SubmittinganArticleStartanewsubmissionbyclickingtheNewSubmissionbuttonontherightsideofthescreen.YouwillbetakentoStep1ofa5-Stepprocesstouploadanddescribeyoursubmission.

Step1InStep1youwillprovidepreliminaryinformationaboutyoursubmission.

Tobeginselecttheappropriatesectionforyoursubmission(e.g.,article,review,etc.).Ifyouaren’tsurewhichsectionis appropriate,makeyourbestguess.

Readandagreetoall of thestatementsinthesubmissionchecklistbycheckingeachbox.Includeanycommentsfortheeditor, readthejournal’sprivacystatement,andthenclicktheSaveandContinuebuttontomovetoStep2.

Step2

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OnStep2,awindowwillopenallowingyoutouploadyoursubmissionfile.

First,youMUSTselectanArticleComponent.Thisletsthesystemknowwhetherthefileisthebodyofthemanuscript,animage,adataset,etc.Thismustbeselectedbeforeyourfilewillupload.

Onceyou’vemadethatselection,youcanthenuploadyourfirstfile.Itisimportanttonotethatyoucanonlyuploadonefileatatime.Additionalfilescanbeuploadedlaterintheprocess.Typically,thisfirstfilewillbethebodyofyourmanuscript.HittheContinuebuttononcethefileuploads.

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Afteruploadingthefile,youwillbeaskedtoreviewthenameofthefile.UsetheEditlinktomakeanychanges.

ClicktheContinuebutton.

Next,youhavetheoptiontorepeattheprocesstouploadadditionalfiles(e.g.,adatasetoranimage).

Onceyouhavefinisheduploadingallofyourfiles,clickComplete;thiswillclosetheuploadwindow.

YouwillbebroughtbacktotheSubmitanArticlescreenwhereyouwillseethefilesyou’veuploaded.Ifyouneedtomakechanges,expandthebluearrowtotheleftofyourfileandmakeanychangesusingtheEditlink.

Click‘SaveandContinue’tomovetoStep3.

Step3OnStep3,youwillbeaskedtoaddmoreinformationaboutthesubmission,includingthetitleofthesubmission(brokendownintoprefix,title,andsubtitle),theabstract,andscrollingdown...

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...anyadditionalcontributors.

Youcanaddmorecontributors(e.g.,co-authors),byclickingtheAddContributorslink.Thiswillopenanewwindowwithfieldstoentertheirinformation.

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HitSave,andthenewcontributorwillappearonthescreen.

Dependingonthejournalyouaresubmittingto,youmayseeadditionalfieldstocomplete,suchaskeywords.

Toenterkeyword,simplytypethewordorphraseandhityourEnterkey.Thewordorphrasewillbeformattedasakeyword.

ClickSaveandContinuetomoveforward.

Step4OnStep4,youwillbeaskedtoconfirmthatyouarehappywithyoursubmission.

ClickFinishSubmission.

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Aboxwillpopupaskingyoutoconfirmyouarefinished.ClickOK.

Step5

Yoursubmissionisnowcomplete!Theeditorhasbeennotifiedofyoursubmission.Atthispoint,youcanfollowthelinksto:

ReviewthissubmissionCreateanewsubmissionReturntoyourdashboard

DashboardAndhereisyoursubmissioninyourDashboard.YoucanseethatitiscurrentlyintheSubmissionstage.

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Overthecomingdays,itwillmoveintotheReviewstage,andifaccepted,you will be notified via email.

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