Jul 14, 2021

What to Know Before You Hit “Submit”

 

1. Why publish with Luminescience?

All our journals are open accessed, peer-reviewed and bilingually published both in English and Chinese, that means your research results publishing in our journals can be accessed by worldwide scholars without subscription block or language barrier and will get its full impact as it deserves.

 

Publishing your article with Luminescience will benefit you from:

• Online and high-efficient publication
• Open Access and global dissemination
• Access in China without language barrier

 

2. How does it cost for publishing in our journals?

While unlike most open access journals, which are free to readers but charge from authors for APC or publication fee, Luminescience has instituted a generous waiver policy for our journals till July31,2022, that means peer review, basic copyediting, typesetting for publication will be free for authors. Only manuscripts that need extensive English editing, translation, or figure/image optimization, cost will be charged for these extra services.

 

3. How do I find guidelines or instructions for authors for my specific journal?

Each Luminescience journal has its own manuscript Submission Guidelines. Go to the list of Luminescience Journals, select your target journal and view the journal page, in the top navigation bar, you can find Submission Guidelines.

 

4. When will I know if my article has been accepted?

Luminescience strictly follows a systematic editorial process embedding a quality control mechanism outlined by the COPE, the DOAJ, the OASPA, and the WAME. Manuscripts submitted to our journals will be scrutinized critically by the editorial and peer review. The working flow for each manuscript can be trackable via our submission system and our editors will inform the authors for any status updates for the next procedure.