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Prepare your manuscript for Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association.

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Article types

Review
Data Note
Research Article
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

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 250 words.
  • Use a structured abstract.
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  • They should contain a structured abstract of 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, implications statement, author affiliation, keywords, figures, tables, funder information, disclosure statement, data availability statement, references.

Keywords

  • Provide 3-6 keywords chosen by the author.
  • They should contain between 3 and 6 keywords.
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  • Please include 3-6 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.
  • Notebook papers should be no more than 5,000 words, not including references.
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  • All bibliographic entries must contain a corresponding in-text citation.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • This should include the hyperlink, DOI, or other persistent identifier associated with the data set(s).
  • 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).
  • In that instance it should be submitted as a single file, preferably in PDF format, and an appropriate citation for it must be included in the manuscript text.
  • Supplemental material can consist of items intended for the reviewers’ reference only and not for the general readership, such as the required copy of your text with the changes tracked for all revised versions, extensive comments to reviewers, documents containing special formatting, and so forth.
  • 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 of sufficient resolution to enable referee evaluation.
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  • Figures should be high resolution and should be either fig, tif/tiff, png or jpg/jpeg files.
  • If you submit color figures and only intend them to be in color for the online version, please state so clearly in a separate paragraph in your submitting cover letter.

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: 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.
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  • If data cannot be made open, authors should state why in the data availability statement.
  • Protocol: Data Availability: In general, Study Protocols should not include new research and data.
  • 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.
  • Authors are required to cite any data sets referenced in the article and provide a Data Availability Statement.
  • Authors are required to provide a data availability statement, detailing where data associated with a paper can be found and how it can be accessed.
  • Protocol: Data Availability: 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.
  • Details of approval by the authors’ institution or an ethics committee must be provided in the Methods section of the Study Protocol.
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  • In this instance, the data availability statement should read: “No data are associated with this article.” Ethics and Consent: All research must be conducted within an appropriate ethical framework.

Cover letter

  • Provide the claims and editor-specific context for the cover letter; Articlo creates an editable companion without inventing content.
  • License: Must be an open license and preferably an OSI-approved license.
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  • 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.

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.
  • One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with their email address normally displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal) and the online article.

Article structure and word limits

  • Data Note: Data Notes should be no more than 3,000 words in length.
  • This could be adapted from your departmental website or academic networking profile and should be relatively brief (e.g. no more than 200 words).
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  • Current fees are US$69 per printed page for A&WMA members (valid member ID required) and US$99 per printed page for non-members.
  • These instructions will ensure we have everything required so your paper can move through peer review, production and publication smoothly.
  • 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”.
  • Note that, regardless of the file format of the original submission, an editable version of the paper must be supplied at the revision stage.
  • Although JA&WMA does not maintain a page-limit policy, authors should be mindful of their audience and strive for efficiency in presentation.
  • Review: Reviews should be critical in nature while noting the strengths, weaknesses, and limitations of current knowledge.
  • You should include a statement in the manuscript as follows: Software available from: URL for the website where software can be downloaded from.
  • Include critical parameters and settings for instruments/systems, including any custom setup.
  • 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.
  • The document should appear exactly as you intend readers to see it, as it will not be edited.
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  • Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access.
  • 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.
  • Please be advised that all papers submitted for consideration to JA&WMA are subject to a minimum of two external peer reviews and may need to go through multiple rounds of review before a determination can be made regarding suitability for publication.
  • Software Tool Articles 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.
  • Use RRIDs where appropriate.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • Acceptable File Types The following file types are acceptable for your submission: • Word Doc/docx • PDF • XLS/XLSX • LaTeX • eps • fig • tif/tiff • png • jpg/jpeg Reprints Authors will receive a PDF copy of the published paper for limited distribution—rights and limitations will be conveyed along with PDF.

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

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

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.

Blinded manuscript

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

Manuscript structure

  • Protocol: Laboratory Protocols should be submitted for publication after the research activity has been completed, and the results achieved.
  • Materials and Methods: Include details of required equipment, materials, and reagents that researchers running the protocol would need to use.
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  • Please do not use numbered headings.
  • Data Note / Research Article: Data Notes do not include any interpretation or conclusions of the data but may be linked to a research article incorporating analysis of the published dataset, as well as the results and conclusions.
  • 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

  • They should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; structured abstract; keywords; main text: introduction, materials and methods, data description, discussion; 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).
  • Protocol: They should be written with the following elements 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) • Laboratory Protocols are peer-reviewed articles containing a detailed, predefined set of written instructions that outline the steps and use case for conducting specific experimental or analytical procedures (including computational analysis).
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  • They should be written with the following elements 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).
  • They should be written with the following elements 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).

Study reporting guidelines

  • Protocol: 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).

Supplementary material

  • The file size of this supplemental material should be less than 50 MB.
  • Supplemental Data All supplemental material should be identified as such and be placed after all other files.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 250 words
Paper: 5,000 words
Keywords: 3-6 keywords
Cover letter: requested
Declarations: Data availability, Ethics, Artificial intelligence

Source transparency

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