Submissions
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.-
Please read the TU Delft OPEN policies before submitting your work to The Evolving Scholar.
TU Delft Researchers are strongly encouraged to submit their work using their personal ORCID ID or their institutional account to log in with ORCID. -
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in the cover letter).
The submission adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined below. -
STLYLE & FORMAT: 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.
File format: latex, doc, docx, rtf, PDF (accepted under special conditions)
Font: Arial, Futura, Open sans, Trebuchet, Verdana
Sections: maximum 3 sub-sections
Layout: two columns (except abstract and research highlights), 1,5 spacing
Images: JPG, GIF, GIMP, PNG
Citation (author, date)
Reference style Chicago B (https://www.scribbr.com/category/chicago-style/)
Abbreviations: define upon first use, use standard abbreviations -
STRUCTURE OF THE MANUSCRIPT
First page
Title, Authors with ORCID ID and affiliations Corresponding author (name andemail address) Abstract (max 250 words)
Research highlights: 2 to 5 bullet points that
1. describe the most important findings of your work
2. highlight why readers would be interested in the work.
Last Page
Authorship: Provide an Author/Contributor Statement
Data availability statement
References