万维提示：
1、投稿方式：在线投稿。
2、期刊网址：
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15391663
3、投稿网址：https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/vzj
4、官网邮箱：vzj@sciencesocieties.org（编辑部）
5、期刊刊期：双月刊，一年出版6期。
2021年11月1日星期一
投稿须知【官网信息】
VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS
SCOPE
Vadose Zone Journal (VZJ) will report fundamental and applied research from disciplinary and multidisciplinary investigations, including assessment and policy analyses, of the mostly unsaturated zone between the soil surface and the groundwater table. The goal is to disseminate information to facilitate science-based decision-making and sustainable management of the vadose zone. Examples of topic areas suitable for VZJ are variably saturated fluid flow, heat and solute transport in granular and fractured media, flow processes in the capillary fringe at or near the water table, water table management, regional and global climate change impacts on the vadose zone, carbon sequestration, design and performance of waste disposal facilities, long-term stewardship of contaminated sites in the vadose zone, biogeochemical transformation processes, microbial processes in shallow and deep formations, bioremediation, and the fate and transport of radionuclides, inorganic and organic chemicals, colloids, viruses, and microorganisms. VZJ will also address yet-to-be-resolved issues, such as how to quantify heterogeneity of subsurface processes and properties, and how to couple physical, chemical, and biological processes across a range of spatial scales from the molecular to the global.
Manuscript Types
Contributions to VZJ may be reviews, updates, original research papers, technical notes, comments or letters to the editor, book reviews, and priority communications.
Reviews may be may be invited or submitted. The journal Editor can assist authors wishing to submit a review paper.
Updates are related to Focus Topics and are short reviews of recent progress in a particular area. They are meant to serve as both resources for research and advanced teaching tools. Most Update papers will be solicited from subject matter experts in association with a specific focus topic. However, the journal will also welcome contributed Updates on topics that will be likely candidates for future focus topics. They are written in a manner making them easily accessible to a broader audience and of interest to readers seeking an introduction to the particular topic. Updates should not exceed 5000 words, with references, but excluding supplemental material. Updates should include a title that attracts the attention of non-specialists and an abstract of not more than 150 words. Updates can be added to a focus topic at the request of the organizers. Updates will be subject to the regular review process.
Original Research findings are interpreted to mean the outcome of scholarly inquiry, investigation, modeling, or experimentation having as an objective the revision of existing concepts, the development of new concepts, or the development of new or improved techniques in some aspect of the vadose zone.
Priority Communications are intended to highlight time-sensitive new research results that have far-reaching impacts across the vadose zone community, i.e., "game changers." These manuscripts will undergo the same rigorous peer reviews as other submissions, but the process will be accelerated and the papers will be shorter and more accessible. Guidelines here
Technical notes are scientifically sound, stand-alone articles that tend to focus on new experimental (laboratory or field), analytical, or modeling methods, and they tend to be shorter in length (~4-6 published pages). Technical notes are handled identically to other full research articles, they follow the same peer review process, and they are cited the same.
VZJ special sections bring to the forefront and promote new areas of research of broad interest to the VZJ readership; highlight and provide a platform for scientific exchange resulting from symposia, collaborative projects, and topical conferences through rigorous and professional peer review process; provide a periodic overview of the state of the art in various research area by soliciting contributions from active leaders in a field of vadose zone research. A proposal for a special section solicits and calls for papers along a theme (approved by the executive Editorial Board) to be submitted, reviewed and published within time frame of one year. A typical special section size varies from 6 to 25 manuscripts. Please submit a simple one page proposal to the Editor. The proposal should include the section's title; an abstract with motivation, scope, and example contributions; a list of potential contributors; suggested guest associate editors; and timeline (3 month blocks—submission, review, publication). The editorial board will provide feedback and approval within 1 week.
The submitting author should have sent each living co-author a draft copy of the manuscript and have obtained the co-author’s assent to co-authorship of it.
The Publications Handbook and Style Manual is the official guide for the preparation and editing of papers.
Please consult our ASA, CSSA, SSSA Editorial Policies before submitting your manuscript.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
Templates
Download the VZJ Manuscript Submission Template and Pre-Submission Manuscript Formatting Checklist.
Submission
Submit manuscripts at the VZJ Manuscript Submission Site. Submissions to VZJ may not be previously published in their entirety or simultaneously submitted to any other scientific or technical journal. American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) journals follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA style) for most style points. Consult our Publications Handbook and Style Manual for information on preparing and editing papers.
Creating the Manuscript File
Microsoft Word or LaTeX files may be submitted for review. For your convenience, we encourage you to use our Word template. The manuscript should be double-spaced, using page and continuous line numbers. See our LaTex File Submission Guidelines for instructions on submitting LaTeX files.
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https://www.soils.org/publications/journals/author-resources/vzj-instructions/
