The review cycle, depending on the speed of professional review, is within 45 days if everything goes well. If the article doesn’t satisfy the basic requirements of our journal and it is much likely to be rejected around two weeks. To be specific, the preliminary review period lasts about one month. Once your manuscript is accepted, our Production Team will begin to make the PDF proof (about 3-5 weeks) after receiving the publication fee, and the manuscript will be published about 3-5 weeks after the confirmation of the proof.

The Open Access publication fee is 450 USD (3,000 CNY or 3,300 HKD) per article and will be billed to the corresponding author(s) after the manuscript is accepted. All invited manuscripts are eligible for a publication fee waiver.

After the final acceptance of manuscript, authors can choose online credit card payment, bank checks or wire transfers to pay the article processing charge. The processing fee is only subjected to manuscripts accepted for publication. The submission of a manuscript and the peer-review process are free of charge.