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.

Article 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.

  • Manuscript preparation should follow the Author Guidelines.
  • Confirm in the cover letter that the submission has not been previously published, nor is it currently under consideration for another journal.
  • Confirm in the cover letter that any text parts or figures with copyright attributions are properly cited and copyright has been obtained where necessary.
  • Confirm in the cover letter that you have read the authors' declaration on the publication of articles in NAL-live and agree with its terms.
  • The use of artificial intelligence in preparing the manuscript needs to be transparently reported within the manuscript (see Author Guidelines).
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text in the appropriate sections, rather than at the end.

Instructions for Reviewers

NAL-live uses a peer-review procedure for the first version of newly submitted manuscripts. Peer reviewers can opt to remain anonymous, but the review texts will be published. 

The general task of the peer reviewers is to assess the scientific standards of the articles, keeping in mind that articles are subject to further open discussions and updates according to the procedures of living documents.

Peer reviewers are asked to address the following questions in their review and list items that require revision:

  • Does the article adhere to the scholarly standards in the respective field?
  • For review articles: is the topic comprehensively covered and supported by relevant scientific citations?
  • For research articles: are the research procedures appropriately described and are the primary results deposited in public repositories?
  • Does the article need a major revision requiring re-review before its first version can be published?
  • Can the first version of the article be published with minor or nor revisions?

Instructions for Commenting

Any person registered with their full name and a verified email address in ORCID can comment articles or parts of articles in NAL-live. Commenters can choose to remain anonymous to the public, i.e. only known to the editorial team of the journal.

  • Commenting style must adhere to scholarly standards, i.e. use scientific arguments and no personal attacks.
  • Every comment will be editorially checked before it is published.
  • Authors can respond to comments at any time - commenters will be notified about responses.
  • Comment threads on a given topic are transparently visible.
  • Commenting can also be used to point out factual errors, or relevant new results published elsewhere.

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