关键词: 编辑初审, 初审质量, 业务专家初审, 学术质量

Abstract: In order to improve the quality of preliminary review of manuscripts and ensure the academic quality of journals,based on the analysis of the main author group and the characteristics of manuscripts of Earthquake Research in Sichuan,the paper optimizes the process of preliminary review from four aspects：the scale of review,the time limit of review,the opinions of review and the preliminary review of professional experts. The practice shows that the optimized preliminary review improves the rejection rate,saves external review resources,reduces the workload of review experts,improves the quality of preliminary review of manuscripts,and attracts authors to contribute. Two issues worth paying attention to in the preliminary review process of manuscripts are analyzed in order to provide reference and exchange cases for fellow editors.

Key words: preliminary review of editors, quality of preliminary review, preliminary review of professional experts, academic quality