CropSci Publisher Publishing Policy

 CropSci Publisher Open Access Policy
 How to Be an Editor in CropSci Publisher
 CropSci Publisher Peer Review Policy
 CropSci Publisher Article Processing Charges Policy
 CropSci Publisher Privacy Statements
 CropSci Publisher Advertisement Policy
 CropSci Publisher Website Terms and Conditions

■ CropSci Publisher's Open Access Policy

Every peer-reviewed research article published in CropSci Publisher journals is Open Access, which means:
 

1. The article is universally and freely accessible without any charges.

The article can be accessed by Internet without charges, and it will be deposited immediately to at least one of the well known international open access repositories with convenient readable format when published. Nowadays the format tends to be XML with public DTD.

2. The article is permitted unrestricted use, reproduce or redistribute, provided the original work is properly cited.

CropSci Publisher publishes open access journals online under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. All articles published in CropSci Publisher will be permitted unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

An open access article in CropSci Publisher journals is identified by .

■ How to Be an Editor in CropSci Publisher

CropSci Publisher welcomes any biologists from around the world who are committed to contribute his expertise in science to the community and any people who want to become an editor to join our team. To become a qualified editor, you have to start as a reviewer and eventually with online and practical trainings become qualified as an editor.

The evolutionary process of an editor in CropSci Publisher

1.Volunteer Reviewer

Register as a volunteer reviewer is the starting point for your editing career in CropSci Publisher. Click here to register as a reviewer.

2.Invited Reviewer

CropSci Publisher invites academic professionals worldwide to become our peer reviewers. These qualified individuals will automatically become our invited reviewers. Meanwhile, we will also select capable volunteer reviews as our invited reviews. Invited reviewer’s name will be listed on our website and the list will be reviewed annually.

3. Section Editor

The Section Editor is in charge of organizing, reviewing and editing the manuscript for a specific topic in a journal. The section editor position requires plenty of reviewing experiences and expertise in a professional field. In addition, the person should understand our CropSci Publisher’s ideals and is familiar with our publishing policies. The section editors, including full time section editor and section editor at large, are invited or appointed by CropSci Publisher.

4. Full Editor

Full Editor is responsible for organizing, reviewing and editing the manuscript for a designated journal. The position requires rich experience in journal publication with a deep understanding of CropSci Publisher's ideals and familiarity with our publishing policies. The full editor should also have an immense background knowledge and expertise in a professional field. The full editor, also including full-time full editor and full editor at large, is invited or appointed by CropSci Publisher.

We welcome you to join CropSci Publisher, a publishing platform full of beliefs and ideals. It is our unswerving aim to make CropSci Publisher the world's most outstanding publishing platform for academic journals in life sciences.

■ CropSci Publisher Peer Review Policy

All journals published in CropSci Publisher have been fully peer reviewed. For more detail about CropSci Publisher peer review policy, please read CropSci Publisher Peer Review section.

■ CropSci Publisher Article Processing Charges Policy

All journals under CropSci Publisher do not require article processing charges (APCs) and offer free publication and free access. However, Open access publications are not without costs. As a publisher, CropSci Publisher needs to pay platform operation fees to publishing platform operators. These fees are used for server rentals, journal publishing systems, publishing databases, access space, software upgrades, and the daily operation and maintenance of the journal publishing system. In order to promote the prosperity and development of open access journals, we encourage research institutions, researchers, and authors publishing in CropSci Publisher journals to make voluntary donations. We appreciate your support for the open access publishing model.

For more details about CropSci Publisher's charge policy, please read the CropSci Publisher Charge FAQ section.