万维提示：
1、投稿方式：在线投稿。
2、刊内网址（202504期）：
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/avian-research
https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/avian-research/
https://www.sciopen.com/journal/2055-6187
3、投稿系统：
https://www.editorialmanager.com/avres/default1.aspx
4、出刊日期：季刊，逢季末月出版。
5、官方微信公众号：Avian Research
6、官网信息：2026年12月31日前投稿不收APC。
2026年1月28日星期三
Guide for Authors
【官网信息】
Introduction
Types of Article
Contributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Original research paper, Review, Mini review, Methodology, Letter to the editor, Perspective, and Commentary. Authors are advised to contact the editorial office for inquiry about submission of Letter to the editor, Perspective, and Commentary.
Please ensure that you select the appropriate article type from the list of options when submitting your manuscripts to regular issues of the journal. Authors contributing to (virtual) special issues should ensure that they select the correct abbreviated special issue title and indicate the article type in the title page of the manuscript.
Original research papers are full length papers which are the main type of article of our journal. This type of article focuses on theoretical and applied research in all subjects of avian science. (No word limit, normally no less than 5000 words, including title, author information, abstract, main text, declarations, and references, but excluding supplementary files)
Reviews provide syntheses of topical themes and they should also offer new insights or perspectives to guide future research efforts. We particularly welcome reviews that set a clear agenda for future research within the focal area. Reviews can be written in essay format with the subject headings selected according to the content of the manuscript. (No word limit, normally no less than 8000 words)
Mini reviews are shorter than standard reviews, covering focused aspects of a current area of investigation and its recent developments. They offer a succinct and clear summary of the topic, allowing readers to get up-to-date on new developments and/or emerging concepts. (About 6000 words)
Methodologies present a new experimental method, test or procedure. The method described may either be completely new, or may offer a better version of an existing method. The article should describe a demonstrable advance on what is currently available. (Normally no more than 6000 words)
Letters to the editor communicate brief reports of data from original research that editors believe will be of broad interest to many researchers, and that will likely stimulate further research in the field. (Max two printed pages, about 1800 words, no more than one figure/table and 15 references, written in essay format, abstract not required)
Perspectives present a viewpoint on a specific area of investigation. They could discuss current advances and future directions, provide clear presentation of the authors’ perspective, and may include original data. (Max three printed pages, about 2700 words, no more than two figures/tables and 15 references, written in essay format, abstract not required)
Commentary articles provide critical comments on previous publications in Avian Research (which is highly preferred) or in other journals. (Max two printed pages, about 1800 words, no more than one figure/table and 10 references, not containing unpublished or original data, written in essay format, abstract not required)
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.
Ensure that the following items are present:
One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
All necessary files have been uploaded:
Manuscript:
• Include keywords
• All figures (include relevant captions)
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)
• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided
Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable)
Supplemental files (where applicable)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'
• 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 interests 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
For further information, visit our Support Center.
Before you begin
Ethics in publishing
For information on Ethics in Publishing and Ethical guidelines for journal publication see https://www.elsevier.com/publishingethics and https://www.elsevier.com/ethicalguidelines.
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. Highly similarity papers will be desk rejected.
Declaration of competing interest
Corresponding authors, on behalf of all the authors of a submission, must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. All authors, including those without competing interests to declare, should provide the relevant information to the corresponding author (which, where relevant, may specify they have nothing to declare). Corresponding authors should then use this tool to create a shared statement and upload to the submission system at the Attach Files step. Please do not convert the .docx template to another file type. Author signatures are not required.
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
This journal is a peer-reviewed, fully open access journal owned by Beijing Forestry University, who retains copyright of the overall compiled journal and the compiled issues. For the single article, Authors will retain copyright alongside scholarly usage rights, and KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. and Editorial Office of Avian Research will be granted non-exclusive publishing and distribution rights.
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
Avian Research is an open access journal, which means that all articles will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download. Permitted third party (re)use is defined by the following Creative Commons user licenses.
Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY):
Allows users to copy, to create extracts, abstracts and new works from the Article, to alter and revise the Article and to make commercial use of the Article (including reuse and/or resale of the Article by commercial entities), provided the user gives appropriate credit (with a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI), provides a link to the license, indicates if changes were made and the licensor is not represented as endorsing the use made of the work. The full details of the license are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND):
Allows users to copy and distribute the Article, provided this is not done for commercial purposes and further does not permit distribution of the Article if it is changed or edited in any way, and provided the user gives appropriate credit (with a link to the formal publication through the relevant DOI), provides a link to the license, and that the licensor is not represented as endorsing the use made of the work. The full details of the license are available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Article Processing Charges
Providing open access incurs an article publishing charge (also known as an APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or on their behalf e.g. by their research funder or institution. The APC for Avian Research is US$ 1000, excluding taxes. For all papers submitted before the 31st of December 2026, the APC will be waived making it free to submit to the journal.
Elsevier Researcher Academy
Researcher Academy is a free e-learning platform designed to support early and mid-career researchers throughout their research journey. The "Learn" environment at Researcher Academy offers several interactive modules, webinars, downloadable guides and resources to guide you through the process of writing for research and going through peer review. Feel free to use these free resources to improve your submission and navigate the publication process with ease.
Language and Language Services
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). For all accepted manuscripts, the Editorial Office has the right to invite experienced native speakers to revise English as necessary. Authors who require information about language editing and copyediting services pre- and post-submission also may visit https://webshop.elsevier.com/language-editing/ or our customer support site at https://service.elsevier.com for more information.
Full Online Submission
Submission to this journal proceeds totally online. Use the following guidelines to prepare your article. Via the homepage of this journal https://www.keaipublishing.com/en/journals/avian-research/ you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. The system automatically converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF at submission for the review process, these source files are needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail and via the author's homepage.
ORCiD ID: Our journal supports the use of ORCiD ID. Authors are encouraged to provide ORCiD ID at submission.
Suggesting reviewers (optional)
When submitting the manuscript, you are advised to provide names and institutional e-mail addresses of no more than 6 potential reviewers. You should not suggest reviewers who are your colleagues, or who have a close collaboration with you during the last three years. Editors do not invite reviewers who have potential competing interests with the authors. Finally, you should not include existing members of the journal's editorial board. Note that the editor has the right to decide whether or not to invite your suggested reviewers.
Additional Information
Tables and figures may be presented with captions within the main body of the manuscript; if so, figures should additionally be uploaded as high resolution files.
Preparation
Peer Review
This journal adopts a single anonymized review process. All contributions are sent to a minimum of two independent reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. For more information on the types of peer review, please visit: https://www.elsevier.com/reviewers/what-is-peer-review
1. The editorial office will have a pre-check on the manuscripts. Any papers that fail to meet the basic standard of the journal would be desk rejected for reasons like out of scope, ethic issues, high similarities, etc. Then, the editorial office would reassign selected papers to (deputy) Editor-in-Chief. Papers that are considered reaching the benchmark level of the journal will be further assigned to an Editor.
2. Editor would invite multiple reviewers to review this paper.
3. After at least two reviewers give their reviews and comments, the Editor would provide feedbacks based on review comments to the authors including his own review.
4. When authors submit the revised manuscript, Editor would make a final decision.
5. Submissions contributed by the editors themselves, their colleagues or friends will be handled by other journal editors independently, following all of the journal's usual procedures.
Use of word processing software
It is important that the file be saved in the native format of the word processor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular, do not use the word processor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also the Guide to Publishing with Elsevier. Note that source files of figures, tables and text graphics will be required whether or not you embed your figures in the text. See also the section on Electronic artwork.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the 'spell-check' and 'grammar-check' functions of your word processor.
Article Structure
Manuscripts in general should be organized in the following order:
Title
Name(s) of author(s)
Affiliations (The institutions at which the work was carried out and their postal addresses), including email addresses, phone and fax numbers for the corresponding author(s)
Abstract (one-paragraphed, 200-300 words) followed by 3-8 keywords
Introduction (no need for giving the heading)
Materials and Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusions (optional)
Acknowledgments (where applicable)
References
Figures and their captions
Tables
Appendix (where applicable)
Please let all the above parts involved in one Word file.
For questions about the editorial process (including the status of manuscripts under review) or for technical support on submissions, please visit our Support Center
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