Instruction 

1. Aims and scope

The journal publishes original and review papers of international and national significance on new concepts, theories, methods, and techniques related to hydroelectric power issues. Below are the primary topics:

?   Hydropower planning

?   Hydrology, water resources and water environment

?   Hydraulics and sentiment process

?   Tidal and wave power

?   Hydraulic structure and hydropower station

?   Project construction technology and management

?   Operation, monitoring and control of water turbine and auxiliary facilities

?   Optimal operation of hydropower station and reservoir

?   Impact of hydropower project on ecosystem and environment

?   Monitoring of hydropower project

2. Full online submission

An author wish to submit a manuscript to the journal please proceeds online:  (http://www.slfdxb.cn), and the author (i.e. corresponding author) will be guided step-by-step during the processes of submission and uploading of files. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail.

3. Originality and novelty of manuscript

Manuscript submitted to the journal should not be published in any form, nor accepted for publication or is under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All accepted manuscripts should contain significant progress on concepts, theories, methods, or techniques leading to a substantially improved understanding of the subject.

4. Authorship of a paper

All those who have made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution or interpretation of the manuscript may be listed as coauthors, while others who made less substantial, or purely technical, contributions to the research or to the publication may be listed in the acknowledgement section. When a manuscript has more than one author, one of the authors should be designated as the corresponding author to receive and respond to correspondence from the editors. The corresponding author is responsible for representing all of the coauthors, and should ensure that all the authors have seen and agreed to the submitted manuscript and inclusion of names their as co-authors.

Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names is generally not allowed after submission. In some exceptional circumstances, the corresponding author should contact with the chief editor stating the reason for the change in author list, and providing written confirmation (e-mail, letter) from all authors of both the original and new manuscripts that they agree with the change in author list. If this request is approved by the Chief Editor, the revised manuscript should be re-submitted and treated as a new submission.

5. Peer review process and confidentiality

Each manuscript submitted to the journal will be given unbiased and objective assessment by peer review through three steps.

1)       The manuscript will be initially evaluated by the chief editor (or a deputy chief editor) and a subject editor responsible for the specific discipline.

2)       If the evaluation outcome is positive, the manuscript will be sent to at least two external reviewers. Decisions will be made as soon as possible, and the journal strives to have the reviewers’ comments to within 3 weeks. For a manuscript needs revision, the authors are required to submit the revised manuscript within two weeks. If necessary, the revised manuscripts will be sent for another round of peer review.

3)       Finally, the revised manuscripts will be evaluated by the chief editor (or a deputy chief editor), and the decision of acceptance or further revision will be made.

The review result of a manuscript is solely based on its scientific or technological contribution to the subject without regard to the race, gender, religion, or political belief of the author(s). All manuscripts are treated as confidential during the peer review process.

6. Copyright transfer agreement

A Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA) signed by all of the author(s) is needed after a manuscript is accepted for publication. If the contribution belongs to the employing institution of author(s), the employer should also sign the CTA.

If accepted, a manuscript should not be published elsewhere, either in Chinese or in any other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder.

7. Open Access policy

This journal adopt an open access policy and once published, the contents are freely available to the public. Unedited manuscript will appear at the “Just accepted” column of the journal website shortly after the acceptance of a manuscript, and the final paper will appear electronically in the corresponding issue after the publication of an issue.

8. References and citation

To fully acknowledge all relevant works, authors are asked to ensure that their citations of previously published works are comprehensive at the time of submission. The authors should also ensure that the reference information is correct, and that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa).

Authors are asked to not use copied text, data, figures or tables in published work in their manuscript without permission. If a direct quotation is appropriate, the original source should be properly cited with quotation marks. Figures, tables and other images reproduced from other works normally require the permission of copyright-holder. Articles violating this rule will be rejected.