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Aims & Scope
The Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism (JCAU) is an international peer-reviewed academic journal which publishes original articles, review articles, reports, viewpoints, book notes, and book reviews. The journal presents new and original results of research, and provides a platform for discussion and debate relating to architectural heritage preservation, resilience and cultural sustainability of modern vernacular architecture in the Chinese context, as well as the cultural influence of Chinese architecture worldwide, past and present. The journal will also consider papers comparing various aspects of architecture and urbanism between the Chinese and international contexts.
Topics covered but are not limited to:
- History of Chinese architecture, city planning, and urban regeneration
- Philosophy of Chinese architecture, city planning, and rural revitalization
- Classical and modern vernacular Chinese architecture in urban planning and design
- Classical and modern Chinese gardens/landscape architecture in urban planning and design
- Modern technologies and innovative materials applied to classical and modern vernacular Chinese architecture
- Contemporary real estate development in modern vernacular Chinese architecture
- Social dimension of modern vernacular Chinese architecture in urban planning and design
- Cultural dimension of modern vernacular Chinese architecture in urban planning and design
- Political dimension of modern vernacular Chinese architecture in urban planning and design
- Environmental dimension of modern vernacular Chinese architecture in urban planning and design
1.Types of Publications
Original articles
Original articles, sometimes referred to as empirical or primary sources, report on original research. Original articles should provide details regarding essential and unpublished investigations and ought to describe the aims and hypothesis, methods, results, analysis of the of results and conclusion. The journal allows the original articles to explore confirming studies and disconfirming results, which allow hypothesis elimination, reformulation or potentially provide details regarding the non-reproducibility of previously published results. Articles should include the following sections (in the exact order):
- Introduction
- Research method
- Findings
- Conclusions
This type of articles typically has 5-20 tables and/or figures in total, approximately 20-40 references, and a length of 5,000–7,000 words (inclusive of Abstract and References).
Review articles
Review articles, sometimes called literature reviews or secondary sources, are works that synthesize or analyze research already conducted in primary sources. They generally summarize the current state of research on a given topic.
This article type typically has 5-10 tables and/or figures in total, approximately 20-40 references, and a length of 5,000-7,000 words (inclusive of Abstract and References).
Reports
Reports are used to record the key discussions and highlights from a workshop, seminar and conference related to Chinese architecture and urbanism. Reports are not usually peer-reviewed, unless there are contents that require rigorous evaluations.
A link (e.g., URL) to the relevant workshop, seminar and conference should be mentioned in the report.
This article type typically has 5-10 tables and/or figures in total, less than 20 references, and about 4,000 words. An abstract is not required.
Viewpoints
Viewpoints are short-length articles that give the authors an opportunity to present their distinctive viewpoints on contemporary issues, controversies, recent research developments or new research findings within a particular research area, or to challenge dogma. The nature of viewpoints should be timely and compelling and should aim to stimulate debate or new research.
There is no rigid section format in a viewpoints article. The authors are free to use multiple sections to voice out their viewpoints on a particular topic.
The length of each viewpoints article should not exceed 2,000 words (inclusive of References). Each article should contain no more than 10 references. Only one figure or table is allowed. An Abstract is not needed for a viewpoint article.
Book notes
Book notes are normally written and contributed by the members of the Editorial Board. Thus, book notes are invited pieces that give short introduction or summary about newly published books of the Editorial Board members. Submissions of book notes will not be reviewed by external reviewers.
The book to be introduced in a book note must have been published in less than two months by the time of book note submission. If there are more than one author of a book, a consent of all authors is necessary before the publication of the book note in the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism.
Each book note should contain only one paragraph with a length ranging from 150 to 300 words. An abstract is not needed. Book title, publisher, year of publication and ISBN must be mentioned in the beginning of the book note.
Book reviews
Book reviews demonstrate thoughtful and stimulating insights about recent publications of interest to the readers. A book review contains a careful summary of the work's central features, including its subject matter, organization, and how the argument is structured, and an analysis of how the work contributes to the field of knowledge and/or theoretical literature, including any perceived shortcomings. The reviews should be professional. Authors and readers alike deserve impartial assessments.
If the book is an edited collection, give the reader an overview of the book. Illustrate your points with examples from one or more chapters. Perhaps identify chapters that stand out and discuss them in more detail.
Submissions of book reviews will not be reviewed by external reviewers.
A typical book review length is 3,000 words (including references). An abstract is not required. Avoid “I,” “we,” “this writer,” and other self-referential words and phrases.
Some pointers of writing a book review are given below:
- What is the book about? What are its main points? What is the author arguing?
- Where does the book fit into the literature? Whose work does it support or rebut?
- Is it novel in topic, argument, or methods?
- How well does the author succeed in their intent for the book? What are the book's strengths and weaknesses?
- What is the quality of the prose? Is the writing clear and accessible?
- Who would you recommend this book to? The general public? Scholars in a particular field? Graduate students? Undergraduate students? Would this book work as a classroom text?
- Is the book's quality of production unusual? In what way?
- What is your overall assessment of the book? How does this book compare to its peers?
Secondary publications
Through a collaboration between AccScience Publishing (formerly known as Inno Science Press) and China Machine Press, the selected articles of Journal of Architecture History will be translated and published in the Secondary Publication Section of Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism. The submission to this section is not open to general authors.
The Editorial Office of Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism selects the articles published in Journal of Architecture History based on the scope below:
- Topical interest to Western audience in architecture and urbanism related disciplines
- Topical connection and relevance to Western scholarship
- Topics of wider concerns, such as ecological and climatic issues, etc.
The translated articles, however, will not be peer-reviewed again as they have been rigorously evaluated by reviewers of Journal of Architecture History.
Editorials
An editorial is a solicited, concise commentary that highlights prominent topics in a particular issue, or the official opinions of the editors of the journal or special issue. Typically, an abstract is not required and only one figure/table is allowed.
Erratum
An erratum is a notification of a significant error made by the editors that affects the scholarly record or the scientific integrity of a published article. An erratum is always accompanied by the Publisher’s Correction of the error. The corrections will not be made directly in the already-published articles. Authors who notice an error in their published articles should contact the editors at editor.jcau@accscience.com.
All publisher-introduced changes will be highlighted to the author for proofreading before final publication of the erratum.
Corrigendum
A corrigendum is a notification of an important error made by the author(s) that affects the scholarly record or the scientific integrity of a published article. A corrigendum is always accompanied by the Author’s Correction of the error. The corrections will not be made directly in the already-published articles.
If certain errors are found, author(s) should contact the editors at editor.jcau@accscience.com, who will evaluate the impact of the errors and decide on the appropriate course of action. The publication of any corrections to a paper is at the sole discretion of the editors.
Addendum
An addendum is a notification of additional information about a published article. An addendum will only be published if the editors decide that the additional information is essential to the reader’s understanding of a significant part of the published article. The additional information can be construed as description, information, details or data that aid the readers to better understand the published works and should not significantly or substantially alter the original ideas of the works.
Every paper submitted to the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism will be pre-screened by the editors to ensure its adherence to the scope, policies, and style of the journal prior to peer review. Author(s) may suggest up to 5 academically qualified reviewers for consideration per submission. Authors should insert the current contact details, including full name, email address and affiliation, of the reviewers, and state the reason(s) for recommendation in the cover letter. However, the editorial team strives to ensure that the peer review process is fair and unbiased; therefore, there is no guarantee that a recommended reviewer will be approached to perform the peer review. In addition, author(s) may indicate the name of individuals that should not be invited as peer reviewer and provide the reasons in the cover letter.
Editor-in-Chief or Guest Editor will decide on whether the submissions should be considered for publication, and assign reviewers from inside the editorial board or outside, depending on the topic, to initiate double-blind peer review. Based on the review reports and reviewers’ recommendations, Editor-in-Chief or Guest Editor makes one of the following editorial decisions: accept, minor revision, major revision, and reject.
If the decision made necessitates minor revisions to the paper, author(s) should spend no more than 10 days to prepare and resubmit the revision file containing revised manuscript, title page and back matter, cover letter, and response/rebuttal letter. If the decision made necessitates major revisions to the paper, author(s) should spend no more than 28 days to prepare and resubmit the revision file. The revision file will be once again pre-screened by editor and subsequently reviewed by the assigned reviewers.
The peer review process is considered complete for a submission once it has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism. Only accepted papers will be arranged for copy-editing, typesetting, and proofreading before being published online.
Quarterly
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle of making research freely available to the public in support of a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Authors should read the “Instructions for Authors” before making a submission, and make sure that the manuscripts are written in accordance with the style and specifications of the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism.
All submissions, unless otherwise stated, to the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism are subject to rigorous peer review. Prior to the peer review process, manuscripts will be pre-screened for conformity with the theme and scope of the journal, significance of the work (and novelty for original research article), and language used.
All submissions, accessory files, article metadata and author metadata will be treated confidential. The manuscripts will only be disclosed to editorial staff, reviewers and editors who participate in the pre-screening, review, processing, and preparation of the manuscript for publication.
A paper would not be considered for publication in the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism if it has been published or is under consideration for publication in other journals, except for selected articles by our partner, Journal of Architecture History, that are published as secondary publications in the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism. In the cover letter, authors must confirm and state that neither the manuscript nor any significant part of it is under consideration for publication elsewhere or has appeared elsewhere in a manner that could be construed as a prior or duplication of the same work. The authors are required to notify the editorial team if the findings and data in their submissions have been presented in conferences. The authors are also responsible to obtain permission of the copyright owner for reusing copyrighted materials in their papers.
After acceptance, the editors reserve the rights to edit the work so that it is of publishing standards.
Partnership with Journal of Architecture History in Secondary Publications
In a collaboration between AccScience Publishing (formerly known as Inno Science Press) and China Machine Press, Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism will translate and publish selected articles of Journal of Architecture History (transliterated as Jianzhu Shi Xuekan) in the Secondary Publication Section.
The Editorial Office of Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism selects the articles published in the Journal of Architecture History based on the scope below:
- Topical interest to Western audience in architecture and urbanism related disciplines
- Topical connection and relevance to Western scholarship
- Topics of wider concerns, such as ecological and climatic issues, etc.
The translated articles will not be peer-reviewed again as they have been rigorously evaluated by reviewers of Journal of Architecture History.
Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism requests all members involved in the journal editing and publishing process to adhere to the Core Practices on publication ethics and follow the guidelines on handling publishing ethics allegations stipulated by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
The journal also adheres to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.
The journal editors take all possible misconducts seriously. The editors, authors, or readers can forward their concerns to the journal if they find out that the description in a submission or a published article may constitute an academic fraud, research misconduct, or publication malpractice. The concerns or complaints on the possible allegations submitted to the journal will be dealt with appropriately. The complainant may direct all inquiries and correspondence to the Publisher at editor.jcau@accscience.com.
The editors do not approve of any plagiarism attempts. Duplication checker will be utilized at the editor’s discretion to verify the originality of submissions. A submission will be desk-rejected (during the submission stage) or rejected (during peer review stage) if the paper contains apparent and significant amount of plagiarized content. Therefore, authors are advised to adhere to the contemporary rules in academic writing and publishing ethics.
Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism adopts a zero-tolerance policy concerning any academic misconducts and ethical violations in research and publication regardless of the severity of these issues. The violations include plagiarism, falsification of research, data fabrication, submitting manuscripts of others as one’s own, submitting the same manuscript to different publication venues at the same time, and breached intellectual property rights. In cases of suspected misconduct and ethical violation, a panel will be formed to investigate the allegation. If the allegation is supported by evidence, the submitted manuscript in question will be declined for consideration in the journal and all authors will be informed in this regard. A retraction initiated by authors or by the journal is required to take place if the paper has already been published, and a retraction note will be published. Authors of the work in question will receive the Panel’s Decision via email, and all appeals regarding the decision will have to be made to the Publisher at editor.jcau@accscience.com within 28 days of the decision date.
Authors are permitted to post their non-peer-reviewed original research manuscripts to any preprint servers before or in parallel with the formal submission to the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism, as long as the preprint is not shared under any exclusive or restrictive license. During submission, authors are obliged to declare in the cover letter if the corresponding preprint version of their submission has been deposited on a preprint server, and provide any associated accession numbers or DOIs. Preprint versions that have been shared on a preprint server will not count as prior publication. Authors are not allowed to post any versions of articles that have been revised after peer review, accepted for publication or published in the journal on a preprint server. A submission will not be considered by the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism if its corresponding preprint version has been indexed. Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism reserves the right not to consider for publication or publish material that has been formally published in digital media that shall not be construed as preprint servers. We encourage formal citation of preprints in the reference list, where appropriate.
Authorship and Author Information
Authorship should be limited to individuals who have contributed substantially to the work; for instance, conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work. Authors must indicate their specific contributions to the published work under the “Author Contribution” section. The Author Contributions section must be presented in original research articles and review articles. Refer to the author contribution section of the Instructions for Authors for more information.
Corresponding author(s) should be clearly indicated with asterisk (*) on the title page of every submission. We suggest no more than 2 corresponding authors per submission. A corresponding author is responsible for:
- obtaining permission to submit and revise paper from all the authors mentioned in the manuscript,
- ensuring adherence to all editorial and submission policies and for any communications and actions that may be necessary after publication, and
- including written permission from the authors of the work concerned for any mention of any unpublished material included in the manuscript, e.g., data from manuscripts-in-press, personal communication, or work in preparation.
All authors should have a say in the final approval of the version to be published, in addition to reviewing the final manuscript prior to resubmission.
Authors that made equally significant contributions to the submitted work should be clearly indicated with superscript dagger symbols (†). The following footnote should be used for authors who have made equal contributions, and placed beneath the affiliation part: “ †These authors contributed equally to this work.”
The names of all equally contributing authors are preferably indicated together in the foremost part of the authorship list, and ideally, there should be no more than 2 equally contributing authors.
Accurate and complete author information, including full name, affiliation, email address, must be disclosed and provided during submission. Affiliations should contain the following core information: department, institution, city, state, postal code, and country.
The Editorial Office of Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism considers the authorship list is definitive by the time the submission is received. Thus, authors should check the list and order of authors before submitting their papers.
Any addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript is accepted for publication. The corresponding author should provide the valid reasons for the change in authorship list and the proof of written confirmation from all authors agreeing with such change (including the existing authors, author(s) to be added and/or removed) to the Editorial Office.
The requests for authorship changes need to be approved by the Editorial Office before any changes can be made.
If any requests to add, delete, or rearrange author names in the published article is granted following the finalized (online) publication of an accepted manuscript, the new changes will only be implemented in a correction (corrigendum or erratum).
At the time of submission, authors must declare any (potential) conflicts or competing interests with any institutes, organizations, or agencies that might influence the integrity of results or objective interpretation of their submitted works. Conflicts of interest can be divided into two categories: financial and non-financial.
Authors should declare financial conflict of interest based on the following aspects:
- Author relation with the funding body and any potential conflicts of interest should be declared if the organization may gain or lose financially through the article publication. Disclosure should also include all sources of revenue paid (or promised to be paid) directly to authors or their institution on authors’ behalf over the 36 months before submission of the relevant work.
- Any changes to the employment status of authors in any organizations, including resignation, current employment in another organization, and anticipated employment, should be declared if the organization may gain or lose financially through the article publication.
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Authors, reviewers and editors should declare any (potential) non-financial conflicts of interest and declare any unpaid roles or relations that may influence the decision on the article publication. This includes, but is not limited to, unpaid role in a government or non-governmental organization, unpaid role in an advocacy or lobbying organization, and unpaid advisory position in a commercial organization.
Authors who have nothing to declare are encouraged to add "No conflict of interest was reported by all authors" in this section of the paper. Failure to declare will result in a delay to editorial process and peer review progress. If necessary, the initial disclosure statement provided by the authors will be subject to edits for grammar corrections by the editors. Failure to comply with the “conflict of interest” disclosure statement requirement may result in rejection of the submission.
In addition, reviewers and editors must disclose any association that poses a conflict of interest in connection with the manuscript. Examples of such activities could include personal or work-related relationships, events, etc. Reviewers must be aware of the peer-review policies, and proactively disclose all potential conflicts of interest, and guarantee that an article will be judged fairly and objectively.
All submissions should ideally be written entirely in good American English. Submissions in good British English can be accepted as long as a mixture of spelling variants are not used in the submissions. Clarity and conciseness are critical requirements for publications; therefore, submissions that are not clearly written will be returned to the author(s). Authors are encouraged to employ the use of English editing service to polish and edit their papers so that they are submit-ready or publish-ready. The articles published in the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism are in adherence with the publishable standards of academic and scientific writing.
Please note that utilizing a language editing service is not a guarantee of acceptance.
Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism reserves the right to decline submissions that the editors believe the described works have not been conducted to the highest possible ethical standards, despite formal ethics approval has been obtained.
If ethical concerns arise or are discovered after publication, investigations will be organized. Any evidence pointing to substantial violations of ethical codes or oversight for the research may lead to a correction (e.g., erratum, corrigendum) or retraction of the paper. Authors’ institution, ethics committee or other appropriate body in relation to the potential ethical concerns may be contacted during the investigation.
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Indexing
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Before submitting for publication, please ensure that your paper and other supplementary files have been prepared and formatted in accordance with the guidelines below.
In addition to referring to the Instructions of Authors set out in the following, we also recommend using our templates to prepare the submission files.
Templates:
- Title page & back matter template Download
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- Article template for Figures and Tables Download
Submission structure, general style and format
Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism requests that every new submission should be made and accompanied by 3 separate core files, namely manuscript, title page and back matter, and cover letter, whereas resubmission of revision file should be accompanied by 4 separate core files, namely manuscript, title page and back matter, cover letter, and response/rebuttal letter (collectively known as the revision file). Provision of supplementary files and/or confidential accessory files is optional or dependent on the nature of study and findings relevance. The table below briefly summarizes the type of files in a submission, their respective requirements and included items:
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(1) Manuscript |
DOC or DOCX |
- Use 1.5-spacing and format text in one column - Use page numbers and continuous line numbers - Font and size: Times New Roman, 12 - Insert tables and figures at the back of manuscript |
- Manuscript title - Running title (no more than 50 characters; spaces counted) - Abstract (for original research article, review article and perspective article) - Keywords - Text - References |
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(2) Figures and tables |
DOC or DOCX |
- Use 1.5-spacing and format text in one column - Font and size: Times New Roman, 12 |
- Figures - Tables |
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(3) Title page and back matter * |
DOC or DOCX |
- Use 1.5-spacing and format text in one column - Font and size: Times New Roman, 12 |
On the first page (title page): - Manuscript title - Authorship list (first and last names must be spelled out) - Author’s affiliation, including department, institution, city, state, postal code, and country (indicated with superscript number) - Corresponding author information, including asterisk indication, mailing address and email - Indication of equally contributing authors (if any) with dagger symbol
On the second page (back matter): - Acknowledgments - Funding - Conflict of interest (mandatory) - Author contributions (formatted as per CRediT) - Further disclosure about presentation of essential findings in conference(s) and/or upload of the paper to a preprint server |
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(4) Cover letter |
DOC or DOCX |
- Use 1.5-spacing and format text in one column - Font and size: Times New Roman, 12 |
- A brief explanation of what was previously known, the conceptual advancement with the findings and its significance to broad readership - A statement that “neither the manuscript nor any significant part of it is under consideration for publication elsewhere or has appeared elsewhere in a manner that could be construed as a prior or duplication of the same work” with author confirmation - If any, associated accession numbers or DOIs of the corresponding preprint version of the submission - [Optional] Name, affiliation and email address of up to 4 academically qualified (recommended) reviewers and/or name and affiliation of individuals who should be excluded from reviewing the submitted works on the grounds of conflict of interest |
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(5) Supplementary files |
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- Supplementary files should not exceed 10 MB in total |
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- Supplementary tables or figures |
DOC or DOCX |
- Use 1.5-spacing and format text in one column - Use page numbers and continuous line numbers - Font and size: Times New Roman, 12 - Include both supplementary tables (editable) and figures (in JPEG, PNG or TIFF format) in the same file |
- Supplementary tables - Supplementary figures |
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- Data set |
XLS or XLSX |
- All data should be neatly presented using consistent fonts |
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- Videos |
MP4 |
- If necessary, trim the video clip to focus only on essential parts, such as experimental procedures and findings or observation that can only be demonstrated using video(s) - Avoid unnecessary narrations that can be presented in written form |
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(6) Response/rebuttal letter (only applicable to revisions) |
DOC or DOCX |
- All comments/feedback and responses/rebuttals must be clearly and concisely presented |
- Reviewers’ comments and feedback - Authors’ responses |
* Ideally, all information given in the title page and back matter file, except for the manuscript title, should remain the same from the point of submission to paper acceptance. Thus, authors are responsible to ensure that all information therein is accurate before making submission. Refer to Authorship and Author Information section on About the Journal [hyperlink: XXX] for more information about Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism’s authorship policy.
Submitting authors should refer to the relevant sections in the following for more detailed information.
Author metadata during submission
During the submission process, the submitting author must ensure that all particulars of author information, including full name, affiliation, and email address, are given in the author metadata column of the submission system. These particulars must exactly reflect those on the title page of the submission; this includes the author order of the authorship list.
Original articles
Original articles, sometimes referred to as empirical or primary sources, report on original research. Original articles should provide details regarding essential and unpublished investigations and ought to describe the aims and hypothesis, methods, results, analysis of the of results and conclusion. The journal allows the original articles to explore confirming studies and disconfirming results, which allow hypothesis elimination, reformulation or potentially provide details regarding the non-reproducibility of previously published results. Articles should include the following sections (in the exact order):
- Introduction
- Research method
- Findings
- Conclusions
This type of articles typically has 5-20 tables and/or figures in total, approximately 20-40 references, and a length of 5,000–7,000 words (inclusive of Abstract and References).
Review articles
Review articles, sometimes called literature reviews or secondary sources, are works that synthesize or analyze research already conducted in primary sources. They generally summarize the current state of research on a given topic.
This article type typically has 5-10 tables and/or figures in total, approximately 20-40 references, and a length of 5,000-7,000 words (inclusive of Abstract and References).
Reports
Reports are used to record the key discussions and highlights from a workshop, seminar and conference related to Chinese architecture and urbanism. Reports are not usually peer-reviewed, unless there are contents that require rigorous evaluations.
A link (e.g., URL) to the relevant workshop, seminar and conference should be mentioned in the report.
This article type typically has 5-10 tables and/or figures in total, less than 20 references, and about 4,000 words. An abstract is not required.
Viewpoints
Viewpoints are short-length articles that give the authors an opportunity to present their distinctive viewpoints on contemporary issues, controversies, recent research developments or new research findings within a particular research area, or to challenge dogma. The nature of viewpoints should be timely and compelling and should aim to stimulate debate or new research.
There is no rigid section format in a viewpoints article. The authors are free to use multiple sections to voice out their viewpoints on a particular topic.
The length of each viewpoints article should not exceed 1,000 words. Each article should contain no more than 10 references. Only one figure or table is allowed. An Abstract is not needed for a viewpoints article.
Book notes
Book notes are normally written and contributed by the members of the Editorial Board. Thus, book notes are invited pieces that give short introduction or summary about newly published books of the Editorial Board members. Submissions of book notes will not be reviewed by external reviewers.
The book to be introduced in a book note must have been published in less than two months by the time of book note submission. If there are more than one author of a book, a consent of all authors is necessary before the publication of the book note in the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism.
Each book note should contain only one paragraph with a length ranging from 150 to 300 words. Book title, publisher, year of publication and ISBN must be mentioned in the beginning of the book note.
Book reviews
Book reviews demonstrate thoughtful and stimulating insights about recent publications of interest to the readers. A book review contains a careful summary of the work's central features, including its subject matter, organization, and how the argument is structured, and an analysis of how the work contributes to the field of knowledge and/or theoretical literature, including any perceived shortcomings. The reviews should be professional. Authors and readers alike deserve impartial assessments.
If the book is an edited collection, give the reader an overview of the book. Illustrate your points with examples from one or more chapters. Perhaps identify chapters that stand out and discuss them in more detail.
Submissions of book reviews will not be reviewed by external reviewers.
A typical book review length is 3,000 words (including references). An abstract is not required. Avoid “I,” “we,” “this writer,” and other self-referential words and phrases.
Some pointers of writing a book review are given below:
- What is the book about? What are its main points? What is the author arguing?
- Where does the book fit into the literature? Whose work does it support or rebut?
- Is it novel in topic, argument, or methods?
- How well does the author succeed in their intent for the book? What are the book's strengths and weaknesses?
- What is the quality of the prose? Is the writing clear and accessible?
- Who would you recommend this book to? The general public? Scholars in a particular field? Graduate students? Undergraduate students? Would this book work as a classroom text?
- Is the book's quality of production unusual? In what way?
- What is your overall assessment of the book? How does this book compare to its peers?
Secondary publications
Through a collaboration between AccScience Publishing (formerly known as Inno Science Press) and China Machine Press, the selected articles of Journal of Architecture History will be translated and published in the Secondary Publication Section of Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism. The submission to this section is not open to general authors.
The Editorial Office of Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism selects the articles published in Journal of Architecture History based on the scope below:
- Topical interest to Western audience in architecture and urbanism related disciplines
- Topical connection and relevance to Western scholarship
- Topics of wider concerns, such as ecological and climatic issues, etc.
The translated articles, however, will not be peer-reviewed again as they have been rigorously evaluated by reviewers of Journal of Architecture History.
Editorials
An editorial is a solicited, concise commentary that highlights prominent topics in particular issue, or the official opinions of the editors of the journal or special issue. Typically, an abstract is not required and only one figure/table is allowed.
Erratum
An erratum is a notification of a significant error made by the editors that affects the scholarly record or the scientific integrity of a published article. An erratum is always accompanied by the Publisher’s Correction of the error. The corrections will not be made directly in the already-published articles. Authors who notice an error in their published articles should contact the editors at editor.jcau@accscience.com.
All publisher-introduced changes will be highlighted to the author for proofreading before final publication of the erratum.
Corrigendum
A corrigendum is a notification of an important error made by the author(s) that affects the scholarly record or the scientific integrity of a published article. A corrigendum is always accompanied by the Author’s Correction of the error. The corrections will not be made directly in the already-published articles.
If certain errors are found, author(s) should contact the editors at editor.jcau@accscience.com, who will evaluate the impact of the errors and decide on the appropriate course of action. The publication of any corrections to a paper is at the sole discretion of the editors.
All submissions should ideally be written entirely in good American English. Submissions in good British English can be accepted as long as a mixture of spelling variants are not used in the submissions. Clarity and conciseness are critical requirements for publications; therefore, submissions that are not clearly written will be returned to the authors. Authors are encouraged to employ the use of English editing service to polish and edit their papers so that they are submit-ready or publish-ready. The articles published in the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism are in adherence with the publishable standards of academic and scientific writing.
Please note that utilizing a language editing service is not a guarantee of acceptance.
Use sentence case capitalization in all aspects of the submission. In sentence case, most major and minor words are lowercase (proper nouns, including name of organizations and name of guidelines, are an exception in that they are always capitalized for the first letter of each word, except for minor words, such as conjunctions and short prepositions). The first letter of the first word should always be uppercase.
The title should capture the conceptual significance for a broad audience. The title should, ideally, not be more than 20 words (not more than 3 lines) and should be able to give readers an overall view of the paper’s significance. Titles should avoid using uncommon jargons, abbreviations and punctuation.
The purpose of abstract is to provide sufficient information and capture essential findings and/or messages of the paper. For full-length article, the length of an abstract should be in the range of 200-250 words. The abstract should be unstructured. Abstract is only needed in original article and review article.
Do not use Chinese characters in the abstract.
Each submission should be accompanied by 3-6 keywords. Avoid using abbreviations and acronyms in keywords, unless they are established standard keywords. Separate keywords with semi-colons (i.e., Term1; Term2; Term3).
Define abbreviations and acronyms upon their first appearance, separately, in the abstract, main text, table legends, and figure captions and legends.
Post-acquisition processing of images, photos and figures should be kept minimum to ensure that the final figures accurately reflect the original data as it was captured and/or produced. Any alterations should be applied to the entire image. Any kind of alteration, including but not limited to brightness, contrast and color balance, has to be clearly stated in the figure legend and in Methodology section. For simulated or model figures, the software used for production, editing, and/or processing should be mentioned. Presenting images in the same figure must be made apparent and should be explicitly indicated in the appropriate figure legends.
Data comparisons should only be made from comparative experiments (or data from the same experiment). Same piece of data or figure should not be used in multiple instances, unless the images/data describe different aspects of the same experiment (reasons must be stated, wherever appropriate, in this regard). If inappropriate image/data manipulation is identified after publication, the editors reserve the right to ask for the original data and, if that is not satisfactory, to issue a correction or retract the paper, as appropriate.
Use SI units.
Avoid unnecessary decorative effects (e.g., 3D graphs) and minimize image processing (e.g., changes in brightness and contrast applied uniformly for the entire figure should be avoided or minimized). All images should be set against white background.
All figures should be numbered (e.g., Figure 1, Figure 2) in boldface. Label all figures (e.g., axis, structures), and add caption (a brief title) and legend as a description of the illustration below each figure. Explain all symbols and abbreviations used. Each figure should have a brief title (also known as caption) that describes the entire figure without citing specific panels, followed by a legend, which is either the description of each panel or further description about the single image. Identify each panel with uppercase letters in parenthesis (e.g. (A), (B), (C), etc.) Figures must be cited in chronological manner in the text.
The preferred file formats for any separately submitted figure(s) are JPEG, PNG and TIFF. All figures should be of optimal resolution. Optimal resolutions preferred are 300 dots per inch (dpi) for RBG colored, 600 dpi for grayscale and 1,200 dpi for line art. Although there is no file-size limitation imposed, authors are highly encouraged to compress their figures to an ideal size without unduly affecting the legibility and resolution of figures.
If necessary, the editors may request author(s) to supply high-resolution and/or unprocessed images after submission or paper acceptance for pre-screening/review and production purposes, respectively.
Editable tables created using Microsoft Word are preferred. A table should be accompanied by a caption on top of it. Captions and legends (which are placed beneath table) should be concise. All tables should be numbered (e.g., Table 1, Table 2) in boldface. Explain all symbols and abbreviations used. Tables must be cited in chronological manner in the text.
- Ensure that the phrases and terms are consistently used throughout the paper, with the exception of references. For example, use either the Analects of Confuciusor the Analects or Lunyu, but not a mixture of them in the same paper.
- Never italicize Chinese characters.
- For Chinese historical figures, include their Chinese names, and birth and death years in parentheses. For example: Li Bai (李白, 701–762).
- Do not capitalize “dynasty,” “period,” “age,” “era.” “state,” “province,” “prefecture,” “county,” “commandery,” “district,” “village,” unless they are a part of an already existing proper noun term. For example: Ming dynasty, Henan province.
- If possible, add the period of dynasty. For example: Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
- For approximated dates, write “ca.” (e.g., “ca. 521,” not “c. 521”).
- All pre-Common era dates should have BCE written after, e.g., 400 BCE; all common era dates do not need any other signification, e.g., 1644–1911. If the dates span across year 0 CE, both dates must be labeled; e.g., 75 BCE–24 CE.
- Referring to the regnal years (年號) during an emperor’s reign, dates should usethe following format: option 1: the period of Tianbao (天寶, 742–756); option 2: from the Tianbao period (天寶, 742–756).
- Imperial names should use the format: Emperor Xiaowen (孝文帝, 471–499).
- Titles of Chinese books usually do not need to be translated.
- The first time a Chinese book or the title of a Chinese work appears, and if the book or work is rendered in pinyin, provide title in pinyin, with the first letter capitalized, followed by Chinese characters enclosed in parentheses. For example:Siku quanshu (四庫全書), Tangshi leixuan (唐詩類選), Zhuangzi (莊子), Mozi (墨子).
- For a term including pinyinand characters, if the English translation is consistently used in the text, enclose pinyin and characters in parentheses when they first appear. For example: daybook (rishu 日書), bamboo branch lyrics (zhuzhici 竹枝詞).
- If the pinyin of a term is consistently used in the text, then it should be followed with charactersenclosed in parentheses when it first appears (for example: li (禮), ziran (自然)); and English translation enclosed in parentheses if necessary (for example: chenwei (讖緯, apocrypha)).
- Common nouns using pinyinshould be italicized, e.g., ren (仁), li (禮), xiao (孝); but not people and place names, e.g., Qin Shi Huang, Li Zehou, Shandong, Nanjing.
- The pinyinfor a single concept is written without spacing even if it uses two or more characters. For example: Shijing (詩經); ziran (自然); Songdai de shiyang wenhua (宋代的食羊文化).
Footnotes, instead of endnotes, are allowed in the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism. Authors are advised not to use footnotes as an alternative to citing references. Footnotes should be added only if authors would like to provide additional information that is not intended to be included in the main text. A footnote is marked within the text by a superscript number (¹), which corresponds to the matching footnote at the bottom of the page.
In-text citations should include the author’s surname and the year published. If the reference has no known year of publication, use ‘n.d.’ (without the quotation marks). The citation style depends on the number of authors for the reference.
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In-text citation in a sentence |
In-text citation in parentheses |
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One author |
Our findings are consistent with those in the reports separately made by the Government of Nepal (2011). |
(Bhunia, 2011) |
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Two authors |
Chandler and Tsai (2001) analyzed data from several reports. |
(Bhunia & Ghosh, 2011) |
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Three or more authors |
Dickson et al. (2014) brought up some points to support such an argument. |
(Gu et al., 2012) |
Do not include citations in the Abstract.
This section is compulsory and should be placed at the end of all manuscripts. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list. The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should be excluded from this section.
The references in reference list should be arranged in alphabetical order of the first author’s surname. Authors referenced should be listed with their surname followed by their initials. All references should also appear as an in-text citation. References for journal articles should follow the following pattern: Author(s) followed by year of publication, title of publication, full journal name in italics, volume number, issue number in parenthesis and, lastly, page range. For references with 6 or less authors, surnames and initials of authors must be provided, and ampersand (&) should be inserted before the name of the last author. For references more than 6 authors, surnames and initials for the first 6 authors should be provided in the reference list, and the rest of the authors can be styled as et al. If the DOI is available, please include it after the page range.
Examples of references for different types of publications are as follows:
(1) Journal articles
Journal article with 1-6 authors:
Muhammad, T. O., Thompson, T. K., & Lee, R. F. (2009). Memory function, social integration and morbidity in a British national cohort study of middle-aged adults. Journal of Geriatrics, 4(5), 78. https://doi.org/10.11567/1471-2318-9-78
Journal article with more than 6 authors:
Arsa, G., Lima, L. C. J., Motta-Santos, D., Cambri, L. T., Grubert Campbell, C. S., Lewis, J. E., et al. (2015). Effects of prior exercise on glycemic responses following carbohydrate inges on in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Journal of Clinical and Translational Research, 1(1), 22-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.18053/jctres.201501.002
(2) Books
Book with 1-6 authors:
Schneider, Z., Whitehead, D., & Elliott, D. (2007). Nursing and Midwifery Research: Methods and Appraisal for Evidence-based Practice. 3rd ed. Marrickville, NSW: Elsevier Australia.
Book with more than 6 authors:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C., Author, D. D., Author, E. E., Author, F. F., et al. (2003). Challenging Spatial Norms. London: Routledge.
Chapter or article in book
Conway, K. M. (2014). Critical quantitative study of immigrant students. In: FK Stage and RS Wells (eds.). New Scholarship in Critical Quantitative Research — Part 1. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp.51–64.
(3) Preprints
Preprint article with 1-6 authors:
Ulgen, A., Gurkut, O., & Li, W. (2019). Potential predictive factors for breast cancer subtypes from a North Cyprus cohort analysis. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/19010181
Preprint article with more than 6 authors:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C., Author, D. D., Author, E. E., Author, F. F., et al. (2020). Epidemiological development of novel coronavirus pneumonia in China and its forecast. medRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.21.20026229
(4) Others
Reports and conference papers#
United Nations. (2017). World population prospects: The 2017 revision. Key findings and advance tables[online]. New York, NY, USA: United Nations Publications. Available from: https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2017_KeyFindings.pdf [Last accessed: 2021 Jan 5]
DiPrete, T. A., Bol, T., Coicca, C., & van de Werthorst H. (2015). School-to-Work Linkages in the United States, Germany and France. 2015 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. San Diego, CA. 2015 April 30-May 2. Available from: http://paa2015.princeton.edu/papers/150302 [Last accessed: 2021 Jan 5]
# All links should be valid at the acceptance by Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism. Exact access date should be provided by the authors.
Online document with author names#
Este, J., Warren, C., & Connor, L. (2008). Life in the clickstream: The future of journalism. Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance. Available from: http://www.alliance.org.au/documents/ foj_report_final.pdf [Last accessed: 2021 Jan 5]
# All links should be valid at the acceptance by Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism. Exact access date should be provided by the authors.
Thesis or dissertation
Gale, L. (2000). The relationship between leadership and employee empowerment for successful total quality management [PhD Thesis]. Australasian Digital Thesis database, University of Western Sydney, pp.110–130.
Standards
Standards Australia. (2006). Glass in buildings: selection and installation, AS 1288-2006, amended January 31, 2008, SAI Global database.
Government reports
National Commission of Audit. (1996). Report to the Commonwealth Government, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Government reports (online)#
World Health Organization. (2014). Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/113048/WHO_NMH_NHD_14.1_eng.pdf?ua=1 [Last accessed: 2021 Jan 5]
# All links should be valid at the acceptance by Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism. Exact access date should be provided by the authors.
Newspapers#
Roberts, S. (2020, April 9). Early string ties us to Neanderthals. The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/science/neanderthals-fiber-string-math.html [Last accessed: 2021 Jan 5].
# All links should be valid at the acceptance by Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism. Exact access date should be provided by the authors.
Patents
Style: Patentee 1, Patentee 2, Patentee 3, et al. (inventors). Patent owner (assignee). (yyyy). Patent Title. Patent country of origin. Patent number. Patent issue date.
Blanco, E. E., Meade, J. C., Richards, W. D., (inventors). & Ophthalmic, V. (assignee). (1990). Surgical Stapling System. US patent. 4,969,591.
Note: When referencing an entry from a dictionary or an encyclopedia with no author there is no requirement to include the source in the reference list. In these cases, only cite the title and year of the source in-text. For an authored dictionary/encyclopedia, treat the source as an authored book.
Citing journal article in a language other than English
(1) For reference in Latin scripts
- Add [Article in *language*] at the end of the reference.
- Accurate English translation for the reference title should be placed right after the original reference title.
Example
Moreno, C. & Cendales, R. (2011). Mortalidad y años potenciales de vida perdidos por homicidios en Colombia, 1985–2006 [Mortality and potential loss of life caused by murders in Colombia from 1985 to 2006]. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 30(4):342-353. http://doi.org/10.1590/S1020-4989201100108 [Article in Spanish]
(2) For reference in non-Latin scripts
- Add [Article in *language*] at the end of the reference.
- Transliterate the reference title and journal title into the English alphabets (e.g., use pinyin romanization for Chinese) and tone marks are not needed.
- Accurate English translation for the reference title should be placed right after the original, transliterated reference title.
Example
Liu, Z.S. (2020). Zhongmei maoyizhan dui Zhongguo jingji fazhan yu yingdui qihou bianhua de yingxiang ji yingdui [The influence of the trade war between China and the United States on China’s economic development and its response to climate change and relevant countermeasures]. Shijie Huanjing, 2020(1): 43-45. http://doi.org/10.1590/shijiehuanjing-4989201100108 [Article in Chinese]
*This should be included in the title page and back matter file
This is an optional section where authors can acknowledge people and/or institutions that provided non-financial support and/or helped with the research and/or preparation of the manuscript. Examples of non-financial support include externally-supplied equipment or sources, writing assistance, administrative support, and contributions from non-authors.
*This should be included in the title page and back matter file
Authors should declare all financial support and sources that were used to perform the research, analysis, and/or article publication. Financial supports are generally in the form of grants, royalties, consulting fees and others.
*This should be included in the title page and back matter file
At the time of submission, authors must declare any (potential) conflicts or competing interests with any institutes, organizations, or agencies that might influence the integrity of results or objective interpretation of their submitted works. For more information, see our Conflict of Interest section on About the Journal [POLICY hyperlink: XXX].
*This should be included in the title page and back matter file
This section should be included in original articles and review articles. In Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism, we encourage authors to use Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) in describing each contributor’s specific contribution to the scholarly output in the Author Contributions section.
Definitions of each contributor role as per CRediT are as follows:
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Conceptualization |
Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims. |
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Data curation |
Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), scrub data and maintain research data (including software code, where it is necessary for interpreting the data itself) for initial use and later re-use. |
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Formal analysis |
Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data. |
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Funding acquisition |
Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication. |
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Investigation |
Conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection. |
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Methodology |
Development or design of methodology; creation of models. |
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Project administration |
Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution. |
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Resources |
Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools. |
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Software |
Programming, software development; designing computer programs; implementation of the computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components. |
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Supervision |
Oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team. |
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Validation |
Verification, whether as a part of the activity or separate, of the overall replication/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs. |
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Visualization |
Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization/data presentation. |
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Writing – original draft |
Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation). |
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Writing – review & editing |
Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by those from the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision – including pre- or post-publication stages. |
Below shows a sample Author Contributions section written based on the CRediT:
Conceptualization: Ali Jackson, Helen Meyer
Investigation: Ali Jackson, Tom Lewis-Hans, Han Xiang
Formal analysis: Han Xiang
Writing – original draft: Ali Jackson
Writing – review & editing: Helen Meyer, Joshua O’Brien
Authors are advised to follow the style and punctuation based on the sample above.
*This should be included in the title page and back matter file
Describe how data used in the study can be obtained.
*This should be included in the title page and back matter file
This section is reserved to inform the readers and editors of a few aspects:
(i) Part of or the entire set of findings have been presented in a conference, academic meeting, congress, etc.; and/or
(ii) The paper has been uploaded to or deposited in a preprint server (provide name of preprint server and associated accession number or DOI of the preprint.
This section is optional and contains all materials and figures that are excluded from the manuscript. These materials, figures or additional information are relevant to the manuscript but remain non-essential to readers’ understanding of the manuscript’s main content. All supplementary information should be submitted as a separate file during submission.
Supplementary figures and tables should be submitted in a single, separate supplementary file, and must be numbered, for example, Figure S1 and Table S1. All tables must be editable (preferably created from Microsoft Word). The acceptable formats of images and illustrations used in figures are JPEG, PNG and TIFF. Citations of these items must be appropriately referenced in the manuscript in chronological manner, for instance, “Additional information can be found in Table S1.” Note the additional letter S helps distinguish the normal from supplementary items.
Data set file are usually prepared using Microsoft Excel (in XLS or XLSX format).
Videos (MP4 format), in less than 5 MB, can be uploaded as part of the supplementary file.
Revision and response/rebuttal letter
If the editorial decision for a submission is major revision or minor revision, the authors are advised to revise the manuscript (and possibly, the supplementary files) as per the review reports and resubmit the revision file, including the manuscript, title page and back matter, cover letter, and response/rebuttal letter, before the due date.
Revisions should be done on the latest version of the manuscript (or in some rare cases, edited manuscript provided by the editor). The new changes must be highlighted or put in a different, dark-color font in the revised manuscript. The revisions made should be described and/or clarified in the response/rebuttal letter; ideally, explanation about the revisions should be made clear with the help of page number and line number. If authors do not agree with reviewers’ comments and suggestions, rebut their points with strong evidence and reasonable arguments.