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Author Instructions

Once your manuscript has passed the initial check, it will be assigned to the Assistant Editor, and then the Editor-in-Chief,
or an Associate Editor in the case of a conflict of interest, will be notified of the submission and invited to review. Regarding
Special Issue paper, after passing the initial check, the manuscript will be successively assigned to the Assistant Editor, and
then to the Editor-in-Chief, or an Associate Editor in the case of conflict of interest for the Editor-in-Chief to review. The
Editor-in-Chief, or the Associate Editor may reject manuscripts that they deem highly unlikely to pass peer review without
further consultation. Once your manuscript has passed the Editorial assessment, the Associate Editor will start to organize
peer-review.

All manuscripts submitted to CES are screened using CrossCheck powered by iThenticate to identify any plagiarized
content. Your study must also meet all ethical requirements as outlined in our Editorial Policies. If the manuscript does not
pass any of these checks, we may return it to you for further revisions or decline to consider your study for publication.

9.2 Peer Review
CES operates a single-blind review process, which means that reviewers know the names of authors, but the names of
the reviewers are hidden from the authors. The scientific quality of the research described in the manuscript is assessed
by a minimum of three independent expert reviewers. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the final decision regarding
acceptance or rejection of the manuscript.
All information contained in your manuscript and acquired during the review process will be held in the strictest confidence.

9.3 Decisions
Your research will be judged on scientific soundness only, not on its perceived impact as judged by Editors or referees.
There are three possible decisions: Accept (your study satisfies all publication criteria), Invitation to Revise (more work is
required to satisfy all criteria), and Reject (your study fails to satisfy key criteria and it is highly unlikely that further work
can address its shortcomings). All of the following publication criteria must be fulfilled to enable your manuscript to be
accepted for publication:
Originality
The study reports original research and conclusions.
Data availability
All data to support the conclusions either have been provided or are otherwise publicly available.
Statistics
All data have been analyzed through appropriate statistical tests and these are clearly defined.
Methods
The methods are described in sufficient detail to be replicated.
Citations
Previous work has been appropriately acknowledged.

Interpretation
The conclusions are a reasonable extension of the results.
Ethics
The study design, data presentation, and writing style comply with our Editorial Policies.

9.4 Revisions

Authors are required to submit the revised manuscript within one week if minor revision is recommended while two weeks
if major revision recommended or one month if additional experiments are needed. If authors need more than one month to
revise their manuscript, we usually require the authors to resubmit their paper. We request that a document of point-to-point
response to all comments of reviewers and the Editor-in-Chief or the Associate Editor should be supplied along with the
revised manuscript to allow quick assessment of your revised manuscript. This document should outline in detail how each
of the comments was addressed in the revised manuscript or should provide a rebuttal to the criticism. Manuscripts may or
may not be sent to reviewers after revision, dependent on whether the reviewer requested to see the revised version. Apart
from in exceptional circumstances, CES only supports a round of major revision per manuscript.

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