SUBMIT YOUR MANUSCRIPT Radjasa 09

SUBMIT YOUR
MANUSCRIPT

Ocky Karna Radjasa
Department of Marine Science
Diponegoro University

Publication Processes
Manuscript preparation

Manuscript Submission

Review Process

Publication

Types of submission
• Each journal has its own submission system
• Refer to the information supplied by selected
journal
• Hard copy submission via airmail (less common)

• E-mail submission
• On-line submission

Check list of submission
• First submission
• Revised submission
• Galley proof submission

First submission


Copy right transfer
The Journal shall own the work, including,
• Copyright
• The right to grant permission to republish the article in whole or in part,
with or without fee
• The right to produce preprints or reprints and translate into languages
other than English for sale or free distribution
• The right to republish the work in a collection of articles in any other
mechanical or electronic format.




Declaration
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not
been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication
anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors

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Permissions
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have
already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission
from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and
to include evidence that such permission has been granted when
submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence
will be assumed to originate from the authors.




Cover letter
Addressed to Chief Editor mentioning the significance of the work
reported
Detailed of funding sources
Previous related publications
Disclosure of conflict of interest

Revised submission




Response to reviewers
Rebuttal letter or new cover letter
Revised manuscript

Galley Proof Submission
• Edit and proof read your manuscript
carefully prior to submission.

• All corrections should be mentioned very
clearly on final proof.
• Alterations to the original text at the proof
stage are strongly discouraged and may
result in charges to author.
• To enable rapid publication, the authors
are encouraged to return all
correspondence within 72 hours.

On-line manuscript
submission
• Internet-based submission system
• Authors
should
submit
their
manuscripts
online.
Electronic
submission substantially reduces the

editorial processing and reviewing
times
and
shortens
overall
publication times.

On-line system
• Go to on-line submission system
• https://www.editorialmanager.com/ma
bi/
• https://www.scialert.com
• http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mbt
• Obtain user name and password
which will be sent via e-mail
• Log in using user name and
password

One-stop system
• One system serves for several

journals
• Link to each journal
• Select a name of journal to submit

Type of on-line submission
• One time submission
Manuscript and other files are
submitted in once within a time period.
• Re-visit submission
Manuscript and other files are added,
edited, changed and submitted after
final process. Manuscript and files may
be saved each time of visit before final
submission

Process of manuscript submission











Select name of journal
Type of manuscript: research article, short communication, review
Name of authors and position: corresponding author or co-authors
E-mail address of each author
Title of manuscript
Abstract of manuscript
Key words
Manuscript file
Supporting files:
- Cover letter
- Tables
- Figures
- Copy right transfer
- Declaration


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Recommended referees/reviewers
Provide names and addresses
This may be skipped
Not recommended referees/reviewers
Provide names and addresses
To avoid conflict between authors and reviewers
A confirmation will be shown in the system screen and a
notification of successful submission will be sent via e-mail
to the corresponding author

Manuscript tracking system
• Corresponding author may check the

status of the manuscript via on-line
submission
• Author, reviewers, and editor log in the
same system with different positions
• E-mail alert is common to notify the
corresponding author about the
change of the status of manuscript

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