1. Open Access Policy
Geotechnical Engineering Technology is an Open Access Journal. All published articles are immediately and permanently available for free reading and downloading on the journal’s official website. Articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license permits third-party users to copy and distribute the published articles in any medium or format, including but not limited to CDs, disks, or online platforms, subject to the following conditions:
Attribution: Third-party users must provide proper attribution, include a link to the license, and clearly indicate if any modifications have been made to the original work. Attribution methods may vary but must not imply endorsement by Geotechnical Engineering Technology.
Non-Commercial Use: Articles may not be used for commercial purposes.
No Derivatives: Articles may not be remixed, transformed, or built upon. Modified versions of the articles may not be distributed.
For more details, please visit: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
2. Copyright Policy
Upon submitting a manuscript to Geotechnical Engineering Technology, authors are required to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement with the editorial office. Once the article is accepted for publication, the authors agree to transfer certain copyright rights to the editorial office, including compilation rights, distribution rights, reproduction rights for both print and electronic versions, translation rights, online dissemination rights, and authorization for indexing in bibliographic systems or databases. However, authors retain the right to use their articles under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
Agreement Invalidity: If the manuscript is not accepted for publication, the Copyright Transfer Agreement will automatically become invalid, and the copyright will fully revert to the authors.
The Copyright Transfer Agreement template can be found on the Download Center page of this website.
3. Author Rights and Publication Fees
Author Rights: After the manuscript is accepted, the Copyright Transfer Agreement ensures that both the authors and third parties have the right to share and use the article in accordance with the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
Publication Fees: To support the open access publishing model, Geotechnical Engineering Technology charges an Article Processing Charge (APC). The APC ranges from 3,000 to 7,000 RMB. A one-time remuneration will be provided to authors after publication, and no further royalties will be paid.
4. Peer Review Policy
The journal adopts a rigorous three-stage review and editing process, including single-blind peer review:
(1)Initial Review: Manuscripts are first reviewed by the editorial office. Articles that do not fit the journal’s scope or have significant deficiencies will be rejected at this stage.
(2)Peer Review: manuscripts are reviewed by members of the editorial board and/or other experts in the field. Reviewers should give objective and fair review opinions. Reviewers must have no interest relationship with the authors and funders of the papers, and guarantee the confidentiality of the papers, author information and relevant contents.
(3)Re-review by editor: The editor will provide authors with comprehensive review opinions based on the peer review opinions of experts and the academic quality requirements of the Journal.
(4)Final review by editor-in-chief (editorial committee): The editor-in-chief reviews all manuscripts and makes the final decision on whether they are accepted for publication.
