Author Guidelines

Sections

  1. Submission
  2. Aims and Scope
  3. Manuscript Categories and Requirements
  4. Preparing Your Submission
  5. Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations
  6. Author Licensing
  7. Publication Process After Acceptance
  8. Post Publication
  9. Editorial Office Contact Details

1. SUBMISSION

Authors should kindly note that submission implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium.

New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal: https://submission.wiley.com/journal/eth. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact [email protected]. 

As part of the journal’s commitment to supporting authors at every step of the publishing process, the journal requires the submitting author to provide an ORCID iD (a unique author identifier) to help distinguish their work from that of other researchers. Click here to find out more.

For help with submissions, please contact: [email protected]

 

2. AIMS AND SCOPE

International in scope, Ethology publishes original research on behaviour including physiological mechanisms, function, and evolution. The Journal addresses behaviour in all species, from slime moulds to humans. Experimental research is preferred, both from the field and the lab, that is grounded in a theoretical framework.

Ethology welcomes replicates of earlier experiments that are relevant to our readers if the replication is part of larger study, or if the importance of the replication is well-justified.  Publication of negative results is also encouraged, as long as the methods and analyses are sufficient to offer clear evidence that the negative results are valid.

 Are you a graduate student who would like to receive additional advice on your submission? If you identify yourself as such during the submission process, the editors of Ethology would be pleased to offer advice and feedback on your manuscript. This will have no influence on the outcome of the review process.

 

3. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Ethology welcomes suggestions to edit special issues on all topics related to behavioural biology (see journal overview for more details).

Ethology publishes articles by scientists from all over the world. It welcomes:

Original contributions (Research articles)
Ethology invites original research articles from all branches of behavioural research on all species, both in the field and in the laboratory, as well as theoretical investigations. Authors are requested to explain the theoretical framework of their contribution and the general importance of their findings. Perspectives and reviews on current issues, and short essays on controversial topics are especially encouraged.

Perspectives and Current Debates

In the spirit of academic democracy, Ethology invites contributions to the sections Perspectives and Current Debates. In these sections the editors hope to advance the field through stimulating discussion, clear thinking and logical arguments.

The Perspectives section includes articles whose aim is to look backward by surveying an ethological topic, theme, concept, or phenomenon, including a critical overview of its major milestones, clear impacts on related fields, and the potential for changing future avenues in the course of the study of behavioural biology. Colleagues are welcome to submit unsolicited contributions directly to the editorial office, including high quality and generally accessible formal topical reviews from keynote lectures, round table discussions, symposia, and introductory thesis chapters. Alternatively, authors are welcome to discuss their ideas for this format with the Editor-in-Chief prior to submission.

The Current Debates section embraces the argumentative nature and skills of behavioural biologists and aims to push the field forward by inviting opposing, controversial viewpoints and counterintuitive but testable arguments. This forum provides room for positive and constructive exchange of ideas about theoretical, conceptual, methodological, quantitative-statistical, or technological advances and shortcomings that may or may not have contributed to perceived or real advances in behavioural biology. Potential authors are asked to nominate and discuss a theme with the Editor-in-Chief, including nominating a colleague to generate a reaction piece. Following an exchange of manuscript drafts and external referee comments, these debates will then be published together. The Current Debates can also involve responses to perspective papers.

Ethological Methods

The Ethological Methods section includes reports of novel methods, and comparative assessments of methods, spanning all levels of analyses that are relevant to understanding behaviour (e.g. physiology, genetics, statistics, behavioural assays).

Behavioural Notes

The Behavioural Notes section is intended to allow reporting of novel behaviour that fundamentally alters our understanding of the behaviour of a species and/or redirects or inspires novel research. Papers, including figures, tables, and literature cited, should be short and succinct.

"Species-in-the-spotlight“ articles

This section explores a particular species or taxonomic group in relation to its larger relevance for a key concept in behavioural research. Examples include cuckoos for deceit and mimicry, damselflies for sperm competition and sexual selection, or cleaner fish for biological markets. This may also include species that are “in the process” of becoming relevant models for key aspects of important behavioural questions. Authors should aim to cover the relevant literature and not only review their own work. Authors are encouraged to submit ideas for this section with the Editor-in-Chief prior to submission.

Registered Reports

Registered Reports are reviewed in two stages. Stage 1 should provide a detailed description of the research question as well as the methods of data collection and analysis (i.e., the Introduction and Methods section of a research paper). You should describe the nature of the research in sufficient detail that another researcher could duplicate the study without further guidance. This should be submitted prior to data collection. You must provide a cover letter indicating an anticipated timeline for study completion. Ethology expects the Stage 2 results to come in within 24 months of the acceptance of the Stage 1 report, though this may be extended in case of unforeseen delays. Ethology will send Stage 1 submissions for peer review. Stage 1 submissions may be accepted, rejected, or authors may be given the opportunity to revise. If a Stage 1 report is accepted, it will be published before the Stage 2 results are received, though you may ask for the Stage 1 report to be embargoed.

Stage 2 should add the results of the data collection and discussion to the previous sections. Only minor changes should be made to the Stage 1 text, such as changing tenses or correcting typographical errors. All changes must be identified to and approved by the handling editor. Stage 2 reports will be peer reviewed, in most cases by the same reviewers for Stage 1, to determine: whether the data tested the proposed hypotheses; whether the Stage 1 material has been altered; whether authors adhered to registered research procedures; whether unregistered post hoc analysis is justified, methodologically sound, and informative; and whether the authors’ conclusions are justified given the data. The nature of the findings, including their significance and novelty, will not affect editorial decisions in Stage 2.

Click here for more information on Registered Reports.

4. PREPARING THE SUBMISSION

Free Format submission

Before you submit, you will need:

  • Your manuscript: this should be an editable file including text, figures, and tables, or separate files – whichever you prefer. Figures and tables should have legends. Figures should be uploaded in the highest resolution possible. References may be submitted in any style or format, as long as it is consistent throughout the manuscript. Supporting information should be submitted in separate files. If the manuscript, figures or tables are difficult for you to read, they will also be difficult for the editors and reviewers, and the editorial office will send it back to you for revision.
  • An ORCID ID, freely available at https://orcid.org. (Why is this important? Your article, if accepted and published, will be attached to your ORCID profile. Institutions and funders are increasingly requiring authors to have ORCID IDs.)
  • The title page of the manuscript, including:
    • Your co-author details, including affiliation and email address. (Why is this important? We need to keep all co-authors informed of the outcome of the peer review process.)
    • Statements relating to our ethics and integrity policies, which may include any of the following (Why are these important? We need to uphold rigorous ethical standards for the research we consider for publication):
  • data availability statement
  • funding statement
  • conflict of interest disclosure
  • ethics approval statement
  • permission to reproduce material from other sources
  • clinical trial registration

 

Article Preparation Support

Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, figure illustration, figure formatting, and graphical abstract design – so you can submit your manuscript with confidence. Also, check out our resources for Preparing Your Article for general guidance about writing and preparing your manuscript.

Cover Letters

Cover letters are not mandatory; however, they may be supplied at the author’s discretion.

Parts of the Manuscript

We now differentiate between the requirements for initial and revised submissions. For manuscripts submitted via the new Research Exchange submission portal, manuscripts can be uploaded either as a single Microsoft Word document (containing the main text, tables and figures), or with figures and tables provided as separate files. A specific format is not required at this stage, but to ease the review process please include continuous line numbers. Should your manuscript reach revision stage, the paper needs to be formatted in the correct Ethology format and figures and tables must be provided as separate files. The main manuscript file can be submitted in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or LaTex (.tex) formats. 

Cover Letters and Conflict of Interest statements may be provided as separate files, included in the manuscript, or provided as free text in the submission system. A statement of funding (including grant numbers, if applicable) should be included in the “Acknowledgements” section of your manuscript.

LaTeX Submissions
If submitting your manuscript file in LaTex format via the new Research Exchange submission portal, select the file designation “Main Document – LaTeX .tex File” on upload. When submitting a Latex Main Document, you must also provide a PDF version of the manuscript for Peer Review. Please upload this file as “Main Document - LaTeX PDF.” All supporting files that are referred to in the Latex Main Document should be uploaded as a “LaTeX Supplementary File.”

Main Text File

The text file should be presented in the following order:

  1. The full names of the authors;
  2. The author's institutional affiliations where the work was conducted, with a footnote for the author’s present address if different from where the work was conducted;
  3. Acknowledgments;
  4. Abstract and keywords;
  5. Main text;
  6. References;
  7. Tables (each table complete with title and footnotes);
  8. Figure legends;
  9. Appendices (if relevant).

Figures and supporting information should be supplied as separate files.

Graphical Abstracts
The Ethology table of contents will be presented in graphical form with a brief abstract.

The Graphical Abstract entry must include a caption of no more than 80 words or 3 sentences of text summarising the key findings presented in the paper and a figure that best represents the scope of the paper. Ideally the figure should be eye-catching and colourful. It does not need to be a figure used in the main article, however if no figure is provided by the authors then Figure 1 and its figure caption will be used by default.

A Graphical Table of Contents is optional for original submissions to this journal, but mandatory for revised manuscripts, with the exception of Editorials, Letters to the Editor and Commentaries.

Graphical Abstract entries should be submitted to ScholarOne and uploaded with the file designation ‘Graphical Abstract’ during the manuscript submission process. The caption should be uploaded in an editable Word file including the article title, the authors' names (with the corresponding author indicated by an asterisk). The image should be included in the Word file or supplied as a tif, EPS or PDF file. It must be in high resolution, at least 300 dpi, it must fit within the dimensions of 50mm x 60mm and be fully legible at this size.

Authorship
Please refer to the journal’s Authorship policy in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on author listing eligibility. On initial submission, the submitting author will be prompted to provide the email address and country for all contributing authors. 

Author Contributions
For all articles, the journal mandates CRediT (Contribution Roles Taxonomy), for more information please see Author Services.

Acknowledgements
Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgements section. Financial and material support should also be mentioned. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.

Conflict of Interest Statement
Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. For details on what to include in this section, see the ‘Conflict of Interest’ section in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section below. Authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.

Abstract
Please provide an abstract of no more than 300 words containing the major keywords.

Keywords
Please provide six keywords. These keywords should not include words in the title.

Main Text
The journal uses British spelling; however, authors may submit using either option, as spelling of accepted papers is converted during the production process.

Authors are required to state in the Methods section whether blinded methods were used, for example by stating "To minimize observer bias, blinded methods were used for behavioural data recording and/or analysis." or "Data could not be recorded blindly because our study involved focal animals in the field."

Please include line numbers for the process of peer review.

References

References
References in Ethology are formatted according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition). However, references may be submitted in any format as long as they are consistent. For accepted manuscripts, references may be transformed during the Production process. The information about citation format that follows is therefore optional.

In text citations should follow the author-date method whereby the author's last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text, for example, (Jones, 1998). The complete reference list should appear alphabetically by name at the end of the paper.

A sample of the most common entries in reference lists appears below. Please note that a DOI should be provided for all references where available. For more information about APA referencing style, please refer to the APA FAQ. Please note that for journal articles, issue numbers are not included unless each issue in the volume begins with page one.

Journal article
Beers, S. R. , & De Bellis, M. D. (2002). Neuropsychological function in children with maltreatment-related posttraumatic stress disorder. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 159, 483–486. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.483

Book
Bradley-Johnson, S. (1994). Psychoeducational assessment of students who are visually impaired or blind: Infancy through high school (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: Pro-ed.

Chapter in an Edited Book
Borstrøm, I., & Elbro, C. (1997). Prevention of dyslexia in kindergarten: Effects of phoneme awareness training with children of dyslexic parents. In C. Hulme & M. Snowling (Eds.), Dyslexia: Biology, cognition and intervention (pp. 235–253). London: Whurr.

Internet Document
Norton, R. (2006, November 4). How to train a cat to operate a light switch [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs

Tables
Tables should be self-contained and complement, not duplicate, information contained in the text. They should be supplied as editable files, not pasted as images. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the table, legend, and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. All abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings.

Figure Legends
Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used, magnifications (if applicable) and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.

 

Figures

It is important that figures are supplied in accepted file formats and meet basic resolution requirements. Click here for the basic figure requirements for figures submitted with manuscripts for initial peer review, as well as the more detailed post-acceptance figure requirements.


Additional Files

Supporting Information

Supporting information is information that is not essential to the article, but provides greater depth and background. It is hosted online and appears without editing or typesetting. It may include tables, figures, videos, datasets, etc. Click here for Wiley’s FAQs on supporting information.

Note: if data, scripts, or other artefacts used to generate the analyses presented in the paper are available via a publicly available data repository, authors should include a reference to the location of the material within their data availability statement.


General Style Points

The following points provide general advice on formatting and style.

  • Acronyms and Abbreviations: In general, terms should not be abbreviated unless they are used repeatedly and the abbreviation is helpful to the reader. Initially, use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation only.
  • Units of measurement: Measurements should be given in SI or SI-derived units. Visit the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) website at www.bipm.fr for more information about SI units.
  • Numbers: numbers under 10 are spelt out, except for: measurements with a unit (8mmol/l); age (6 weeks old), or lists with other numbers (11 dogs, 9 cats, 4 gerbils).
  • Trade Names: Chemical substances should be referred to by the generic name only. Trade names should not be used. Drugs should be referred to by their generic names. If proprietary drugs have been used in the study, refer to these by their generic name, mentioning the proprietary name and the name and location of the manufacturer in parentheses.

 

Resource Identification Initiative

The journal supports the Resource Identification Initiative, which aims to promote research resource identification, discovery, and reuse. This initiative, led by the Neuroscience Information Framework and the Oregon Health & Science University Library, provides unique identifiers for antibodies, model organisms, cell lines, and tools including software and databases. These IDs, called Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs), are machine-readable and can be used to search for all papers where a particular resource was used and to increase access to critical data to help researchers identify suitable reagents and tools.

Authors are asked to use RRIDs to cite the resources used in their research where applicable in the text, similar to a regular citation or Genbank Accession number. For antibodies, authors should include in the citation the vendor, catalogue number, and RRID both in the text upon first mention in the Methods section. For software tools and databases, please provide the name of the resource followed by the resource website, if available, and the RRID. For model organisms, the RRID alone is sufficient.

Additionally, authors must include the RIIDs in the list of keywords associated with the manuscript.

To Obtain Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs):

  1. Use the Resource Identification Portal, created by the Resource Identification Initiative Working Group.
  2. Search for the research resource (please see the section titled “Search Features and Tips” for more information).
  3. Click on the “Cite This” button to obtain the citation and insert the citation into the manuscript text.

If there is a resource that is not found within the Portal, authors are asked to register the resource with the appropriate resource authority. Information on how to do this is provided in the “Resource Citation Guidelines” section of the Portal.

If any difficulties in obtaining identifiers arise, please contact [email protected] for assistance.

Example Citations:

Antibodies: "Wnt3 was localized using a rabbit polyclonal antibody C64F2 against Wnt3 (Cell Signaling Technology, Cat# 2721S, RRID: AB_2215411)"

Model Organisms: "Experiments were conducted in c. elegans strain SP304 (RRID:CGC_SP304)"

Cell lines: "Experiments were conducted in PC12 CLS cells (CLS Cat# 500311/p701_PC-12, RRID:CVCL_0481)"

Tools, Software, and Databases: "Image analysis was conducted with CellProfiler Image Analysis Software, V2.0 (http://www.cellprofiler.org, RRID:nif-0000-00280)"

 

Wiley Author Resources

Manuscript Preparation Tips: Wiley has a range of resources for authors preparing manuscripts for submission available here. In particular, authors may benefit from referring to Wiley’s best practice tips on Writing for Search Engine Optimization.

Editing, Translation, and Formatting Support: Wiley Editing Services can greatly improve the chances of a manuscript being accepted. Offering expert help in English language editing, translation, manuscript formatting, and figure preparation, Wiley Editing Services ensures that the manuscript is ready for submission.

 

5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Editorial Review and Acceptance

The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.

Wiley's policy on confidentiality of the review process is available here.


Data Storage and Documentation

Policy on Data Archiving

Ethology requires authors to (a) provide all data, metadata and code on submission for review by editors and referees and (b) adhere to our minimum standards in data and code archiving set out here and the instructions outlined below.

In brief, authors are required to format their open data to these standards, archive them in a publicly accessible repository, and clearly state in their submission where they are deposited. Upon acceptance, data must be formally archived and the Data Accessibility Statement completed with links to all open data from the manuscript. Manuscripts submitted without data will not be passed through to an editor. If you provide your data as supplementary files, please state this in your Data Accessibility Statement.

If authors choose to use the Dryad data repository, Ethology will pay the archiving charges on their behalf if their paper is published in the journal. If you use Dryad, please include the “Private for Peer Review” link in your Data Availability Statement to make your data accessible to reviewers. Acceptable reasons for exemptions are laid out in our minimum standards. If you believe you have a case for an exemption, please clearly state so in your cover letter.

With regard to code and data availability we recommend authors to proactively address common pitfalls and assess their submission against the questions listed below prior to submission. A negative response of any of these queries necessitates prompt rectification to achieve a "yes" status, thereby facilitating a smoother evaluation process.

  • Can the data and script be accessed via the links provided in the submission form or directly within the manuscript? Yes/No/Not applicable (if not applicable, subsequent questions are to be disregarded)
  • Is a readme file present? Yes/No
  • Are metadata for the data and annotations for the scripts available? Yes/No
  • Are the readme and data files comprehensible? Yes/No
  • Do the results generated match those presented in the manuscript? Yes/No

Frequent errors that hinder affirmative responses include:

  • Absence of script verifications since conducting the analyses (prior to drafting the manuscript).
  • Scripts referencing files with names that do not match the available files.
  • Scripts using absolute paths to files rather than relative paths.
  • Scripts authored in languages other than English.
  • Readme files lacking adequate details regarding the script´s purpose.
  • Absence of program installation instructions in the readme file.
  • Insufficient or inadequate script annotations (e.g. to which part of the results does this code refer).
  • Omission of comments on the duration of lengthy script executions (e.g. this code will take 2 days to run).
  • Non-preconfigured installations of necessary packages or libraries within the scripts.

Preprint

Ethology will consider for review articles previously available as preprints on non-commercial servers. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to non-commercial servers at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.

 

Animal Studies

Authors are encouraged to refer to the ASAB/ABS Guidelines for the care and use of animals, which can be found here.

A statement indicating that the protocol and procedures employed were ethically reviewed and approved, as well as the name of the body giving approval, must be included in the Methods section of the manuscript. Authors are encouraged to adhere to animal research reporting standards, for example the ARRIVE reporting guidelines for reporting study design and statistical analysis; experimental procedures; experimental animals and housing and husbandry. Authors should also state whether experiments were performed in accordance with relevant institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals:

Further, consult the STRANGE framework1 for information on how to make declarations about a study (this includes experimental and observational work, both in captivity and in the wild), and how to discuss possible sampling biases. Your submission should

 

(a) Provide detailed information – as applicable – on the origin (incl. trapping method), sex, age/developmental stage, mass/body condition, social status, personality type, housing conditions (incl. social contacts and enrichment), past opportunities for individual and social learning, experimental history, and testing protocols (incl. social context), for:

  • the final sample of subjects contributing data to the study; and
  • the subjects that were part of the original sample, but did not contribute data (describe reasons for exclusion).

(b) Evaluate – with reference to the STRANGE framework – scope for sampling biases based on the declarations made under (a), especially with regards to subjects’ origin, self-selection behaviour, and prior experience.

(c) Describe measures that were undertaken, where possible, to mitigate potential sampling biases, especially with regards to sourcing representative subjects (such as using a variety of trapping methods), or adjusting experimental protocols to suit non- or slowly-engaging individuals.

In the main text of your article, summarise the declarations from the previous step in two brief statements: one in the Methods section evaluating the STRANGEness of the test sample, and another in the Discussion section explaining how potential biases may limit the generalisability of the reported findings.

For more information see: Rutz, C. and M. M. Webster (2021). "Ethology adopts the STRANGE framework for animal behaviour research, to improve reporting standards." Ethology 127, 99-101. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13118


Clinical Trial Registration

The journal requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. If the trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectively, the reasons for this should be explained.

 

Research Reporting Guidelines

Accurate and complete reporting enables readers to fully appraise research, replicate it, and use it. For authors interested in research reporting guidelines, a full list can be found here:

 

Species Names

Upon its first use in the title, abstract, and text, the common name of a species should be followed by the scientific name (genus, species, and authority with correct use of parentheses; date of species description is not required) in parentheses. For well-known species, however, scientific names may be omitted from article titles. If no common name exists in English, only the scientific name should be used.

 

Genetic Nomenclature

Sequence variants should be described in the text and tables using both DNA and protein designations whenever appropriate. Sequence variant nomenclature must follow the current HGVS guidelines; see varnomen.hgvs.org, where examples of acceptable nomenclature are provided.

 

Sequence Data

Nucleotide sequence data can be submitted in electronic form to any of the three major collaborative databases: DDBJ, EMBL, or GenBank. It is only necessary to submit to one database as data are exchanged between DDBJ, EMBL, and GenBank on a daily basis. The suggested wording for referring to accession-number information is: ‘These sequence data have been submitted to the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under accession number U12345’. Addresses are as follows:

Proteins sequence data should be submitted to either of the following repositories.

 

Conflict of Interest

The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potential sources of conflict of interest include, but are not limited to: patent or stock ownership, membership of a company board of directors, membership of an advisory board or committee for a company, and consultancy for or receipt of speaker's fees from a company. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.

 

Funding

Authors should list all funding sources in the Acknowledgments section. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature: https://www.crossref.org/services/funder-registry/

 

Authorship

The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:

  1. Have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data;
  2. Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content;
  3. Given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content; and
  4. Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section (for example, to recognize contributions from people who provided technical help, collation of data, writing assistance, acquisition of funding, or a department chairperson who provided general support). Prior to submitting the article all authors should agree on the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript.

Additional Authorship Options: Joint first or senior authorship: In the case of joint first authorship, a footnote should be added to the author listing, e.g. ‘X and Y should be considered joint first author’ or ‘X and Y should be considered joint senior author.’

 

ORCID

As part of the journal’s commitment to supporting authors at every step of the publishing process, the journal requires the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript. This takes around 2 minutes to complete. Find more information here.

 

Publication Ethics

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read the Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found at authorservices.wiley.com/ethics-guidelines/index.html.

 

Artificial Intelligence

If an author has used a GenAI tool to develop any portion of a manuscript, its use must be described, transparently and in detail, in the Methods section (or via a disclosure or within the Acknowledgements section, as applicable). The author is fully responsible for the accuracy of any information provided by the tool and for correctly referencing any supporting work on which that information depends. GenAI tools must not be used to create, alter or manipulate original research data and results. These tools cannot fulfil the role of, nor be listed as, an author of an article.

See here for Wiley’s complete AI policy for authors and reviewers.

 

6. AUTHOR LICENSING

If a paper is accepted for publication, the author identified as the formal corresponding author will receive an email prompting them to log in to Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be required to complete a copyright license agreement on behalf of all authors of the paper.

Authors may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License.

General information regarding licensing and copyright is available here. To review the Creative Commons License options offered under Open Access, please click here. (Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used; to check this please click here.)

Self-Archiving Definitions and Policies: Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions. Please click here for more detailed information about self-archiving definitions and policies.

Open Access fees: Authors who choose to publish using Open Access will be charged a fee. A list of Article Publication Charges for Wiley journals is available here.

Funder Open Access: Please click here for more information on Wiley’s compliance with specific Funder Open Access Policies.

 

7. PUBLICATION PROCESS AFTER ACCEPTANCE

Accepted Article Received in Production

When an accepted article is received by Wiley’s production team, the corresponding author will receive an email asking them to login or register with Wiley Author Services. The author will be asked to sign a publication license at this point.

 

Proofs

Authors will receive an e-mail notification with a link and instructions for accessing HTML page proofs online. Page proofs should be carefully proofread for any copyediting or typesetting errors. Online guidelines are provided within the system. No special software is required, all common browsers are supported. Authors should also make sure that any renumbered tables, figures, or references match text citations and that figure legends correspond with text citations and actual figures. Proofs must be returned within 48 hours of receipt of the email. Return of proofs via e-mail is possible in the event that the online system cannot be used or accessed.

Please note that the author is responsible for all statements made in their work, including changes made during the editorial process – authors should check proofs carefully.

 

Early View

The journal offers rapid publication via Wiley’s Early View service. Early View (Online Version of Record) articles are published on Wiley Online Library before inclusion in an issue. Note there may be a delay after corrections are received before the article appears online, as Editors also need to review proofs. Once the article is published on Early View, no further changes to the article are possible. The Early View article is fully citable and carries an online publication date and DOI for citations.

 

8. POST PUBLICATION

Article Promotion Support

Wiley Editing Services offers professional video, design, and writing services to create shareable video abstracts, infographics, conference posters, lay summaries, and research news stories for your research – so you can help your research get the attention it deserves.

Access and Sharing

Please review Wiley’s guidelines on sharing your research here.

When the article is published online:

  • The author receives an email alert (if requested).
  • The link to the published article can be shared through social media.
  • The author will have free access to the paper (after accepting the Terms & Conditions of use, they can view the article).
  • The corresponding author and co-authors can nominate up to ten colleagues to receive a publication alert and free online access to the article.

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Measuring the Impact of an Article

Wiley also helps authors measure the impact of their research through specialist partnerships with Kudos and Altmetric.

Video Abstracts

Bring your research to life by creating a video abstract for your article! Wiley partners with Research Square to offer a service of professionally produced video abstracts. Learn more about video abstracts at www.wileyauthors.com/videoabstracts and purchase one for your article at https://www.researchsquare.com/wiley/ or through your Author Services Dashboard. If you have any questions, please direct them to [email protected].

 

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