Author guidelines

Before you submit

Read the aims and scope of the journal you are submitting to. If the manuscript is a poor fit, an editor will tell you early rather than send it to review.

Format-free first submission

We do not require a specific template for a first submission. Send the manuscript as you have it — a single PDF, DOCX or LaTeX archive up to 50 MB. If the paper is accepted, we will ask for source files at that point.

What you will need

• The title, abstract and up to eight keywords
• Every author's full name, email and affiliation
• An ORCID for each author where they have one. We will never guess or auto-fill an ORCID — a wrong ORCID attributes the work to a different, real researcher.
• A statement on ethics, competing interests and data availability

Authorship

All listed authors must have made a substantial contribution and must approve the submitted version. The corresponding author is responsible for confirming this.

After submission

You will receive a manuscript reference by email. You can follow the manuscript's progress at any time from the editorial office.

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