Get your Chinese Physics Letters paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 3 August, 2026
Submitting to Chinese Physics Letters goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Chinese Physics Letters guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Chinese Physics Letters. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Chinese Physics Letters journal page before you draft.
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Chinese Physics Letters guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Chinese Physics Letters guide for authors before you submit.
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
| Element | Chin Phys Lett requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Unstructured abstract with no specified word limit. Must be a concise summary of the results, conclusions, and/or other significant items in the paper. Together with the title, it must be adequate as an index to all subjects treated. Requirements: avoid displayed mathematical expressions, define all nonstandard symbols and abbreviations, do not use footnote indicators, include references in square brackets if needed. In summarizing results, be exact, direct, and specific. If space permits, include any important new quantitative data |
| Main text | Letters: not more than about five journal pages (approximately 3500 words including figures and formulae, excluding title, abstract and references). The instructions page also states 'normally less than 5000 words (7 journal pages)'. Comments: not more than one journal page. Express Letters: no length limitation. The body of the paper should include no subtitles |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Keywords are requested but no specific count/range is stated. Journal also requires Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS) indexing codes: no more than five index number codes, with the principal index code placed first |
| References | Author-year style with numbered citations. Journal articles must include: names of authors (or first author followed by 'et al' if there are four or more), year of publication, abbreviation of journal name (as per Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index), volume number, and initial page number. Monographs: author(s), exact title, publisher's location and name, date of publication in parentheses, edition/volume/page numbers if applicable. Collections: author(s), exact title, editor(s), and publication data as for monographs |
| Peer review | Double-anonymous (double-blind) peer review. The journal's ethical policy page states: 'If the journal is double-anonymous you may not be sure if you have a conflict of interest.' Reviewer names are kept strictly confidential and reviewer identities are concealed from authors |
| Submission | editorial.iphy.ac.cn/journalx_cpl/authorLogOn.action?mag_Id=4 |
Read the Chinese Physics Letters guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Chinese Physics Letters in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Chin Phys Lett papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Chinese Physics Letters journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Chinese Physics Letters guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.