Review Process
The editorial department of Guangdong Agricultural Sciences adopts a strict review process, through multiple review links such as review and preliminary screening, preliminary review by editor in charge, expert external review, director review, and final review by chief editor, to ensure the innovation and academic quality of published papers. The manuscript processing system 8.0 of Beijing Qinyun Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. is adopted for our journal collection and editing system (http://gdnykx.cnjournals.org/), which can meet the mobile office needs of reviewers and editors.
Duplicate checking and preliminary screening: After receiving a manuscript, the manuscript will be put into the system. First, the editorial staff will use the “AMLC” of CNKI (https://check.cnki.net/amlc2/) for academic misconduct detection. The journal requires that the repetition rate of the text should not be higher than 20%. Then, the director of the editorial department reviews whether the content of the manuscript conforms to the purpose and scope of our journal, whether the components of the manuscript are basically complete, and whether the writing is basically standardized. If it passes the preliminary screening, it will enter the preliminary trial stage; if the manuscript is rejected, please check the review comments in the email. The preliminary screening period is 2-3 days.
Initial review by the editor: The column editor is responsible for reviewing the form of contributions and the basic content, reviewing whether the paper copyright transfer agreement is standardized, and whether the author signs in person. If there is any objection, the editor will contact the author for verification in a timely manner; at the same time, the editor reviews the full text item by item according to the manuscript review sheet of the Journal, focusing on the research ideas of the manuscript, the rationality of the experimental design, the repetition of each treatment, the statistical analysis of the data, and the standardization of the text expression, especially the review of the Chinese map, Taiwan related titles and other contents. Manuscripts that are not innovative, systematic and in-depth, and of poor academic quality will be removed, and the manuscripts that pass the preliminary review be sent to appropriate peer experts for external review. The initial review period of the editor in charge is 2-3 days.
External review by experts: The peer review system shall be strictly implemented. The external review of papers shall be single blind peer review. The contributions shall be peer reviewed by more than two external review experts of the same profession on the innovation, scientificity and publishing value of the papers. If both external reviewers believe that the paper is good in quality, the paper will enter the retreat link or the review and final review links; If both external reviewers consider that the paper is in poor quality and not recommended for publication, it will be rejected; If the two external review experts have different opinions, the third expert shall be invited to review or the manuscript shall be decided whether to be accepted, revised or rejected in the review and final review processes. The review period of external experts is 15-21 days.
Director’s review: The director of the editorial department comprehensively reviews the quality, academic level and effective revision of the manuscripts, provides suggestions on whether to accept or not, and sends them to the chief editor for final review according to the preliminary review opinions of the editor in charge and the external review opinions of experts, in combination with the author’s repeated reworks and revision statements. The director’s review period is 3 days.
Final review by the chief editor: he executive deputy chief editor gives the final opinion on whether to accept or not based on the above review opinions and the content of the manuscript. The final review period of the chief editor is 7 days.
The review process of this Journal generally does not exceed 1 month; if the manuscript is accepted, it will take about 6 months from submission to publication.