Journal Instructions
Journal of Plant Protection is a comprehensive scientific periodical sponsored by China Society of Plant Protection and China Agricultural University, and directed by China Association for Science and Technology. It was founded in 1962. The journal published bimonthly since February 2007. The staff strictly follows the national policies and rules in news and publication, and pay high attention to the national and international standards in publication, as well as information exchanges. So far, the journal is a member of the Chemical Abstracts (CA) in USA, Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) in GBR, AGRICOLA in USA, Review of Agricultural Entomology, Review of Plant Pathology, AGRIS International, ZA, BIOSIS, Japan Science and Technology Agency (Chinese Bibliographic Database) (JSTChina), Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD), Guide to Chinese Journals, Chinese Biological Abstracts, Chinese Science Abstracts (Chinese Edition) (CSAC), Chinese Journal Full-text Databases(CJFD), Wanfang Database, Chinese Academic Journal Comprehensive Evaluation Database and other related indexing journals.
The readers of our Journal are mainly researchers in research institutions, students and teachers in universities and colleges, and professionals in the field of plant protection.
Aims and Scope
Journal of Plant Protection is dedicated to report the latest different viewpoints in science and technology in plant protection, enhancing the scientific exchanges and serving the agricultural modernization. The journal covers nearly all the aspects in plant protection, such as crop diseases, insect pests, herbs, rodent pests, pesticides etc. It emphasizes on the original research papers, reviews and short communications in applied fields, including the latest and most important achievements of plant protection in China as well as other parts of the world. Papers are submitted with an understanding that they have not been published elsewhere and are not being considered for publication elsewhere (exception: abstracts published in connection with conferences).
Peer Review
It is assumed that all people listed as authors of submitted papers meet both basic authorship criteria: (1) they contributed substantially to study planning, data collection or interpretation of results; and (2) wrote or critically revised the paper. It is also assumed that all people listed as authors are aware of it and have agreed to be listed. Acting against the above rules, especially every discovered case of scientific misconduct (ghostwriting, guest authorship, etc.), will be treated seriously by Editors. They will inform scientific bodies and/or employers of dishonest authors about it.
All submitted papers are initially evaluated by Editor-in-Chief according to the following criteria: compatibility of paper topic with journal policy, paper originality, importance and timeliness. The papers with insufficient priority are rejected. The other papers are sent to at least two expert referees for peer review. Peer referee identities and author identities are kept confidential from each other, which is double-blind peer reriew . The existence of a paper under review is not revealed to anyone other than peer referees and editorial staff. Final decision is made by Editor-in-Chief after receiving all referee opinions. The authors are informed about paper acceptance or rejection within two-three months.
