Peer Review System

In order to ensure the academic quality of the journal, Automobile Technology editorial office implements a three-stage review system including preliminary review, peer review, and final review.

1. Preliminary review

Preliminary review is initially confirmed whether the article conforms to the aims and scope of the journal; whether the overall structure of the article conforms to the writing format of scientific and technological papers; whether the content of the article is innovative, leading-edge and high academic value. At the preliminary review stage, the editor is in charge. Articles of poor quality or that do not meet the journal’s aims and scope will be rejected.

2. Peer review

Peer review is the most critical step in three-stage review system. All the articles will be sent to at least one qualified expert to review their content quality and whether they are worth publishing. Automobile Technology adopts a double-blind review, in which both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. The reviewer is expected to give a comprehensive assessment about the feasibility and innovation of the topic as well as the written expression of the article, and provide specific review comments. The reviewer comments are important factors which determine whether the article can be accepted.

3. Final review

Final review is fully responsible for the political direction, academic quality and publishing quality of the journal, so the manuscript should be strictly examined. In this process, the editor-in-chief will decide whether the article can be accepted (or need to be polished, reviewed again, even rejected) in accordance with the result of peer review.