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All authors agree to publish the above-mentioned article in Distributed Energy and confirm the following issues:
1. There is no plagiarism or misconduct in this article. For cited works, the sources of the achievements have been provided and the citations are marked in the article. The article has independent intellectual property rights, does not involve confidential breach, and does not impair national sovereignty and interests. The article content has not been published in any language domestically and internationally, and is not involved in multiple submissions.
2. This article was completed by all authors. Guest author, improper authorship or falsified description of author contribution are not involved. All authors have confirmed the authorship, affiliation (i.e. the main responsible person and affiliation) and author rank, and guarantee that there are no intellectual property disputes. Authors shall bear full responsibility for any consequences arising from improper authorship.
3. All authors agree to transfer the copyright of the submitted article to the Editorial Department of Distributed Energy, and agree that the editorial department has right to use the copyright and publish the article for the first time. The specific rights include but are not limited to the right of reproduction, distribution, information network dissemination, and adaptation. Authors agree that the article can be posted, disseminated, and used in necessary forms on various media, platforms, and terminals for promotion and exchange. Authors trust that the journal will fully consider the author's interests.
4. The editorial department shall pay authors a one-off remuneration (including copyright transfer fees). The remuneration paid by the editorial department already includes all remuneration that should be obtained by authors for the copyright transfer mentioned in this agreement, and the editorial department will not pay additional remuneration to authors.
5. All authors agree that the article can be published online first on China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and the journal website of Distributed Energy, before published in the print journal.
6. Authors agree to the open access policy of this journals. Re-users can reproduce and disseminate this article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. Except for situations described in CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, authors can no longer use the rights that have been transferred. However, authors may cite or translate the content of the article in their subsequent works, or compile it in their non-journal collections.
7. After the article passes peer review and has been accepted, authors agree that the editorial department may make textual modifications and formatting adjustments to the article before publication, in premise that the basic viewpoints and scientific content of the article remain unchanged.
8. This agreement shall come into effect from the date of signature by all authors. After signing, authors shall upload a scanned copy of the original agreement to the submission system of this journal. The scanned copy of this agreement has the same legal effect as the original. If the submitted article is not accepted, this agreement will automatically become invalid.
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(Note: Please ensure the accuracy of information for all authors, institutes, article title, etc. If there are any changes in author rank or wording, the agreement must be signed another time.)

1. Open Access：Distributed Energy flipped to an open access journal in 2026. Since the first issue of 2026, once published, all articles are immediately and permanently available for readers to read and download free of charge. Articles published from the 1st issue of 2016 to 2025 are turned to open access works, which can be read and downloaded free of charge on this website.

2. OA Licensing: Distributed Energy is an open access journal and adopts the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. This allows third-party users to copy and distribute the open access papers of the journal in any medium or format. When copying and distributing papers from the journal, third-party users must provide appropriate attribution, include a link to the license, and indicate whether any modifications have been made to the original paper. Attribution should be done in a reasonable manner, but should not imply endorsement by the journal. The papers from the journal cannot be used for commercial purposes. If the papers are remixed, transformed, or built upon, the modified material cannot be distributed. The full details of the license are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.zh.

3. Copyright Transfer: All authors should sign the Copyright Transfer Agreement and agree to transfer the copyright of the submitted article to the Editorial Department of Distributed Energy and agree that the editorial department has right to use the copyright and publish the article for the first time. The specific rights include but are not limited to the right of reproduction, distribution, information network dissemination, and adaptation. Authors agree that the article can be posted, disseminated, and used in necessary forms on various media, platforms, and terminals for promotion and exchange. Authors agree that the article can be published online first before published in the print journal. Authors should agree to the open access policy of this journal. Re-users can reproduce and disseminate this article under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. Except for situations described in CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, authors can no longer use the rights that have been transferred. However, authors may cite or translate the content of the article in their subsequent works, or compile it in their non-journal collections.

4. Archive：The soft and hard copies of each issue are archived in the editorial department. In order to ensure data security, all information has also been backed up in the editorial department. Hard and soft copies of each issue of the journal are kept in the editorial department for archiving. In addition, other relevant materials are also kept by the editorial department, such as supplementary information and forms provided by the authors. The journal's articles can also be downloaded in full text from databases including CNKI, Wanfang and Weipu. If the journal and the website were closed, archived data could be retrieved through those full-text databases.

5. Data Sharing: The authors are encouraged to publish or share their research data whenever appropriate. Data sharing is helpful for experiment replication and data reuse. The data for sharing may include original data, observation records, experimental results, etc. The journal also encourages the sharing of software, code, models, algorithms, protocols, methods and other useful materials. The authors can upload the materials above to an accessible third-party repository and make a proper citation or add a link at the end of the article.

1. Before Submission-Checklist

The following are required for submission:

1）Make sure the manuscript is suitable for this journal via reading the Aims & Scope;

2）Make sure that issues about publication ethics (der.tsinghuajournals.com/EN/column/column6.shtml) have been considered;

3）Make sure that all authors have approved of the submission.

2. Online Submission

2.1. Ensure that the following items are present:

One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:

1）E-mail address

2）Full postal address

All necessary files should be uploaded when submitting your manuscript:

When submitting your manuscript, please make sure that the following items have been prepared as carefully as possible:

1）Cover letter (mandatory);

2）Manuscript prepared based on the Journal’s Template (mandatory);

3）Author biography and graphical abstract (mandatory);

4）Electronic supplementary materials (optional);

5）Author contributions and other necessary materials not for review (optional).

2.2. How to Submit

Our online submission system (https://fbsnyauthor.manuscriptcloud.com/login?callback=https%3A%2F%2Ffbsnyauthor.manuscriptcloud.com%2Fsso%2FloginCb%2Fmag) guides you stepwise through the process of entering your article details and uploading your files. The system converts your article files to a single PDF file used in the peer-review process. Editable files (e.g., Word) are required to typeset your article for final publication. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, is sent by e-mail.

Please click "Author Login" to submit your manuscript. If you are using the system for the first time, please register a new account following the on-screen instructions and then submit via the online submission system. If you encounter any problems during submission, please contact us at Tel: 010-80732111, Email: mailto:fbshny@cdt-kxjs.com.

2.3. Reviewer Recommendation

Authors could suggest several potential reviewers by providing the names and institutional e-mail addresses. Authors should not suggest reviewers who are colleagues, or who have co-authored or collaborated with you during the last three years. Editors would not invite reviewers who have potential competing interests with the authors.

Note: the editor decides whether or not to invite the reviewers you suggested.

3. Manuscript Preparation

3.1. Language

Please write the text in good Chinese or English. Possible grammatical or spelling errors should be carefully avoided, making the submissions conform to accepted standards of written technical English. The Journal’s editors are not responsible for correcting errors in grammar or spelling. Manuscripts that require extensive English revision may be rejected without review.

3.2. Length of manuscripts

There are no strict limits on the number of published pages for both research and review articles. Nevertheless, authors are asked to make the manuscript as concise as possible and to limit to less than 20 manuscript pages.

3.3. Article types

Journal Name publishes three types of papers: Review, Research Article, Technical Applications.

Reviews: Comprehensive overviews informing readers of the latest research and frontier advances in energy and power systems.

Research Articles: Original papers reporting comprehensive research developments, emphasizing novelty and theoretical contributions.

Technical Applications: Papers focusing on significant engineering practices, case studies, and the practical implementation of major technologies in the distributed energy sector.

3.4. Text formatting

For submission in Microsoft Word, use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10.5-point Times New Roman), one space line, and two columns for text. Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages. Do not use field functions. Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar. Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables. Use the equation editor or MathType for equations. Note: If you use Word 2007, do not create the equations with the default equation editor but use MathType instead.

4. Content and Formatting Requirements

Articles must be scientifically sound, innovative, and practical at an academic level; the arguments must be clear, the data reliable, and the reasoning rigorous. The language should be fluent, the structure clear, logic strong, and terminology standardized. The total length of the manuscript should not exceed 8,000 characters (including the space occupied by charts and graphs). Please click "Submission Guidelines" -> "Paper Format Template" to download the template, which details the content elements and formatting requirements for easy application.

Chinese and English Titles: The title should be simple, appropriate, distinct, and accurate in summarizing the main content of the paper, meeting the requirements of brevity, clarity, retrievability, and specificity.

Chinese and English Author Names and Affiliations (Authors should not exceed 6): The first author should be listed first, followed by others in sequence. The format for the affiliation is: full name of the unit, province/city name, postal code. If multiple authors belong to different units, please provide detailed information for each author, including name, unit name, and postal code.

Chinese and English Abstracts: Please use the third-person perspective. The abstract should be an independent short text containing the main information equivalent to that of the paper and generally include the four elements of purpose, method, results, and conclusion.

Chinese and English Keywords (4-8): These are mainly used for document retrieval. Try to use generic terms that are appropriately broad or narrow in scope and can reflect the characteristics and content requirements of the article.

CLC Number: The CLC number should be classified according to the Chinese Library Classification.

We welcome the indication of provincial or ministerial-level and above fund-supported projects. However, please review this carefully to avoid suspicion of duplicate funding applications. The number of supported projects should not exceed 3, and both the project number and name must be provided.

Introduction: The main content of the introduction should cover the significance of the research, the progress of previous studies, the entry point of this study, and the key problems to be solved.

Quantities, Units, and Charts/Graphs: The uppercase and lowercase, superscripts and subscripts of characters (numbers, Greek, English, Roman) in the text and formulas must be clear. Letters representing vectors and matrices should be in bold. The text, variables, units, and numbers in charts and graphs must be clear. Charts and graphs should have Chinese and English titles and indicate the physical quantities and units of the coordinate axes.

References: Number references in the order of their first appearance in the text, and mark the sequence with square brackets in the upper right corner where they appear in the article. Please cite all references in the main text (do not cite in the title) and arrange them in natural order. Please list the references according to the national standard GB/T 7714-2015 Rules for Content Recording of References after Documents. Examples of reference recording formats can be found in "Submission Guidelines" -> "Reference Recording Format".

Author Biographies: Names of all authors, year of birth, gender, education level, professional title, research direction or field of work. The corresponding author must also provide email and telephone contact information.

5. Academic Misconduct Detection

This journal uses the CNKI Academic Misconduct Detection System AMLC (https://check.cnki.net/amlc) for academic misconduct detection. We will conduct investigations into suspicious issues detected by the software. If plagiarism or other academic misconduct is found, the related manuscript will be rejected. If academic misconduct is discovered after publication, the published article will be retracted, and the author's institution and relevant organizations will be notified.

6. Manuscript Processing Procedure

Submission Stage

Complete the relevant information for the manuscript, read and agree to the academic ethics statement and copyright agreement, and then submit the manuscript.

Manuscript Review and Revision Stage

The editorial office will complete the preliminary review within 5 working days and complete the single-blind review and feedback comprehensive review comments within 20 working days. If revision is required, the submitting author should upload the revised manuscript, a revision statement, and other attachments within 5 working days of receiving the notification; otherwise, it will be considered a withdrawal. If there are special circumstances, please contact the responsible editor promptly.

Typesetting and Proofreading Stage

After authors receive the proof for confirmation, please complete the confirmation within 3 working days.

Tips:

◆ Tip 1: If uploading more than 1 attachment, you can compress multiple files into a single package before uploading.

◆ Tip 2: If the manuscript contains complex figures with high-resolution requirements, you can upload the original figures as attachments to facilitate review by experts and subsequent typesetting.

7. Journal Open Access Statement

This journal is an open access journal. All content is immediately and freely available to readers upon publication. Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text, or use it for other non-commercial legitimate purposes without requesting permission from the publisher or author in advance. This journal follows the BOAI definition of open access.

8. Copyright Policy Statement

If a submission is accepted and published, the relevant copyright usage fee (including electronic publications) will be paid to the author in a lump sum. Therefore, submission represents that the author voluntarily authorizes the editorial office with the following rights during the copyright protection period: reproduction rights, digital reproduction rights, distribution rights, distribution rights in digital products (including CD-ROMs, the internet), compilation rights, digital compilation rights, translation rights, information network dissemination rights, and exclusive rights to layout design, and these rights can be sublicensed to third parties. Authors will not grant others the above rights to the article in any form, but the author may quote (or translate) parts of the paper or compile it into collections (non-journal type) in their subsequent works.

9. Journal Content Usage License Statement

For articles published in this journal, the exclusive copyright has been obtained. Users are permitted to download and share the articles with others, provided that the author's name, the work's title, and the publishing journal are properly credited. However, the articles must not be altered or have their integrity compromised in any way, nor may they be used for commercial purposes. The license statement of this journal complies with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) license agreement.

10. Fee Statement

This journal is a peer reviewed, subsidized open access journal where China Datang Corporation Science and Technology General Research Institute Ltd. pays the OA fee. Authors do not have to pay any open access publication fee.

The journal will pay remuneration to authors of published articles and review fees to peer reviewers. Remuneration and review fees will be distributed to authors and reviewers within one month of publication.

1. Review Process

This journal implements a blinded single-blind peer review system. Upon successful submission, the editorial office will first conduct a preliminary review of the manuscript. Submissions lacking sufficient originality, containing serious scientific or technical flaws, offering little valuable information, or falling outside the journal's scope may be rejected at this stage. Manuscripts passing the initial review will proceed to peer review. The manuscript will be sent to at least one reviewer. Authors must respond to the reviewers' comments point by point and submit a revised version of the manuscript. This process will repeat until the reviewers and editors are satisfied with the manuscript. The final decision for acceptance is made by the Editor-in-Chief or Associate Editors during the final review meeting. The editorial office will select manuscripts fairly based on academic quality and peer review feedback.

2. Processing Time

If a submission does not meet the journal's requirements, it will be returned to the author for revision. The time allowed for revision is generally one week. Failure to return the revised manuscript within the specified time may result in rejection. If the editorial office does not send a reply within one month, the submission may be considered rejected. However, if you intend to submit the manuscript elsewhere, please confirm this with the editorial office in advance.

3. Review of Special Issues and Columns

The above review process applies equally to manuscripts submitted to special issues, columns, and invited contributions. These submissions undergo the exact same review and editorial process as regular submissions and are ultimately accepted by the Editor-in-Chief. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the entire content of the journal, including special issues, columns, and invited contributions. The editorial office may invite authoritative experts in the field to serve as Guest Editors (hosts for special issues/columns). Their duties include proposing themes for special issues/columns, soliciting manuscripts, organizing peer reviews, and resolving any issues arising during publication. The work of Guest Editors is supervised by the Editor-in-Chief to ensure the impartiality of the review process.

4. Submissions by Editors, Editorial Board Members, and Guest Editors

Submissions by Editors, Editorial Board Members, and Guest Editors must adhere to all the same review and editorial procedures. Peer review must be conducted independently of the related Editor/Editorial Board Member/Guest Editor and their research groups. Editors/Editorial Board Members/Guest Editors must not participate in the review of manuscripts where there is a conflict of interest due to competition, collaboration, or other associations with the authors.

5. Corrections and Retractions

If an unintentional scientific error is discovered after publication, and it does not significantly impact the results and conclusions of the article, the editorial office will issue a correction notice as soon as possible, detailing the changes made to the original text. If a published article contains serious scientific errors or is suspected of academic misconduct such as plagiarism or data fabrication, the editorial office may issue a notice stating that the article is under investigation and publish the results, or even retract the article and issue a retraction statement.

6. Appeals and Discussions

Authors who disagree with the editorial or review decisions may file an appeal. Authors need to prepare an "Appeal Statement." The statement must cite the manuscript number, state the detailed appeal reasons, provide a comprehensive and reasonable explanation for disagreeing with the review comments, and be stamped by the author's affiliated institution to be valid. The editorial office will decide whether to accept the appeal based on the specific circumstances. After an article is published, the journal welcomes discussions from authors and readers. The editorial office will process and provide feedback on these discussions as appropriate. We encourage readers and authors to supervise each other and actively provide feedback to foster a healthy academic atmosphere. Appeals and post-publication discussions can be sent to the journal email: mailto:fbshny@cdt-kxjs.com.

The journal pays remuneration for published articles, which includes a prepayment for the use of the electronic version. To broaden the dissemination and enhance the impact of the articles, the following agreement is made with the author: The journal has the right to collaborate with relevant databases and electronic publishers to use partial or the full content of the electronic version without making further payments to the author. Submission of a manuscript to this journal constitutes acknowledgment and acceptance of the above statement and agreement.

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