About Signature

Signature includes two basic principles: contribution and responsibility. The author must have made outstanding intellectual or practical contributions to the work in the article, and with the attribution comes the responsibility for the content of the article.

The Committee of Journal of Refrigeration requires authors to meet three conditions: substantial contributions to concepts and designs, or data acquisition, or data analysis and interpretation. Drafted a paper or made revisions to its important knowledge content. Approval of the final version of the paper.

The conditions for not being eligible for authorship include: simply providing funding for research or serving as a leader of a group or unit. Just providing experimental space or instruments. Provide paid routine technical support, services, or materials for the project, or edit articles.

The "Acknowledgements" section of a paper is used to thank those who do not have the qualifications to be credited, but have contributed to the research, including those who provided technical support for the research but did not fully understand the experimental work, or those who provided writing or editing services but did not participate in other aspects of the work. The Committee of Journal of Refrigeration further suggests that the acknowledgements section should include individuals who have made "material" contributions to the research but do not have the qualifications to be credited, such as "scientific advisors" or "clinical researchers".

First author: The first author should be the person who plays a major role in generating data, interpreting results, and writing the first draft.

Corresponding author: Corresponding authors are usually responsible for the submission of manuscripts, such as writing letters, responding to peer review comments, signing copyright agreements, etc., sometimes also known as responsible authors. The corresponding author is usually a senior author, who refers to the main researcher, group leader, laboratory director, or supervisor. But it can also be the first author.

The responsibility of the corresponding author (senior author): Guidelines typically require the corresponding author (senior author) to bear primary responsibility. The senior author and first author jointly determine the list of co authors. Senior authors are responsible for reviewing all data in the article and ensuring the authenticity of the entire work. Senior authors should be able to demonstrate the contributions of all authors in their research work. Senior authors are responsible for completing some administrative work related to article submission.

Conflicts of Interest

Authors

Articles should include a full list of the current institutional affiliations of all authors, both academic and corporate.

All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed in the article when submitting their article.

All authors and co-authors are required to disclose any potential conflict of interest when submitting their article (e.g. employment, consulting fees, research contracts, stock ownership, patent licenses, honoraria, advisory affiliations, etc.). If the article is subsequently accepted for publication, this information should be included in an acknowledgments section.

Reviewers

Reviewers should contact the editor and the journal office to declare any potential conflicts of interest in advance of reviewing an article (financial, institutional, collaborative, or other relationships between the reviewer and author), and if necessary, withdraw the services for that manuscript.

Minor conflicts do not disqualify a reviewer from reporting on an article but will be taken into account when considering the reviewers’ recommendations. Major conflicts of interest do disqualify a reviewer.