We are committed to publishing high quality new work that makes a significant contribution within the scope of our journal. In order to meet this aim, Journal of Zhengzhou University (Engineering Science) implements three-tier review system. It can be officially published after three-tier review system for all manuscripts.The review cycle from submission to online publication of the manuscript is about 90 days.

The journal adopts a double anonymous peer review system for manuscript evaluation. The review process is as follows:

（1）Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted via the journal’s website, after which a confirmation email will be sent.

（2）Manuscript Received: The editor will then receive the manuscript, assign it a serial number, and inform authors of the number via email.

（3）Plagiarism check: The editor will use the "Academic Misconduct Literature Check System for Scientific Journals" (AMLC) of the Research Center for Scientific Integrity Management of CNKI to conduct a plagiarism check on the manuscript. The text similarity rate is required to be no more than 10%; otherwise, it will be regarded as suspected plagiarism.

（4）Preliminary review: The editor will conduct a preliminary review of the manuscripts that have passed the plagiarism check. The preliminary review includes aspects such as academic quality, compliance with the journals purpose and scope of publication. Manuscripts lacking originality, suspected of academic misconduct, containing serious scientific flaws, lacking valuable information, or falling outside the scope of the journal will be rejected.

（5）Double anonymous peer review: We will invite at least two external reviewers to conduct a peer review of the manuscript. If there are disagreements among the reviewers, more reviewers will be invited to review the manuscript, and up to 4 rounds of review may be conducted.

（6）Final review: The Editor-in-Chief conducts a conclusive assessment of the manuscript based on the Peer-reviewers’ comments. After the author returns the revised manuscript, the Editor-in-Chief will determine whether the manuscript should be accepted, rejected, or revised and subjected to further review.

（7）Online first publication: Manuscripts that have passed the peer review, been examined and accepted by our journal will be published online first through the continuous online publication "China Academic Journals (Online Edition)" (CAJ - N).

（8）Publication: After the accepted manuscript goes through processes such as editorial processing, typesetting, and proofreading of the issue, it will be printed and published.

　　Note: Submissions from Editorial Board Members (EBMs) and editors must also follow all the journal’s review procedures strictly. Reviews to these manuscripts will be conducted independently of relevant EBMs, editors and their research teams. Furthermore, EBMs and editors must avoid participating in the review of manuscripts from authors with whom they have a competitive, collaborative, or other conflict of interest.