Guide for Authors

Thank you for submitting to Study on Optical Communications ! The journal only accepts online submissions. Please submit through the Submission System on the official journal website. After registering as an author on the Submission System and logging in, you can follow the prompts to submit your manuscript. Please refrain from submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals. The entire process from manuscript submission to publication takes approximately three months. The preliminary review on manuscripts will be completed within two working days, and the entire review process takes between 1 to 3 months. The journal is published on the 10th of every even month, and after publication, the editorial department will send a sample copy to the first author (or the contact person as requested) via postal mail.

To improve the quality of the journal and follow high standards of publication ethics, we implement a double-blind peer review system for all submissions. We kindly request your cooperation in following the guidelines listed below:

1. Plagiarism Check: The editorial department of Study on Optical Communications utilizes the Academic Misconduct Literature Check System (AMLC) developed by China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and the Wanfang Literature Similarity Detection Service to check the similarity of submitted manuscripts before the preliminary review and online publication. We require that the text similarity rate does not exceed 10%. Manuscripts found to involve plagiarism, duplicate publications, or submissions to multiple journals will be rejected.

2. Please complete the information of authors with full details when submitting, including author name, title, affiliation, address, postal code, telephone, email, etc. The Submission System will generate a version of manuscript with author information removed for peer review. Please adhere to the manuscript format requirements specified in the web page of Writing Guide.

 Other Provisions:

1. Authors are required to sign the "Copyright Transfer Agreement" and the "Conflict of Interest Statement & Author Contribution Statement" (see Download) when submitting manuscripts.

2. Submissions must comply with the journal's publication ethics, scope, and manuscript format requirements.

3. The editorial department reserves the right to make appropriate revisions to accepted manuscripts.

4. If it is necessary to include the corresponding author in the manuscript, please indicate this when submitting the manuscript. Once the final version of the accepted manuscript is confirmed by the author, changes to author information, funding projects, and substantial sections of the text are not permitted.

5. Upon publication, the author will receive a complimentary copy of the issue.

6. Priority will be given to papers funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, the National "863" Program, the National "973" Program, the National Key Technology R&D Program during the 9th Five-Year Plan period, the National Distinguished Young Scholars Fund, the National Education Commission's "Cross-Century Outstanding Talent Training Program," and the National Defense Science and Technology Fund.

7. The journal does not charge Article Processing Charges (APCs). A publications fee is required for each publication. Page charges are 300 RMB for each page. 

8. Authors may appeal if they disagree with the reviewers' comments or the results of the review. They can submit a written appeal to the editorial department via email (gtxyj.wri@qq.com). Authors submitting an appeal must provide a detailed explanation in terms of each review comment. Upon receipt of the appeal letter, the editorial department will promptly review and address the appeal and provide feedback to the author.

9. By submitting to our journal, authors are considered to have accepted the above provisions, and no further declaration is required.