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Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering >> 2020, Volume 14, Issue 2 doi: 10.1007/s11783-020-1231-3

A guide to shortening the time from submission to publication in

1. School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
2. Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

Available online: 2020-03-09

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Abstract

Authors want to publish their work as soon as possible. However, the manuscript processing time increases if the manuscript does not meet the journal requirements. Our analysis of manuscripts submitted to Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering from November 2018 to July 2019 shows that the processing time was increased up to 33 days because the manuscripts: (1) had inconsistent formatting of citations, references, and units, (2) exceeded the word limit, (3) were missing information such as the graphical abstract, (4) plagiarized other papers, and (5) had too many tables and figures. Herein, we explain how authors can avoid these issues and decrease the manuscript processing time.

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