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Chinese Science Bulletin is a comprehensive academic journal cosponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Its primary mission is to encourage communication of the novel and important research results in various fields of natural sciences. The contributions are required to be readable and have immediate and far-reaching implications to a broader audience.
Chinese Science Bulletin is cited in Chemical Abstracts Service, CSA Civil Engineering Abstracts, Current Contents, Current Mathematical Publications, Engineering Index Monthly, Environmental Science and Pollution Management, Index to Scientific Reviews, Inspec, Mathematical Reviews, MathSciNet, Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts, Personal Alert, Pollution Abstracts, Science Citation Index, Water Resources Abstracts, Zentralblatt Math, and Zoological Record.
Chinese Science Bulletin is published twice monthly by Science in China Press.
1. Contributions published in Chinese Science Bulletin
● Views & News: Introduce and comment on the research highlights published in Chinese Science Bulletin and other international journals and outstanding work awarded the national prizes (1800 words).
● Progress: Introduce and comment on the substantial advance and its importance in the fast-developing areas (3600 words).
● Review: Summarize the representative progress in core scientific disciplines, comment on the research status, and make suggestions for the future work (10,000 words, with a 600-word abstract).
● Frontiers: Comment on excitement and existing problems in core fields, and offer suggestions for the future research. The contributions are usually solicited by editor's invitation.
● Articles: Originally report the innovative and valuable findings in natural sciences (9000 words, with a 300-word abstract).
● Brief Communication: Briefly report the novel and innovative findings in natural sciences (1800 words). The accepted contributions will be scheduled for publication within one month.
● Forum: Comment on the important academic issues, administration policies and state scientific programmes, and give views about the theoretical problems such as the relation between scientific development and social evolution (6000 words, with a 200-word abstract).
● Correspondence: Discuss and make reply to the contributions published in Chinese Science Bulletin, or introduce and comment on a controversial issue of general interest (4000 words).
● Trend: Report weighty scientific news, information, and academic affairs, as well as the significant international conferences held in China (800 words).
● Books: Introduce and comment on quality monographs of natural sciences (800 words).
2. Contributions are required of a concise, focused account of the findings and reliable essential data. They should be well organized and written clearly and simply, avoiding exhaustive tables and figures. Authors are advised to use internationally agreed nomenclature, express all measurements in SI units, and quote all the relevant references.
3. Authors are recommended to use our online submission services. To submit a manuscript, please visit www.scichina.com, log on at JoMaSy (Journal Management System), get an account, and follow the instructions to upload the text and image/table files. If in any case, access to the Internet is not available, a package of three copies of printout and a floppy disk with the files (in Word or PDF format) is requested.
4. Since the OFC of each issue is designed based on the content of contributions, full colour illustrations or photographs are always welcome.
5. The final decision to accept a contribution for publication will be made by the editorial committee of this journal. If the authors do not receive decision letter after two months, they can submit the contributions for publication elsewhere, except an agreement has been made in advance. Authors are usually informed timely if the contribution is not considered, but their manuscripts will not be returned, except for the photographic material asked to be sent back.
6. Once the contribution is accepted, authors will be informed to provide the revised manuscript within 15 days. Authors of one accepted contribution will be presented one sample copy and 30 copies of reprints.
Contributions should be sent to:
Chinese Science Bulletin, Science in China Press,
16 Donghuangchenggen North Street, Beijing 100717, China
Tel: +86 10 64036120; Fax: +86 10 64016350 or 64031816;
E-mail: csb@scichina.org; Website: www.scichina.com
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