As both editiorial members and scientific editors of the Journal of Mountain Science play the role of editors, i.e., managing manusripts, including inviting peer-reviewers, communicating withe peer-reviewers and authors, and the EEIC, making recommendation whether a paper is rejected, being revised , and accepted. After a manuscript is accepted, the editor should have a thorough editing on it.

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Check the completeness of a manuscript and make corresponding editng.

A manuscript should contain these sections:

1. Title (required)

6. Key words (required)

7. Main body (required)：1）checking the structure and organization of the paper and the numbering of each section; 2) checking the writing and language including the spelling and grammar; 3) Checking the text, tables, figures and see whether they have duplicate contents that one of them should be removed; 4) checking the figure legend and caption to see whether there are any mistakes; 5) checking the sequence of the figures and tables; 6)checking whether the figures and the words in the figures are clear enough and the words are correct, and whether the words and the lines are in proportion; 7) checking whether the table heads are correct and can be shortened or condensed (to save space).

10. Supplementary materials can be provided, including documents, videos, pictures, etc.

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