Journal's instructions for authors

Original/Review article Structures

Title

The title page should include:

The name(s) of the author(s);

A concise and informative title;

The affiliation(s) of the author(s), i.e. institution, (department), city, (state), zip codes, country;

A clear introduction of the first author and the corresponding author, i.e. gender, birthdate, professional title, degree, research direction, and an active e-mail address.

Funding

Any funding that supports the subject involved in this manuscript shall be indicated at the bottom of the first page, like “Funded by China Geological Survey (No.DD20160026) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41902097)”.

Abstract

The abstract should contain research purpose, method, conclusion, significance. Don’t writing about the research background. Use specific rather than general, figurative language, and don't use clichés. There should be no quotation mark or the words "this article". Please provide an abstract about 400 words.

Keywords

Please provide 5 to 8 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

Introduction

In the introduction, MS should emphasize the latest research progress of domestic and foreign scholars in this field, highlight the research highlights and significance of this article, and briefly explain the research purpose, methods, test and analysis methods, and expected research results of this article.

Text

(1) Text Formatting

Manuscripts should be submitted in Word. All Chinese fonts are Song Ti, and punctuation is full-width Chinese punctuation; English and data formats are Times New Roman font, half-width format.

(2) Headings

Subsections should be numbered 1, 2, 3, then 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, etc.

(3) Figures and Maps

Table and figure captions must have English translations, including symbols and legends. Table should include data information, such as experimental method(s), condition(s), and data precision and error range. Maps with national boundaries of China and other countries should have permission number for publication. The photograph shall have good definition and contrast ratio. The resolution shall be more than 200dpi.

(4) Units

The manuscript requires the use of China statutory measurement units. Please pay attention to the correct use of data expression format and unit symbols and punctuation. Please keep the data and unit format of the full text (including in the chart) consistent.

(5) Tables

Each figure (or table) shall have both Chinese and English titles. Authors should use three-line table format (top line, column line and bottom line). Each table must have a brief and self-explanatory title. Column headings should be brief, but sufficiently explanatory.

d. Explanations that are necessary to the understanding of the table should be given as footnotes at the bottom of the table.

Discussion

The author can take the necessary discussions based on the current research progress, difficulties, etc. This part is critical to improving the quality of the article, and the author should write carefully.

Conclusion

Results should be clear and concise. Please truthfully and accurately describe the research results and data (provide absolute value), and try to quantify the results.

References

The items and content quoted in the references must be verified correct with the original texts. It’s better to select the latest references published within the past 3 years. The list of references should be arranged alphabetically by authors' names, and chronologically per author.  Chinese and English references should list separately. In the reference list names of authors and all co-authors must be given in full.

The listing formats are:

(1) Monograph: Author name(s). Year. Book name [M]. Edition. Publishing place: Page numbers.

(2) Periodical: Author name. Issue Year. Article title [J]. Periodical name, Volume number (Issue number): Page numbers.

(4) Degree thesis: Author name. Year. Thesis title [D]. Hosting location: agency name.

(5) Assembly documents: Author name. Publishing year. Citation title [C] // Editor(ed./eds.). Proceedings title. Publishing place: Publisher, Page numbers. 

Citation in text

It is better to have more than 30 references. Do not quote unpublished materials. All citations in the text should refer to following format. 

(1) Single author: Chinese author's name (the full pinyin Romanization) and the year of publication. For example: Xu Jinhua, 2020; Foreign author's name (last name) and the year of publication. For example: Kundrat, 2020

(2) Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication. For example: Wu Xiaoli and Liu Fugui, 2019; Karhu and Rau, 2018

(3) Three or more authors: first author's name followed by 'et al.' and the year of publication. For example: Li Yanli et al., 2011; Agnolin et al., 2012

Discoveries and Developments Structures

Title

The title page should include:

The name(s) of the author(s);

A concise and informative title;

The affiliation(s) of the author(s), i.e. institution, (department), city, (state), zip codes, country;

A clear introduction of the first author and the corresponding author, i.e. gender, birthdate, professional title, degree, research direction, and an active e-mail address.

Objectives

State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

Methods

Provide concise details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher. Any modifications of existing methods should also be described.

Results

Results should be clear and concise.

Conclusions

The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which needs to stand alone.

Acknowledgements

Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article and do not include them on the title page. List here those individuals who provided help during the research, fund support, about the first author and the corresponding author.

Only one figure and one table allowed in Research Advances.

u  Processing of Manuscripts

Manuscript processing flow

The manuscript processing process includes the stages of submission, manuscript review and revision, and typesetting and proofreading.

1. Submission

Prepare the manuscript in accordance with the submission guidelines, read and agree to the academic ethics statement and copyright agreement, complete the relevant information of the manuscript through the submission system, and submit the manuscript.

2. Manuscript review and revision

(1) Preliminary review. After receiving the manuscript, the editorial department will conduct a preliminary review of the manuscript within 15 working days, including the manuscript for academic misconduct detection, and send a notice of revision or rejection based on the manuscript. The manuscripts that pass the preliminary review are transferred to the peer review stage.

The main content of the preliminary review includes: whether the manuscript meets the journal's purpose, reporting direction and the needs of the main readers; preliminary judgment of the content quality and publication value of the manuscript; check whether the manuscript meets the requirements of the journal's writing specifications (see the submission template for details) .

(2) Peer review. After the manuscript passed the preliminary review, the editorial department sent the manuscript to two reviewers with similar research directions to the manuscript for blind review. When selecting review experts, in principle, review experts in the same unit as the author will be avoided. The peer review period is generally 1 to 2 months. When the reviewing opinions returned by the reviewing experts are inconsistent (that is, one reviewing expert agrees to publish, and another reviewing expert recommends to reject the manuscript), the third expert will usually be sent to review again, and sometimes the editor-in-chief may decide to accept or reject the manuscript. The content of the external review includes: article topic selection, scientific significance and application value, academic level, originality, innovation, content organization and expression, etc.

(3) Modification by the author. The external review comments will be returned to the author within 3 working days. If the manuscript needs to be revised, the author of the manuscript must upload the revised manuscript, revision description and other necessary attachments within 20 working days of receiving the notification, otherwise it will be rejected Treated as retracted. If there are special circumstances, please contact the editorial department in time.

(4) Final review. After the author returns the revised manuscript, the editor-in-chief will adopt, reject, re-review or reject the manuscript based on the opinions of the first review, peer review and the author's revision.

3. Typesetting and proofreading

After the author receives the proof to be confirmed, please complete the confirmation within 3 working days.

Policy on plagiarism

This journal currently uses the CNKI academic misconduct detection system AMLC (http://check.cnki.net/amlc2/) for academic misconduct detection. We will conduct related investigations on the suspicious issues detected by the software. If plagiarism and other academic issues are found for misconduct, the relevant manuscript will be returned; if academic misconduct is found in the article after publication, the published article will be withdrawn, and the author unit and related institutions will be notified.

Publication charges

Authors do not have to pay any Article Processing Charge or Open Access fee. A charge (Publication fee) of 300 CNY per black and white page and 800 CNY for per color page will be levied on all manuscripts accepted.

Contact us

Address: Editorial office of GEOLOGY IN CHINA, 45 Fuwai Road, Beijing 100037, China

Tel. : 010-58584250, 58584242, 58584229, 58584308

Website: http://geochina.cgs.gov.cn

E-mail: zhgdzh@vip.sina.com; zhgdzh@mail.cgs.gov.cn

u  Guide for Referees

1. Reviewing experts should conduct review objectively and impartially based on their experience and knowledge. If it is not convenient for review due to conflicts of interest, they should take the initiative to avoid and inform the editorial department to select other reviewers.

2. After the review experts accept the review, they should generally complete the review within 2 months. If the review cannot be completed on time, they should inform the editorial department or recommend other suitable experts to the editorial department for review.

3. Reviewers should evaluate the academic level of the manuscript, point out its theoretical significance and engineering application value, whether there is any innovation in the content, and clearly indicate whether it can be published. For manuscripts that are basically publishable, specific revisions (including diagrams, formulas, data, etc.) should be put forward as far as possible where they need to be revised. For manuscripts that have not reached the publication level but have merits, specific revision opinions should be put forward, indicating the materials that need to be supplemented or the diagrams that can be deleted, so that the author can modify or rewrite. For manuscripts that are not suitable for publication, the problem should be specified, and the direction of further research and the reference materials should be proposed.

4. If reviewers find errors in opinions, forged data, repeated publications or plagiarism in the manuscript, they should clearly point out in the review comments and provide timely feedback to the editorial department.

5. Reviewers should maintain the confidentiality of the content of the reviewed manuscripts, should not use the content of the reviewed manuscripts improperly, and should not deliberately delay reviewing manuscripts for competitive purposes.