Universe and MDPI Editorial Procedure 2019 CCNU - cfa@USTC Junior Cosmology Symposium
Miranda Song-宋茜 MDPI 27 April 2019 Outline
1. Universe Introduction - Journal Scope - Journal Statistics - Editorial Board - Special Issues - Journal Awards - Author Benefits
2. MDPI Editorial Process
2 Part 1: Universe Introduction
3 Universe is a peer-reviewed open access journal focused on gravitation, cosmology, particle physics, field theory and relativistic astrophysics, published monthly online by MDPI.
Journal Scope • special and general relativity, quantum gravity, string theory and M-theory, modified theories of gravity, gravitational waves • physical cosmology, black hole physics, physical property of vacuum • foundations of quantum mechanics, classical field theory, quantum field theory • theoretical particle physics, fundamental interactions, standard model and beyond • mathematical physics, conservation laws, symmetry and symmetry breaking • physical constants • philosophy and history of physics
4 Journal Statistics
Universe (ISSN: 2218-1997) ➢ Founded: 2015 (Volumes: 5) ➢ 373 articles published (to 31 March 2019) ➢ Cited in Astrophysics Data System: 3.6 ➢ From Submission to Publication: 46 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the second half of 2018) ➢ Indexing: SCIE-Science Citation Index Expanded (The journal will receive its first impact factor in June 2019); ADS-Astrophysics Data System (in it, Universe papers have been cited 3.6 times on average); Scopus (Elsevier)
5 Editorial Board
Associate Editor-in-Chief Prof. Kazuharu Bamba, Japan Prof. David Blaschke, Russia Editor-in-Chief Dr. Máté Csanád, Hungary Prof. Lorenzo Iorio, Italy Prof. Mariusz P. Dąbrowski, Poland
42 Advisory Board Members and 112 Editorial Board Members from 31 countries. one Nobel Prize winner, one Highly Cited Researcher Country Distribution 40 37 35 30 25 20 16 15 12 11 9 10 8 7 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
6 Special Issues Open for Submission
➢ Universe: Feature Papers 2019 - Gravitational Physics (Deadline: 31 December 2019) Guest Editors: Lorenzo Iorio; Neil Turok; Mark Trodden; Orfeu Bertolami ➢ Quantum Effects in General Relativity (Deadline: 15 December 2019) Guest Editor: Xavier Calmet ➢ Inflation, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves (Deadline: 31 October 2019) Guest Editors: Yungui Gong, Jiliang Jing, Anzhong Wang, Bin Wang ➢ Probing New Physics with Black Holes(Deadline: 31 October 2019) Guest Editor: Aurélien Barrau ➢ Bounce Cosmology (Deadline: 30 September 2019) Guest Editors: Yi-Fu Cai, Chunshan Lin, Antonino Marciano ➢ Recent Progress in Relativistic Astrophysics (Deadline: 31 August 2019) Guest Editors: Cosimo Bambi, Sourabh Nampalliwar ➢ Rotation Effects in Relativity (Deadline: 31 August 2019) Guest Editor: Matteo Luca Ruggiero ➢ Gravitational Lensing and Optical Geometry: A Centennial Perspective (Deadline: 30 June 2019) Guest Editor: Marcus C. Werner 7 Universe Awards
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/universe/awards
8 Author Benefits
Open Access Unlimited and free access for readers No Copyright Constraints Retain copyright of your work and free use of your article Thorough and Rapid Peer-Review Coverage by Leading Indexing Services SCIE-Science Citation Index Expanded ADS-Astrophysics Data System Scopus (Elsevier)
9 Contact us
➢ Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/universe ➢ Editorial Office: [email protected] ➢ Twitter: @Universe_MDPI ➢ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/ ➢ Tel.: +86 10 5730 8870
10 Part 2: MDPI Editorial Process
11 Editor Submission Pre-check Peer-review Reject decision
MDPI editors Revise authors Minor/ Accept reviewers Major external editor Review
Production
Assigned editor Editorial Copy editing 1 English editing Proof-reading check cross-check
Assigned editor XML->LaTeX-> Word/LaTeX- XML QC Final copy-editing check PDF >XML
Managing Editor Update layout editor approval LaTeX/XML English editor Publication conversion editor PDF editor billing dept. Invoicing website editor Submission Editor Submission Pre-check Peer-review Reject decision
➢ Follow the journal’s instructions:MDPI editors Revise
authors Minor/ http://www.mdpi.com/journal/universe/instructions Accept reviewers Major ➢ Reviewer recommendation external editor Review • Relevant background; Production • Publication records; Assigned editor Editorial • Ph.D. degree; Copy editing 1 English editing Proof-reading check cross-check • Without conflict of interests Assigned editor XML->LaTeX-> Word/LaTeX- XML QC Final copy-editing ➢ Cover letter (highlight and novelty checkof papers); PDF >XML Managing Editor Update layout editor approval LaTeX/XML ➢ Full manuscript: Word/Latex. English editor Publication conversion editor PDF editor billing dept. Invoicing 13 website editor Peer review: Pre-check
MDPI editors Editor External editor Submission Pre-check Peer-review Reject decision
➢Journal scope suitability MDPI editors Revise
➢Novelty of the contentauthors Minor/ Accept reviewers Major ➢Background of author(s):external editor Official emailReview account ➢Tables and figures: completed, permission Production
➢References: Timespan Assigned editor Editorial Copy editing 1 English editing Proof-reading check cross-check ➢English Assigned editor XML->LaTeX-> Word/LaTeX- XML QC Final copy-editing check PDF >XML ➢Manuscript type Managing Editor Update layout editor approval LaTeX/XML ➢Plagiarism (iThenticate; https://www.duplichecker.com/) English editor Publication conversion editor 14 PDF editor billing dept. Invoicing website editor Peer Review Decision
Editor Submission Pre-check Peer-review Reject decision
Editor Submission Pre-check Peer-review Reject decision MDPI editors Revise
authors Minor/ Accept reviewers Major ➢ Single blind Revise MDPI editors external editor Review authors ➢ Minor/ At least 2-3 qualified review reports Accept Major reviewers • Accept ➢ External editors make decision(s) based external editor ProductionReview • Minor revision on all review reports (and revised Assigned editor Editorial • MajorCopy editingrevision 1 English editing manuscripts) independentlyProof-reading Production check cross-check • Reject ➢ Overall scientific quality of the paper Assigned editor XML->LaTeX-> Word/LaTeX- Assigned editor XML QCEditorial Final copy-editing Copy editing➢ Review 1 time:checkEnglish 1 or editing 2 weeks PDF >XMLProof-reading check cross-check➢ The English of the paper Managing Editor Update Assigned➢ editorOpen peer reviewXML->LaTeX (since-> 12 October 2018) Word/LaTeX- layout editor approval LaTeX/XMLXML QC Final copy-editing check PDF >XML English editor 15 Publication conversion editor Managing Editor Update layout editor approval LaTeX/XML PDF editor English editor billing dept. Invoicing Publication conversion editor website editor PDF editor billing dept. Invoicing website editor Editor Submission Pre-check Peer-review Reject decision
MDPI editors Revise authors Minor/ Production Accept reviewers Major external editor Review
Production
Assigned editor Editorial Copy editing 1 English editing Proof-reading check cross-check
Assigned editor XML->LaTeX-> Word/LaTeX- XML QC Final copy-editing check PDF >XML
Managing Editor Update layout editor approval LaTeX/XML English editor Publication conversion editor PDF editor billing dept. Invoicing website editor
16 Editor Submission Pre-check Peer-review Reject decision
MDPI editors Revise
authors Minor/ Accept reviewers Major Proofreadingexternal editor Review Production
Assigned editor Editorial Copy editing 1 English editing Proof-reading check cross-check
Assigned editor XML->LaTeX-> Word/LaTeX- XML QC Final copy-editing check PDF >XML ➢Pay attention to authors’ names, emails, affiliations Managing Editor Update layout editor approval LaTeX/XML ➢Acknowledgements: funding information English editor Publication conversion editor ➢Author’s contribution PDF editor billing dept. Invoicing ➢Conflicts of interest website editor ➢Highlights and comments added by in-house Editor, confirm, reply and revise
17 Publication
Promotion • Email • Twitter • LinkedIn • Researchgate • Mendley • Weibo • Wechat
Twitter: @Universe_MDPI LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/
18 Thanks
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