1 Introduction to Journal of Tea Science Research

Journal of Tea Science Research is an open access, peer reviewed journal published online by HortHerb Publisher. The journal is publishing all the latest and outstanding research articles, letters and reviews in all aspects of tea research, containing the studies on tea cultivation, breeding, plant protection, tea processing, technical and economic, tea food and health products, medical care of tea, as well as the cloning and analysis of tea genes or genomics; the analytical and functional of tea molecular genetics.

2 Aims and Scope
Journal of Tea Science Research is committed to publishing and disseminating all the latest and outstanding research articles, letters and reviews in all areas of tea research.

All papers chosen for publications should be creative reviews, innovative research work, short communications, and case reports on all aspects of tea research. the studies on tea cultivation, breeding, plant protection, tea processing, technical and economic, tea food and health products, medical care of tea, as well as the cloning and analysis of tea genes or genomics; the analytical and functional of tea molecular genetics. The primary criterion for publication is new insights that are not only of broad interest to scientists, and teachers/students/researchers engaged in tea research, but are also appropriate for R & D personnel as well as readers interested in tea research.

3 Publication mode

We are following the Open Access publishing model. All papers published in this journal are licensed to all users under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any media, provided the original work is properly cited (see HortHerb Publisher Open Access Policy).

Manuscripts must be submitted by Hortherb Publisher online Manuscripts Handling System. For details please see Instructions for authors.

4 Publication and peer-review process

Criteria for publication

Similarity check

All submissions must be subjected to CrossRef's plagiarism check by CrossCheck. Only those with no any similarity compared in the CrossCheck database can be proceeded for peer review. Plagarism check in this journal is solely for the purpose of submissions language arts and does not imply any plagiarism or forging existed.

Peer-review

Scientists in the world are invited to be as peer reviewer in this journal. All submission will be automatically transferred online to the reviewers by Manuscript Handling System in the HortHerb Publisher prior to CrossRef's plagiarism check by CrossCheck.

5 Online publication

There are much more advantages for online publishing, including:
Peer review quickly and professionally
Anti- Plagiarism by CrossCheck
Publish on line immediately upon acceptance
Deposit permanently and track easily
Open Access under Creative Common Licenses
Disseminate multilingual possible

6 Indexing and archiving

All articles published in Journal of Tea Science Research will be deposited in CrossRef with the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) identity. For details please see Instructions for Submission.

7 Publication period

Journal of Tea Science Research promises to offer much faster publication schedules. Normally it takes two or four weeks depend on the speed of peer review. Using the recommended manuscript preparation formats will largely speed up the paper procedures and shorten the periods. Research articles will be published electronically in provisional PDF immediately upon acceptance. A fully HTMLweb version and PDF download version will be available within four weeks after acceptance.

8 Citing articles in Journal of Tea Science Research

Articles in this journal should be recommended to follow regular citation rules. There is an exception for unique article series and DOI instead of the page number.

The Preferred citation:

Authors' name, Publishing year, Article title, Journal name, Volume, Article number (DOI)