Acta Seismologica Sinica adheres to the publication ethics standards recognized by relevant international organizations (such as COPE) and strongly opposes any form of plagiarism. The journal's editors, authors, and reviewers are required to fulfill the following responsibilities (but not limited to these) and comply with other journal requirements.
I. Author Guidelines:
1. Authors must ensure that there is no plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct. The reference section must provide the appropriate source for each citation, clearly indicated within the manuscript.
2. Authorship should meet the following four criteria:
a) Make significant contributions to the conception, design, data acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of the research;
b) Write the manuscript or revise its key content;
c) Conduct a comprehensive review and approval of the final version of the manuscript;
d) Agree to take responsibility for all aspects of the research, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of any part of the manuscript is thoroughly investigated and addressed.
If any of the four criteria are not met, the individual should not be listed as an author, though they may be acknowledged in the acknowledgment section if their consent is obtained.
3. Authors must ensure all author information is complete upon submission. Once submitted, no changes to authorship, affiliation, or funding acknowledgments will be accepted.
4. Authors must guarantee that the manuscript does not contain any state secrets, does not violate national regulations concerning text, graphics, or other content, and does not harm national sovereignty or interests.
5. Authors must ensure that no data (including images) has been fabricated or falsified.
6. Authors submitting to the journal must disclose all funding information related to their research, as well as any economic or non-economic conflicts of interest that may bias their research results or manuscript writing.
7. Authors must proactively report their contributions and any potential conflicts of interest when submitting their manuscript, referring to the Author Declaration Form in the "Download".
II. Editor Guidelines
1. Based on peer review, editors may accept, reject, or request revisions of a manuscript. Editors should ensure there is no conflict of interest in the decision to accept or reject an article.
2. Journal editors make decisions about manuscript acceptance based on the importance, originality, clarity of expression, reliability of research findings, and relevance to the journal's scope. Decisions should not be influenced by factors such as the author's nationality, ethnicity, political affiliation, race, or belief.
3. The journal uses Wanfang’s plagiarism detection system to verify the manuscript's originality. The editorial office will rigorously check for plagiarism, copyright infringement, multiple submissions, and other intellectual property violations.
4. Editors must not use unpublished information from submitted manuscripts in their own research without written consent from the author.
5. When ethical complaints are raised about a submitted manuscript or published article, editors should take appropriate action to address the concerns.
III. Reviewer Guidelines
1. Reviewers should respect the intellectual property rights of authors, refrain from plagiarizing their work, and maintain strict confidentiality before the manuscript is published.
2. If a reviewer feels unqualified to review a manuscript or is unable to meet the deadline, they should notify the editor and withdraw from the review process to allow the manuscript to be sent to another reviewer.
3. If a reviewer has any competitive, cooperative, or other relationships with the authors, companies, or institutions related to the manuscript that may result in a conflict of interest, they should decline the invitation to review. Manuscript review should be conducted fairly and impartially, without influence from the manuscript's source, the author's nationality, institution, race, religion, belief, gender, or other external factors.
4. Reviewers must ensure that all data sources used in the research are appropriately cited. If a reviewer detects potential plagiarism or multiple submissions, they should immediately report it to the editor.
5. Reviews should be objective and clearly express opinions, with evidence to support those views.
IV. Intellectual Property Protection and Open Science
The editorial office strives to respect the protection of intellectual property and requires editors, authors, and reviewers to do the same. Any potential infringement should be avoided. Third-party organizations must also respect the journal's intellectual property and refrain from infringement. While ensuring the protection of intellectual property, the journal encourages open science practices, including the publication and sharing of research data where appropriate. Data that can be shared typically includes raw data, observational records, experimental results, etc. The journal also encourages authors to share software, code, models, algorithms, protocols, methods, and other relevant materials. Authors may upload these materials to accessible third-party storage platforms and include the link as an attachment at the end of the manuscript.
V. Advertising Policy
Acta Seismologica Sinica currently does not accept advertising partnerships, and no commercial advertisements will be published in the journal or on the journal's official website.