1. Peer Review

(1) All manuscripts submitted for publication must undergo rigorous double-blind peer review, typically involving a minimum of two expert reviewers.

(2) The following principles should be followed when selecting reviewers:

① Qualification Criteria: Reviewers should typically hold a doctoral degree.

② Academic Standards: Reviewers should have published at least three academic papers in the relevant field as a first author or corresponding author, with at least one of those papers published within the last five years.

③ Impartiality: Reviewers should not have any conflicts of interest that could potentially bias their evaluation of the manuscript.

④ Diversity: Reviewers should generally be experts from different universities or research institutions, considering diversity in terms of age, gender, and other relevant factors.

2. Authors

(1) Authors should ensure that their manuscript is original, unpublished, and free from any form of academic misconduct, including multiple submissions, plagiarism, data fabrication, and identity falsification.

(2) All listed authors should have made substantial contributions to the paper and their names should be correctly listed without any dispute regarding the order.

(3) Proper citation should be provided when referencing the work of others in the manuscript, following academic conventions.

(4) The manuscript should not violate any copyright agreements between the authors and other publishing entities, nor breach any confidentiality agreements between the authors and relevant institutions, in compliance with applicable national confidentiality regulations.

(5) Authors are required to submit a publishing agreement signed by all authors upon submission of the manuscript.

3. Editors

(1) Editors should handle manuscripts according to the prescribed procedures (detailed in the journal's manuscript handling process and instructions).

(2) After the initial screening process, the editorial department should invite expert reviewers to assess the manuscript through a double-blind peer review process. This ensures that the manuscript is assigned to appropriate reviewers, and the editors should encourage reviewers to provide their feedback in time.

(3) The editorial department should maintain confidentiality of the personal information and relevant content of both reviewers and authors throughout the review process.

4. Reviewers

(1) Reviewers should adhere to the following principles when evaluating manuscripts: objectivity, fairness, comprehensiveness, and avoidance of personal bias.

(2) Reviewers should complete the review within the specified timeframe. If unable to meet the deadline, they should promptly notify the editorial department.

(3) If reviewers are unfamiliar with the research field of the manuscript, they should inform the editorial department promptly.

(4) Reviewers should maintain the confidentiality of the reviewed manuscript and should not inappropriately use the content for their own purposes. They should also refrain from intentionally delaying the review process for competitive reasons.

For detailed review requirements, please refer to the expert review guide of   The Journal of Dalian Maritime University.

5. Prevention and Handling of Academic Misconduct

(1) Academic misconduct by authors of papers primarily includes plagiarism, fabrication, tampering, improper authorship, multiple submissions, duplicate publications, violation of research ethics, and more, as defined in the "Specifications for Academic Publishing: Definition of Academic Misconduct in Journals."

(2) This journal employs the "Academic Misconduct Literature Checking System" (AMLC) provided by CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) to conduct preliminary checks on manuscripts. The journal requires that the overall text similarity of a manuscript should generally not exceed 20%.

(3) In the event of suspected academic misconduct, the editorial department will conduct an investigation and may submit relevant materials to the editorial board if necessary. Once author misconduct is confirmed: for unpublished manuscripts, they will be rejected; for published manuscripts, they will be retracted with a retraction notice published. Authors found to have engaged in academic misconduct will be barred from submitting to the journal for a period of one year.