Section 1: Publishing Scope
Section 2: Requirement for Manuscript
Section 3: Fees
Section 4: Method of Submission
Section 1: Publishing Scope
Water Saving Irrigation is a national academic monthly journal, jointly sponsored by Wuhan University and China Irrigation and Drainage Development Center. The publishing scope includes: basic theory in water-saving irrigation; technology and economics in water-saving irrigation; interrelationships and mutual influences in the following link: meteorology - hydrology - water (atmospheric water, surface water, soil water, groundwater, plant water, saline water, sewage, reclaimed water, recycled water) - soil – crops/vegetation fertilizer - irrigation methods - non engineering water saving and fertilizer saving methods (such as covering, water retaining agents, slow release, planting methods, etc.) - irrigation systems - soil and water environment, and various scientific methods used to study those factors; smart irrigation; various models; water saving irrigation engineering and equipment; equipment parameters, environmental parameters, social factors, economic factors, application conditions, and the impact of those factors on water-saving irrigation; agricultural remote sensing inversion, etc.
Section 2: Requirement for Manuscript
Manuscripts shall be innovative, scientific and readable, and shall comply with specifications and standards in terms of physical quantities, legal units of measurement, figures, tables and formats. Review articles should have the author's unique perspective and viewpoint. The manuscripts should include following parts with fixed order: Title, Authors’ Names, Institute, City, Postal Code, Chinese Abstract, Keywords; English Title (Consistent With Chinese), Authors’ names in English, Institute in English, City name in English, Postal Code, English Abstract, English Keywords; Text (Footer in Title-page, introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Analysis, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgement, References). The Footer in Title-page should include: date of submission, funding project, author information and the corresponding author. The journal has detailed guidelines on each part of the manuscript. Before submitting, the authors should carefully read Requirement for Manuscript, Requirement for Figures and References and Manuscript Format Template at the download center of this website, and draft and revise your manuscript accordingly.
Section 3: Fees
Once the manuscript publishing is confirmed, an APC shall be payable (RMB 4000 per article; RMB 2000 for urgent processing).
Section 4: Method of Submission
The journal adopts online submission system. Please visit https://irrigate.whu.edu.cn/jsgg/CN/1007-4929/home.shtml , carefully read the instructions and policies before register for submission. Once the manuscript is submitted, the supplementary documents listed below should be provided.
1) Copyright Transfer Agreement
2) Authors Contribution Form
3) Statement of Competing Interests
Water Saving Irrigation is a national academic monthly journal, jointly sponsored by Wuhan University and China Irrigation and Drainage Development Center. The publishing scope includes: basic theory in water-saving irrigation; technology and economics in water-saving irrigation; interrelationships and mutual influences in the following link: meteorology - hydrology - water (atmospheric water, surface water, soil water, groundwater, plant water, saline water, sewage, reclaimed water, recycled water) - soil - crops/vegetation fertilizer - irrigation methods - non engineering water saving and fertilizer saving methods (such as covering, water retaining agents, slow release, planting methods, etc.) - irrigation systems - soil and water environment, and various scientific methods used to study those factors; smart irrigation; various models; water saving irrigation engineering and equipment; equipment parameters, environmental parameters, social factors, economic factors, application conditions, and the impact of those factors on water-saving irrigation; agricultural remote sensing inversion, etc.