6.16. Handling of Rejected Papers. (approved 11 November 2009)
Authors of rejected manuscripts are allowed to resubmit their manuscripts afresh only once. At the time of submission, authors will be asked whether they consider their manuscript to be a new submission or a resubmission of an earlier rejected manuscript. If the authors indicate that their manuscript is a new submission, then the review process will follow the regular procedure.
If authors indicate instead that their manuscript is a resubmission, then they are required to upload a supporting document detailing how the new submission has addressed the concerns raised during the previous review. Authors may also request that the resubmission be handled by the same Associate Editor, if the Associate Editor has not retired from the board. The Editor-in-Chief will do his/her best effort to accommodate the author’s request while taking into consideration the balancing of the workload among the Associate Editors of the editorial board of the journal. A new Associate Editor may also be assigned to the manuscript by the Editor-in-Chief.
Even when the manuscript is flagged by the authors to be a resubmission of an earlier rejected paper, the manuscript will be treated as a new submission with a new submission date; it is not treated as an RQ version.
The assigned Associate Editor can use the previous reviewers or a new set of reviewers, or a mix of old and new reviewers. It is preferable that the Associate Editors use some of the previous reviewers to help ascertain that the revision has addressed the concerns of the earlier review cycle. The selection of the reviewers is left to the discretion of the Associate Editor.
If the authors indicated during the submission process that their manuscript is a new submission and it is found during the review process that the manuscript is very similar to an earlier rejected paper, then the manuscript may be immediately rejected. Authors can still resubmit their manuscript and indicate correctly that it is a resubmission of an earlier rejected manuscript, including uploading of the required supporting document detailing how the new submission has addressed the concerns raised during the previous review.
6.16. 废纸处理(2009年11月11日批准）
被拒稿件的作者只能重新提交一次稿件。在提交时，作者将被问及他们是否认为他们的手稿是新的提交或重新提交较早被拒绝的手稿。如果作者指出他们的手稿是新提交的，那么审查过程将遵循常规程序。
如果作者表示他们的手稿是重新提交的，那么他们需要上传一份证明文件，详细说明新提交的手稿是如何解决上次审查中提出的问题的。作者也可以要求重新提交由同一副主编处理，如果副主编还没有从董事会退休。主编将尽最大努力满足作者的要求，同时考虑到期刊编辑部副编辑之间工作量的平衡。总编辑也可以为稿件指派一名新的副主编。
即使原稿被作者标记为重新提交先前被拒绝的论文，原稿也将被视为新的提交文件，并有新的提交日期；它不被视为RQ版本。
指定的副编辑可以使用以前的审阅者或一组新的审阅者，或新旧审阅者的混合。助理编辑最好利用一些以前的审查员来帮助确定修订已经解决了先前审查周期的问题。审稿人的选择由副主编决定。
如果作者在提交过程中表示他们的手稿是新提交的，并且在审查过程中发现手稿与先前被拒绝的论文非常相似，那么手稿可以立即被拒绝。作者仍然可以重新提交他们的手稿，并正确地表明这是对先前被拒绝的手稿的重新提交，包括上传所需的支持文件，详细说明新提交的手稿如何解决先前审查期间提出的问题。