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Prepare your manuscript for International Journal of Remote Sensing.

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Article types

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Review Article
Letter
Editorial
Clinical Trial
Protocol
Systematic Review
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Readiness requirements

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

Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 300 words.
  • Use a structured abstract.
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  • The Abstract should be unstructured and no more than 300 words.
  • Your abstract should focus on what your research is about, what methods have been used, and what you found out.
  • The instructions for authors for each journal will give specific guidelines on what’s required here, including whether it should be a structured abstract or graphical abstract, and any word limits.

Keywords

  • Do not include keywords within the body of the text.

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 advancement should be novel and clearly communicated in the paper with reference to existing literature and knowledge.
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  • Please use this reference guide when preparing your references, also available as an EndNote output style here.
  • You should to cite your data under our citation guidelines.
  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.
  • 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. Keep figures embedded; Articlo also extracts numbered source files for the package.
  • Group figures at the end of the manuscript.
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  • Group tables at the end of the manuscript.
  • Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size).
  • Tables and figures Show clearly in your article text where the tables and figures should appear, for example, by writing [Table 1 near here].
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • Formatting of variables, etc., should be applied consistently in all places in the manuscript: equations, the text, figures, and figure captions.
  • It’s very important that you have been given permission to use any tables or figures you are reproducing from another source before you submit.
  • Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.
  • Check the instructions for authors to see how you should supply tables and figures, whether at the end of the text or in separate files, and follow any guidance given on the submission system.

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.
  • This journal requires a Data availability statement.

Ethics statement

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

Blinded manuscript

  • Review: Remove author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, and other direct identifiers from the blinded manuscript file.
  • 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 paper.

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

  • Provide the author, affiliation, and correspondence details for the separate title page; Articlo creates the editable companion file.
  • Author details: Must include at least one Corresponding Author.

Article structure and word limits

  • Review: To submit to a journal, you should complete 4 steps: Review, Consider, Prepare, and Submit.
  • Short articles (under 10 pages) should be submitted to our sister journal Remote Sensing Letters.
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  • Letter: All variables should be: represented by a single letter only (for example, "x", not "Date1"), and.
  • Margins Margins should be at least 2.5cm (1 inch).
  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • Review: First, you should Review this journal and find out if its right for you and your paper.
  • You should Consider the publishing model and licensing options of the journal and whether they meet your needs.
  • You should also think about whether your need our editing services to help you with translation or formatting of your paper.
  • Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here.
  • Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access.
  • Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
  • For all NIH/Wellcome-funded papers, the grant number(s) must be included in the declaration of interest statement.
  • All equations should be numbered in consecutive Arabic numbers (in parentheses).
  • All variables should be: formatted according to the type of the variable: matrices and tensors in bold.
  • Whenever possible, the regular character set should be used for mathematical terms; do not paste images of variables in the text.
  • Do not include multiplication symbols in equations, unless absolutely necessary.
  • Letter: If multiplication signs must be used, do not use dots, asterisks ('*') or x (the letter 'ex').
  • 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”.
  • Before you submit your article, make sure you’ve checked the instructions for authors for your chosen journal, so you are aware of everything required.
  • Most journals create image descriptions during the production process, but a minority may require authors to provide image descriptions.
  • Review: Running heads and received dates These aren’t required when submitting a manuscript for review.
  • 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 should only be shared if it is ethically correct to do so, where this does not violate the protection of human subjects, or other valid ethical, privacy, or security concerns.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Special characters If you are preparing your manuscript in Microsoft Word and your article contains special characters, accents, or diacritics, we recommend you follow these steps: European accents (Greek, Hebrew, or Cyrillic letters, or phonetic symbols): choose Times New Roman font from the dropdown menu in the “Insert symbol” window and insert the character you require.
  • Special characters If you are preparing your manuscript in Microsoft Word and your article contains special characters, accents, or diacritics, we recommend you follow these steps: Asian languages (such as Sanskrit, Korean, Chinese, or Japanese): choose Arial Unicode font from the dropdown menu in the “Insert symbol” window and insert the character you require.
  • Review: Step One: Review this journal When deciding whether this journal is the right home for your paper, you need to review 3 key areas: is the subject matter of the journal the right place for my paper; does its publishing model meet my needs; and what are the Publishing charges?
  • If you do not respond to communication about proof corrections or the Author Publishing Agreement for more than 30 days, your paper will be withdrawn and will need to be resubmitted to the journal to be considered.
  • You then need to Prepare your paper according to the guidelines in this Instructions for Authors page.
  • Add the subheading “Disclosure of interest.”.
  • If you are submitting in LaTeX, please convert the files to PDF beforehand (you will also need to upload your LaTeX source files with the PDF).
  • This journal requires papers to have two peer reviews.
  • If you are at the early stage of your research, you may also need to read how to start writing a journal manuscript.
  • 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.

Article type and manuscript length

  • Equations may be referred to in the text as 'Equation (1)', 'Equations (2)–(4)', etc. Every mathematical variable, function, and term must be defined clearly on first use, separately in the abstract and main text, even those that are well-known or have an implied meaning in the context of the equation.
  • Review: A main document file with abstract, keywords, main text and references, which should be kept anonymous if the journal you are submitting to uses double-blind peer review.
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  • Include a word count for your paper.
  • Your paper should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; references; appendices (as appropriate).

Language and text style

  • Subscripts and superscript labels should be in roman (i.e. not italics or bold), unless they are variables in their own right, in which case they are printed in italics.
  • Use British (-ise) spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.
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  • Use single quotation marks, except where ‘a quotation is “within” a quotation’.
  • Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
  • All variables should be: formatted according to the type of the variable: scalars in italics.
  • All variables should be: formatted according to the type of the variable: vectors in bold italic.
  • The use of 'd' for differential should be made clear and coded in roman, not italic.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Fourth-level headings should be in bold italics, at the beginning of a paragraph.
  • Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Fifth-level headings should be in italics, at the beginning of a paragraph.
  • Letter: Sets, universal constants (e.g. 'π'), mathematical functions that are commonly represented as words (e.g. 'cos', 'int', 'max'), and all other words (e.g. 'such that') in equations should be in roman (i.e. upright letter, not italics or bold) text.
  • With the exception of common functions normally represented by words (as mentioned above), functions should always be written as single letters and formatted in italics (e.g. f(x)).
  • Letter: Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Second-level headings should be in bold italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
  • Letter: Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: Third-level headings should be in italics, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
  • For the rare exceptions where variables on the right of the equals need to be multiple letters, write the variable in roman (i.e. upright letters, not italics or bold), and enclose in round brackets: e.g. '(NDVI)'.

Manuscript structure

  • Letter: Headings This will show you the different levels of the heading section in your article: First-level headings (e.g. Introduction, Conclusion) should be in bold, with an initial capital letter for any proper nouns.
  • 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.

Study reporting guidelines

  • 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

Abstract: 300 words
Title page: separate file
Declarations: Data availability, Artificial intelligence
Format: Times New Roman

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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