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Prepare your manuscript for Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences.

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Article types

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

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 250 words.
  • Use a structured abstract.
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  • Should contain an structured abstract of 250 words.
  • Research Article: Preparing Your Paper Research Articles Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Abstract of 150-250 words.
  • Perspective: Tables and figures ( Comment articles (perspective papers) Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Abstract of 150-250 words).
  • The abstract structure should be as follows: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion.
  • 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, and references.

Keywords

  • Provide 3-6 keywords chosen by the author.
  • Should contain between 3 and 6 keywords.
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  • Research Article: Preparing Your Paper Research Articles Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Three to six keywords.
  • Perspective: Tables and figures ( Comment articles (perspective papers) Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Three to six keywords).

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.
  • Perspective: Articlo formats your supplied references in Harvard style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
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  • Research Article: Articlo formats your supplied references in Harvard style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
  • Where applicable, this should include the hyperlink, DOI or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
  • Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text.
  • If you reply yes, you will be required to provide the DOI, pre-registered DOI, hyperlink, or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
  • Research Article: Preparing Your Paper Research Articles Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Please cite references as “first author’s last name et al.” with >2 authors.
  • Perspective: Tables and figures ( Comment articles (perspective papers) Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Please cite references as “first author’s last name et al.” with >2 authors).
  • 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.
  • Research Article: Preparing Your Paper Research Articles Should be written with the following elements in the following order: References: Use author-year style, with publication year, author list, article title, and journal name.
  • Perspective: Tables and figures ( Comment articles (perspective papers) Should be written with the following elements in the following order: References: Use author-year style, with publication year, author list, article title, and journal name).

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 colour, at the correct size).
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  • Figures should be of sufficient resolution to enable refereeing.
  • Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text.
  • Perspective: Tables and figures ( Comment articles (perspective papers) Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Optional: three to five highlights (maximum 75 characters each)).
  • 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.
  • Make sure that figures are complete: abbreviations should be explained, axes need complete titles (variable names, units), clear legends if necessary, proper position of titles (table titles above the table; figure titles below the figure).
  • Review / Perspective: Tables and figures ( Comment articles (perspective papers) Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Anonymous title page (for review)).
  • Review / Perspective: Tables and figures ( Comment articles (perspective papers) Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Acknowledgments (not for review)).
  • Perspective: Tables and figures ( Comment articles (perspective papers) Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Optional: Supporting information (SI)).
  • Review / Perspective: Tables and figures ( Comment articles (perspective papers) Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Title page, listing the paper title, authors and their affiliations, and contact details for the corresponding authors (not for review)).
  • Perspective: Tables and figures ( Comment articles (perspective papers) Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Declaration of interest statement (This is statement to inform whether they have potential or actual conflict of interest)).

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

  • Research Article: Preparing Your Paper Research Articles Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Declaration of interest statement (This is statement to inform whether they have potential or actual conflict of interest).

Data availability statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Data availability statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Authors are required to cite any data sets referenced in the article and provide a Data Availability Statement.
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  • Data Note: [for journals on Basic or SURR data sharing policy] Further to the data sharing policy for the journal, Data Note submissions must include a data availability statement and describe data available via a repository.

Ethics statement

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

Cover letter

  • Using Third-Party Material in your Paper You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article.
  • 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.
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  • 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.

Supplementary files

  • Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.
  • Research Article: Preparing Your Paper Research Articles Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Optional: Supporting information (SI).

Title page and author information

  • Review: All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript (not for review).
  • Review: Preparing Your Paper Research Articles Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Anonymous title page (for review).
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  • Review: Preparing Your Paper Research Articles Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Title page, listing the paper title, authors and their affiliations, and contact details for the corresponding authors (not for review).

Article structure and word limits

  • Should be no more than 3000 words.
  • It should be a maximum width of 525 pixels.
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  • Review: These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • 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.
  • Research Article: Preparing Your Paper Research Articles Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Three to five highlights (maximum 75 characters each).
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the article must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • Queries Should you have any queries, please visit our Author Services website or contact us here.
  • 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.
  • They do not include new research.
  • Data Note: Data Notes should only describe the data.
  • Please use SI units (non-italicized).
  • Please note that 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.
  • Review: Preparing Your Paper Research Articles Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Acknowledgments (not for review).
  • Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
  • One or two authors will need to be identified as the corresponding authors.
  • If you haven't submitted a paper to this journal before, you will need to create an account in ScholarOne.
  • 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

  • Research Article: Preparing Your Paper Research Articles Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Up to eight tables and figures in the main text.
  • Perspective: Tables and figures ( Comment articles (perspective papers) Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Main text).
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  • Research Article: Preparing Your Paper Research Articles Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Main text with page numbers: introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusions.
  • Perspective: Tables and figures ( Comment articles (perspective papers) Should be written with the following elements in the following order: Up to four tables and figures in the main text).
  • Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, Data description, discussion; acknowledgments; declaration of interest statement; author contributions statement and ethics; data availability statement; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figures; figure captions (as a list).

Manuscript structure

  • Data Note: Data Notes do not include any interpretation or conclusion of the data (see preparing your paper).
  • 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: 250 words
Keywords: 3-6 keywords
Declarations: Data availability, Artificial intelligence

Source transparency

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