1.  Manuscript Requirements

1)  The submitted manuscript should have clear arguments, reliable evidence, a well-organized structure, concise discussion, accurate language, adhere to standards, seek truth, and refute falsehoods. The author is responsible for the content.

2)  The manuscript should include: a title in both Chinese and English, author names and affiliations, an abstract, keywords, introduction, main text, and references. Figure captions, table captions, and Chinese references should be translated into English accordingly. On the first page footer, provide the project funding name (including approval number) and the corresponding author's email (see "Manuscript Format" on the website for details).

3)  Please carefully follow the content requirements specified by this journal when preparing each section of the manuscript.

4)  Manuscripts that lack an "Introduction," have no "Conclusion," or only contain a few terse "Conclusions" without a well-supported "Discussion" need to be revised. Unless there is a special reason, the final section of the article should be "Discussion and Conclusion."

5)  Please refer to the Chinese Library Classification number at http://www.dzxb.org/Show/248/?itemid=903 and include it below the abstract.

6)  When the direction is North-East-East, the English abbreviation is ENE, not NEE. When NE is slightly to the east, it should be referred to as "east of NE," or ENE. In Chinese, it is simply pronounced as "Bei Dong Dong" (North-East-East) and should not be inverted to NEE (specific format shown below).

7)  Technical terms and nomenclature must follow the nomenclature published by the National Committee for Terminology in Science and Technology. Foreign abbreviations must comply with international standards. The full English name should be provided the first time an abbreviation appears in the main text, and subsequent occurrences can use the abbreviation.

8)  When citing data, methods, figures, tables, or research results from other authors, please adhere to the relevant provisions of the "Copyright Law," specifying the original author’s name, paper title, and source, and listing the reference accordingly. Any responsibility arising from failure to do so will be borne by the author. References should follow the "Author-Year" citation style. For specific format details, please refer to the "Manuscript Format".

9)  The notation of seismic magnitude should be standardized and written as "Wenchuan Ms 8.0 Earthquake," not "Wenchuan 8.0 Magnitude Earthquake." Avoid using the colloquial term "magnitude" (级). Additionally, the type of magnitude (Ms/ML/mb/Mw, etc.) should be clearly specified.

10)  Please ensure that the English letters in formulas (and in the main text) are in italics as follows: ① Symbols representing vectors, tensors, and matrices should be in bold italics; ② Symbols representing variables should be in regular italics; ③ The superscripts and subscripts of physical quantities should be italicized if they represent variables, but in upright font if they are abbreviations of English words. Common mathematical symbols (such as the natural logarithm base e, the constant π, the transpose symbol T, the imaginary unit i, etc.) should be in upright font.

11)  Figures: Please provide vector format files such as ps, eps, ai, cdr, emf, or wmf to ensure they can be opened and edited using Illustrator or CorelDraw.

① Text, symbols, physical quantities, and units in the figure must be consistent with the main text. Physical symbols in the figure should be in italics, and units in upright font. The format should follow the convention "quantity symbol/unit," for example, f/Hz, v/(m×s⁻¹).

② The content in the figure must correspond to what is mentioned in the text. Any content not discussed in the text should be removed, to better highlight the content relevant to the article. Particularly for figures from other sources, irrelevant content should be deleted, and the reference or annotation should be included.

③ The English text and labels on the figure’s axes should be translated into the corresponding Chinese.

④ For maps involving national borders, please download the latest national boundary maps from www.sbsm.gov.cn or visit the journal's website (http://www.dzxb.org/Show/248/?itemid=902) for download.

12)  Table captions must be translated into English. Tables should follow a three-line format, with auxiliary lines added if necessary, and should be directly inserted into the text. The table caption should be placed above the table. The notation for quantities and units in tables should follow the same format as in figures.

13)  In the main text, use a hyphen ("-") to indicate two words in parallel, an en dash ("—") to indicate a range, and an em dash ("——") to indicate a change in thought or explanation.

14)  Single letters in the text should be directly typed in Word, rather than using the equation editor or pasting images.

2.  Specific Requirements

1)  Authors must log in to the journal’s website (https://www.dzxb.org/) for online submission. After registering and logging in, authors can upload both WORD and PDF files. It is recommended to upload a WORD document, as it is required for academic misconduct checks before the manuscript is sent for review.

2)  Authors may suggest reviewers (please include their title, research area, affiliation, and email address), as well as any reviewers they wish to exclude, for the editorial board's consideration.

3)  Manuscripts that do not meet the above requirements will be returned to the author for revision before re-submission.

4)  Authors can check the progress of their manuscript processing at any time on the journal’s website. Please refrain from submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously.

5)  Articles accepted by the journal will be published in print by the journal, and the full text will also be uploaded to the journal’s website (www.dizhenxb.org.cn), CNKI, Wanfang, Weipu, Chaoxing, BooKan, Zhongyou, and CSCD databases, providing information services for domestic and international readers. The article will also be included in the publication and distribution of the Chinese Academic Journal (CD-ROM Edition). Those who do not agree may submit to another journal.

6)  Once the manuscript is published, an appropriate remuneration will be provided, and page charges will also be applied. Authors will receive 30 complimentary offprints and sample copies of the journal.

3.  Open Access

1） Open Access Statement: Acta Seismologica Sinica flipped to an open access journal since the first issue in 2023. Since then, all articles once published are immediately and permanently available for readers to read and download free of charge. Articles published from 2011 to 2022 have been converted open access, and readers can freely access and download them from our website. Articles published before 2011 are not open access. The copyright of these articles is held by the journal’s editorial office.

2） Copyright Policy: Once a manuscript is published by the journal, the copyright of the manuscript (in all language versions), including but not limited to the rights of reproduction, distribution, distribution through information network, translation, compilation (in whole or in part), transfers to the editorial office of Acta Seismologica Sinica free of charge, worldwide. Authors are required to sign the Copyright Transfer Agreement when submitting the manuscript.

3） License Policy: Acta Seismologica Sinica is an open-access journal. All articles once published are immediately available for readers to read and download free of charge on our journal's website. This journal uses the Creative Commons License, allowing third-party users to copy and distribute the articles in any medium and format according to the terms of Attribution (BY)-NonCommercial (NC)-NoDerivatives (ND) 4.0 (abbreviated as CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). As long as the terms of the license agreement are followed, the licensor cannot revoke these rights. The conditions to be observed are as follows: reusers must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made to the original work. Reusers may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses the use. Reusers may not use the material for commercial purposes. If reusers remix, transform, or build upon the material, they may not distribute the modified material. Authors have the right to share and use their articles under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. For more details on the Creative Commons License, please visit: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

4） Article Archiving Policy: All articles published in this journal are digitally archived, and are stored in the editorial office. To ensure data security, all information and related materials, such as additional information and forms provided by the authors during submission, are also archived in the editorial office. In addition to the official website of the journal, all articles published historically in this journal are stored in databases such as CNKI, Wanfang, Weipu, Chaoxing, BooKan, Zhongyou, and CSCD. Readers can also access these articles through these databases or platforms.

4.   Fees

The journal doesn’t charge a submission fee. The editorial office will send manuscripts for review according to the editorial process. After the manuscript is accepted, the journal will charge a review fee and a page charge. The fee standards are as follows:

Page Charge: 300 RMB per black-and-white page; 1200 RMB per color page, and 1000 RMB per page for two or more pages in color.

Review Fee: 200 RMB per article.

Once the manuscript is published, the journal will promptly pay the author remuneration and provide each author with a copy of the current issue of Acta Seismologica Sinica.