On July 7, 2019, at 14:00, Dr. Lan Song was invited to give an academic report entitled " Scientific Publishing: From the Inside Out ". This report was hosted by Dr. Meng Shen, many teachers and students attended the report.
　　Dr. Lan Song graduated from Leiden University as a Marie Curie fellow. She was a visiting researcher at the Spanish National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology (INIA) in 2011, and a visiting researcher at Exeter University in 2014. After her PhD, Lan continued her career adventure in Elsevier B.V. as a managing editor for Environmental and Health journals. Her role was to facilitate the growth and development of Environmental Pollution, Environment International, Chemosphere and other related journals. Currently, she is the publisher for 12 international journals in Environmental Science and Technology field, including Aquatic Toxicology, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Journal of Cleaner Production, Remote Sensing of Environment, International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoformation etc. She establishes, manages and maintains excellent contacts and networks with key internal and external stakeholders, including more than 120 editors from top Universities/Institutes. She is responsible for editorial recruitment, editorial fees budget management, strategical planning for journals, product innovation and social media communication. She chaired 30+ author workshops worldwide

　　In today's report, Dr. Song introduces four aspects: essay writing, submission skills, essay influence and editorial strategy, and discusses in detail the relevant techniques of scientific publishing, magazine selection and the influence of the paper. In addition, she also introduced from the publisher's point of view if she can participate in the editorial team of international journals and grow with the journal. After the report, Dr. Song Lan took a group photo with everyone.