In fact, the first online publication means the first online publication. In some magazines, before the paper version is published, the electronic data of the current paper is submitted to the retrieval platform such as HowNet Wanfang for uploading. In other words, the online publishing time is earlier than the paper version. The reason for the online launch is that the whole process from submission to publication is relatively long, that is, at least three months, which really delays a lot of time for authors who are eager to submit materials for review. As for online journals, articles can enter the online start-up process after being approved and hired. In other words, the confirmed manuscript will be uploaded to the launch platform, which generally takes 1 week.

The form of online publishing can be a whole issue or just a few of them. As for the cost of online publishing, online publishing is just a process different from ordinary journals, but the cost is the same as that of normal journals. That is to say, according to the publication fee standard set by the magazine and the number of pages of the paper, there will be no extra charge because this magazine is online for the first time.