In order to purify the academic environment and protect favorable academic ecology, our journal will conduct rigorous detection and selection for each paper during the processes of refereeing and publishing. The paper which is regarded as academic misconduct will be blamed seriously.

(1) Detection platform and detection objects. Academic Misconduct Literature Check (AMLC) system of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) is used as the detection platform of our journal. (link: https://check.cnki.net/amlc/). All the papers are detection objects， including the paper which is suspected as academic misconduct.

(2) When using AMLC system to detect papers, for the repetition rate of the paper is over 30%, it will be rejected directly. For the repetition rate of the paper is between 20%—30%, the detailed detection report should be formulated and submitted to reviewers during the refereeing, and the properties and forms of repetition will be judged by reviewers. For the paper which is suspected as academic misconduct by readers, it will be detected by AMLC system to obtain detailed data and detailed reports, and the properties and forms of repetition will be judged by reviewers.

(3) The Criterion of Academic Misconduct Paper for our journal:

    (a) Plagiarize, copy, encroach others’ academic achievements, or tamper with others’ research conclusions and turn them into their own results, or the existence of one manuscript for multiple submissions;
    (b) Falsify scientific research data, materials, literatures, annotations, or fabricate facts and research results;
    (c) Not participate in the research or creation, but sign the research results or the academic papers, use others’ signatures without permissions, and co-sign with fictitious partners;
    (d) Quote others’ protected research results without a reference;
    (e) Buy and sell papers, let others write papers for theauthor or write papers for others.

(4) The treatment of Academic Misconduct Paper for our journal:

    (a) For the paper which is suspected as academic misconduct, we will inform the author immediately and give the author a chance to justify. And then we will re-judge whether academic misconduct is true;
    (b) For the paper which is regarded as academic misconduct and not published, the paper will be rejected directly and the author will be given a warning;
    (c) For the paper which is regarded as academic misconduct and published, our journal will inform the data base to revoke the electronic edition of the paper;
    (d) Our journal will inform all the authors, their organizations and the victim. At the same time, we will suggest the organizations to impose punishment for the author according to their rules and regulations. We will also remind the victim of his/her right for compensation. Our journal will reserve the right to claim compensation if it is caused by loss of reputation or any other loss.
    (e) For the author who has following actions, such as serious plagiarism, one manuscript for multiple submissions, revenge on the whistle-blower, interest exchange, academic misconduct for multiple times, causing serious consequences or bad influences, our journal will reject his/her papers in the next three years.
    (f) For the author who has academic misconduct papers, our journal will document him/her on our academic misconduct blacklist and reserve the right to share the blacklist with other agencies.

(5) Review. If the author is not satisfied with the decision, he/she can apply for review within 10 days from the date of receiving the decision. Our journal will invite experts to review the paper to make a final opinion, and inform theauthor of the review results within 30 working days.

Journal of Combustion Science and Technology has the right to interpret the above methods.