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Author Instructions

manuscript and in the cover letter, as well as confirm this point when submitting their manuscript in the submission system.
If no conflicts of interest exist, authors need to state “The authors declare no conflicts of interest”. We also recognize that
some authors may be bound by confidentiality agreements, in which cases authors need to sate “The authors declare that
they are bound by confidentiality agreements that prevent them from disclosing their competing interests in this work”.

9. Editorial Process
9.1 Initial check
9.1.1 Initial manuscript check
New submissions are initially checked by the Managing Editor from the perspectives of originality, suitability, structure
and formatting, conflicts of interest, background of authors, etc. Poorly prepared manuscripts may be rejected at this stage.
If your manuscript does not meet one or more of these requirements, we will return it for further revisions.

9.1.2 Publishing ethics
All manuscripts submitted to JMI 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 Editorial assessment
Once your manuscript has passed the initial check, it will be assigned to the Assistant Editor, and then the Editor-in-
Chief, or the Executive 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, Guest Editor, and then to the Editor-in-Chief, or the Executive Editor in the case of conflict of interest for the Editor-
in-Chief to review. The Editor-in-Chief, or the Executive 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 Assistant
Editor will start to organize peer-review.
9.3 Process
JMI 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. For controversial manuscripts, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for making the
final decision.

9.4 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).
10. Contact Us
Journal Contact
Journal of Materials Informatics Editorial Office
Suite 1504, Plaza A, Xi’an National Digital Publishing Base, No. 996 Tiangu 7th Road, Gaoxin District, Xi’an 710077,
Shaanxi, China.
Lijun Jin
Managing Editor
editorialoffice@jmijournal.com

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