Journal of Library Science in China is a scholarly journal in Library and Information Science (LIS) fields. It aims to share research findings and promote knowledge innovation in LIS fields. Many academic achievements of high levels in LIS and closely related fields are published in this journal. To promote internationalization in the LIS fields, we have adjusted our columns to “Research Paper”,  “Communication”,  “Review”, “Special Topic” and others.

We appreciate academic integrity, originality, and innovation, and encourage both original and cross-disciplinary cooperation.

1 Types of manuscripts

Research Paper. Having a detailed statement of a complete specification of new discoveries or new research results with complete elements of academic paper structure: research question, research purpose, literature review, research methods, results, conclusions (discussions), and references.

Review. Including literature review, historical review, academic book reviews, and other comment reviews.

Communication. Discussions, thinking, or debates on the frontier, controversial, theoretical, and practical problems. The forms are not limited.

Special Topics. Papers around major events and special topics. Usually, researches about hot issues and important problems are discussed here.

2 The academic integrity

(1) The paper must be original and with honest authorship. Respect the intellectual property rights of others and use appropriate citations.

(2) Follow basic writing, quotation, and annotation specifications.

(3) We are resolutely against repeated submission of one manuscript, plagiarism, and other academic misconducts. Articles submitted are required to ensure that there are no other journal acceptances.

3 Form requirements

3.1 Structure

Chinese title; author; Chinese abstract, keywords, CLC number; English title; author’s English name; English abstract, English keywords; the text; references; brief introduction of authors.

3.2 Abstract elements

The abstract is an independent short essay containing the main content of the article, for research papers, problems, purposes, methods, results, and conclusions (discussions) should be included and should avoid writing speculatively and indicatively.

3.3 Numbering

Use a level format like “1”, “1.1”, and “1.1.1”, when the number of levels is deep be titles, (1) (2) (3) and ① ②③ can be used.

3.4 Other instructions

(1) Funded projects should include footnotes on the first page of the article to specify grant name, project name, and project number. One article can only list 2 funds, and they should be related to the contents of the article.

(2) Author’s email address should be listed in the footnote on the first page of the article.

4 Graph specifications

(1)Graphs should be closely related to the content and are essential.

(2) Specify the source below the cited graphs; authors should take care of the copyright license issues.

(3) Graphs need to be clear. If the graphs are not legible in the article, please send them as attachments.

(4) Unless necessary, do not use colored graphs. Use black and white instead.

5 Citations

(1) Citations should be noted in the articles and should be listed in sequential numbers in the references at the end of the article. Referenced articles are required to be cited in the text.

For example: …… 德國(guó)學(xué)者N.克羅斯研究了瑞士巴塞爾市附近侏羅山中老第三紀(jì)斷裂對(duì)第三系褶皺的控制[1]；之后，他又描述了西里西亞第三條大型的近南北向構(gòu)造帶，并提出地槽是在不均一的塊體的基底上發(fā)展的思想[2]。……

(2) When citing several papers at the same place, list all cited paper sequence numbers in the square brackets, using commas to separate. If the sequence numbers are continuous, you can just mark the first and the last number.

例: 裴偉[1,5]提出……

莫拉德對(duì)穩(wěn)定區(qū)的節(jié)理格式的研究[1-3]……

(3) When citing the same article several times, the sequence number should be the same. “As the same reference as []” is not allowed to appear in the reference lists.

For example:我國(guó)圖書館社會(huì)責(zé)任（Library social responsibility,以下簡(jiǎn)稱LSR）研究剛剛開始，整體上對(duì)LSR認(rèn)知不很清晰，爭(zhēng)論很多[1]。……XX認(rèn)為，它主要指一些傳統(tǒng)圖書館服務(wù)之外的“分外之事”[2]。……作為社會(huì)組成部分的圖書館在社會(huì)中需要承擔(dān)的有助于解決關(guān)乎人類未來(lái)可持續(xù)發(fā)展的一系列“非圖書館問題”[1]。

(4) When citing monographs, the page numbers should be noted besides the“[]” of the serial number.

For example: ……由于“思想”的內(nèi)涵是“客觀存在反映在人的意識(shí)中經(jīng)過思維活動(dòng)而產(chǎn)生的結(jié)果”[2]11-13，所以“編輯思想”的內(nèi)涵就是編輯實(shí)踐反映在編輯工作者的意識(shí)中，“經(jīng)過思維活動(dòng)而產(chǎn)生的結(jié)果”。……《中國(guó)青年》雜志創(chuàng)辦人追求的高格調(diào)——理性的成熟與熱點(diǎn)的凝聚[3]，表明其讀者群的文化品位的高層次……“方針”指“引導(dǎo)事業(yè)前進(jìn)的方向和目標(biāo)[2]200。……

6 References

6.1 Basic descriptive requirements

(1) The citation labeling methods and bibliographic reference formats comply with the national standard GB/T 7714 - 2005.

(2) Unpublished achievements and personal communications should not be included in the references, noted with footnote form on the same page.

(3) Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references.

6.1.1 Journal papers

[the sequence number] author. article title[article type symbols]. the name of publication, year of publication, volume (period): page number.

[序號(hào)] 作者.題名[文獻(xiàn)類型標(biāo)志].刊物名稱,出版年,卷（期）:起止頁(yè)碼.

For example:

[1] 吳建中. 創(chuàng)新型社會(huì)中圖書館的責(zé)任[J]. 中國(guó)圖書館學(xué)報(bào),2010(6):9-12.

[2] Hewitt J A. Technical services in 1983[J]. Library Resource Services, 1984,28(3):205-218.

6.1.2 Monograph (books)

[the sequence number] author. title [publication type symbol]. other responsibilities. version. place of publication: publisher, year: page number.

[序號(hào)] 作者.書名[文獻(xiàn)類型標(biāo)志].其他責(zé)任者.版本項(xiàng).出版地:出版社,出版年:起止頁(yè)碼.

For example:

[3]蔣有緒，郭泉水，馬娟，等.中國(guó)森林群落分類及其群落學(xué)特征[M].北京:科學(xué)出版社，1998:2-5.

[4]昂溫G，昂溫PS.外國(guó)出版史[M].陳生錚，譯.北京:中國(guó)書籍出版社，1988:1-5.

[5] Tennant R. Managing the Digital Library[M]. New York: Reed Press,2004:150-153.

6.1.3 Monograph (conference proceedings, assembly set) and precipitation of literature

[the serial number] author. title [publication type symbol]// editor. essays: other title information. version. location: publisher, year: page number.

[序號(hào)] 作者.題名[文獻(xiàn)類型標(biāo)志]//編者.文集名:其他題名信息.版本項(xiàng).出版地:出版者,出版年:起止頁(yè)碼.

For example:

[6] 韓吉人.論職工教育的特點(diǎn)[G]//中國(guó)職工教育研究會(huì).職工教育研究論文集.北京:人民教育出版社，1985: 90-99.

[7] WEINSTEIN L,SWERTZ M N. Pathogenic properties of invading microorganism[M]//SODEMAN W A, Jr., SODEMAN W A. Pathologic physiology: mechanisms of disease. Philadelphia: Saunders,1974:745-772.

6.1.4 Newspapers

[the serial number] author. title [publication type logo]. the newspaper name, year-month-day (Revision)

[序號(hào)] 作者.題名[文獻(xiàn)類型標(biāo)志].報(bào)紙名,年-月-日（版次）.

For example:

[8] 張?zhí)锴?/span>.罪犯DNA庫(kù)與生命倫理學(xué)計(jì)劃[N].大眾科技報(bào)，2000-11-12(7).

6.1.5 Degree thesis

[the serial number] author. Sign autographs [publication type]. Archive place: institution, year.

[序號(hào)] 作者.題名[文獻(xiàn)類型標(biāo)志].保存地:保存者,年份.

For example:

[9] 張志祥.間斷動(dòng)力系統(tǒng)的隨機(jī)擾動(dòng)及其在守恒律方程中的應(yīng)用[D].北京:北京大學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)學(xué)院，1998.

6.1.6 Electronic documents

6.1.6.1 Common online documents

[the serial number] author. title. [search date].URL.

For example:

[10] Suber P. Open Access in 2007[OL]. [2008-03-07]. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/01-02-08.htm#2007.

6.1.6.2 Traditional digital documents

Electronic version of the journal papers

[the serial number] author. title [document type/document vector]. name of publication, year, volumn(period):page[cited date].URL.

For example:

[11] 江向東.互聯(lián)網(wǎng)環(huán)境下的信息處理與圖書管理系統(tǒng)解決方案[J/OL].情報(bào)學(xué)報(bào)，1999,18(2)：4[2000-01-18].http://www.chinainfo.gov.cn/periodical/gbxb/gbxb99/ gbxb990203.

Electronic version of newspapers

[the serial number] author. title[document type/document vector]. newspaper name, year-month-day(version)[cited date].URL.

For example:

[12]傅剛,趙承,李佳路.大風(fēng)沙過后的思考[N/OL].北京青年報(bào),2000-04-12(14)[2005-07-12].http://www.bjyouth.com.cn/Bqb/20000412/GB/4216^D0412B1401.htm.

Digital monograph (books)

[the serial number] author. title[document type/document vector].other responsibors. version. publication location. publisher. publish year: page[cited date]. URL.

For example:

[13]Turcotte D L. Fractals and chaos in geology and geophysics[M/OL].New York: Cambridge University Press,1992[1998-09-23]. http://www.seg.org/reviews/ mccorm30.html.

6.2 Chinese document description requirements

In order to facilitate being included by international retrieval tools, Chinese references are required to add an English translation, which means, the Chinese part of literature references is also translated into English and is located in brackets after Chinese.

For example:

李原，郭德俊. 組織中的心理契約[J]. 心理科學(xué)進(jìn)展，2002(1):83-90. (Li Yuan, Guo Dejun. Review on psychological contract in organization[J]. Journal of Developments in Psychology, 2002(1): 83-90.)

The English translation should be based on the source reference. If there is no corresponding English literature source, then you need to translate in consistency of the original.

6.3 Description requirements of pre-print articles

In order to speed up the communications of academic achievements, adapt to the effective protection and management needs of intellectual property in a network environment, the Journal of Library Science in China contributes part of the articles to CNKI before publication. These pre-press published articles will receive the digital object unique identifier (DOI) provided by CNKI, which can uniquely identify an article and realize resource global positioning.

If a pre-print article is needed, please mark the retrieval date and the address of the online publication

For example:

王錦貴. 數(shù)典勿忘祖，“顯學(xué)”隱巨擘——為司馬遷目錄學(xué)成就正名[J/OL]. 中國(guó)圖書館學(xué)報(bào)[2014-02-10]. http://www.cnki.net/kcms/doi/10.13530/j.cnki.jlis.140001.html.

7 Submission

All manuscripts will be submitted in Word format by the editorial department website (http://www.jlis.cn), we don’t accept the submission of the paper version principally. Please note the document type at the upper left location of the title when submission (please select from “Research Papers”, “Review”, and “Communication”).

There are all sorts of online mock submission mails and contact ways, please identify the websites and contacts of the Journal of Library Science in China carefully, thus, to avoid damage to your legitimate rights and interests.

8 Submission process

8.1 Registration

Click “Authors” below the “Log In” column, finish registration according to page instructions. After registration, you will receive a confirmation email, please click the hyperlink in the mail to activate the new account. The email address is very significant, which will be your login certificate. Please fill it correctly.

8.2 Submission

After logging in, click the “Submission” button below “Manuscript Management” and add related information following the guide. Please read the instructions conscientiously and submit your manuscript after standardizing it according to the specification.

8.3 Manuscript search

After submission, you can log in to the “Manuscript Search” page under the “Manuscript Management” column and search according to the manuscript number or title for sake of knowing the processing state and related information.

8.4 Manuscript revision

Before the editorial department deals with the manuscripts, you can modify the manuscript information at any time on the “Manuscript Search” page; once the manuscript has been checked, modifications can only be done after the “retreat” operation by the editorial department. When submitting the modified document, click the “Upload/Download” button under “Manuscript Management” and find manuscripts corresponded to the manuscript number. After modifications according to the revision suggestions, re-upload it by using the “Upload modified manuscript” function. Don’t resubmit it through the submission column, otherwise, your manuscript will be regarded as new submissions, and the existing review of your paper will be lost. Thus, the results of your article will be delayed.

9 Review process

10 Copyright

Our publication has the exclusive publishing right for all forms of accepted articles such as paper, network, and so on(Including other online publication systems which signed agreements with our publication). Authors should guarantee their manuscript is not a violation of any existing copyright protocols and commit to taking responsibility for any damage behaviors of the protocol. If you have any special requirements, please specify when submitting.

The editorial office of Journal of Library Science in China

2011-12-26

Schedule 1  Document type and identification code

Document Type	Identification Code	Document Type	Identification Code
Monograph	M	Report	R
Conference	C	Standard	S
General	G	Patent	P
Newspaper	N	Database	DB
Journal	J	Computer Program	CP
Degree Thesis	D	Electronic Bulletin	EB

Schedule 2  Electronic literature carrier and symbol code

Carrier Type	Symbol Code
magnetic tape	MT
disk	DK
CD-ROM	CD
online	OL