Vilnius University Press
Prepare your manuscript for Social Welfare: Interdisciplinary Approach.
Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.
Checked 2026-07-22
Article types
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Readiness requirements
Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.
Abstract length
- Papers should be arranged as follows: Abstract.
Keywords
- keywords (up to five), keywords must be separated by commas and provided one by one,.
- Papers should be arranged as follows: Keywords in the language of the article.
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.
- The paper must contain all the necessary parts of a scientific article – aims, objective, methods, results, conclusions, and the list of references.
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- Papers should be arranged as follows: List of references.
- DOIs should be included if any.
Figure and table rules
- Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
- Place your description under the table or illustration in square brackets [ ] to provide a clear explanation.
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- We will ensure that the e-files are properly prepared; however, you need to describe the tables and illustrations in your article in a way that a blind person can understand.
Funding statement
- Add or confirm the author-written Funding statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
- A title page with full identifying information should be created as a separate file and uploaded for the editors only, including: Acknowledgments, including information on funding (if applicable).
Ethics statement
- Add or confirm the author-written Ethics statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
- In accordance with the ethics requirements for the publications, authors are required to disclose any use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted technologies in the preparation of the manuscript.
Blinded manuscript
- The European Accessibility Act, which requires e-publications to be accessible to all, including blind and partially sighted individuals, came into force in 2025.
Author contributions
- Add or confirm the author-written Author contributions statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
- Papers should be arranged as follows: Author Contributions (each author is expected to have made substantial contributions to the submitted manuscript and and to be accountable for the work).
Title page and author information
- Provide the author, affiliation, and correspondence details for the separate title page; Articlo creates the editable companion file.
- All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation in the submission form.
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- Include ORCiD, provide your institutions ROR.
- Short biographic information must be provided by the corresponding author at the time of manuscript submission.
- A title page with full identifying information should be created as a separate file and uploaded for the editors only, including: E-mail address for each co-author.
- A title page with full identifying information should be created as a separate file and uploaded for the editors only, including: Full name and institution/university for each co-author.
- A title page with full identifying information should be created as a separate file and uploaded for the editors only, including: Corresponding Author, with contact information.
- One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with the author’s email address provided in the submission form.
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.
Submission forms
- The length of the article must be between 35,000 and 40,000 characters with spaces.
- Metadata of the paper should be arranged as follows: (1) Title.
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- Submission files must be in one of the popular document formats - Microsoft Word (preferably 2007 XML format DOCX).
- Papers should be arranged as follows: Title of the article.
- Papers should be arranged as follows: Theoretical framework of the research (insert the title of the part of the article).
- Papers should be arranged as follows: Research methodology.
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Authorship and originality
- Once the paper has been accepted for publication, all co-authors have to provide a short biographic information (no more than 200 words).
Manuscript structure
- Papers should be arranged as follows: Analysis of research results or scientific problem.
- Papers should be arranged as follows: Discussion (the section might include limitations and practical implications).
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- Papers should be arranged as follows: Conclusions (optional).
- Papers should be arranged as follows: Describes scientific concerns and relevance of the article, names research subject and aim, presents novelty, relevance and methods of the research as well as current level of research on this matter.
What your package checks
Title page: separate file
Declarations: Funding, Ethics, Author contributions, 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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