Discover our publishing process
Explore how we publish high quality, peer-reviewed journals covering all scientific disciplines. Discover the support we have available for pre-prints, open data and open science.
The Six Steps to Publication
- Submission
Authors are requested to provide their name, verifiable information (e.g., ORCID), and co-authors' details.
- Screening
We conduct tests to assess journal scope suitability, ethical compliance, dataset accessibility, and plagiarism.
- Triage
We assign the most suitable editor with the most relevant expertise, ensuring there are no conflicting interests in the process.
- Review
Our rigorous peer-review process is pivotal in upholding research integrity and progression.
- Revision and Acceptance
We evaluate the author's response to reviewer comments and thoroughly check data accessibility and funding.
- Production
Our Production team oversees final checks on all associated materials, including supplementary files, data, and review history documents.
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