Submissions

Author Guidelines

Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.

Manuscript Submission Overview

Types of Publications

The main types of publications in QQSBM are as follows:

Article: Original research manuscripts. QQSBM is a peer-reviewed journal and publishes both high-quality academic and application-oriented papers in the field of risk analysis and crisis response. The quality and impact of the study will be considered during peer review.
Review: These provide concise and precise updates on the latest progress made in the field of risk analysis and crisis response of research.
Popular Science: Popular science articles are articles that express the existing scientific knowledge, scientific methods, and the scientific thought and spirit integrated into them through words, so that they can be understood by readers. Popular science articles often have a macro narrative style, that is, based on the macro context of scientific development, to inform readers of the mainstream views of the scientific community.
Communication: Event communication is a communication that reports news events with typical significance. It specifically and completely describes the situation and process, causes and results, significance and impact of the occurrence and development of the event.

Submission Process

We at QQSBM invite you to submit high quality paper written in the English language. It is expected that the standard of English is sufficient, with sound grammar and terminologies, else linguistic corrections will be required. Please log into the journal website (https://qqsbm.com/Journal/user/register) to register and upload your paper.

The submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and peer-review process. The submitting author must ensure that all eligible co-authors have been included in the author list (read the criteria to qualify for authorship) and that they have all read and approved the submitted version of the manuscript.

Accepted File Format

For the writing and presentation of the text is required to conform to the standards of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Authors are encouraged to use the Microsoft Word to prepare their manuscript. Using the template file will substantially shorten the time to complete copy-editing and publication of accepted manuscripts. Supplementary files: May be any format, but it is recommended that you use common, non-proprietary formats where possible.

All manuscripts must contain the required sections: Author Information, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Figures and Tables with Captions, Contributions, Acknowledgments, Funding Information, Conflict of Interest and so on.

References should be in alphabetical order, all references must include author(s) name(s), journal or book title, article or chapter title (where required), year of publication, volume and issue (where appropriate) and pagination. Include the digital object identifier (DOI) for all references where available.

Disclaimer: Usage of these templates is exclusively intended for submission to QQSBM for peer-review, and strictly limited to this purpose and it cannot be used for posting online on preprint servers or other websites.

Peer Review Process

The Editorial Procedures of QQSBM include: Initial Checks, Peer-Review, Editorial Decision and Revision, Author Appeals, Production and Publication.

QQSBM uses a double-blind peer review process. All manuscripts will be initially evaluated by the editor for suitability for the journal. The papers considered appropriate are then usually sent to at least three independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the papers. The editor is responsible for the final decision to accept or reject the article. The editor's decision is final. The detailed review process is as follows.

1) QQSBM editorial department receives and reviews all submitted manuscripts, and all submitted manuscripts are considered confidential. The submitted manuscript was initially screened for format. Once the manuscript is provisionally accepted, it will be sent to the three most relevant judges for review.

2) The referee is selected by the editor from the database of the Editorial Board or the recommendation of the members of the Editorial Board. Then, the referee is asked to evaluate the manuscript based on originality, effectiveness, presentation, importance and interest, as well as statistical data if necessary.

3) The acceptance of the manuscript depends on the evaluation, comments and recommendation decisions made by the referee. The referee can suggest "accept", "minor revision", "major revision" and "reject". If there is a conflict between the referees or between the author and the referee(s), the Editor-in-Chief has the right to decide whether to publish the manuscript in the journal. The three repeated decisions of "major revision" are equivalent to rejection, and the rejected papers will not be considered.

4) The reviewed manuscript is returned to the corresponding author with comments, recommendations and revisions. The corresponding author shall submit the revised manuscript and respond point-to-point to the editor's comments and modification methods. There should be a reasonable explanation for any non-compliance with the recommendations. If references, tables, or figures are moved, added, or deleted during the revision process, they must be renumbered so that all references, tables, and figures are referenced in numerical order. If the revised paper is not received within 1 months after the decision is made, the manuscript is considered to have been withdrawn.

5) When the final decision is to accept the manuscript, the editorial department notifies the corresponding author. The peer review process takes approximately 10-12 days. If the author fails to receive a notification of ‘Acceptance’ or ‘Rejection’ within 14 days, he/she can notify the editorial department by e-mail.

Duties of Editor, Authors and Reviewers

Duties of Editor

1) According to the review report of the editorial board, the editor can accept, reject or request to modify the manuscript.

2) There should be no conflict of interest for articles rejected / accepted by editors.

3) The editor must ensure that each manuscript is initially evaluated for originality by the editor using appropriate software. If the manuscript passes the test, it will be forwarded to at least three peer reviewers for double-blind peer review, each of whom will make a recommendation to accept, reject, or modify the manuscript.

4) The editor must ensure that every manuscript received by QQSBM is reviewed to understand its knowledge content, regardless of the author's gender, race, religion, citizenship, etc.