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.
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The manuscript falls within the scope of the journal.
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The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
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If the manuscript is available as a preprint, provide the DOI and any available review reports
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The manuscript has been prepared using the journal template
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All authors have reviewed and approved the manuscript
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The corresponding/submitting author has the authority to act on behalf of all authors.
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References have been checked and formatted according to APA style. Where available, URLs for the references have to be provided.
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JHTR commits to diversity and inclusion. We expect the references in submitted articles to reflect this.
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Funding, Data Availability, AI Disclosure, Conflict of Interest, and Contributor Statements have been included where applicable.
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Research data and software have been registered and cited where required.
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The manuscript has been anonymised where applicable (in view of double-anonymous review).
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The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
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You have obtained permission from the original owners to reuse their photographs, illustrations or drawings.
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Supplementary materials have been labelled appropriately, and their peer-review status has been clearly indicated where applicable.
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Please list 3-5 potential reviewers (names and emails) for your manuscript, with whom you have no conflict of interest.
Author Guidelines
Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure that you:
Prepare your manuscript
- Use the journal template.
- Follow the journal's formatting and reference requirements.
- Prepare figures, tables, and supplementary materials according to the author guidelines.
- Include all required statements (e.g. Funding, Data Access, Conflict of Interest, Contributor Statement, AI Disclosure).
Prepare your research outputs
- Deposit research data, software, and code in a trusted repository where appropriate.
- Cite datasets, software, and other research outputs in your manuscript.
- Ensure supporting materials comply with the journal's Research Data and Software Policy.
Prepare for peer review
- Follow the journal's review model.
- Identify whether supplementary materials should be reviewed or made available for information purposes only.
Before submission
- Ensure all authors have approved the manuscript.
- Review the journal policies.
- Complete the Submission Preparation Checklist during submission.
Check the full Authors' Guidelines before submitting your manuscript.
Copyright Notice
- Authors retain their copyrights.
- If you are using published images, text or other materials, please be aware of copyright regulations. The TU Delft Copyright helpdesk can provide further information and answer your copyright questions.
- In case of (alleged or proven) copyright breaches or scientific misconduct (e.g. fabricating data), the journal will follow the guidelines developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
Questions relating to the use of published content in AI systems are addressed in the section “Open Access, Licensing and Artificial Intelligence"
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