Submission guidelines

• Guidelines for Manuscript Submission to Journal of Tea Science

  
  

  Journal of Tea Science is sponsored by the China Tea Science Society and the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, edited and published by the editorial office of the Journal of Tea Science. It is one of Chinese core journals, the key magazines of China technology and the journals in the Chinese Science Citation Database. It has been included in the foreign databases such as CA, CABI, CBST, EBSCO and the domestic databases such as China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, Chinese Science and Technology Journal Database (VIP), Chaoxing Periodicals, China's Lifelong Education Academic Research Database (CLEARD). The evaluation indicators for the journal evaluation like the impact factor list at the top of the same category of journals. The Journal of Tea Science, with a purpose of carrying out academic controversy and promoting academic exchanges to raise the level of tea science and promote the development of tea science and tea industry, mainly reports the latest tea-related research achievements, concerning tea plant cultivation, tea plant genetics and breeding, tea plant pest control, tea processing, tea biochemistry, tea machinery, tea technology, tea economy, tea history and culture, comprehensive utilization of tea, nutrition and health, etc. In the future, we will continue to expand the scope of coverage according to actual situation to adapt to the progress of tea science and technology. Its Domestic Unified Serial Number: CN 33-1115/S; its International Standard Serial Number: ISSN 1000-369X; its CODEN: CODEN-CHKEF.

  Scope

  This journal only publishes innovative academic articles related to tea, mainly including the types of articles such as research full reports, research brief reports and systematic reviews.

  Channels and requirements of submission

  (1) The editorial office only uses the manuscripts submitted by the editing system (http://cykk.cbpt.cnki.net) on the website of the Journal of Tea Science (www.tea-science.com). When a manuscript is submitted, please be sure to fill in various relevant information on the editing platform, such as authors’ education background, academic degree, professional title, mobile phone number, E-mail, QQ and mailing address. The post-processing of manuscripts is completed in the editing system. The editing system can display and save the whole dynamic process of processing manuscripts.

  (2) Manuscripts from other submission channels will not be used.

  (3) Manuscripts shall not be submitted to other journal for simultaneous consideration. Once the editorial office finds it, the manuscripts will be rejected.

  (4) Required items and their order in manuscripts

  Article title→Authors’ names→Work units, addresses and zip codes→Abstract→Key words→Corresponding contents in English (including: article title, authors’ names, work units, addresses and zip codes, abstract, key words)→Body text→Acknowledgement (not required)→References→Brief introduction of the first author→Information about funds and projects (if there is)→Contact information of authors and other statements

  (5) Fonts and layout

  A finally confirmed manuscript in Word version shall be contributed (do not submit a manuscript in revision mode). The font of SimSun is used for Chinese characters, and the font of Times New Roman is used for western letters. The page size is A4, and all the margins are 2.6 cm. A single-column layout should be used, with a font size of 10.5 pt and a line spacing of 17 pt in body text. The word spacing is widened by 0.3 pt, and the first lines are indented by 2 characters.

  Article templates

  (1) Requirement of overall page settings

  The page margins: 2.6 cm for all the margins, the gutter margin is 0 mm, and the gutter position is left.

  The page size: width 21.3 cm, height 29.1 cm.

  The layout: a continuous section, and the headers and the footers on odd pages are different from those on even pages. The headers are 1.7 cm away from the border, and 0 cm for the footers. The vertical alignment of page is top alignment.

  The document network: one column, grid, and only the line network is specified, the line number is 41.

  The units of measurement: Chinese national standards are adopted. Units are presented in the form of product, such as mg·L^-1，mg·L^-1·d^-1.

  The involved background knowledge, the cited materials and data should be accurate, and the used concepts, terms, symbols, formulas should be in accordance with academic standards. There should be no seriously mistranslated translation, or seriously mistranslated translation should not be used. Discussion on academic questions should be complete and systematic, and reasoning should be strict. Key words should be properly used. Do not make your own research results confused with other people’s opinions, materials, data, etc., and when others’ opinions, data, methods are cited, the source should be indicated. The format of references refers to the standard GB/T 7714-2015. Language should be refined and expression should be accurate. Sentences should conform to the modern Chinese norms, characters and punctuation used should be standardized and legal units of measurement should be used correctly.

  (2) Specific format

  Chinese title（SimHei, 18 pt, center, line spacing of 1.5 times, 12 pt before and after paragraph）

  ZHANG San¹，LI Si²，WANG Wuwu^1* (Chinese) (SimSun, 10.5 pt, center, fixed line spacing 20 pt)

  1. Work unit，city (county)，province，zip code；2. Work unit，city (county)，province，zip code (Chinese) (SimSun, 7.5 pt, center）

  Abstract(SimHei, 9 pt)：A noncritical, informative digest of the significant content and conclusions of the article, including the aims, methods, results and conclusions of the research papers or the general contents of the reviews. (Chinese) (SimSun for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for others, 9 pt, fixed line spacing 15 pt)

  Keywords (SimHei, 9 pt)：key words 1；key words 2；key words 3；……(Chinese) (SimSun, 9 pt, 3-5 key words, separated by semicolons)

  English Title (Times New Roman, 18 pt, center, line spacing of 1.5 times, 12 pt before and after paragraph)

  ZHANG San¹, LI Si², WANG Wuwu^1* (Times New Roman, 10.5 pt, center, the spelling of Chinese names refers to “GB/T 28039—2011 The Chinese phonetic alphabet spelling rules for Chinese names”, and the names of other country’s authors are spelled according to their habits)

  1. Department, institution, city zip code, country name; 2. Department, institution, city zip code, country name (Times New Roman, 7.5 pt, center）

  Abstract:（Times New Roman, 9 pt, Bold） A noncritical, informative digest of the significant content and conclusions of the article, including the aims, methods, results and conclusions of the research papers or the general contents of the reviews. (Times New Roman, 9 pt, fixed line spacing 15pt)

  Keywords: (Times New Roman, 9 pt, Bold) key words 1, key words 2, key words 3,…（Times New Roman，9 pt, 3-5 key words, separated by comma）

  
  

  Funds and projects: (SimHei, 7.5 pt) Name of a fund or an organizations supporting fund (project number)；……(SimSun, 7.5pt, funds and projects are separated by semicolons)

  Brief introduction of authors: (SimHei, 7.5 pt) the first author’s name, sex, a professional title, the field of research, E-mail address (SimSun, 7.5 pt). * Corresponding author: E-mail

  
  

  (Introduction) It is required to briefly outline the purpose and scope of research work, previous work and knowledge gaps in related fields, theoretical basis and other backgrounds, analysis and research assumptions, research methods and experimental design, expected results and significance, etc. (SimSun for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for numbers and Latin alphabet, 10.5 pt, line spacing 17 pt).

  Body text (SimSun for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for numbers and Latin alphabet, 10.5 pt, line spacing 17 pt).

  1 First-level heading (SimSun, Bold, 12 pt, one line before paragraph, 0.5 line after paragraph, line spacing 15 pt)

  1.1 Second-level heading (SimSun, Bold, 10.5 pt, 6 pt before and after paragraph, line spacing 16 pt)

  1.1.1Third-level heading (SimSun, 10.5 pt, line spacing 17 pt) (The heading should not exceed three levels)

  
  

  Table 1 Chinese Title (SimHei, 9 pt, fixed line spacing 15 pt)

  Table 1 English Title (Times New Roman, 9 pt, 0.35 line after paragraph, line spacing 15pt)

  Characters in tables (SimSun for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for numbers and Latin alphabet, 7.5 pt, line spacing 12 pt)

  
  

  Fig. 1 Chinese Title (the same to Chinese title for tables)

  Fig. 1 English Title (the same to English title for tables)

  Tables and figures should be self-explanatory, presented in both Chinese and English.

  Horizontal and vertical axis values (SimSun for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for others, 7.5 pt).

  Titles of Horizontal and vertical axis need to be presented in both Chinese and English.

  Names of axes in functions and graphs, units of measurement and explanatory text of general illustrations (SimSun for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for Latin alphabet, 7.5 pt, line spacing 12 pt).

  Legend (SimSun for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for western letters, 7.5 pt, line spacing 12 pt). Characters in graphs need to be presented in both Chinese and English, 7.5 pt.

  
  

  References (SimSun, Bold, 10.5 pt, 6 pt before and after paragraph, the same to second-level heading)

  Sequential coding is implemented for labeling of references. Format of reference refers to “GB/T 7714—2015 Information and documentation—Rules for bibliographic references and citations to information resources”

  (SimSun for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for others, 9 pt)

  Reference for journals

  [1] Authors (When the number of authors is less than 3 or equal to 3, all authors are listed, and when the number of authors is greater than 3, the top three authors are listed, then followed by “, et al”. Authors are separated by commas.). Article title[J]. Journal title, Year, Volume (Issue): Starting page number-ending page number.

  Reference for monographs

  [2] Authors (When the number of authors is less than 3 or equal to 3, all authors are listed, and when the number of authors is greater than 3, the top three authors are listed, then followed by “, et al”. Authors are separated by commas.). Monograph title[M]. Edition (the first edition is not required). Place of publication: publisher, Year of publication: Citation page number.

  Reference for articles from monographs or collections

  [3] Authors (When the number of authors is less than 3 or equal to 3, all authors are listed, and when the number of authors is greater than 3, the top three authors are listed, then followed by “, et al”. Authors are separated by commas.). Literature title [document type identification code/document carrier identification code]// Main authors of monograph. Monograph title. Edition. Place of publication: publisher, Year of publication: Citation page number.

  Reference for patents

  [4] Patent applicant or owner. Patent title: Patent number [document type identification code/document carrier identification code]. Announcement date or publication date [citation date]. Acquisition and access path. Unique identification code for digital objects.

  Reference for electronic literatures

  [5] Main responsible persons. Title: Other title information [document type identification code/document carrier identification code]. Place of publication: publisher, Year of publication (update or modification date) [citation date]. Acquisition and access path. Unique identification code for digital objects.

  
  

  Guidelines for Manuscript Submission to Journal of Tea Science
  

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