The categories of published articles in EITEE include, but are not limited to, Perspective, Research Article, Review, Correspondence, and Editorial. Detailed information is given below.
Perspective
Perspective gives an opinion on virtually any important popular topic. We welcome perspectives on new advances or insights. A perspective should be well focused and clearly presented. There is no abstract; use an opening paragraph to provide readers sufficient information. Perspectives may be commissioned or unsolicited, and will be peer-reviewed and published in a high priority.
Research Article
Article presents a substantial novel research study. It is written by the researchers who actually conducted the study and reviewed by international peers. Researchers describe the research topic and the purpose of the study in the Introduction, detail their methods in Methods or Models, report the findings in Results, and interpret the results and implications in Discussion, followed by genuine conclusions, which are not just a repeat of the abstract or summary of the results. A structured abstract should have 150–300 words. An article may have up to 10 display items (figures and/or tables). Conciseness is required, though currently there is no length limit on a research article. Additional related materials may be provided as appendix and/or electronic supplementary materials.
Review
Review should be authoritative and of high interest. It normally has 5000 or more words, excluding references and figure legends. Its abstract should have 100–200 words. Leading researchers are encouraged to write high-quality reviews in their fields. Reviews may be commissioned or unsolicited, and are reviewed by international peers.
Correspondence
Correspondence covers a wide variety of contents, which are too brief to be published as abovementioned research article. The authors can provide rapid and concise report of their important findings, discuss controversial and interdisciplinary topics or any other issues of interest, or comment on papers previously published. Generally, it is limited to 2500 words and 15 references. There is no abstract. The opening paragraph should be concise, providing sufficient information for a basic overview. Additional related materials may be provided as electronic supplementary materials. Correspondence will be peer-reviewed and published in a high priority.
Editorial
Editorial is written by members of the editorial board of EITEE, its journal editors, guest editor(s) of a special issue (feature), or by distinguished scholars. Editorials are meant to influence public opinions, promote critical thinking, and sometimes ask people to take action on an issue.
All submissions to EITEE will be peer reviewed before acceptance. Double blind peer review is adopted. Generally, a decision will be made based on the comments of no less than two reviewers. The first notification of reviewers’ comments will generally be given within 2–3 months after the manuscript is submitted.
EITEE is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and thus subscribes to its principles on how to deal with acts of misconduct thereby committing to investigate allegations of misconduct in order to ensure the integrity of research. EITEE is one of the first several journals in China to use CrossCheck, a tool for detecting unoriginal content. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.
Authorship & author contributions
Authorship provides credit for a researcher's contributions to a study and carries accountability. EITEE has an “Author contributions” statement in place. The contribution of every author should be specified.
Any change to the author list after submission, such as a change in the order of the authors or the deletion or addition of author(s), must be approved by every author. The author information cannot be changed anymore after the acceptance of the paper.
The corresponding author(s) should be responsible for the submitted paper in the entire process, from submission, to revision, publication, and to the stage after publication (contacting for queries about the published paper).
Acknowledgments
The “Acknowledgements” statement is optional. The authors can thank the person(s) contributing to the publication of the work but not qualifying for authorship and/or the institution(s) not included in the affiliations.
Compliance with ethics guidelines
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals.
Authors should include the following statements (if applicable) in a separate section entitled “Compliance with ethical guidelines” when submitting their manuscript:
• Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest
• Research involving human participants and/or animals
• Informed consent
Data availability
EITEE has a “Data availability” statement in place. The following are some typical statements for your reference:
Data openly available in a public repository
The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in [repository name] at [URL].
Data available within the article and/or its supplementary materials
The authors confirm that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article and/or its supplementary materials.
Data available on request
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Data not available due to ethical/legal/commercial restrictions
Due to the nature of this research, participants of this study do not agree for their data to be shared publicly, so supporting data are not available.
Either Word or LaTex format is acceptable. When Word is used, keep the layout of the text as simple as possible, e.g., single column, 1.5 lines spacing, 10.5 pt font size, Times New Roman font; when LaTex is preferred by the authors, a template should be used, which can be found here: EITEE_LaTex_template.
When a manuscript is submitted initially to https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/fitee, at least two files are required: Title Page and Manuscript (with no author information). When a revised version is submitted, at least three files are required: Title Page, Manuscript (with no author information), and Responses to Reviewers’ Comments.
The Manuscript (with no author information) and the Responses to Reviewers’ Comments should not contain any information that may disclose the author identity, as they will be delivered to the reviewers.
The Title Page should include the following information: article title, author names, author affiliations, email, abstract, and key words, funding information (if any), declaration of corresponding author, ORCID, author contributions, acknowledgements, compliance with ethics guidelines, conflicts of interest, and authors bio. The Title Page is displayed only to the editor.
The Manuscript (with no author information) should be prepared to accord with the following requirements:
1. Article title
The title of the paper should be explicit, descriptive, and as brief as possible – generally no more than 20 words. Avoid abbreviations and formulae if possible.
Attention: Author name(s), affiliation(s), email, declaration of corresponding author, funding information, ORCID, etc., which may disclose authors’ identity, should not be included in the Manuscript (with no author information).
2. Abstract
About 150–250 words without mathematical or chemical equations or citations should outline the objective, method, main results, and conclusions.
3. Key words
Provide 3 to 6 key words or phrases for cross-indexing purpose.
4. Text
The text should contain the Introduction that puts the paper into proper perspective for the readers, and generally also include Related Works, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions sections for a research article.
5. Figures & tables
Each figure, including subfigures (a), (b), (c), etc., must have a caption. There will be extra charge for those graphics considered for hard copies in color.
All tables must be mentioned in the text in consecutive order, and must be numbered with Arabic numbers.
6. References & citation
Only essential references (journal article, book, thesis, report, proceedings, etc.) cited in the text (in Author-Year format) can be listed in alphabetical order by author’s surname. Personal communications and unpublished data are not acceptable references. Citation examples are given below. For references with more than three authors, the first three names should be given, followed by et al.
Text citation examples:
One author: (Vandermeer, 1998)
Two authors: (Sun and Wang, 2010; Cao and Xu, 2021)
Three or more authors: (Moons et al., 1997; Schlag et al., 2020a, 2020b)
Reference examples:
For a journal article
Pan YH, 2019. On visual knowledge. Front Inform Technol Electron Eng, 20(8):1021-1025. https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.1910001
Zhang QS, Zhu SC, 2018. Visual interpretability for deep learning: a survey. Front Inform Technol Electron Eng, 19(1):27-39. https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.1700808
Ma Y, Tsao D, Shum HY, 2022. On the principles of Parsimony and Self-consistency for the emergence of intelligence. Front Inform Technol Electron Eng, 23(9):1298-1323. https://doi.org/10.1631/FITEE.2200297
For a conference paper
Cheng CL, Kim S, Zajić A, 2017. Comparison of path loss models for indoor 30 GHz, 140 GHz, and 300 GHz channels. Proc 11th European Conf on Antennas and Propagation, p.716-720. https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP.2017.7928124
For a whole book/monograph or a chapter in a book
Rogalski A, 2010. Infrared Detectors (2nd Ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA. https://doi.org/10.1201/b10319
Barlow HB, 1961. Possible principles underlying the transformations of sensory messages. In: Rosenblith WA (Ed.), Sensory Communication. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, p.217-234.
For MS thesis or PhD dissertation
Rizvi UH, 2006. Combined Multiple Transmit Antennas and Multi-level Modulation Techniques. MS Thesis, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
Frigola-Alcade R, 2015. Bayesian Time Series Learning with Gaussian Processes. PhD Dissertation, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
For a report or standard
Sweeney L, 2000. Uniqueness of Simple Demographics in the U.S. Population. Technical Report No. LIDAP-WP4, Laboratory for International Data Privacy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
Lu Y, Morris KC, Frechette S, 2016. Current Standards Landscape for Smart Manufacturing Systems. NISTIR 8107, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8107
For a preprint
Gogoglou A, Bruss CB, Hines KE, 2019. On the interpretability and evaluation of graph representation learning. https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.03081
Since Jan. 2026, EITEE switches to open access mode. An article processing charge (APC) of CNY 12,000 / US$1,700 / €1,600 / £1,400 should be paid by the authors upon acceptance, unless a waiver has been granted. The payment invoice will be sent from an email address ended with “@zju.edu.cn”.