Construction Technology welcomes manuscripts on following research areas: ① Domestic polices and technical regulations related to construction industry; ② Significant research and project achievement in construction technology; ③ Novel systems, technologies, techniques, materials, machinery and equipment in construction field; ④ Construction management experience; ⑤ Advanced construction technologies and their development trend around the world. We especially welcome submissions on the following topics: Industrialized construction, application of information technology, integration of design and construction, mechanized construction, building structures, engineering testing and reinforcement, energy-efficient buildings, construction safety, green buildings, green construction, and intelligent construction.

1. Instructions on Submission

1) To submit manuscripts, please visit the journal's official website (http://www.shigongjishu.cn), and then click on “Author Access” to register and complete submission. Submissions should have a clear theme, a rigorous structure, logical clarity, and a focused emphasis. In principle, the journal does not accept paper manuscripts or manuscripts submitted by e-mail. Additionally, to enhance the display of images, improve print quality, and provide a better reading experience, the journal has adopted color printing starting from January 2023. Authors are encouraged to use high-resolution color images in their submissions. If you have any questions, please contact the editorial department in a timely manner.

2) Multiple submissions and redundant publication are strictly forbidden, but articles presented at academic conferences, published in internal journals, or abstracted in public publications in the form of preliminary report are exceptions, and authors of those exceptions need to clearly state the situation upon submission.

3) If there is a request to change the order of authors or to add or remove authors, a formal letter with the handwritten signatures of all authors from the initial submission must be provided, along with a photocopy of the first author's ID. If there is a request to change the author's affiliation, an official letter stamped by the original affiliation must be provided for record-keeping purposes.

4) The editorial department will notify the author of the review decision within 3 months of receiving the manuscript. If the author has not received a notification of acceptance or rejection within 3 months after submission, they may inquire with the editorial department or handle the manuscript independently. If the author wishes to withdraw the manuscript for independent handling, please notify the editorial department to cancel the submission in advance.

5) For accepted manuscripts, a publication fee of CNY 4,000 per article (up to 6 pages) will be charged, with an additional fee of CNY 500 per page for extra pages (Please revise the manuscript according to Construction Technology manuscript modification requirements and layout template. The final publication fee will be confirmed by the responsible editor and notified by email for payment.) Upon publication, the author will receive remuneration according to national regulations. The remuneration and complimentary copies of the journal will be sent out within one month after publication.

6) Manuscripts published in the journal will be included in literature databases, such as CNKI. If authors disagree with the inclusion, please make a statement at the time of submission, otherwise it will be deemed as agreement.

7) We will not return original manuscript back to author, regardless of whether it is published or not. It is recommended that authors keep a copy of their original manuscripts.

8) Please provide accurate information of the first author and corresponding author upon submission, including author names, affiliations, positions, academic titles, address, and post code, contact number and email.

2. Requirements on Manuscripts

1) Form of manuscripts: Manuscripts should include title, information of authors (including their names, affiliations, cities, and postal codes), abstract, 5~8 keywords, main body, and references. The length of articles should be 6000~8000 characters. To align with international standards and facilitate communication with international peers, authors are required to provide English translations of the author affiliations, abstract, keywords, figure captions, and table titles. The Chinese abstract should be 400~600 characters, including the research background, research methods, research content, research results, and research conclusions. The abstract should be structured, concise, and accurate, written in the third person. For research articles, the abstract must include at least the "Objective," "Methods," "Results," and "Conclusion" sections. For reviews and other types of articles, it is recommended to describe in the order of research background, introduction of methods or technologies, conclusions, etc. without using "This article" or "The author" as the subject. Standardized terms should be used, and unknown symbols or terms should be avoided. The English abstract should accurately and concisely reflect the Chinese abstract, using present and past tenses appropriately. Keywords should be standardized terms or phrases, without unknown symbols or terms.

2) Main body requirements: ① Text, scientific terms, and unit symbols must comply with current national standards and regulations. ② Diagrams and tables should be carefully selected. Diagrams should be clear, with distinct lines, and concise. Text within diagrams should be in 6-point Song font; if too dense, 7-point Song font can be used. Photographs should be clear with distinct levels of contrast. ③ Mathematical symbols and formulas must be expressed clearly, and foreign letters must distinguish between upper and lower case, as well as between regular and italic typefaces. The positioning of subscripts, superscripts, and symbols must be distinct in height. ④ Formulas, tables, and figures must be uniformly numbered in the order they appear in the text.

3) Layout format:

① Overall Format: Use A4 paper with a top margin of 2.7 cm, other margins set at 2 cm, and header and footer margins of 1.5 cm. Page numbers should be on the outside. Document grid: specify a grid of 47 lines per page. The title and abstract sections should use a single column, with 2-character indentations on both sides. The main text should use a double-column format with a 2-character space between columns. English text and numbers should be in Times New Roman. Use single-line spacing throughout the document, with no space before or after paragraphs.

② Chinese Title: Centered, 2nd size Song font; Chinese Author Names: Centered, small 4th size FangSong font; Chinese Affiliation Name: Centered, 5th size Song font; Chinese Abstract: Small 5th size Song font; English Title: Bold, small 5th size Times New Roman; English Author Names, Affiliation Names, and Abstract: Small 5th size Times New Roman.

③ First-Level and Second-Level Headings: 5th size Hei font; Third-Level Headings: 5th size Song font. Headings should be numbered as 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, and so on. Main Text: 5th size Song font, justified on both sides, with a 2-character indent at the beginning of each paragraph. Figure Captions and Table Headers: Small 5th size Hei font; Table Body and Notes: 6th size Song font.

④ Citations of others' work must be clearly indicated using quotations, footnotes, or listed in the references. Common professional textbooks and handbooks do not need to be included in the references. References should be formatted in small 5th size Song font.

4) References: References should be limited to sources that the author has personally read and that are publicly available or verifiable, with at least 10 references recommended. Chinese references must be translated into English. If citing articles from Construction Technology, please prioritize citing articles from the past two years. References should be listed at the end of the article in the order they appear in the text, with the reference number indicated in superscript within the text. Examples of reference formatting are shown in Chinese as follows:

[1] 江正荣. 建筑地基与基础施工手册 [M]. 北京: 中国建筑工业出版社, 2005. JIANG Z R. Building foundation and foundation construction manual [M]. Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press, 2005.

[2] 周黎光, 仝为民, 杜彦凯, 等. 中国石油大厦双向张弦梁工程预应力施工技术 [J]. 施工技术, 2008, 37(3): 8-11.

ZHOUL G, TONGWM, DUYK, et al. Prestressed construction technology for two-way beam string project of China Petroleum Building [J]. Construction technology, 2008, 37(3): 8-11.

[3] 冶金工业部建筑研究总院. 钢结构工程施工质量验收规范: GB 50205 — 2001 [S]. 北京: 中国计划出版社, 2002.

General Architectural Research Institute of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry. Code for acceptance of construction quality of steel structure engineering: GB 50205 — 2001 [S]. Beijing: China Planning Press, 2002.

3. Manuscript Processing

1) Generally, the first-round review comments are returned within 3 months from the receipt of the manuscript. If external reviewers fail to return their comments on time due to unforeseen circumstances, the review period may be extended accordingly.

2) After the author submits the revised manuscript, the editorial department will notify the author of acceptance or rejection within 1 month. If the author has not received any notification of revision or contact from the journal after this period, the author may proceed with other arrangements for the manuscript after submitting a written notice to the editorial department and receiving confirmation. Once finalized, authors are not allowed to withdraw or alter the manuscript at will. All authors submitting to this journal are considered to agree to this condition.

4. Detailed Explanation

To further enhance the quality of Construction Technology, we now provide detailed and unified formatting instructions for the title, author names, Chinese and English abstracts, keywords, and the first author's profile.

1) Title

·Word limit: No more than 20 words.

·Chinese title: Should reflect specific content of the paper, consisting of concise and logical phrases.

·English title: Primarily in the form of phrases, commonly noun phrases. The first letter of each content word should be capitalized, and function words should be in lowercase (capitalize the first letter of function words longer than four letters).

·Do not use obscure foreign terms, acronyms, symbols, codes, or product names unfamiliar to peers.

2） Authors' Information

·Author affiliations: List the full names of the affiliations in both Chinese and English. For university staff, include the secondary unit (e.g., College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University).

·Each author should list only one affiliation.

·The English names of authors should follow the Chinese Pinyin format. For example, ZHANG Jiuling.

3) Chinese Abstract

·Word limit: 400～600 characters.

·Content: Should include the research background, research methods, research content, and research results. It should be structured, concise, and precise in meaning.

·Use the third person. For research articles, the abstract should at least include the "Objective," "Methods," "Results," and "Conclusion" sections. For review articles and other types of papers, it is recommended to describe in the order of research background, introduction of methods or technologies, conclusions, etc. without using "This article" or "The author" as the subject.

·Use standardized terminology, and avoid using unknown symbols and terms.

4) English Abstract

·Word limit: 400～600 words.

·Content: The English abstract should accurately and concisely reflect the content of the Chinese abstract.

·Commonly use the simple present and simple past tenses.

5) Keywords

·Use 5～8 keywords.

·Keywords should be standardized terms or phrases, without using unfamiliar symbols or terms.

6) First Author's Profile

·Include: Name, position, academic title, and email. For example:

[作者简介]王新华，高级工程师，国家一级注册建造师，E-mail:wxh6668@163.com

·Ensure the correctness of this information. Since this information will be publicly published, authors have the right to choose contact details that protect their privacy. However, please provide a mobile phone number at the end of the manuscript for timely contact with the author, which will be kept strictly confidential by the journal.

5. Review Process

After a manuscript is submitted to the journal, the editorial department will first conduct a preliminary review to it. Manuscripts involving academic misconduct, with severe scientific or technical defects, lack of valuable information, or not within the scope of the journal will be rejected in this review procedure.

After the preliminary review, the manuscript will go through a single-blind peer review process. The editorial department will select 2 peer reviewers for the manuscript. If there are differences between the review comments of the reviewers, the manuscript will be sent to another peer reviewer for review. The final review comments (acceptance, rejection, or modification) will be sent to the corresponding author, and the author is required to give a point-by-point response to the comments and resubmit a revised version of the manuscript. This process will be repeated till both the reviewers and editor are satisfied with the manuscript.

After passing the peer review, the manuscript will proceed to the final review by the Editor-in-Chief, who will make the final decision on acceptance. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the final academic quality control of the journal articles, including the articles of supplementary issues. The above review process applies to all submissions to the journal, whether they are for regular issues and supplementary issues.

Special Note: For manuscripts submitted by the Editorial Board Members or editors of the journal, they must follow the same review and editing procedures adopted by the journal. All Editorial Board Members and editors are not allowed to participate in the review, editing and acceptance decisions of the manuscripts written by themselves, their families or colleagues. Peer review will be conducted independently of relevant Editorial Board Members, editors, and their research teams.

2. Licensing Policy

Construction Technology uses the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license, allowing third-party users to copy and distribute the open access articles published in the journal in any medium or format, provided that the license terms below are followed:

When copying or distributing the open access articles of the journal, third-party users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes to the articles were made. Users may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests that the journal endorses the use. Users may not use the articles for commercial purposes. If users re-mix, transform, or build upon the articles, they may not distribute the modified articles. Full license details are available at:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.zh

3. Copyright Policy

After the manuscript is accepted by the journal, the authors need to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement (the template can be found on the "Guides for Authors" page of this website) to transfer the copyright of the manuscript to the Journal Office of Construction Technology, and the copyright will belong to the Journal Office. After the article is published, the author has the right to use the article under the following circumstances:

(1) The author may reproduce, disseminate, and use the article under the license of CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, e.g., non-commercial academic discussions, exchanges, academic reports, lectures, etc.

(2) The author may use the article in other activities as permitted and authorized by the Editorial Department of Construction Technology.

4. Archiving Policy

4.1 Archive of past issues

All articles published since 2022 are open access articles, which are digitally archived on the official website of the journal. Readers can access them online for free through this website.

Articles published before 2022 are not open access articles and have not been archived on the journal's official website. Free full-text access is not currently available on our website. The full-texts of these articles are stored in the platform of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and Wanfang Database, and readers can obtain the full-text articles through the above platforms.

4.2 Self-archiving policy

It is allowed for authors to deposit all versions of their articles in an institutional or other repository of the authors' choice. However, it is necessary to indicate the articles' publication information in the metadata in the institutional or other repository and use that as a recommended way of citation.

2) Authorship Criteria: All signed authors must meet the journal's authorship criteria, that is, all authors must have materially participated in the research and/or article preparation. They should have made substantial contributions to the following: conception and design of the study, acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, etc.

3) Author Contribution & Conflict of Interest Statement: All authors need to fill in and submit the journal's “Author Statement Form”, to confirm that all authors have made substantial contributions to the article and there is no nominal author, and to disclose all potential conflicts of interest involved in the research. A conflict of interest may exist when an author (or the author's institution or employer) has financial or personal relationships or affiliations that could influence (or bias) the author's decisions, work, or manuscript. Authors should also disclose conflicts of interest with products that compete with those mentioned in their manuscript.

4) The author list shall not be modified at will. If authors intend to change the order of authorship, add or delete authors, a formal letter signed by all authors of initial submission and a copy of the first author's ID card should be provided to the Editorial Department. If an author's institution needs to be changed, an official letter with the seal of the original institution shall be provided to the Editorial Department.

2. Duty of Editors

1) Editors should deal with each manuscript fairly and impartially, and accept or reject a manuscript according to the journal's scope, the novelty and academic quality of the manuscript.

2) Editors should strictly follow the single-blind review process of the journal and keep the true review records. They have the duty to keep confidential the information of authors and reviewers, the authors' research results, and the intermediate materials in manuscript processing.

3) Editors have the responsibility to avoid academic misconduct such as multiple submissions and redundant publication. Editors should conduct plagiarism checking on all manuscripts.

4) Editors should provide authors with detailed revision opinions or reasons for rejection as much as possible, objectively state the review status of manuscripts, and do not make personal comments or attacks on review experts and authors.

5) In the process of editing and publishing, editors should not only pay attention to publishing standards, but also respect author's point of view and writing style and should obtain author's consent for key revisions of a manuscript, such as revision to academic views.

3. Duty of Reviewers

1) Reviewers should make honest, objective, and fair review based on the principles of maintaining academic integrity and respecting academic freedom; they shall not prejudice or discriminate against author's country, institution, race, religion, political belief, gender, etc., and shall not disclose the research content of manuscripts that they review.

2) When there are conflicts of interest between reviewer and author (e.g., kinship, teacher-student relationship, alumni relationship, colleague relationship, competition relationship), in order to ensure the fairness of the review, the reviewer should consult the Editorial Department in time to obtain further suggestions.

3) When a reviewer finds the research is similar to his/her own, the review comments must not contain unsubstantiated or malicious criticism and unfair content. The reviewer should avoid making unfounded allegations.

4) Reviewers should review manuscripts in a timely manner as agreed. If reviews cannot be returned on time, the reviewer should notify the Editorial Department in time and withdraw from reviewing the manuscript, and can recommend suitable reviewers. Without the permission of the Editorial Department, reviewers are not allowed to entrust their own students or colleagues to review the manuscripts on their own behalf.

5) When reviewers encounter a manuscript, they have reviewed, they are obliged to report the situation to the Editorial Department and complete the review according to the journal's standards.

4. Academic Misconduct

Construction Technology only accepts original articles that have not been published. Academic misconduct such as plagiarism, data forgery, multiple submissions, and redundant publication are strictly prohibited!

In order to prevent academic misconduct, the Editorial Department adopts the AMLC System provided by China national knowledge infrastructure (CNKI) to check the manuscripts during the preliminary review stage and before their publication.

If the duplicate check rate of a manuscript exceeds the standard (20% for articles in regular issues，and 30% for articles in supplementary issues), the manuscript will be rejected. If the journal is adversely affected by author's academic misconduct, such as multiple contributions, the Editorial Department will notify the author's affiliated institution and make public statement in terms of relevant issue in the journal; at the same time, the author must bear the costs of manuscript review, editing and processing, papers and printing, and apologize publicly to the journal.

5. Appeal and Post-publication Discussion

1) The journal allows authors to appeal. If authors have any disagreement to the review comments or review results, they could submit a written appeal to the Editorial Department by sending it to the journal's email (sgjs@cadg.cn). The author who submits the appeal needs to make detailed explanation for each review comment. After receiving the appeal, the Editorial Department will investigate and deal with it as soon as possible, and the result of the appeal will be fed back to the author.

2) We welcome authors and readers to make discussion on the journal's published articles. Comments can be sent to the journal's email (sgjs@cadg.cn). The Editorial Department will deal with it as soon as possible and give feedback as appropriate. We welcome readers and authors to actively provide their comments on the articles to the journal, which can help us to create a positive academic atmosphere.

6. Retraction and Correction

1) For manuscript accepted by the journal, the authors shall not arbitrarily request to withdraw or modify the manuscript after it is finalized. All authors are deemed to agree to this statement when they submit to the journal.

2) Correction: If it appears that there are honest scientific errors in published article, which would not lead to significant impacts on the results and conclusions of the article, the Editorial Department will publish corrections in the journal as soon as possible, detailing the changes made to the original article and indicating the source of the article. The Editorial Department will release the corrected new version of the article, and specify the changes to the original article and the date of the update. Only the latest version of the article should be used for citation.

3) Retraction: If a published article is confirmed to involve plagiarized research results, falsified data, redundant publication, or other academic misconduct, the Editorial Department will retract the article, including publishing a retraction statement publicly, and requiring relevant databases to delete all online versions of the article so that the adverse effects of the misleading article could be minimized. Additionally, when a published article is found to have serious scientific errors that render the results and conclusions unreliable, the journal will proceed with retraction, issuing a retraction notice and requesting that databases remove the paper.

7. Digital Archive & Online Accessibility

Articles published by the journal since 2022 have been digitally archived on the journal's official website, through which readers can directly access the articles online. All information and material are backed-up in the Editorial Department for security reason, including the print-copy and digital-copy of all issues, and all other relevant material (e.g., authors' additional information and forms submitted during submission).

In addition to archiving on our official website, the full-text of the journal's articles are also stored in the databases of CNKI and Wanfang Data. Readers can access the above-mentioned databases to obtain the articles published by the journal.

It is allowed for authors to deposit all versions of their articles in an institutional or other repository of the authors' choice. However, it is necessary to indicate the articles' publishing information in the metadata in the institutional or other repository and use that as a recommended way of citation.