Call for Papers: Special Issue on Microecology

Introduction of Journal

Engineering (ISSN: 2095-8099) is a top-tier interdisciplinary journal published by Elsevier LTD on behalf of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and Higher Education Press Limited Company ( https://www.journals.elsevier.com/engineering). The journal’s 2020 impact factor has achieved 12.834 and was ranked 1th in the influential Q1 group for engineering in the SCI, as a mark of its initial influence in the international engineering field. Online versions are available through http://www.engineering.org.cn or https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/engineering

Topic

To facilitate the new discoveries in the metagenomics field, now we figure out to host a special issue on “Microecology”, which highlights both fundamental research and clinical oriented studies. We hope this special issue will cover the novel findings involving theoretical development and cutting-edge research on the pathogenesis and therapeutic discovery of human health and diseases from a new horizon of interactions of human microbiota, metabolism and host immunity.

Topics of interest

This issue will publish original research papers, reviews, perspectives, news & highlights, and views & comments including but not limited to the following fields:

(1) News & Highlights: Engineering science and technology news with a global perspective and the latest progress in engineering science and technology issues of high concern; This column covers the following aspects:

• Major technical breakthroughs in the field of engineering technology;
• Major policy-making, project implementation, and economic developments in engineering technology;
• Latest developments in other major issues of shared concern among sci-tech, engineering, and the wider communities.

(2) Views & Comments: It aims to encourage serious academic debates in the scientific and technological and engineering circles, express new ideas and viewpoints, and provide a platform for commenting on some comprehensive and major issues. Contributions to the column should be more forward-looking, speculative, and with a higher and broader vision than Research Articles and Reviews.

(3) Research papers: High-level research results related to some key engineering science and technology events in the form of research articles, reviews, outlooks, and newsletters.

Guest editors:

Editorial Board of the Special Issue:

 

Guest Editor-in-Chief:

Lanjuan Li, Zhejiang University, China

Michael Snyder, Stanford University, USA

Members:

Eran Elinav, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel;Jingyuan Fu, University of Groningen, Netherlands;
Xin M. Luo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA;
Todd Taylor, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Japan;
Andreas Teaful, Heidelberg University, Germany;
Baohong Wang, Zhejiang University, China;
Yulan Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;
Jun Yu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China;
Shusen Zheng, Zhejiang University, China;
BaoLi Zhu, Institute of Microbiology, CAS, China;
Shu Zhu, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Managing Editor:

Jiaming Wu, Engineering Science Press, China

 

Coordinators:

Baohong Wang, Zhejiang University (wangbaohongzju@zju.edu.cn);

Xin Zhou, Stanford University (xzhou7@stanford.edu)

Manuscript submission information:

Deadline for Paper Submission: March 30, 2024.

The author instructions and paper submission information can be found at https://www.journals.elsevier.com/engineering/ . All the submitted papers will be reviewed by strict international peer review process before acceptance.

The sooner you submit, the sooner your paper (once accepted) will appear in press online and in both English and Chinese. All contributors will be honored as a member of the editorial board.

Paper Length, Content & Check rate

News & Highlights: 800~1500 words, it may be written in Chinese or English. An article may be accompanied by illustrations if necessary. If an article quotes from other materials, corresponding references are required to be listed at the end of the article. The overall use of quotation from other articles, including those by guest authors, may not exceed 15%.

Views & Comments: 1000~2000 words, with less than five figures or tables and less than 15 references, without Supplementary Materials.

Reviews: up to ~10000 words, including 3~5 keywords, an abstract, an introduction, main body, brief subheadings, an outlook, figures or tables, and references. The overall use of quotation from other articles, including those by guest authors, may not exceed 20%.

Feature Articles: up to ~6000 words

Recent Patents: up to ~6000 words

Perspectives: up to 3000~5000 words

Research Articles: up to ~6000 words, including 3~5 keywords, an abstract, an introduction, main body, brief subheadings, a conclusion, figures or tables, and references. Additional supplementary materials are encouraged, which can be various types of auxiliary information, including figures and tables, detailed materials and methods, video or audio files, and so on. The overall use of quotation from other articles, including those by guest authors, may not exceed 15%.

Letters: up to ~4000 words

For more details, please visit http://www.engineering.org.cn/en/journal/eng/authors

Why publish in this Special Issue?

• Special Issue articles are published together on ScienceDirect, making it incredibly easy for other researchers to discover your work.
• Special content articles are downloaded on ScienceDirect twice as often within the first 24 months than articles published in regular issues.
• Special content articles attract 20% more citations in the first 24 months than articles published in regular issues.
• All articles in this special issue will be reviewed by no fewer than two independent experts to ensure the quality, originality and novelty of the work published.