I. Authors' Ethics

1. Plagiarism Check: All submissions undergo primary plagiarism screening using Wanfang Data Similarity Check, supplemented by CNKI AMLC (Academic Misconduct Literature Check). The acceptable similarity index is generally below 10%-15%. Duplicate submissions, multiple submissions, or suspected plagiarism will result in immediate rejection upon verification.

2. Authorship: Authors should be those who have made significant contributions to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study, and to the writing of the manuscript. Authors should be listed in order of their contribution, determined before submission, and changes are generally not permitted during processing. If a change is essential, a written statement of agreement signed by all authors is required. Others contributing to the study should be acknowledged. Undeserved authorship (gift/honorary authorship) is strictly prohibited.

3. Reviewer Responsibilities: Reviewers must evaluate manuscripts professionally, ensuring transparency, confidentiality, and fairness. Comments should be directed at the work, not the authors personally. Reviewers must report to the Editorial Office if they identify factual errors, knowledge errors, significant duplication, or suspected data fabrication/falsification. Reviewers must not use unpublished manuscript materials for their own research.

4. Editorial Responsibilities: Editors strive to ensure the quality of published articles. They evaluate submissions based solely on academic merit, without regard to authors' race, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, political philosophy, or sexual orientation. Editors must maintain confidentiality of manuscript information, disclosing it only to the corresponding author, reviewers, and relevant editorial staff. The journal endeavors to prevent and eliminate academic misconduct. All allegations of misconduct will be investigated seriously. The journal will publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, or apologies when necessary.

5. Conflict of Interest (COI) Disclosure: All authors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest. A COI exists when financial, personal, or professional relationships (of the author or their institution/employer) could unduly influence the author's work or manuscript. Authors must also disclose COIs related to competing products mentioned in the manuscript. A COI statement must be included at the end of the manuscript, explicitly stating “None” if no conflicts exist. Authors must submit a Conflict of Interest Declaration Form upon submission. Reviewers and editors must declare any competing, collaborative, or other relevant relationships with authors, companies, or institutions associated with a manuscript and recuse themselves if necessary.

6. Intellectual Property Protection & Open Science: The journal respects intellectual property rights (IPR) and requires editors, authors, and reviewers to do the same. Infringement must be avoided. Third parties must also respect the journal's IPR. While protecting IPR, the journal encourages Open Science practices, includingsharing research data (e.g., raw data, observations, experimental results), software, code, models, algorithms, protocols, methods, and other useful materials when appropriate. Authors are encouraged to deposit such materials on accessible third-party repositories and include the access link(s) in the manuscript.

II. Editors' Ethics

1. Editorial Policy: Authors are solely responsible for their submissions. In accordance with the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China, the journal reserves the right to edit and condense submissions. Any modifications affecting the core meaning will be referred to the authors for approval.

2. Revision Timeline: Authors are generally required to return revised manuscripts within 15 days, and no later than one month. Authors should contact the Editorial Office before submitting a revised manuscript elsewhere.

3. Submissions by Editorial Board Members/Staff: Submissions from Editorial Board members and editorial staff are subject to the same rigorous peer review and editorial procedures as all other manuscripts. They must recuse themselves from any role in the review, editing, or acceptance decisions concerning manuscripts authored by themselves, their family members, or colleagues. Peer review must be conducted independently of the relevant authors and their research groups.

III. Corrections & Retractions

1. General Policy: Articles published online or in print are considered the final version. Corrections or retractions are generally not made unless deemed absolutely necessary (as outlined below).

2. Corrections: If an article contains an unintentional scientific error that does not significantly impact the results or conclusions, the Editorial Office will publish a Correction Notice promptly. The notice will detail the changes made to the original article and cite the source. A corrected version of the article may be published, clearly indicating the changes and the date of update.

3. Retractions: Articles will be retracted and a Retraction Notice published in the following cases:

a.The article contains serious scientific errors rendering the results and conclusions unreliable.

b.For articles suspected of academic misconduct (e.g., plagiarism, data fabrication/falsification), the Editorial Office will initiate an investigation and issue a statement alerting readers to the concerns. Upon conclusion, the investigation results will be made public. If misconduct is confirmed, the article will be retracted and a Retraction Notice published.

IV. Open Access & Copyright

1. Open Access: Aerospace Shanghai (Chinese & English) is an Open Access journal. All articles are immediately and permanently freely accessible for reading and downloading on the journal's website upon publication. Third-party users are permitted to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). These rights cannot be revoked as long as the license terms are followed. The conditions are:

• Attribution (BY): You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so reasonably, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
• NonCommercial (NC): You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
• NoDerivatives (ND): If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

2. Copyright Transfer: Upon submission, authors must read and acknowledge the Copyright Transfer Agreement. Once a manuscript is accepted, the author(s) transfer the copyright of the entire work and any accompanying figures, tables, abstracts, or extractable components, including but not limited to reproduction, distribution, information network dissemination, performance, translation, compilation, and adaptation rights, to the Aerospace Shanghai (Chinese & English) Editorial Office.

Ⅴ. Upon acceptance of the manuscript, a publication fee of 2,000 RMB per article will be charged, primarily to support open access for academic papers and cover the costs incurred during the journal's publication process.