Guidelines for Authors
Registering with the Journal
To make a submission to the VNU Journal of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Arts, you will first need to register a user account with the journal and log in:
After that, when you login, you will be taken to your Dashboard
It is currently empty as you have made no submissions.
Submitting an Article
Start a new submission by clicking the New Submission button on the right side of the screen.
First and foremost, you will provide preliminary information about your submission.
Select the appropriate section for your submission (original research/ book review article).
Read and agree to the statements in the submission checklist by checking each box.
Read and agree to the journal’s privacy statement, and then click the Save and Continue button to move to Step 1. You will be taken to Step 1 of a 5-Step process to upload and describe your submission.
Step 1
On Step 1, a window will open allowing you to fill the primary information for your manuscript.
Click Save for later for the further submission or Continue to step 2.
Step 2
A window will open allowing you to upload your submission file.
Authors can upload multiple files at once, as well as drag-and-drop files.
Once you’ve uploaded all your files you can indicate the file type for each from a single menu panel.
Once you have finished uploading and labelling all of your files, click the Save and Continue button to move to Step 3
Step 3
You are able to add any additional contributors.
You can add more contributors (e.g., co-authors), by clicking the Add Contributors link. This will open a new window with fields to enter their information. Hit Save, and the new contributor will appear on the screen. Do it again until all of the contributors to the manuscripts are added properly. Click Continue to move forward.
Click Continue to move forward.
Step 4
In this step, you could provide any information that you think it is necessary for the editorial procedures.
Step 5
You can review all your submissions here. Please read and agree to the copyright statement before hit the Submit.
A box will pop up asking you to confirm you are finished. Click Submit to finish your submit or Cancel if you want to submit later.
Your submission is now complete! The editor has been notified of your submission. At this point, you can follow the links to:
- Review this submission
- Create a new submission
- Return to your dashboard
Once you complete a submission, you cannot make changes to it. If you want to replace the file you submitted or make other changes to the submission, you will need to contact the Journal through the Pre-Review Discussions tool at your Dashboard.
Dashboard
And here is your submission in your Dashboard. You can see that it is currently in the Submission stage.
Over the coming days, it will move into the Review stage, and if accepted, into the Copyediting and Production stages before being published.
Editing data
You may edit your own data at different stages of the editorial workflow. Changes might include updated abstracts/ keywords, correcting spelling errors, or adding additional contributors.
To make edits to your submitted manuscript, click on the Publication tab of your submission.
You will be able to make changes to first three in the sub-menus on the left by clicking to those tabs. Click Save once you’re done making your changes.
When granted permission, you will be able to make changes to the following sections on the Publication tab: Title & Abstract, Contributors, and Metadata. While Galleys is listed as an option on the side menu, you will not be able to upload or make changes in this section.
If you notice that the Save button is grey and inactive, this means you will have to request permission from the Editor to make changes to your submission or ask them to make the changes for you.
