Capillarity

Focus and Scope

Capillarity publishes high-quality original research articles and current reviews on fundamental scientific principles and innovations of capillarity in physics, chemistry, biology, environmental science and related emerging fields. All advances in theoretical, numerical and experimental approaches to capillarity in a capillary tube and interface-dominated structure and system area are welcome.

The following topics are within (but not limited to) the scope of capillarity:

i) Capillary-driven phenomenon in natural/artificial tubes, porous and nanoporous materials

ii) Fundamental mechanisms of capillarity aided by theory and experiments

iii) Spontaneous imbibition, adsorption, wicking and related applications of capillarity in hydrocarbon production, chemical process and biological sciences

iv) Static and dynamic interfacial processes, surfactants, wettability, film and colloids

v) New approaches and technologies on capillarity

Capillarity is a monthly open-access journal and free to read for all. The journal provides a communication platform for researchers who are interested in all fields of capillary phenomenon.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

This journal follows a single-blind peer-review workflow using its established online submission and review system.

Once a manuscript is submitted, it is initially checked by the journal’s editorial office to ensure the files are complete, the relevant metadata are in order, the language is of an appropriate standard, and the content does not include an unreasonable level of duplication from already published articles. At that point, the Editor-in-Chief performs an initial assessment of the quality of the article and that it fits the specified scope of the journal before inviting a number of potential reviewers with suitable expertise to provide peer-review reports. The Editor-in-Chief is entitled to reject any manuscript that is deemed to be unsuitable before reviewing. All manuscripts deemed to be of potential interest are ultimately assigned to at least two independent expert reviewers on the basis of their subject expertise. The identity of the reviewers invited and delivering peer-review reports are anonymous to the authors at all stages.

Under the guidance of the reviewers’ comments and recommendations, the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the final decision on each manuscript regarding revision, acceptance or rejection of articles.

Publication Frequency

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open-access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

For this open-access journal, all published articles are made immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download under an open-access license. Permitted third-party (re)use is defined by the following Creative Commons user licenses (CC BY-NC-ND). Under this license, everyone has free and unlimited access to the full-text of the published articles, and is free to re-use the published material under these terms: by giving credit to the author, providing the citation of the original publication, not using for commercial purposes and not distributing the article if you have modified it.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Publication Ethics Statement

Capillarity is committed to obeying the code of ethics at all stages of the publication process. Authors are expected to comply with the best ethical publication practices when publishing with Yandy Scientific Press.

We follow the Guidelines on Good Publication Practice provided by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), an organisation that provides advice and resources on all aspects of publication ethics and research and publication misconduct.

The editors enforce a rigorous and anonymous review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure that only high-quality scientific works are published. Capillarity adopts a zero-tolerance policy regarding cases of plagiarism, data falsification, image manipulation, and inappropriate authorship credit. All the submitted papers are checked for duplication from existing publications using relevant software.

The following guidelines outline the publishing ethics and responsibilities adopted by Capillarity, and imposed upon its authors, peer reviewers and editors. The papers submitted to this journal must abide by the following principles:

 (1) Simultaneous submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal is not tolerated.

 (2) A submission translated from already published papers in other languages is not permitted. Moreover, republishing/splitting of the same research is not tolerated.

 (3) Any possible conflict of interest of the author(s) must be clearly disclosed at the point of initial submission.

 (4) Data and methods used in an article should be presented to a level of completeness that enables other researchers to replicate their findings.

 (5) Papers should accurately present their research findings and include an objective discussion of the significance of their findings.

 (6) If some inaccuracies are found after publication, the authors need to promptly contact the journal and submit a formal corrigendum.

 (7) Manuscripts should where possible not contain any elements that have already been published, including figures and images. If they wish to do so, the necessary permissions from the copyright holder should be obtained.

 (8) Data fabrication, plagiarism, and image manipulation are not tolerated.

 (9) If irregular image manipulation is identified and confirmed during the peer review process, the manuscript will be rejected. If irregular image manipulation is identified and confirmed after publication, we may correct or retract the paper. 

 (10) Plagiarism includes copying text, ideas, images, and data from another source, without giving due credit to the original source.

 (11) Reuse of text that is copied from another source must be between quotes and the original source must be cited.

 (12) If plagiarism is detected during the peer review process, the manuscript will be unconditionally rejected. If plagiarism is detected after publication, the paper will be retracted.

(13) On submissions of a paper, all authors will be expected to confirm their involvement and verify their affiliations. Any malpractice in this regard, e.g. providing false affiliations or including authors without their consent, will lead to papers being rejected or retracted.

(14) On submissions of a paper, all sources of funding must be accurately and fully disclosed. Any malpractice in this regard, e.g. failing to acknowledge funding source or misrepresenting financial support, will lead to papers being rejected or retracted.

(15) Prior to acceptance and publication, the specific contributions of all the listed authors to a paper must be clearly explained. Individuals who have not made any contributions to the paper must not be included as authors. Editors may reject papers if they consider that one or more of the authors has not been involved in the preparation of a paper.

Anyone who believes that research published by Capillarity has not been carried out in line with these principles should formally submit their concerns to the Editor-in-Chief, or send them via email to md-office@yandypress.com. Any allegations of publication misconduct will be carefully assessed by the journal’s office and the concerns raised communicated to the authors, and the authors’ institutions and funders, if necessary. If evidence of misconduct is found, appropriate action will be taken to correct or retract the publication.

Submission Checklist

Before submission, the authors are clearly requested to review the journal policies as detailed on the journal’s website and included in the relevant section of the Guide for Authors. Authors are also advised to carefully review the Focus and Scope of the journal to determine whether their manuscript is suitable for the journal or not. Authors are also instructed to ensure that all authors have approved the content of the manuscript prior to its submission, and have appropriately considered issues relating to publication ethics, copyright, authorship, figure formats, and references format.

For more details, please consult to see Author Guidelines.

Submission Declaration and Verification

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published elsewhere and is only being considered by this journal. The submitting author is responsible for ensuring that the article’s submission has been approved by all the other coauthors and has all necessary institutional approvals. if the submitted manuscript is accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, It is a condition of submission that the authors permit the journal to conduct editing of the manuscript to improve its readability, if necessary.

Types of Publications

The following types of articles are considered for publication:

■   Original articles (full length, 300 words abstract，5000–7000 words of text; 50 references; maximum of 15 figures and/or tables)

■   Invited reviews (250 word abstract; 6000-7000 words of text; 80 references; 10 figures and/or tables

■   Mini-reviews and rapid communications (150-word abstract; 2500 to 2500 words of text; maximum of 40 references; and up to 5 figures and/or tables)

■   Editorial and Perspectives (150-word abstract; 1200 to 1500 words of text; maximum of 20 references; and up to 3 figures and/or tables)

■   Research highlights (150-word abstract; 1200 to 1500 words of text; maximum of 10 references; and up to 2 figures and/or tables).

■  Special Article Types Policy (Editorials, Perspectives, and Research highlights)

Capillarity publishes these types of papers to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and public engagement by contextualizing cutting-edge research, and highlight emerging trends and controversies in capillarity.  To ensure a balanced focus on peer-reviewed research, the special articles will not exceed 10% of total publications per year. All special articles undergo rigorous review from Editorial Board members to meet the journal’s standards. Specifically,

Editorials: Commissioned exclusively by the Editor-in-Chief and require unanimous approval by the Editorial Board to ensure alignment with journal scope and editorial standards.

Perspectives: Invited or unsolicited submissions from recognized experts, subjected to single-blind peer review by one Editorial Board member (with no conflict of interest) and two external reviewers.

Research highlights: Concise summaries of latest high-impact studies. Accepted through both invited submissions and unsolicited contributions, with all content undergoing editorial oversight to maintain academic rigor.

Proofs after Acceptance

After acceptance, one set of page proofs (as PDF files) will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author. That proof is confidential and is only to be used for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and figures. Significant changes for accepted manuscripts will be considered at this stage only with permission from the Editor. Corrected proofs must be returned to the publisher within two to three days of receipt. The publisher team make best efforts to ensure that each accepted article is published quickly and accurately. To achieve this, it is essential that the authors check the entire proof thoroughly and ensure that all identified corrections are promptly sent back to the journal in one communication from the corresponding author.

Article Processing Charge (APC)

We clearly state that the author of current submission to Capillarity does not have any publication charges for open access.

Abstracting and Indexing

Capillarity is included by the following Abstracting and Indexing databases:

    Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

    Scopus

Conflicts of interest

Corresponding authors, responsible for co-authors declaring their interests, must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Authors must declare all relevant interests that could be perceived as conflicting. Authors should explain why each interest could represent a potential conflict. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state this.

Whether or not they actually had an influence, all authors of a submitted manuscript must declare all potential interests in the conflicts of interest section, which should explain why the interest may be a conflict. If there are none, the authors should state: “The author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this article”. Declared conflicts of interest will be considered by the editor and reviewers, and included in the published article.

Authors should declare current or recent funding and other payments, or services that might influence the work submitted. All funding must be declared in the funding statement. The involvement of anyone other than the authors in the commissioning, conception, planning, design, conduct, or analysis of the work, the preparation or editing of the manuscript, or the approval to submit a paper for potential publication must be declared at the time of initial submission.

Clearly, all submissions involving Editorial Board members are rigorously and independently reviewed according to the journal’s stated review and decision-making procedures. Such Board-member authors are at no stage involved in the review and decision making process associated with manuscripts for which they are authors or co-authors, including the selection of potential reviewers. Moreover, the reviewers involved in such reviews are not disclosed to such board-member authors at any stage.