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Prepare your manuscript for Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research.

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Article types

Review
Review Article
Research Article
Data Note
Protocol
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Letter
Systematic Review
Lectio

Readiness requirements

Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.

Abstract length

  • There are no strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the essential elements needed to evaluate a manuscript: abstract, author affiliation, figures, tables, funder information, references.

Keywords

  • Provide 3-5 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Authors should provide 3 to 5 keywords.
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  • Keywords are the terms that are most important to the article and should be terms readers may use to search.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • This should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
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  • Software and Code Availability: Authors must include a software availability statement, which authors should add to the end of the article, before the references list.
  • Please select the appropriate DOI for the version which underlies your article; License: Must be an open license and preferably an OSI-approved license.
  • Code and software should be cited in the body of your article, be added to your reference list as you would any other bibliographic citation.
  • All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
  • You should include a statement in the manuscript as follows: Software available from: URL for the website where software can be downloaded from; Source code available from: URL for versioning control system (for example GitHub); Archived source code at time of publication: DOI and citation for project (for example in Zenodo).
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors take full responsibility for the integrity of the whole content, including accuracy of references.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for color, at the correct size).
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  • Figures should be of sufficient resolution to enable refereeing.
  • Excel tables may not convert well for the Reviewer PDF proof - please submit as a Word or PDF file.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PDF, PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.

Funding statement

  • You should declare only the acquired funds and grants that are directly relevant to the work reported in your article; for example, This work was supported by the [Funding Agency #1] under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency #2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency #3] under Grant [number xxxx].

Competing interests

  • Include or confirm the competing interests required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Data availability statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Data availability statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Data Note: Data note submissions must include a data availability statement and describe data available via a repository.
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  • Depending on the journal's data sharing policy, authors may be required to provide a data availability statement, even where there is no data associated with the article.
  • In this instance, the data availability statement should read: "No data are associated with this article.
  • If data cannot be made open, authors should state why in the data availability statement.
  • Further to the data sharing policy for the journal, authors of laboratory protocols are required to provide a data availability statement (DAS), detailing where data associated with the paper can be found and how it can be accessed.

Ethics statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Ethics statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Ethics and Consent: All research must be conducted within an appropriate ethical framework.
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  • Protocol: Details of approval by the authors’ institution or an ethics committee must be provided in the Methods section of the Study Protocol.

Blinded manuscript

  • The PDF should be uploaded as the “Manuscript - with author details”/”Manuscript - anonymous” file.

Cover letter

  • You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article.
  • Authors must make the source code available on a Version Control System (VCS) such as GitHub and provide details of the repository and the license under which the software can be used.
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  • Review: The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission.
  • If you wish to include any material in your paper for which you do not hold copyright, and which is not covered by this informal agreement, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission.

Author contributions

  • Submitting authors should be prepared to submit CRediT roles for themselves and their co-authors (where applicable) as part of the submission process.

Title page and author information

  • All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript.
  • Please include their names and affiliations.
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  • One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with their email address normally displayed in the published article.

Article structure and word limits

  • They should be carefully checked and returned within 48 hours.
  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
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  • For Arctic Answers Briefs, a specific format must be followed.
  • Arctic Answers Science Briefs require a specific format.
  • Please note that discounts must be applied at the Charges stage of the submission process when the APC quote is confirmed and may not be considered after submission.
  • Include critical parameters and settings for instruments/systems, including any custom set up.
  • Include software versions and settings where applicable.
  • Provide diagrams or photographs of complex setups.
  • Provide troubleshooting guidance for common issues.
  • Include representative images, graphs, or data.
  • Line numbering should begin on the first page of the document and should be consecutive from the first line to the last line of the document.
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • You will also need to upload your LaTeX source files, which should be uploaded as a single zip file alongside your submission and marked as “LaTeX Source Files”.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Originality and accuracy of content has been confirmed by the authors.
  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable.
  • Authors must retain the original and revised versions which must be shared upon request.
  • The PLSP guidelines for authors must be followed at all times.
  • Data Note: Data notes should only describe the data.
  • Protocol / Clinical Trial: Clinical trials: If the study protocol relates to a clinical trial then the Trial Registration details must be provided: name of registry, registry number, registration date and URL of the trial in the registry database.
  • Use RRIDs where appropriate.
  • Protocol: Include evidence that the protocol works, either in a supporting peer-reviewed publication where the protocol was used, or validation data from an experiment which used the protocol.
  • The article should provide examples of suitable input data sets and include an example of the output that can be expected from the tool and how this output should be interpreted.
  • Submissions should include line numbers.
  • Use of third-party material.
  • Image descriptions are typically used by systems such as pronouncing screen readers to make images accessible to people that cannot read or see the object due to a visual disability.

Reporting guidelines

  • Include or confirm the reporting guidelines required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Preprints and prior publication

  • If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed.

Artificial intelligence disclosure

  • Add or confirm the author-written Artificial intelligence statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Please include a statement disclosing whether and how generative AI has been used in the research and manuscript preparation process.
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  • Use of AI tools as part of ethical research studies is permitted.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: The name and version number of the AI tool used.
  • Systematic Review: Use of AI tools as part of ethically conducted literature reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analysis and bibliometrics studies is permitted.
  • Use of AI tool assisted plain language summaries (PLS) of authors own work is permitted.
  • Please read our guidance on using AI tools in your research and manuscript preparation to understand scenarios where their use may be permissible, and the required information that must be disclosed.
  • A declaration must be included within the submission stating: Confirmation the authors have checked terms of use for the specific AI tool used, and therefore confirm suitability for publication.

Manuscript structure

  • Data Note: Data notes do not include any interpretation or conclusion of the data.
  • Laboratory Protocols should be submitted for publication after the research activity has been completed, and the results achieved.
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  • Protocol: Materials and Methods: Include details of required equipment, materials and reagents that researchers running the protocol would need to use.
  • Protocol: Expeected results: This should include information about the outcome of the protocol.
  • Provide estimated time requirements for each major section (Include preparation time, hands-on time, and waiting periods), and note steps that can be paused or are time-sensitive.
  • Authors must retain full records of the methods undertaken, including full descriptions and records of the prompts used, which must be shared with the journal upon request.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Data Availability: In general, this article type should not include new research and data.
  • Protocol: Structure: Your study protocol paper should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; introduction, methods, ethics and consent, discussion, conclusion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; data availability statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).
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  • Protocol: Your laboratory protocol should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; introduction, materials and methods, protocol, expected results; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; data availability statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).
  • Your software tool should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; introduction, methods, results, use cases, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; data availability statement; software availability statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).

Study reporting guidelines

  • Study Protocols should follow the relevant reporting guideline for the study.
  • Authors must provide full methodological details and adhere to relevant reporting guidelines where applicable (e.g. CONSORT-AI, STARD-AI, GAMER, TRIPOD-AI, etc).
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What your package checks

Keywords: 3-5 keywords
Declarations: Data availability, Ethics, Artificial intelligence

Source transparency

This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.

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