the procedure as described above.
After the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Any requests to add, delete, or rearrange author names in an article published in an online issue will follow the same policies as noted above and result in a corrigendum.
