Instructions for Authors
Shandong Science is a comprehensive academic journal of natural sciences sponsored by the Shandong Academy of Sciences. The journal strives to promptly report the latest innovative scientific achievements in both fundamental theories and applied research across major areas of natural science. It is one of the most renowned academic journals in Shandong Province. The International Standard Serial Numbers are CN 37-1188/N and ISSN 1002-4026. The journal is published bimonthly and gives priority to papers supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, science and technology key projects, and projects funded by provincial ministries and commissions.
To accelerate the processing of manuscripts and facilitate submission and tracking for authors, the Editorial Office of Shandong Science has launched an online submission system, which includes both online submission and manuscript status tracking. Please note that the editorial office only accepts online submissions; hard copy and email submissions are no longer accepted. To submit a manuscript, please visit the journal’s official website and click on “Manuscript Tracking” to enter the Author Center. After registering and activating an account, select “Guided Submission” and follow the instructions to complete the online submission. Authors who have successfully submitted manuscripts may log in to the Author Center to check the processing history and current status of their manuscripts.
The journal implements a peer-review system (blind review). After submission, all manuscripts are checked for academic misconduct using CNKI’s “Academic Misconduct Literature Detection System (AMLC)”, Wanfang Data’s "Wanfang Detection", and Chaoxing’s “Daya Similarity Detection”. Manuscripts found to involve plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct will be rejected. In serious cases, the journal will not accept submissions from the first author for two years.
1. Manuscript Requirements
Submitted manuscripts should be innovative, scientific, scholarly, standardized, and readable, with clear arguments, reliable data, concise writing, and rigorous logic, paying attention to standardization and formal norms. The editorial office does not accept hard copy submissions; authors must log in to the journal website (http://www.sdkx.net) and follow the system step by step. To facilitate editorial revision, manuscripts should be submitted in Word format.
2 Scope of Submission
Shandong Science currently has 13 specialized columns: “Oceanographic Science, Technology and Equipment”, “Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Active Products”, “Pharmacology and Toxicology”, “Agricultural Microbiology”, “New Materials”, “Energy and Power”, “Biomass Energy”, “Biosensors”, “Optical Fiber and Photonic Sensing Technology”, “Traffic and Transportation”, “Environment and Ecology”, “Blockchain” and “ Intelligence Analysis and Data Management”. For detailed submission scopes of each column, please visit the journal’s official website.
3. Manuscript Content and Writing Standards
3.1 Chinese and English Title, Author Affiliation, Abstract
The title should be concise and accurate, avoiding abbreviations. Chinese and English author affiliations must include full names and postal codes. The abstract should include four parts: research objective, methods, results, and conclusions. The Chinese abstract should be about 300 words, and the English abstract should be essentially consistent with the Chinese abstract.
3.2 Chinese and English Keywords, Chinese Library Classification, Funding, Author Biography
Select 5–8 Chinese and English keywords reflecting the main content (no fewer than 5). The Chinese Library Classification number should follow the Chinese Library Classification (4th edition). Funding projects must be listed using their official names as stipulated nationally, with the project number in parentheses. On the first page, in a footnote, provide the first author and corresponding author biographies, including name, date of birth, gender, title or degree, research interests, and contact information.
3.3 Main Text
Electronic manuscripts should be in Word format. Use letters and symbols according to national standards, with clear distinction for italics, case, and subscripts/superscripts. Figures and tables must have numbers and captions; tables should use three-line format. Figures should be clear (minimum 300 dpi), and lines should not be too thin. Text in figures should use Size-5 Song font; symbols and units must be consistent and standardized. Formulas in the text should be edited with the formula editor.
3.4 References
Reference numbers should appear in square brackets [] as superscripts before the period at the end of the cited sentence. Internal documents, personal communications, and unpublished articles cannot be cited. References should be numbered in the order they appear in the text, and reference formats should follow the journal’s templates in the Author Center.
4. Other Provisions
Upon receipt, manuscripts meeting the requirements will be numbered and sent to relevant experts for review. Do not submit the same manuscript to multiple journals. Manuscripts will not be returned, so please keep a copy. Submitted work must be legal, free from plagiarism, fabrication, or other academic misconduct; must not have been published in any formal publication; and must not involve confidentiality issues. Authors are responsible for any infringement or confidentiality violations. The editorial office has the right to edit manuscripts, and authors are responsible for the content, including political, academic, and confidentiality matters, after proofreading.
Address: Editorial Office of Shandong Science, 19 Keyuan Road, Jinan City, Shandong Province;
Post Code: 250014; Tel: 0531-82605310
QQ group: 151903851；
WeChat public account: shandongscience；
Website: https://www.sdkx.net
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