期刊名称：PROGRESS IN NATURAL SCIENCE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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Progress in Natural Science, a comprehensive academic journal sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China is published monthly by Science in China Press and Taylor & Francis Ltd. This journal aims a presenting the up-to-date scientific achievements with high creativity and great significance in every field of natural science in China. Contributions from authors of other nationalities are also welcome. Manuscripts are selected for publication according to the editorial assessment of their suitability and the evaluation from independent reviewers. Papers are usually sent to three or more reviewers who are kept anonymous. Editorial staff will edit accepted papers to improve accuracy and clarity and to shorten, if necessary. It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. The articles published in this journal are abstracted/indexed in SCISEARCH, Research Alert and Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Science of ISI, and Chemical Abstracts. Once an article is published in this journal, contribution fee and 30 reprints will be sent to the author. |
Abstracting Information
Articles are abstracted/indexed in ISI Science Citation Index? ISI Science Citation Index Expanded? ISI CompuMath Citation Index;ISI Current Contents- Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences; Zentralblatt MATH/Mathematics Abstracts; EBSCO Databases; New Jour; SciBase and Zetoc British Library Inside.
Instructions to Authors
GENERAL
Progress in Natural Science, a comprehensive academic journal co-sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences, is published monthly by Science in China Press and Taylor & Francis Ltd. This journal aims at presenting the up-to-date scientific achievements with high creativity and great significance in every field of natural science. Contributions from authors of other nationalities are also welcome
Manuscripts are selected for publication according to the editorial assessment of their suitability and the evaluation from independent reviewers. Papers are usually sent to three or more reviewers, who are kept anonymous. Editorial staff will edit accepted papers to improve accuracy and clarity and to shorten, if necessary.
It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to this journal have not been published and will not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere.
The articles published in this journal are abstracted/indexed in SCISEARCH, Research Alert and Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Science of ISI, and Chemical abstracts. Once an article is published in this journal, 30 reprints will be sent to the author free of charge.
CATEGORIES OF PAPER
Review articles (8 journal pages on average, including figures, tables and references): Summation and comment on the recent advances in forward and cross subjects, and orientational suggestion for the further development of such subjects. Review of the academic achievements acquired by a scientist or a group of scientists who systematically worked on this subject will be most welcome.
Scientific Papers (5 journal pages on average): Reports of the significant or breakthroughs in various fields of science
Short communication and letters (up to 4 and 2 journal pages respectively): Short communications are the reports by stages of original research in various fields of science. The letters are the short reports of novel discoveries of scientific research in the fields of common interest, or the discussion about or comment on a paper published recently in this journal.
Laboratory communication (nonperiodic column, 2 to 3 journal pages): The brief reports on the recently major achievements and new discoveries obtained by a State key laboratory in China, including their major content, background, progress and scientific significance; the academic contribution of leading research members; as well as the major international academic exchange organized by the Laboratories.
Book review or academic forum (nonperiodic column, 2 to 3 journal pages generally): Introduction and comment on newly published natural scientific works with high academic level. Publishing different options or academic viewpoints on certain subjects. It aims at enlivening the academic atmosphere and promoting scientific innovation.
MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENT
All manuscripts should be typed in 12P characters, double-spaced, on one side of A4 paper only. Leave margins at least 3 centimeters. One original and three copies are required along with a cover letter which should indicate the corresponding author's name, post/e-email addresses and telephone/fax numbers; and provide the name of 5-6 recommended referees. For the authors whose native language is Chinese, please offer three copies of manuscript in Chinese (without figures, tables and references). A floppy disk of revised manuscript is required. Please note that if the submission is not accepted, manuscript will not be returned to the author unless on request.
Titles should be descriptive clauses, not full sentences .the maximum length is 80 characters and spaces. Titles should contain some keywords for index purpose. A running title of less than 40 English capitals should also be supplied separately. Name(s) of author(s), affiliation and address should appear right after the title.
Abstracts should present the aim and significance of research to general reader, convey the paper's main point, and outline the results or conclusions with 70 to 150 words.
Keywords: Provide 3 to 5 keywords or phrases at the bottom of the abstract to serve as guidelines for indexing.
Texts: Technical terms should be defined. The IS system should be used for units of measure throughout the texts. All tables and figures should be cited in numerical order.
Figures: all graphs, diagrams and photographs should be referred to as figures (up to 6 figures generally). Four sets of clear figures should be provided with manuscript, of which at least one should be original for reproduction. Each copy of figures should be marked with the figure numbers, the first author's name and when known, the paper's references number. Line drawings should use heavy lines or boxes for emphasizing or marking off the areas of figures. Scale bars should be put inside the photo-micrographs.
Tables should be drawn with three horizontal lines, at the top and bottom of the table and between the column headings and the table body. Vertical lines are not used between the columns unless confusion will occur. Do not repeat the information given in figures or texts. When special explanations are needed for certain items in the table, mark them with a), b),¡, then give brief explanation under the table.
References should be listed in the same order as cited in the text (Unpublished paper, academic degree thesis, preprint and personal letters should not be included in the references, but may be placed in the footnotes).
Journal: Lian, J. et al. Dynamics of conditioned visual flight orientation in Drosophila. Progress in Natural Science, 1998,8(5): 573.
Book: Day, F. W. et al. An Introduction to Ergodis Theory, 2nd ed., London: Chapman and Hall, 1980,30-35.
Collection: Hardie, R. C. A novel gas sensor by semiconductors. In: Progress in Sensory Physiolog (ed. Ottnsom, D.), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1983, 1.
Proceedings: Xi, C. F. The experiences and problems on soil classification in China. In: Proceedings of Soil Classification and Soil Geography (in Chinese). Hangzhou, China, July 2-5, 2002, 5.
Patent: Plank, C. J. et al. U. S. Patent 4 081 490,1978-02-15.
Editorial Board
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Editor-in-Chief:
Changxu Shi - Progress in Natural Science, Department of Publication, National Natural Science Foundation of China, P.O.Box 8610, Beijing 100085, China
Deputy Editors-in-Chief:
Zuoyan Zhu (standing)
Ning Lu
Ping Liang
Advisory Board Members:
Jia'er Chen
Shisun Ding
Duan Fen
Yongzheng Hui
Fangzhou Gu
Mooson Kwauk
Dongshen Liu
Liangshu Lu
Yongxiang Lu
Jian Song
Youqi Tang(You-chi Tang)
Chunzheng Wang
Dazhong Wang
Min Wu
Xi Xu
Zhihong Xu
Jiachi Yang
Cunhao Zhang
Guangzhao Zhou
Guangya Zhu
Chenglu Zhou
International Advisory Members:
R. W. Cahn - UK
S. S. Chern - USA
T. D. Lee - USA
N. S. McIntyre - Canada
J. I. Steinfeld - USA
D. C. Tsui - USA
C. N. Yang - USA
Editorial Board Members:
Shizhou Ao
Yilong Bai
Ruixian Cai
Xuetao Cao
Chi-Ming Che
Kaixian Chen
Nanxian Chen
Weifeng Chen
Yizhang Chen
Yuntai Chen
Zhu Chen
Zugan Deng
Naigang Ding
Erdan Dong
Fuxi Gan
Zizhao Gan
Shan Gao
Binglin Gu
Aike Guo
Jingkun Guo
Lei Guo
Jianbang He
Chaohan Hou
Dunxin Hu
Zhuangqi Hu
Boyun Huang
Xiaoying Huang
Yuansheng Jiang
Guofan Jin
Xianglin Jin
Ruoru Ke
Dongcai Liang
Jingkui Liang
Huimin Lin
Ning Lu
Zewei Lu
Jin Meng
Shige Peng
Haoqing Qian
Xianglin Qian
Boqin Qiang
Baogen Shen
Yufei Shen
Xiaodong Song
Fangzhen Sun
Shu Sun
Tieniu Tan
Jiliang Tang
Xiaowei Tang
Gang Tian
Kui Wang
Mu Wang
Naiyan Wang
Qiming Wang
Zhonglin Wang
Weihua Wu
Zuze Wu
Sishen Xie
Xiaoyun Xiong
Duanfu Xu
Jinkun Xu
Shanjia Xu
Le Yang
Wei Yang
Xiongli Yang
Quan Yuan
Yaxiang Yuan
Lihe Zhang
Xinshi Zhang
Yaping Zhang
Xinsheng Zhao
Houzhi Zheng
Bingkun Zhou
Heng Zhou
Wuzong Zhou
Xinmin Zhou
Xiuji Zhou
Daoben Zhu
Hesun Zhu
Lihuang Zhu
Zuoyan Zhu |
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