Ethics Statement
Chinese Space Science and Technology follows the recognized publication ethics. We firmly oppose plagiarism in any form. Authors submitting articles to the journal should confirm that the manuscript contents are original. They should also warrant that their article has neither been published elsewhere in any language fully or partly, nor is it under review for publication anywhere.
The editors, authors and reviewers of Chinese Space Science and Technology should perform the following duties, and adhere to the submission guidelines and other requirements of the journal.
Section 1 Duties of Editor
1.Based on the reviewer's review comments and the editorial board's review report, the editor can accept, reject or request modifications to the manuscript.
2.Editors should have no conflict of interest with respect to articles they reject or accept.
3.Editors must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated for originality by the editors using appropriate software. After this testing, the manuscript is forwarded to two reviewers for double-blind peer review, each of whom will provide specific suggestions for acceptance, rejection, or modification of the manuscript.
4.Editors must ensure that each manuscript received by Chinese Space Science and Technology is subject to intellectual content review, regardless of the author's gender, race, religion, or nationality.
Section 2 Duties of Authors
1.Authors should provide accurate description of their original research and objective discussion of its significance. Manuscripts will follow the Submission Guidelines of the journal.
2.Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time. Authors should not publish manuscripts describing same research in more than one journal.
3.Authors should confirm all sources of data used in the research and cite publications that are influential in their research work.
4.Authors should be limited to those who have made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution or interpretation of the reported research, and those who have made significant contribution must be listed as co-authors. Other contributors of the article may be listed in acknowledgement. “Gift authorship” is strictly prohibited. The order of authors should be determined before submission and cannot be changed thereafter in principle. Authors should specify their contribution in Authors Statement Form and submit it to the editorial office.
5.All authors must disclose all potential conflicts of interest if the financing/personal status/affiliation of the authors (or the authors' organization/employer) may affect authors' decision, work or manuscript. When mentioning a product, authors should also disclose any conflict of interest against competitive products. Authors should report potential conflicts of interest related to the study in Authors Statement Form and submit it to the editorial office. When there is no competing interest, it should also be stated that “there is no conflict of interest”.
6.Authors promise that this article is an original piece or work, and that all or part of the content has never been published in any other journal or public publication in any form (including conference proceedings with ISBN and online paper collections). There is no multiple submission, plagiarism, or content that violates laws and regulations or infringes upon the rights and interests of others. Once the above-mentioned issues are discovered in this article, the editorial office has right to reject the manuscript in order to maintain scientific ethics and publishing standard. It has right to notify journals in the same field and within the scientific community, stating the authors’ names. It has right to notify relevant institutes to impose penalties on authors.
Section 3 Duties of Reviewers
1.Reviewers must ensure that authors have confirmed all sources of data used in the research. If the reviewers find evidence of plagiarism or multiple submission, they should immediately report it to editors.
2.Review of submitted manuscripts must be undertaken objectively and the reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
3.Reviewers should have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders.
4.Reviewers should point out relevant published works that have not yet been cited.
5.When the reviewer feels that it is impossible to complete the review of the manuscript within specified time, then this information must be communicated to the editor, so that the manuscript could be sent to other reviewers.
Section 4 Retractions and Corrections
1.Editors should consider retracting an article if they have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (e.g. data fabri cation) or honest error (e.g. miscalculation or experimental error); the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission, or justification (i.e. cases of redundant publication); the article is involved in plagiarism or unethical research.
2.Notices of retraction should be linked to the retracted article wherever possible (i.e. in all electronic versions); clearly identify the retracted article (e.g. by including the title and authors in the retraction heading); be published in time to minimize negative effects of the misleading content.
3.Editors should consider issuing a correction if a small portion of an otherwise reliable article proves to be misleading (especially because of honest error); the author / contributor list is incorrect (i.e. a deserving author is omitted or somebody who does not meet authorship criteria has been included).
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Section 6 Statement on Generative Artificial Intelligence
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) lacks the ability for critical thinking and original assessment, which may result in incorrect, incomplete, and biased conclusions. As a non-legal entity, it cannot assert the presence of conflicts of interest nor manage copyright or license agreements. The policy regarding using GenAI in submission and review of manuscripts is as follows.
1.GenAI cannot be used to write entire papers or important parts of papers, such as methods, results, and interpretation and analysis of results. All content falling within the realm of scientific contribution or intellectual work should be completed by humans. This journal does not accept GenAI, its products or teams listed as authors.
2.If GenAI is used in the composition of papers, authors must disclose in detail how GenAI is used in the methods section. Authors are fully responsible for the content produced by GenAI tools, and are thus liable for any breaches of publishing ethics or infringement.
3.GenAI is prohibited to assist manuscript evaluation or decision-making process in the editorial office. It must be human editors who are responsible for the paper review, decision-making, and communication with authors. To avoid risks of infringement, privacy breach, and confidential breach, reviewers and editors are not allowed to upload manuscripts and supplementary materials to publicly available GenAI platforms during the paper review and editing process.