Submit Manuscript

All manuscripts are submitted through Editorial Manager.

Manuscript Submissions Closed Until August 16

Submissions to Editorial Manager are closed between July 15 and August 15, and between December 15 and January 5.

Before submitting your manuscript, please pay attention to the points noted below.

• The contact author should have available the names and email addresses of all authors and the text of the manuscript abstract.  At this time, s/he also should identify a research subfield for the manuscript.  And, an author submitting a revised manuscript should further have available the original manuscript number.
• An original manuscript or a revised one may include only one anonymous PDF file and only one author-identifying file, as described below:
  
  • The contact author must submit an entirely anonymous version of the manuscript as a pdf file.
  • That is, the file must exclude such author-identifying information as the cover page information on authors’ names and universities, expressions of appreciation to others for advice or data, statements of where the manuscript may have been presented at a conference, citations to the author’s prior presentations or publications, and other such identifying text.
  • The PDF file should be marked “anonymous” in the “document summary” tab and the file should be printable. This file should also contain any supporting information (SI) and that should be clearly marked.
  • An author who submits a revised manuscript must place any comments to reviewers into a dialogue box during the submission process in Editorial Manager.
  • An author may, but is not required to, submit a second, author-identifying file in the “author’s comments” field, with comments to the editors, acknowledgements, and details on where the paper has been presented.
• If a manuscript is accepted for publication it will not be published unless the first footnote explicitly states where the data used in the study can be obtained for purposes of replication and must report any sources that funded the research. In addition, if Supporting Information (SI) accompanies the article, it must be ready for permanent posting. Manuscripts without data or SI are exempt.
• An author may recommend 3-4 individuals who are particularly qualified to review the manuscript.  Recommendations can not include an author’s doctoral dissertation supervisor, someone with whom an author has co-authored in the past 12 months, colleagues in an author’s department or comparable academic unit, or anyone with whom an author has a family or other personal relationship.  Recommendations are recommendations; none, one, or all of them may be selected to review.  An author’s recommendations must include a name and a contact email address. Author recommendations should be done via the Editorial Manager system.
• An author may recommend 3-4 individuals who should not review the manuscript. The author should provide reasons why such individuals ought to be disqualified. These recommendations will be taken into account in the review process, but should not be construed as barring such individuals from the review process.

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