Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. Prepare Your Manuscript

Ensure your manuscript follows our SSHA journal guidelines and formatting requirements. All submissions must be original work that has not been published elsewhere.

2. Submit Online

Use our online submission system to upload your manuscript, figures, and supplementary materials. You'll receive a confirmation email upon successful submission.

3. Peer Review

Your manuscript will undergo rigorous double-blind peer review by experts in your field.

4. Publication

Upon acceptance, your article will be published under Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, making it freely available worldwide.

Submission Requirements

• Manuscript Format
• Original research articles, reviews, or case studies
• Abstract (150-300 words)
• Keywords (3-8 terms)
• References in standard academic format
• Figures and tables with captions

Quality Standards

• iThenticate plagiarism screening
• Double-blind peer review
• ORCID integration required
• English language editing available
• Scientific writing support

Documentation

• Author information and affiliations
• Conflict of interest statement
• Funding acknowledgments
• Ethics approval (if applicable)
• Data availability statement

Creative Commons licences

Open access articles in our journals are published under Creative Commons licences (CC BY Licence). These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles.

Open Access Benefits

• Global Visibility: Immediate worldwide distribution and archiving for maximum research impact
• Enhanced Citations: Open access articles typically receive more citations and greater research impact
• Crossref Registration: All articles registered with DOI for better discoverability and linking
• Community Engagement: Authors encouraged to share work in institutional repositories and websites