Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration. If a preprint related to the manuscript has been previously published, please give the URL in the source box on the submission form.
- The submission file is in OpenOffice or Microsoft Word formats, using the provided template.
- The text uses the fonts and headers provided in the template file; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all figures and tables are embedded in the submission file with captions.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- A complete reference list is provided, with DOIs where available.
- All requested statements have been provided (data availability, author contributions, ethics and AI use, funding, and conflict of interest).
- You may submit a journal banner image with your submission. (Check this box to continue; you do not need to submit a potential banner image.)
- To request a double-blind rather than fully open review process please raise this in the "Comments for the Editor" box below. Note that we cannot facilitate a double-blind review process for audiovisual submissions or written manuscripts that have been preprinted.
Research Articles
A full research article usually with Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion sections. These can be results- or methods-led articles.
A written Research Article should typically be no more than 10 000 words. A multimedia Research Article should typically be no more than 60 minutes in duration.
See Publication Types.
Hypotheticals
Hypotheticals are short opinion pieces outlining a novel idea or hypothesis for testing, approximately equivalent to the Introduction and Aims/Hypotheses sections of a traditional research article.
A written Hypothetical should typically be no more than 2 000 words. A multimedia Hypothetical should typically be no more than 15 minutes in duration.
See Publication Types.
Preregistered Research Protocols
Preregistered Research Protocols are detailed plans of work to be done. They should include detailed aims, objectives, and hypotheses to be tested, as well as clear strategies for data collection and analysis to be carried out.
A written Preregistered Research Protocol should typically be no more than 3 000 words. A multimedia Preregsitered Research Protocol should typically be no more than 30 minutes in duration.
See Publication Types.
Comments
Comments are short papers directly responding to a peer-reviewed article.
Comments are only accepted as written documents and should typically be no more than 3 000 words. Multimedia Comments are not accepted.
See Publication Types.
Reviews
Review articles synthesise existing research to reach new conclusions or make suggestions for future research directions.
A written Review article should typically be no more than 10 000 words. We do not generally consider primarily multimedia Review articles, but please contact the Editorial Board to discuss options.
See Publication Types.
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