Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society follows the recognized publication ethics. Our publication firmly rejects any form of plagiarism and academic fraud. The editors, authors and reviewers of Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society should perform the following duties, and adhere to the submission instructions and other requirements of the journal.
Duties of Authors
Authors should ensure that their work is entirely original works, and if the work has been used, it has been appropriately acknowledged. They should acknowledge all sources of data used in the research and cite publications that have been influential in their research work.
Review articles should also be objective, comprehensive and accurate. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and it is unacceptable.
Authors should warrant that their article has neither been published elsewhere in any language fully or partly, nor is it under review for publication anywhere. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and it is unacceptable.
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to conception, design, execution or interpretation of the reported study. Others who have made significant contribution must be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author should ensure that there is a full consensus of all co-authors in approving the final version of the article and its submission for publication.
Duties of Editors
Editors should treat the contributions equally, not be affected by the author’s race, creed, gender, age, qualifications and other effects.
Editors shall not disclose the manuscript’s evaluation experts’ information and treatment advice to any institution or individual.
Without the author’s permission, the editors can not apply any unpublished information and materials into their own research. If the contributions involve with the editorial staff’s current or former work or have conflict of interest, avoidance system should be implemented, and the manuscript should be processed by other editorial staff.
Editors should take reasonable responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.
Duties of Reviewers
Manuscripts for review must be treated as confidential documents.
Reviewers who feel unqualified to review the articles should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.
Reviewers should not accept peer review when they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative or other relationships with authors, companies, or institutions connected to the articles.
Reviewers give clear opinions on whether the article meets the journal publication standards. They should have no conflict of interest on the research content of the article, and the review work is conducted anonymously.
Review Process
After manuscript submission, the executive editor makes an initial evaluation of the paper to check whether the manuscript meets the requirements of the journal (reject or worthy of consideration).
Two or more experts are invited to peer review the manuscript passed the initial evaluation. The information of authors and institutions will be deleted before the manuscript is sent for review, as double-blind review is used.
The peer review experts are responsible for the scientific evaluation of the manuscripts and recommendation suggestions for further processing of the manuscript (reject or revise).
The editor office makes a comprehensive evaluation of the paper based on peer review recommendations and decide whether to reject it or to re-evaluation.
The manuscript approved by the deputy editor is sent to the editor-in-chief and a final decision will be made after the final review of the editor-in-chief.
To implement the national copyright laws and regulations and regulate the rights and obligations of both the publisher and the authors, the journal has the following agreements with the authors.
The authors take sole responsibility for their manuscripts, without political mistakes, involving state secrets, infringing upon any copyright and other rights of others. In case of infringement or disclosure, the authors shall bear all responsibilities and compensate all losses caused to the journal and publisher.
The authors should guarantee that their manuscript is not been submitted to other journals at the same time. The journal or publisher has the right to ask for compensation, if the manuscript is submitted to other journals simultaneously. The authors will be banned to submit their manuscripts to the journal.
The authors are willing to transfer the rights of compilation (part or whole manuscript), translation, reproduction of printed and electronic versions, network communication and distribution to the journal and publisher. The paper cannot be transferred to others in any form, but the authors may use their papers (part or whole) as citation or translation. The papers can also be used to compile non-journal collected works.
The authors shall pay publication fees to the journal, according to the publisher’s charging standard. After the manuscript is published in the journal, the authors will be paid remuneration according to the publisher’s standard.
Other matters that are not covered, in case of any dispute, will be resolved by the two parties through negotiation. If the negotiation fails, the dispute will be dealt with according to the "Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China" and relevant laws and regulations.
