I. Initial Review

i. Authors submit manuscripts, author information, copyright statements and other materials online, and the manuscripts enter the pending assignment stage.

ii. The editorial department conducts inspections covering repetition rate, academic misconduct, research ethics, content completeness and formatting.

iii. Outcomes of initial review: send for peer review, revise and resubmit for re-review, or reject.

Ⅱ. Peer Review

i. Manuscripts passing initial review undergo anonymization of author information for double-blind peer review.

ii. No fewer than two peer reviewers with associate senior professional titles or above are assigned based on the research discipline.

iii. A conflict-of-interest policy is implemented. Supervisors, collaborators, colleagues from the same institution and other stakeholders shall be excluded from reviewing the manuscript.

iv. Reviewers independently evaluate manuscripts from multiple dimensions including originality and academic value, research methodology and argument logic, data reliability, rationality of conclusions, writing standardization and literature citation.

v. Review recommendations: accept, accept after revision, revise and resubmit for re-review, or reject.

Ⅲ. Manuscript Revision and Response

i. Authors revise the manuscript item by item in accordance with reviewers’ comments, and submit a revision letter together with the revised manuscript.

ii. The editorial department verifies whether revisions fully address the review comments.

iii. The revised manuscript will be sent back to reviewers for further evaluation when necessary.

IV. Secondary Review

i. Editorial staff are assigned to conduct secondary evaluation of the revised manuscript.

ii. Secondary review outcomes: submit to final review, revise and resubmit for re-review, or reject.

V. Final Review

i. The editor-in-chief makes the final decision based on comprehensive comments from initial review, peer review and secondary review.

ii. Final review decisions: accept, revise and resubmit for re-review, or reject.

VI. Result Notification and Follow-up Procedures

i. The editorial department sends acceptance or rejection notifications to the first author and corresponding author via the manuscript submission and review system.

ii. Accepted manuscripts will proceed through copyediting, typesetting, proofreading and formal publication.

iii. Rejected manuscripts may be resubmitted after substantial revisions if they meet submission requirements. Multiple submissions of the same manuscript to different journals are prohibited.

Note: The Editorial Department of Journal of Xinjiang University(Natural Science Edition in Chinese and English) reserves the right of final interpretation.