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The impact factor is 161. It has been included in many databases, published more than 300 articles, and more than 220,000 ......This is the achievement of the scientific and technological journal Advanced Fiber Materials, which was first published in 2019. Since its inception, the journal has taken the road of internationalization, adhered to the concept of "scientist-run journal", gathered young scientific research talents, strictly controlled the quality, built a platform for academic exchanges, and continuously improved the international influence of Chinese scientific and technological journals.
In 2023, the scientific and technological journal "Advanced Fiber Materials (English)", initiated by the State Key Laboratory of Fiber Material Modification and the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Donghua University in Shanghai, and co-sponsored by Donghua University and the Chinese Materials Research Society, has achieved great results. The Journal's Impact Factor (IF of Clarivate Analytics), a global professional information services provider, has been updated to 161. "Advanced Fiber Materials (English)" became one of the important international journals in the field of fiber materials and textiles, and realized simultaneous publication and distribution at home and abroad.
Since its inception in September 2019, in the past 5 years, why has this scientific and technological journal achieved good results? What are the implications for China to accelerate the high-quality development of scientific and technological journals and cultivate world-class scientific and technological journals?
Founded an English-language scientific journal.
Enhance the international academic discourse.
The road is long and the line is coming. Professor Zhu Meifang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, editor-in-chief of Advanced Fiber Materials (English), and director of the State Key Laboratory of Fiber Materials Modification, described the road to the establishment of the journal.
The idea of the first issue of Advanced Fiber Materials has been around for a long time, and Zhu Meifang led the team to do a lot of research and preliminary preparations. They found that the research in the field of fiber materials is very hot, but most of the research results are scattered and published in journals in the fields of materials and chemistry. There are 10 international journals in the field of fiber, but the impact factor is 0Between 4 and 2, the journal publication field focuses on technology and engineering, and rarely involves interdisciplinary and cutting-edge research fields.
Even in the 10 professional journals mentioned above, the participation of Chinese scholars is low. We lack scientific and technological journals with international influence, so it can be said that the establishment of English scientific and technological journals cannot be delayed. Zhu Meifang said.
Before the inauguration of Advanced Fiber Materials, most of the domestic researchers in the field of fiber materials and textiles were submitted to foreign journals, but the impact factor of these journals was low, the review cycle was long, and some of them returned to the first review opinion in 3-6 months, and it took about 1 from submission to publication5 years.
It is our purpose to build a top journal in the field of fiber materials, focus on the development frontier of fiber science, publish innovative research results in fiber materials and their application fields for interdisciplinary disciplines such as materials, energy, information, biology, etc., build an international academic exchange platform, and enhance China's international discourse power in the field of fiber materials research. Zhu Meifang introduced that "Advanced Fiber Materials (English)" has taken the road of internationalization since its inception, and in cooperation with the international publishing group Springer Nature, authors can freely choose to publish in open access or traditional subscription mode.
Initially, the funding for the journal was mainly related to the State Key Laboratory, including Professor Chen Zhigang, executive deputy editor of the journal and deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Fiber Materials Modification. "Science and technology journals are related to a country's academic discourse in the field of science and technology, and we must run Chinese's own international top journals." Chen Zhigang said.
Since the 80s of the last century, China began to publish the English version of scientific and technological journals, and the editorial offices of English scientific and technological journals have been mainly concentrated in scientific research institutes, universities, associations and other institutions. "In September 2021, Advanced Fiber Materials (English) was selected as a new issue of the 'High Starting Point of the Excellence Action Plan for Chinese Science and Technology Journals', which gave us great encouragement and confidence. We believe that the State Key Laboratory can produce high-quality international scientific and technological journals. Chen Zhigang said.
Adhering to the concept of "scientist-run journals".
Hold the best quality lifeline.
In addition to insisting on internationalization, another distinctive feature of Advanced Fiber Materials is that it adheres to the concept of "scientist-run journal". At present, the editorial team consists of 8 academic editors, 21 advisory editorial board members, 25 editorial board members and 73 young editorial board members, all of whom are scientists in the fields of materials science and chemical physics.
They uphold the spirit of scientific research to run the journal, and the internationalization of domestic scientific and technological journals requires such a spirit and persistence. Gao Yu, editor of the Journal of Donghua University (English Edition), who often assists in the editing work, said.
In June 2022, Clarivate Analytics released the Journal Citation Report (JCR), with an impact factor of 12 for Advanced Fiber Materials958, ranking in the top 10% of JCR materials interdisciplinary disciplines. Chen Zhigang remembers that since then, Advanced Fiber Materials has quickly attracted the attention of the international academic community, and the number of submissions has increased significantly, from about 10 to 80-100 papers per month.
With the increase of attention, how to better attract high-quality manuscript sources and enhance the international influence of the journal has become the most important thing for team members.
Manuscript quality is always the lifeblood of a journal. "In June 2022, the editorial team decided to benchmark against top international journals and establish a pre-review model for collective decision-making. The editorial department will conduct a format check and preliminary screening in the submission system to remove the manuscripts that are innovative and obviously lack the amount of data, and the rejection rate at this stage is about 20%.
After that, it will enter the strict and meticulous pre-trial link. Every Friday, the editorial office will pack the manuscripts for review and send them to 6 of the 8 academic editorial board members, who will pre-review and score the manuscripts independently. The scoring is divided into three grades: A, B, and C, and the number of A's per editor is limited every week, and a manuscript can only pass the pre-review and enter the review link if it gets 4 A's.
According to journal editor Lu Xiaofang, at present, the rejection rate of Advanced Fiber Materials (English) is about 87%, which is close to the rejection rate of the sub-journal of Nature.
Gather the strength of young scientific research.
Build an industrial chain of scientific and technological journals.
Tian Mingwei, a professor at the School of Textile and Apparel of Qingdao University, said that he submitted his first paper to "Advanced Fiber Materials (English)" and published it successfully. Not only that, this research on "superabsorbent fiber materials" has also received the attention of a company and took the initiative to come to him to discuss cooperation.
Advanced Fiber Materials (English)" has raised the industry's attention to the field of fiber materials and promoted the transformation of industry-university-research results. In Tian Mingwei's view, if China's scientific and technological journals want to achieve high-quality development, they must "stand up to the sky". "Dingtian" is to take the road of internationalization and specialization; "Location" is to grasp the research direction and quality of the first publication, connect with the local atmosphere of related industries, and let more enterprises use these research results.
Since its inception, Tian Mingwei has contributed 10 articles to Advanced Fiber Materials, 4 of which have been published. He also responded to the journal's "Youth Editorial Board Recruitment Order" and applied for and successfully joined the youth editorial team.
The team of 73 young editors is re-elected every two years. Manuscripts submitted for review will be distributed to them and relevant experts at home and abroad for peer review, and review comments will be given within two weeks. It can be said that one of the reasons for the success of this academic journal is that it gathers young scientific research forces in the field.
Xue Jiajia, a professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, has been elected as a member of the Young Editorial Board of Advanced Fiber Materials for two consecutive terms.
In 2019, Xue Jiajia was a postdoctoral fellow and immediately signed up after seeing the "Youth Editorial Board Recruitment Order". She feels that it provides a good academic exchange platform, making it easier for young people to discover the latest research results in the field of fibers, see the cutting-edge direction of the field, and provide new ideas for scientific research.
Zhu Meifang said that in order to enhance the influence of the journal, Advanced Fiber Materials also co-organizes an international conference on advanced fiber and polymer materials every two years. So far, "Advanced Fiber Materials (English)" has been included in many databases, published more than 300 articles, more than 220,000 times, has hosted or hosted more than 30 international conferences, young scholars exchange meetings, and a total of tens of thousands of experts and scholars have participated.
Despite the success of Advanced Fiber Materials in a short period of time, Chen Zhigang believes that there is still a long way to go before the publication can continue to run well and brilliantly. The journal currently adopts a subscription publishing model, and the funding for running the journal is tight, so if it wants to enhance its international influence, it needs more capital investment, so as to attract more scientists and form a professional editorial team to run the journal.
At the same time, we should also lay out and develop an international production, operation and dissemination platform, accelerate the construction of an independent industrial chain of China's scientific and technological journals, and provide more abundant subscription content for professional readers and scholars.
*: "People**" 2024-01-30 13th edition), original title: "Founded in the past 5 years, Advanced Fiber Materials (English) has become one of the important international journals in the field of fiber materials and textiles - focusing on the frontier of science and technology and striving to be the top (self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology, cultivating world-class scientific and technological journals)".
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