Publication

All papers submitted to the conference will be assigned to the respective symposium committees based on factors such as submission date and topic relevance. Each symposium committee will then coordinate the peer review process, ensuring rigorous evaluation and making final decisions on acceptance and publication.

Journals

We call for excellent papers and review them according to the requirements of each journal. Qualified submissions will be directly recommended for publication in the following journals or corresponding Special Issues. The journals listed below have been indexed by Science Citation Index (SCI)/Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) and/or Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) or Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI):

• JCRQ1 - The JFA's 50th Anniversary: Looking to the next Half Century [Impact Factor: 1.9; CiteScore: 4.1]
• JCRQ1 - Mystical Experiences and Entropy [Impact Factor: 1.4; CiteScore: 2.9]

Conference Proceedings

Accepted papers of ICSPHS 2025 will be published in conference proceedings, which will be submitted to Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI), Crossref, CNKI, Portico, Google Scholar and other databases for indexing. The indexing result will be determined by the conference proceedings in which the paper is included.

* Accepted manuscripts will be submitted to the publisher on a rolling basis. Early-registered papers are expected to be published and printed earlier.

Retraction and Refund Policy:

1. Before publication: You may withdraw your manuscript and get a full-refund within 15 days of payment. A formal withdrawal application must be submitted to submission@icsphs.org via corresponding email address with full agreement of all authors, including your submission ID and reason for retraction. For more information, please contact us at submission@icsphs.org.
2. After publication: Please contact the publisher to retract your manuscript. You need to comply with the publisher's retraction policy. No refund will be made after publication.