Submission guidelines

• Guidelines for Manuscript Submission to Journal of Tea Science

  1. Scope

  I.                   This journal only publishes innovative academic articles related to tea studies, including research reports, brief reports and reviews.

  2.  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 Journal of Tea Science (www.tea-science.com). When a manuscript is submitted, please be sure to fill in all relevant information in the system, such as authors’ education background, academic degree, professional title, mobile phone number, E-mail, QQ and mailing address. The processing of manuscripts is completed in the editing system, which can display and record the entire process of manuscript handling.

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

  (3)   Manuscripts shall not be submitted via third-party agencies. Once such cases are confirmed, the manuscripts will be rejected.

  (4)   Required items and their order in manuscripts

  Article title→Authors’ names→ Affiliations, addresses and zip codes→Abstract→Key words→English information (including: article title, authors’ names, affiliations, addresses and zip codes, abstract, key words)→ Main body text→Acknowledgement (not compulsory)→References→Brief introduction of the first author→Information about funds and projects (if any)→Contact information of authors and other statements.

  (5)   Fonts and layout

  A finally confirmed manuscript in Word version shall be submitted (do not submit a manuscript in revision mode). The Songti fontshould be 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 are2.6 cm. A single-column layout should be used, with a font size of10.5 ptand a line spacing of17 ptin main body text. The word spacing is widened by0.3 pt, and the first lines are indented by 2 characters.

  (6)   The journal charges a review fee of RMB 400 per manuscript that passes the initial review. For accepted manuscripts, a publication fee is charged as follows: RMB 400 per page, with an additional RMB 500 for each page including color figures.

  (7)The journal employs the CNKI Academic Misconduct Literature Checksystem to detect all submissions for plagiarism. Manuscripts that do not meet the requirements will be rejected.

  
  

  3.  Article templates

  (1) Requirement of overall page settings

  The page margins:2.6 cmfor all margins, the gutter margin is0 mm, and the gutter position is left.

  The page size: width21.3 cm, height29.1 cm.

  The layout: a continuous section, and the headers/footers on odd pages are different from those on even pages. The headers are1.7 cmaway from the border, and0 cmfor the footers. The vertical alignment of page is top alignment.

  Document grid: 1 column, grid layout, specify only line grid, 41 lines,16.5 ptline spacing.

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

  The background knowledge, cited materials and data should be accurate, and the used concepts, terms, symbols, formulas should be in accordance with academic standards. Seriously mistranslation should be avoided. Discussion on academic questions should be complete and systematic, and reasoning should be strict. Key words should be properly selected. The research results should not be confused with other people’s opinions, materials, data, etc. When others’ opinions, data, methods are cited, the source should be indicated. The format of references complies with 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 objective, 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,ey words 1, key words 2, key words 3,…（Times New Roman，9 pt, 3-5 key words, separated by comma）

  
  

  Funds and projects: 

  (Heiti,7.5 pt) Name of a fund or an organization supporting fund (project number)；……(Songti, 7.5pt, funds and projects are separated by semicolons)

  Brief introduction of authors: (Heiti,7.5 pt) the first author’s name, sex, a professional title, the field of research, E-mail address (Songti,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. (Songti for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for numbers and Latin alphabet, 10.5 pt, line spacing17 pt).

  
  

  Body text (Songti for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for numbers and Latin alphabet,10.5 pt, line spacing17 pt).

  
  

  
  

  1 First-level heading (Songti, Bold,12 pt, one line before paragraph, 0.5 line after paragraph, line spacing15 pt)

  1.1 Second-level heading (Songti, Bold,10.5 pt,6 ptbefore and after paragraph, line spacing16 pt)

  1.1.1Third-level heading (Songti,10.5 pt, line spacing17 pt) (The heading should not exceed three levels)

   

  Table 1 Chinese Title (Heiti,9 pt, fixed line spacing15 pt)

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

  Characters in tables (Songti for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for numbers and Latin alphabet,7.5 pt, line spacing12 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 (Songti for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for others,7.5 pt).

  Titles of Horizontal and vertical axis in both Chinese and English.

  Names of axes in functions and graphs, units of measurement and explanatory text of general illustrations (Songti for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for Latin alphabet,7.5 pt, line spacing12 pt).

  Legend (Songti for Chinese characters, Times New Roman for western letters,7.5 pt, line spacing12 pt). Characters in graphs in both Chinese and English, 7.5 pt.

  
  References(Songti, 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”

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

  Reference for journals

  [1] Authors (only list the first three authors and 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 (only list the first three authors and 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 (only list the first three authors and 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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