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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration. If the submission extends a previously published conference paper, it contains 1/3 new content, copyright permission has been obtained, and the new contributions have been outlined in a cover letter to the Editor.
    You may submit an anonymized version of your manuscript. If you choose this possibility, the review process will be double-blind.
  • The submission adheres to JEDM's ethical standards for publication.
  • As outlined in our policy, the use of generative AI software tools such as ChatGPT in writing your submission is documented at the end of your manuscript before the References in a special section called ‘Declaration of Generative AI Software tools in the writing process” with the following statement:
    During the preparation of this work, the author(s) used [NAME TOOL(S) / SERVICE(S)] in the section(s) [mention precisely all sections or subsections where you used the tool(s) or services(s)] in order to [REASON(S)]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication.
  • The submission follows JEDM's formatting and style guidelines, see Author Guidelines below.
  • All competing interests have been declared.
  • Authorship follows JEDM guidelines.
  • The submission file is in PDF.
  • The cover letter to the Editor (optional, see above) is ready to be uploaded as an additional file and pasted into the box below.

Author Guidelines

FORMATTING

The guidelines for formatting the manuscript are provided in the zip template format file that can be downloaded from the Information for authors page. These guidelines include citation style and references.

GENERAL STYLE

For matters of style not addressed by the guidelines above, authors are encouraged to consider APA style. It is important to note that some elements of APA style contradict JEDM's formatting requirements, so when in doubt, follow the JEDM guidelines.

PROOFREADING

Manuscripts should be carefully proofread before submission. Authors are strongly encouraged to use the free version of Grammarly for MS Word and for LaTeX to proofread their submission.

CODE SHARING

Authors are encouraged to share the code behind their submissions. While links to code can be included in footnotes, authors are encouraged to consider making their code repositories archival and citable.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. The Author retains copyright in the Work, where the term “Work” shall include all digital objects that may result in subsequent electronic publication or distribution.
  2. Upon acceptance of the Work, the author shall grant to the Publisher the right of first publication of the Work.
  3. The Author shall grant to the Publisher and its agents the nonexclusive perpetual right and license to publish, archive, and make accessible the Work in whole or in part in all forms of media now or hereafter known under a Creative Commons 4.0 License (Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International), or its equivalent, which, for the avoidance of doubt, allows others to copy, distribute, and transmit the Work under the following conditions:
    1. Attribution—other users must attribute the Work in the manner specified by the author as indicated on the journal Web site;
    2. Noncommercial—other users (including Publisher) may not use this Work for commercial purposes;
    3. No Derivative Works—other users (including Publisher) may not alter, transform, or build upon this Work,with the understanding that any of the above conditions can be waived with permission from the Author and that where the Work or any of its elements is in the public domain under applicable law, that status is in no way affected by the license.
  4. The Author is able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the nonexclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the Work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), as long as there is provided in the document an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  5. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post online a pre-publication manuscript (but not the Publisher’s final formatted PDF version of the Work) in institutional repositories or on their Websites prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (see The Effect of Open Access). Any such posting made before acceptance and publication of the Work shall be updated upon publication to include a reference to the Publisher-assigned DOI (Digital Object Identifier) and a link to the online abstract for the final published Work in the Journal.
  6. Upon Publisher’s request, the Author agrees to furnish promptly to Publisher, at the Author’s own expense, written evidence of the permissions, licenses, and consents for use of third-party material included within the Work, except as determined by Publisher to be covered by the principles of Fair Use.
  7. The Author represents and warrants that:
    1. the Work is the Author’s original work;
    2. the Author has not transferred, and will not transfer, exclusive rights in the Work to any third party;
    3. the Work is not pending review or under consideration by another publisher;
    4. the Work has not previously been published;
    5. the Work contains no misrepresentation or infringement of the Work or property of other authors or third parties; and
    6. the Work contains no libel, invasion of privacy, or other unlawful matter.
  8. The Author agrees to indemnify and hold Publisher harmless from Author’s breach of the representations and warranties contained in Paragraph 6 above, as well as any claim or proceeding relating to Publisher’s use and publication of any content contained in the Work, including third-party content.

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