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CIGR期刊章程-Bylaws of the CIGR Journal
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王 应 宽
2010-06-07
Beijing, China
CIGR 期刊章程（草案）
Bylaws of
the CIGR Journal
Article 1: Name
The name of this journal is “The CIGR Journal” (herein the Journal).
Article 2: Purpose
The Journal is the official, refereed, scholarly Journal of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR). The purpose of the Journal is to provide an open forum for researchers and practitioners of agricultural and biosystems engineering to exchange new and original knowledge. Manuscripts published in the Journal make new and unique empirical, theoretical and/or applied contributions to the field of agricultural and biosystems engineering. The Journal is published online.
The official language of the Journal is English.
Article 3: Governance
3.1 The CIGR Presidium has final authority on all matters related to the Journal.
3.2 The Journal shall be governed by a Journal Policy Board (herein the Board). The chairman of the Board shall be the CIGR President, the Editor and other members appointed by the CIGR Presidium.
3.3 The Journal shall be managed by the Editor. Final authority over the content of the Journal is retained by the Editor. The Editor receives manuscripts submitted to the Journal, assigns them to Section Editors and ensures that each article accepted for the Journal is made available online to the scientific community immediately after the review and editing process is complete and aggregated on a quarterly cycle. The Editor may enlist assistance from CIGR members to maintain the flow of the Journal.
3.4 Each CIGR Section Chair will appoint one or more Section Editors. Section Editors will ensure that: 1) a rigorous and timely manuscript peer review process takes place, including finding appropriate reviewers, and 2) the presentation of the document meets CIGR standards, including language.
Article 4: Terms of Service
4.1 The terms of service of any position associated to the Journal will be two years.
4.2 Terms of service for appointed positions may be extended for up to two additional terms.
4.3 The CIGR Presidium may remove any individual associated to the journal should they fail to perform their duties.
Article 5: Hosting and Security
5.1 The Journal shall be hosted at a secure site proposed by the Journal Policy Board and approved by the Presidium.
5.2 Domain names and passwords related to the web site and the journal management shall be kept by the CIGR Secretary General and cannot be changed without his/her approval.
Article 6: Acceptance of Manuscripts
6.1 Submissions will be evaluated by at least two Referees who will judge the quality and appropriateness of each manuscript for publication.
6.2 Based on the recommendations of the Referees and the Section Editor, the Editor will decide to publish the manuscript as submitted, publish the manuscript with suggested revisions, or reject the manuscript for publication.
6.3 In all cases the author will be notified of the Editor’s decision, and in the event the manuscript is rejected, a summary of the reasons for that decision will be forwarded.
Article 7: Copyright
7.1 When a manuscript is accepted for publication, authors assign world rights to the article to The CIGR Journal, for publication in any form.
7.2 Authors are free to use their articles in any work written by them, or in any collection of their own works, provided that appropriate acknowledgement is given to the Journal.
7.3 During the submission process, Authors must provide assurance that their manuscripts have not been previously published.
7.4 It is the Author’s responsibility to secure copyright releases for using the work of other people, including text or images, unless this can be accomplished through proper citations.
7.5 Permission is granted for reproduction of articles from the Journal for educational purposes so long as the only charge made to the user is the cost of reproduction. The title, names and affiliations of the authors should be clearly visible in the first page. In addition, the following notice must appear on the first page of the reproduced materials: “Copyright, © (Insert Appropriate Year Here), by The CIGR Journal. Reproduced for educational use with the permission of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.”
Article 8: Meetings
8.1 The Board shall meet during the CIGR Congress and the CIGR International Conference.
8.2 The Board shall meet online as needed to ensure rapid resolution of issues that fall under its purvey.
8.3 The agenda for each meeting must be sent by the chair to the members of the Board in advance to the meeting.
8.4 A Board member may in advance to the meeting request the chair to include an item in the agenda.
8.5 Quorum for any meeting shall be 51%.
8.6 Voting may take place by Proxy or by email.
8.7 Minutes of each meeting must be taken, approved and submitted to the Secretary General.
Article 9: Modification to these Bylaws.
9.1 Changes to these bylaws can be proposed by any CIGR member to the Journal Policy Board.
9.2 Proposed changes to these bylaws must be submitted to the Presidium by the Journal Policy board for approval.
9.3 Amendments to these bylaws shall become effective at the end of the Presidium meeting in which they are approved.
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