1、投稿方式：在线投稿。

2、官网网址：

https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/international-soil-and-water-conservation-research/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-soil-and-water-conservation-research

3、投稿系统：

https://www.editorialmanager.com/iswcr

4、官网电话：010-68785906

5、官网邮箱：iswcr@foxmail.com

6、出刊日期：季刊，逢季末月出版。

7、主办单位微信公众号：中国水利水电科学研究院

2026年1月28日星期三

Guide for Authors

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Introduction

The

International Soil and Water Conservation Research helps to disseminate

new knowledge and promote the practice of soil and water conservation.

The Journal welcomes contributions related to innovative ideas and

approaches, results and new data in soil erosion research, preventive

and restorative soil conservation strategies, and related soil and water

resource conservation research. We particularly welcome

interdisciplinary work focusing on monitoring methods, soil erosion

models, development and application of soil and water conservation

measures and evaluation of their effects, maintenance, and improvement

of soil quality, and watershed management related to soil loss and/or

water quality/quantity protection. Moreover, we would like to promote

results from experimental field and laboratory work as well as from

simulations related to soil and water conservation.

Types of paper

Contributions

falling into the following categories will be considered for

publication: Original research papers, reviews articles, short

communication, letter to the editor, and discussions papers. Please

ensure that you select the appropriate article type from the list of

options when making your submission. Authors contributing to special

issues should ensure that they select the special issue article type

from this list.

1.

Regular papers. These should report the results of original research.

The material should not have been previously published elsewhere. They

should consist of a title page (without author information for

double-blind peer review); abstract; introduction including aims and

hypotheses; materials & methods; results; discussion; conclusions;

reference list; tables; and figures. The results and discussion sections

may be combined; the conclusions can be a separate section or the last

paragraph of the discussion section. Regular papers should not be longer

than 20 pages in the printed journal format (40 pages double-spaced)

2.

Review articles. These are peer-reviewed and can be invited as well as

submitted. Topics should cover subjects falling within the scope of the

journal. We only consider review article with critical evaluation of

existing data, defined topics or emerging fields of investigation,

critical issues of public concern. The paper should provide significant

new syntheses and insights rather than summarizing the literature. The

format generally follows that of regular papers.

3.

Short communications. These are peer-reviewed and present original

research that is less suitable for a regular paper because they are

based on a relatively limited dataset. They typically describe

relatively small experiments or studies which nevertheless provide

interesting new insights. They should not exceed three printed pages,

including references, tables, and figures. Within these constraints, a

maximum of 1500 words; 3 figures/tables. The bulk of the text should be

written in continuous form (no subsections). However, a cover page,

(short) abstract and a list of Keywords are required; acknowledgements

and references are allowed. In other respects, the format guidelines for

Regular Papers should be followed.

4.

Letters to the editor. These are not peer-reviewed and are accepted

from time to time on matters of topical interest at the discretion of

the Editors-in-Chief. They can relate to published papers in the

International Soil and Water Conservation Research or can discuss other

timely issues within the journal's scope. Letters to the editor are

generally short and should be written in continuous form (i.e., no

abstract and no other subsections except for an optional list of

references). They generally do not have figures or tables and very few

references.

5.

Discussions papers. These are not peer-reviewed and are solicited by

the Editors-in-Chief. They include invited discussions on published

papers or on other topical subjects falling within the scope of the

International Soil and Water Conservation Research. The format generally

follows that of a letter to the editor.

To avoid author disappointment because of rapid desk rejections, we list topics that will not be considered for publishing.

Papers do not contribute significant new knowledge to the field of study.

Disciplinary studies without soil and water conservation relevance

Local or regional scale case studies lacking in methodological or intellectual novelty.

Follow up studies with limited new contributions concerning data and method.

Soil or plant science studies without soil and water conservation implications

Water quality study focuses on pollutant chemicals without non-point pollution process involved.

Laboratory batch experiments without an application component.

Modelling

studies without adequate calibration and data validation as well as

without an adequate discussion of the results in terms of soil and water

conservation.

Review

papers based only on bibliometric analysis without interpretation in

the perspective of soil and water conservation science.

Papers tackling socio-economic topics not strictly related to soil and water conservation.

Submission checklist

You

can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before

you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section

in this Guide for Authors for more details.

One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:

E-mail address

Full postal address

The first name and last name for all authors are fully spelled out. (Initial is accepted only for the middle name)

We carry out a double-blind policy for peer review, so please do not include author related information in the manuscript.

Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable)

Supplemental files (where applicable)

All necessary files have been uploaded.

Numbered lines with double lines spacing and page numbers.

Include keywords.

All figures (include relevant captions, subfigures if involved) are denoted as (a), (b), (c)…

All text on figure must be shown with a font size equivalent to 12px at least in the manuscript.

Control

the maximum sum total number of figures and tables within 20, while

tables and figures numbering around 12 is highly recommended.

All

equations should be numbered with right aligned number in parentheses

and cited in the context clearly (for example, refer to Eq. (#))

Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided.

All

reference citations should follow the requested journal style format,

provided in the online instructions for authors at:

https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/international-soil-and-water-conservation-research/guide-for-authors/

Further considerations

The manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked' preferably by a native speaker.

All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa.

Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)

A competing interest’s statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare.

Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed.

Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements.

If

parts of the article are based on Artificial Intelligence (e.g.,

methods and/or text production) this should be declared in the

submission letter.

Before you begin

Ethics in publishing

Please

see our information pages on Ethics in publishing and Ethical

guidelines for journal publication. Submissions to KeAi journals are

automatically screened using iThenticate's CrossCheck within the

editorial system to detect plagiarism issues including instances of

overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Details can be

found here. High similarity papers will be desk rejected.

Declaration of interest

All

authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with

other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence

(bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include

employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert

testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other

funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places: 1. A summary

declaration of interest statement in the title page file (if double

anonymized) or the manuscript file (if single anonymized). If there are

no interests to declare then please state this: 'Declarations of

interest: none'. 2. Detailed disclosures as part of a separate

Declaration of Interest form, which forms part of the journal's official

records. It is important for potential interests to be declared in both

places and that the information matches. More information.

Submission declaration and verification

Submission

of an article implies that the work described has not been published

previously (except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture or

academic thesis, see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for

more information), that it is not under consideration for publication

elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly

or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried

out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the

same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically

without the written consent of the copyright-holder. To verify

compliance, your article may be checked by Crossref Similarity Check and

other originality or duplicate checking software.

Use of inclusive language

Inclusive

language acknowledges diversity, conveys respect to all people, is

sensitive to differences, and promotes equal opportunities. Content

should make no assumptions about the beliefs or commitments of any

reader; contain nothing which might imply that one individual is

superior to another on the grounds of age, gender, race, ethnicity,

culture, sexual orientation, disability or health condition; and use

inclusive language throughout. Authors should ensure that writing is

free from bias, stereotypes, slang, reference to dominant culture and/or

cultural assumptions. We advise to seek gender neutrality by using

plural nouns ("clinicians, patients/clients") as default/wherever

possible to avoid using "he, she," or "he/she." We recommend avoiding

the use of descriptors that refer to personal attributes such as age,

gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, disability or

health condition unless they are relevant and valid. When coding

terminology is used, we recommend to avoid offensive or exclusionary

terms such as "master", "slave", "blacklist" and "whitelist". We suggest

using alternatives that are more appropriate and (self-) explanatory

such as "primary", "secondary", "blocklist" and "allowlist". These

guidelines are meant as a point of reference to help identify

appropriate language but are by no means exhaustive or definitive.

Author contributions

For

transparency, we require corresponding authors to provide co-author

contributions to the manuscript using the relevant CRediT roles. The

CRediT taxonomy includes 14 different roles describing each

contributor's specific contribution to the scholarly output. The roles

are: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding

acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration;

Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization;

Roles/Writing - original draft; and Writing - review & editing. Note

that not all roles may apply to every manuscript, and authors may have

contributed through multiple roles. More details and an example.

Changes to authorship

Authors

are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before

submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors

at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or

rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only

before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the

journal Editor. To request such a change, the Editor must receive the

following from the corresponding author: (a) the reason for the change

in author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, letter) from all

authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In

the case of addition or removal of authors, this includes confirmation

from the author being added or removed.

Only

in exceptional circumstances will the Editor consider the addition,

deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been

accepted. While the Editor considers the request, publication of the

manuscript will be suspended. If the manuscript has already been

published in an online issue, any requests approved by the Editor will

result in a corrigendum.

Copyright

Upon

acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal

Publishing Agreement'. Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the

widest possible dissemination of information. An e-mail will be sent to

the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together

with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online

version of this agreement.

If

excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must

obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the

source(s) in the article.

Responsible sharing

Find out how you can share your research published in Elsevier journals.

Funding source

You

are requested to identify who provided financial support for the

conduct of the research and/or preparation of the article and to briefly

describe the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the

collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the

report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. If

the funding source(s) had no such involvement, it is recommended to

state this.

Open access

This

is an open access journal: all articles will be immediately and

permanently free for everyone to read and download. To provide open

access, this journal has an open access fee (also known as an article

publishing charge APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or on their

behalf e.g. by their research funder or institution. The Article

Processing Charge (APC) for this journal is USD 2000, excluding taxes.

This updated rate will take effect from January 1, 2026, based on the

submission date of the manuscript (submissions made before December 31,

2025, will be subject to the previous rate).

Peer

review under responsibility of International Research and Training

Center on Erosion and Sedimentation, the China Water and Power Press,

and China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research. (see

https://www.elsevier.com/openaccesslicenses). All articles will be

published under the following license:

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