Academic Standards
1. Submission Guidelines
"Journal Modern Information" is a comprehensive academic journal in the national first-level discipline of "Library, Information and Archives Management". With the aim of "focusing on the public knowledge status and leading the development trend of the discipline", it is committed to academic freedom and innovation, and publishes original academic achievements in the field of library and information science and related fields. This journal adopts anonymous peer review. The required word count for submitted papers is above 8,000 words, with no upper limit in principle.
2. Copyright Statement
The papers published in this journal are fully collected by CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), VIP Journal Integration Service Platform (VIP Database), National Philosophy and Social Science Academic Journal Database, and are also openly accessible through the official website of this journal (OA). For manuscripts that do not wish to be selected by the database or OA on this journal's website, please specify this in the submission.
3. Academic Standards
(1) The paper must be the original work of the author and signed truthfully. Respect the intellectual property rights of others, and the citation of literature should be truthful.
(2) Follow basic writing, citation, and annotation standards.
(3) This journal firmly opposes academic misconduct such as submitting one paper to multiple journals and plagiarism; submitted papers must ensure that they have not been accepted for review or publication by other journals.
4 Formatting Requirements
4.1 Paper Structure Order
Chinese Title; Author Name; Author Affiliation, City, Postal Code; Chinese Abstract, Keywords, Classification Code; English Title; English Abstract, Keywords; Main Text; Fund Project; Corresponding Author; Author Biography; Reference; Author Contributions; Supporting Data.
4.2 Abstract Format
This publication adopts a structured abstract, which mainly includes the purpose/significance, method/process, conclusion/findings and other content, avoiding the use of comment and directive writing.
4.3 Keywords
The selection of keywords should be based on the principle of representing the core content of the article most rapidly and accurately searchable, generally 5-8 keywords.
4.4 Classification Code
Adopt "Chinese Library Classification" code, please refer to "Chinese Library Classification" (fifth edition). For interdisciplinary research papers, two classification codes should be provided.
4.5 Numbering Format
Use a hierarchical format of 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, and the number of levels should not exceed three. If the level is too high-ranked to be suitable as a title, it can be distinguished by (1), (2), (3) and ①, ②, ③.
4.6 Fund Project
The fund project is marked as a footnote on the front page of the paper, including the fund name, project name and project number. The number of funds is up to two, and it must be related to the content of the article.
4.7 Corresponding Author and Other Author Biography
It is required to clearly mark the corresponding author information in the form of a footnote on the front page of the paper, including name, year of birth, degree, title, research direction. The corresponding author is responsible for communicating all issues between the editorial department and the author during the manuscript submission process, such as manuscript revision, review, feedback, etc. Other author biographies are marked as footnotes on the front page of the paper, including name, year of birth, degree, title, research direction.
5 Figure and Table Specifications
(1) The charts and tables in the article should be closely related to the content of the paper, and each chart and table should have corresponding explanations in the text and be used only when necessary.
(2) Charts and tables must be labeled with numbers and names, such as "Figure 1 xxxxxx" and "Table 1 xxxxxx."
(3) When referencing charts and tables, the source must be indicated underneath, and copyright permission must be obtained by the author.
(4) Charts and tables must be clear. If they are unclear in the Word document, the original charts and tables must be provided as an attachment when submitting.
6.Methods of Citation
(1) When citing literature, it must be marked in the text and listed in sequential order in the reference list at the end of the article. All references in the reference list must be cited in the text.
(2) When citing multiple articles at the same point, all citation numbers should be listed in brackets in the text, separated by commas. If there are consecutive citation numbers, the numbers can be marked with the starting and ending numbers.
(3) According to the "Information and Documentation - Rules for Bibliographic References" (GB/T 7714-2015), when citing the same author's work multiple times, the citation number of the first citation should be marked in the text, and the page number should be indicated outside the brackets. When citing the same non-literary article multiple times, the citation number of the first citation should be marked in the text.
(4) All authors of references with three or fewer people should be listed, and for more than three people, only the first three should be listed, followed by "et al." in foreign languages. Foreign authors should be listed as "Surname + Abbreviated Name," with the surname in full uppercase letters first, followed by the abbreviated name with the first letter of each part capitalized, without punctuation.
(5) The first letter of each word in the title of foreign-language references should be capitalized (except for articles and prepositions).
(6) The first letter of each word in the source of foreign-language references should be capitalized (except for articles and prepositions).
7.Citation formatting
The basic requirements for bibliographic references are as follows:
(1) The citation method for references in this journal and the format for the reference list at the end of the article shall be in accordance with the national standard GB/T 7714-2015;
(2) Unpublished works and personal communications shall not be included in the reference list, and shall be explained in footnotes on the same page;
(3) The accuracy of reference sources is the responsibility of the author.
