Open Access
This journal is a peer reviewed, subsidized open access journal where Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences pays the OA fee. Authors do not have to pay any open access publication fee.
Peer review under the responsibility of Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Access Rights
All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy and distribute.
User Rights
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Author Rights
For open access publishing this journal uses an exclusive licensing agreement. Authors will transfer copyright to Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, but will have the right to share their article in the same way permitted to third parties under the relevant user license, as well as certain scholarly usage rights.
Publishing Schedule
This journal is published quarterly; March, June, September, December.
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