Author Guidelines

These guidelines help authors prepare manuscripts that move smoothly through peer review and production.

Preparing your manuscript

Manuscripts should be written in clear English and structured with a title page, abstract (150-250 words), keywords, introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusions, acknowledgements and references. State the contribution of the work explicitly and define all non-standard abbreviations on first use.

Figures, tables and data

Figures must be legible at publication size with descriptive captions. Tables carry a concise title and define all symbols. Underlying data should be deposited in a public repository where possible, with the accession details cited in the manuscript.

References

References should be complete and formatted consistently; every reference in the list must be cited in the text and vice versa. Persistent identifiers (DOIs) should be included where available.

Submitting

Submit through the online submission system, selecting the target journal, proceeding series or book. You will need the manuscript file (PDF, DOC or DOCX), a cover note, author details and affiliations, and suggested reviewers if you wish to propose any. You can track the status of your submission from your author dashboard.

After acceptance

Accepted manuscripts are copyedited and typeset; authors review page proofs before publication. A DOI is registered on publication and the article appears immediately open access.