Editorial Policies

The journal embraces and follows the Guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Articles are submitted on the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere previously and that they are not being submitted simultaneously to another journal.

If the author uses materials protected by copyright, it is the author’s responsibility to acquire any necessary permissions and they are personally responsible for the payment of any fees related to copyright that may be applicable. Authors are also responsible for obtaining any ethical clearance necessary for the publication of their article.

Length: Research articles should normally be between 6,000 and 8,000 words (or Chinese characters) in length. Submission to the Reflection sections can be 3000 - 5000 words (or Chinese characters) or more. Book reviews can be 1,000 words or more

Language: We consider contributions mainly in English using consistent spelling conventions either in BrE (British English) or AmE (American English), though quality papers in Chinese can also be considered. For papers in Chinese, an extended English abstract of 500 words is required for research articles.

Pre-print (including repository): The author needs to declare and clarify any preprint exists during submission and must provide a link to the location or an electronic copy of it. (Having a preprint publicly available means that the journal cannot guarantee the anonymity of the author during the review process, even if they anonymise the submitted files.)  Should the submission be published, the author is expected to update the information associated with the preprint version to show that a final version has been published in IJCETI, including the DOI linking directly to the publication.

Review Policies & Process: the journal acknowledges the importance of a clear and fair set of review policies and upholds its quality through the strict implementation of process. Details can be found on Review Policies and Process.