Information For Authors

Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process.

  • Registering for an account

  • Logging in to your account

  • Selecting your role as an Author

  • Selecting "Start a New Submission"

  • Completing the 5-step submission process

 

Submission Step 1:

Select a Journal Section that best fits with your submission.

The journal's copyright policy will appear next, and, if configured as a requirement, the author will need to agree to this policy.

Authors can then review the Privacy Statement.

Finally, the author can add any comments (Introductory Letter), which will be visible to the editor. This is to inform the editor about the overall scope of the manuscript and why it fits within the scope and objective of the journal.

Move to the next step by hitting the Save and Continue button.

 

Submission Step 2: 

Submission Step Two allows you to upload the submission file, typically a word-processor document (Microsoft Word).

On this page, click Choose File which opens a Choose File window for locating the file on the hard drive of your computer.

Locate the file you wish to submit and highlight it.

Click Open on the Choose File window, which places the name of the file on this page.

Click Upload on this page, which uploads the file from the computer to the journal's website and renames it following the journal's conventions. 

Once the submission is uploaded, click Save and Continue at the bottom of this page.

 

Submission Step 3: 

The third step of the submission process serves to collect all relevant metadata from the author. 

The first section of metadata covers the authors. The submitting author will have their personal information automatically appear. 

Any additional information, such as Competing Interests should also be added at this time if required.

If there are multiple authors for the submission, their information can be added using the Add Author button. You can also re-order the list of authors, make one of the authors the principal contact with the editor, and delete any authors added in error.

Next, enter the submission title and abstract. 

You will then add indexing information. This will help others find your article. 

The next section allows you to enter the name of any organization (affiliation) that may have supported your research.

Depending on how the journal is configured, you may find an option to provide your list of references separately. This will allow the journal's Editors and Copyeditors to check your references using a Citation Markup Assistant. You should provide your list with each reference on a separate line.

Hit the Save and Continue button to move on to Step 4.

 

Submission Step 4: 

This step is optional. If you have any supplementary files, such as research instruments, data sets, etc., you may add them here. These files are also indexed by the author, identifying their relationship to the submission, as well as their ownership. Supplementary Files can be uploaded in any file format (preferably Microsoft Word Document, or PDF) and will be made available to readers in their original format.

On this page, click Choose File which opens a Choose File window for locating the file on the hard drive of your computer.

Locate the file you wish to submit and highlight it.

Click Open on the Choose File window, which places the name of the file on this page.

Click Upload on this page, which uploads the file from the computer to the journal's website and renames it following the journal's conventions.

You must now enter a title for the supplementary file, and optionally, any additional descriptive information.

Once the submission is uploaded, click Save and Continue.

  

Submission Step 5:

This final step provides a summary of your submission. Click Finish Submission to submit your manuscript. You will receive an acknowledgement by email and will be able to view your submission's progress through the review and editorial process by returning to the active Submissions section of your Author page. 

This final step provides a summary of your submission. Click Finish Submission to submit your manuscript. You will receive an acknowledgement by email and will be able to view your submission's progress through the review and editorial process by returning to the active returning to the Active Submissions section of your Author page.