Author guidelines

How it is used

Used before submission to check formatting, word limits, reference style, figures, declarations, and required documents.

Example sentences

1. Before uploading the manuscript, we reread the author guidelines and noticed the journal required structured abstracts.

   Here the term refers to the journal's formal submission instructions, which specify what kind of abstract authors must provide.

2. Her paper was returned unreviewed because it ignored the author guidelines on citation style and table formatting.

   In this sentence, the term means the detailed technical rules that determine whether a submission is ready for review.

Common collocations

• follow the author guidelines
• check the author guidelines
• journal author guidelines

Related terms

• journalA regular publication containing research articles in a particular field, usually checked by peer review before publication.
• manuscriptThe text of an article or book that an author submits to a journal or publisher before it is accepted and published.

More terms: Peer Review and Publishing

• peer review
• submit
• reviewer
• revise and resubmit
• desk rejection
• impact factor
• open access
• corresponding author
• publish or perish
• editor
• co-author
• cover letter