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Prepare your manuscript for Constructions.
Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.
Checked 2026-07-16
Article types
Editorial
Review
Readiness requirements
Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.
Figure and table rules
- Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
Data availability statement
- Add or confirm the author-written Data availability statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
- Authors of empirical papers are required to include a data availability statement in their papers.
Ethics statement
- The research reported in manuscripts submitted to Constructions must have been conducted in an ethical and responsible manner and must comply with all relevant legislation.
Blinded manuscript
- Include or confirm the blinded manuscript required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.
Preprints and prior publication
- Review: If it is not the final published version, the uploaded version should contain a statement that clearly states whether or not the paper has already undergone peer-review, e.g. "This is a preprint of paper XY submitted to Constructions " (with preprint indicating that the paper has not been reviewed yet) or "This is the accepted version/version of record of paper XY accepted for publication in Constructions ".
Submission forms and permissions
- As a minimum requirement, the license must ensure that the paper is openly available for everyone, for free, forever.
Authorship and originality
- Examples of misconduct include, but are not limited to: - plagiarism,.
Other submission requirements
- We rely on at least two reviewers for initial submissions and at least one reviewer for resubmissions of papers for which the reviewers requested major revisions.
- We reserve the right to desk-reject manuscripts that do not fit the journal's scope or are clearly insufficient in terms of quality.
What your package checks
Declarations: Data availability
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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