Abstract:Water sci-tech journals serve as core carriers for disseminating scientific research achievements, conducting academic exchanges and promoting technologies in water sector. The quality of editing and proofreading directly determines the academic credibility, industrial guiding value and publishing standard of journals. Taking Shandong Water Conservancy as an example, this paper analyzes typical errors in manuscript submissions, including knowledge-related errors, non-standard charts, and inappropriate citation of references. On this basis,this paper puts forward developmental approaches aimed at reducing editing and proofreading errors and improving the quality of journals editing and proofreading,which can serve as a reference for contributing authors,with the aim of boosting the influence of journals.