Journal of Chinese Writing Systems is an international, peer-reviewed journal focusing on in-depth research of Chinese writing systems and encompassing a broad theoretical scope. It is sponsored by the Center for the Study and Application of Chinese Characters (CSACC), East China Normal University (ECNU), and published in partnership with SAGE Publishing. Journal of Chinese Writing Systems publishes both the English language articles and the Chinese language articles. The journal welcomes original articles, review articles, book reviews, comments, correspondence on research and applications of Chinese writing systems, which include modern Chinese characters, ancient scripts, Dongba scripts, and Shui scripts, etc., as well as the comparative studies on hieroglyphs of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. The journal is dedicated to the studies of morphology, i.e. the structure, formation and function of the scripts, symbols; the studies of interrelation between writing systems and the language, as well as the cognition and acquisition of Chinese characters.
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Chinese writing systems, different from the alphabetical systems of Europe and America, which are often a natural part of language studies, turn out to be an independent academic concern. Chinese writing systems become a crucial factor in the construction of Chinese language, literature, philosophy, psychology, etc.. It is the fundamental influential element for all humanity studies concerning China.
Chinese writing systems are different in many aspects from major writing systems of western languages, with complex structures and the employment of thousands of individual characters. The research of them will reveal the diversity of the usage of symbols to record a language, thus makes them the important objects of investigation in the field of language studies.
Journal of Chinese Writing Systems is the first journal published which especially and systematically focuses on the Chinese writing systems, in an attempt to promote the understanding of Chinese writing and build a platform for the studies of related fields.
The journal welcomes articles within the scope as below:
· modern Chinese characters, ancient scripts
· writings of Chinese minorities, e.g. Mongolian, Dongba scripts , etc.
· comparative studies on hieroglyphs of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and on other Asian writing systems
· semiotic concerns of Chinese writing systems
· cognition and acquisition of Chinese characters
· the cross-disciplinary studies between Chinese writing systems and ancient history, ancient documents, archeology are also encouraged. The philosophical concerns of symbol and meaning are particularly welcome.
《中國文字》Journal of Chinese Writing Systems，為華東師範大學中國文字研究與應用中心主辦的國際學術期刊，由英國世哲出版公司（SAGE）發行，一年四期，中英文各兩期。本刊主要刊發中國文字（包括漢字和少數民族文字）、世界其他表意文字（如域外漢字和古埃及聖書文字等）的理論研究文章以及文獻、考古、歷史、民族學等領域內和漢字相關的研究論文、書評等學術文章。
《中國文字》目前發表下列類型的文章：
1. 原創文章 （Original Article）
2. 研究綜述 （Review）
3. 書評 （Book Review）
4. 讀者來信 （Letter to the Editor）
2018年起，本刊不再接受紙質稿或電子郵件投稿，唯一投稿平臺為：https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cws，具體操作方法詳見《網上投稿指南》。本刊實行嚴格的雙向匿名審稿制度，為保證學術研究的原創性與嚴謹性，中文來稿需特別注意如下事項：
1.必須使用規範的簡化字，少量有特殊需要的字符除外。少量集外字可用圖片形式插入，確保比例適當，正常顯示。如稿件使用了特殊字庫, 請以附件的形式附上所使用的字庫。請使用中國大陸發行的字符集（如 windows 系統自帶的宋體simsun、楷體simkai、黑體simhei或方正字庫等），請勿使用臺灣地區的字符集（如PMingliu、Mingliu等細明體）。
2.中文稿件篇幅一般在10000字以內，過長文章請先聯繫編輯部，或可連載。中文摘要300字以內，關鍵詞最少3個，最多5個。文後附英語標題、摘要、關鍵詞。
3.文中引用、參考文獻標註方法及全文格式，需符合本刊《中文稿件引文標註規則》和《中文稿件格式規則》，否則稿件將被退回。
4.網絡投稿時，至少上傳「匿名正文」和「標題頁」兩個word文檔， 不能上傳PDF格式文檔。
「匿名正文」應包括以下內容：標題、摘要、關鍵詞、正文、注釋、參考文獻及英文標題、摘要、關鍵詞。匿名正文用於雙盲評審，不能包含任何個人信息。
「標題頁」必須包括以下內容：中文標題，作者姓名、機構名、通訊作者及聯繫地址、電子郵箱，英文標題，英文作者姓名、機構名，英文通訊作者及聯繫地址。
文中圖片（jpg格式，高解析度圖片）、所用罕用字體的ttf格式文件等，作為附件上傳。
5.網上投稿後，作者可在網絡投稿平臺查詢審稿進度和結果。自投稿之日起兩個月內，編輯部會通過系統告知作者錄用與否。其間，請勿來函來電垂詢。對決定採用的稿件，編輯部有權進行修改。
6.堅決杜絕剽竊、一稿多投（包括局部改動後投寄其他報刊或公開出版的會議論文集）等學術不端行為。稿件發表前，作者需與出版方籤訂正式版權協議。
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