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 author assures that the submitted text has been written in accordance with the principles of good scientific practice and that all sources have been adequately cited. The author is responsible for clearing copyright issues that may emerge from images and/or media clips s/he uses in her/his article. All copyright issues pertaining to the reprint of images or other material included in the article have been resolved by the author. The journal reserves the right to subject submitted articles to an automated plagiarism check.
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JRFM does not encourage the use of Large Language Models. However, if authors use LLMs, we require that they clearly indicate how the use of LLMs impacts the article uploaded on our webiste. Particularly, we require that the author indicates if LLMs has been employed to conceive the research design for the article and/or which parts of the article have been written with LLMs. The journal reserves the right to check submitted articles for plagiarism and generative AI content.
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Only original articles not under review elsewhere are considered for publication. The submitted text may not have been previously published, nor be submitted to another journal for consideration.
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The file is submitted as OpenOffice, Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) document file.
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All illustrations, especially images and screenshots, are labeled with a figure number, caption, and source, and are available as JPEG, PNG or TIFF with a resolution of 300dpi.
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The article is formatted according to the requirements of the JRFM Style Guide.
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In order to submit an article, or check its status, the author has to register on the JRFM website or login to their account. Authors are requested to also include metadata such as abstract and short biography in their registration.
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If you resubmit your article after revisions following peer review, you are required to add a document in which you respond to the review and summarize the changes you made.
Author Guidelines
We are grateful that you are considering publishing a paper in our journal, and we encourage you to submit it through our online submission platform, whether in response to our currently open calls for papers or for the open section. Please choose the category applicable from the following options:
Articles - CfP Topic
All submissions to this section will be reviewed by the responsible issue editor(s) first. If they fit the CfP topic, adhere to the formal prerequisites and are of substantial content, they are put to a double-blind peer-review process. The result of the review process is a recommendation of the peer which is communicated to the contributer. In case of a positive review, the author will have the opportunity to deal with the suggestions the issue editor(s) and/or the peer may make.
The decision whether a contribution will be published in this section is made by the issue editor(s) alone.
Articles - Open Section
All submissions to this section will be reviewed by the responsible issue editor(s) first. If they fit the CfP topic, adhere to the formal prerequisites and are of substantial content, they are put to a double-blind peer-review process. The result of the review process is a recommendation of the peer which is communicated to the contributer. In case of a positive review, the author will have the opportunity to deal with the suggestions the issue editor(s) and/or the peer may make.
The decision whether a contribution will be published in this section is made by the issue editor(s) and the chief editors.
Media Reviews
In this section, reviews of media submitted to the journal are being published.
Copyright Notice
The content of JRFM is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
By submitting an article or media review, the author(s) agrees that:
- The copyright for a published article or review in its wording and appearance remains with the journal for three years; afterwards, it reverts back to the author on condition that the article may remain in the archive of the journal. JRFM is participating in Portico's long-term preserving archiving system via the University of Graz.
- All rights on the items described in the article remain with the author. However, we ask authors that they will not publish on an identical subject in another journal within one year of submission of the article to the JRFM.
- The author is responsible for clearing copyright issues that may emerge from images and/or media clips used in their article.
Privacy Statement
JRFM supports a strict open access policy. All public content is available without registering. However, if a user submits a paper or review, or if a user provides a peer review, he/she has to register. Registration enables the users to submit contributions, act as editors, peer reviewers and advisors (if applicable) and to receive notifications from JRFM about important news. The login data can be disabled in the user profile at any time, or the cancellation can provided from the JRFM office manager, if requested by a user.
For registering, name, surname and a valid e-mail address are compulsorily requested. All other data are optional.
All personal data are considered strictly confidential and are only used for the purpose of producing the journal. Under no circumstances will JRFM pass personal data to third parties with the exception of legal authorities according to legal requirements.
The users are entitled to request the immediate and permanent deletion of their data at any time.
In the unlikely case of a security breach the organisation will immediately assess potential risks and report to the security authorities. The users will be informed if appropriate.
Contact:
JRFM Manager
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