Guidelines for authors

1. Submission
2. Aims and Scope
3. Manuscript Types
4. Preparing the Submission
5. Experimental Design, Description, and Validation
6. Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations
7. Author Licensing
8. Publication Process after Acceptance
9. Post Publication
10. Editorial Office Contact Details

 

1. SUBMISSION

Thank you for your kind interest in VIEW. Submissions have to consist of content that has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except those as the brief abstracts in the proceedings of conferences or symposiums.

The submission system will prompt you to use an ORCID ID (a unique author identifier) to help distinguish your work from that of other researchers as well as develop your personal profile in a worldwide platform. 

All submissions will be handled and processed using the ScholarOne online submission system.

A cover letter should be uploaded in the ‘Cover Letter Field’ of the ScholarOne system. The text can be entered directly into the field or uploaded as a file.

The cover letter must contain:

  1. A statement confirming the paper has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium.
  2. An acknowledgment that all authors have contributed significantly; and in keeping with the latest guidelines of the International Committee of the Journal Editors, each author’s contribution to the paper is to be described, i.e., what role each author participated in.
  3. A statement confirming that all authors are in agreement with the content of the manuscript.

In addition, authors should clearly state the motivation behind and the novelty of their research in the cover letter. Authors should also clarify key results and the advances made compared with their previous work.

Once you have prepared your submission in accordance with the Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/VIW2.

 

2. AIMS AND SCOPE

VIEW is a high-quality, interdisciplinary and rapid-publication journal focused on “Biodiagnostics” in the field of biomaterials, from in vitro to in vivo, small to mega, fundamentals to application with the emphasis on the biomaterials used particularly in biotechnology and medicine.

VIEW embraces all significant advances in the research of: Drug delivery, Lab-on-a-chip, Microfluidics, Bioimaging, Biomarkers, Omics, Biosensors and bioelectronics, Computational diagnostics, Bioinformatics, and Novel diagnostic devices, etc.

VIEW publishes full-length research articles, short communication, reviews, mini reviews, perspectives, case reports, analyses and other editorial content of general interest to the field of biomaterials. VIEW aims to be a premier journal for researchers in both academia and industry, providing a platform for transforming research excellence to innovation.

VIEW cordially invites you to submit original research and review articles. All papers will be published online as soon as they are accepted and will be fully citable. In addition, there are no article publication charges for the first three publication years of VIEW.

 

3. MANUSCRIPT TYPES

(1) Research Article

Description: Research Articles are reports of original studies within the journal’s scope.

Word Limit: No strict word limit; however, it is recommended to keep within 5,000 words including the abstract but excluding references, tables and figures.
Abstract: Briefly describe the contents of the Research Article in 250 words.
References: No restriction on the number of references. The Wiley Chemistry-Material Sciences reference style should be used (see References section below for details).
Figures/tables: No restriction on the number of figures/tables but 10 figures/tables should be sufficient. Tables and figures should be submitted together with the main text of the article, and should be properly prepared and numbered as described here.

Keywords: 4-6 keywords to highlight the main subject areas of the article.

(2) Review

Description: Review Articles are comprehensive analyses of a specific topic. They can be submitted either by invitation from the Editors or by the authors themselves; both types will undergo the peer-review process prior to acceptance.

Word Limit: No strict word limit; however, it is recommended to keep within 8,000 words including the abstract but excluding references, tables and figures.
Abstract: Briefly describe the content of the Review Article in 250 words.
References: No restriction on the number of references. The Wiley Chemistry-Material Sciences reference style should be used (see References section below for details).
Figures/tables: Minimum of 1 table/figure. Tables and figures should be submitted together with the main text of the article, and should be properly prepared and numbered as described here.

Keywords: 4-6 keywords to highlight the main subject areas of the article.

Biography: Biographies of the first (or co-first) and corresponding authors should be provided. They should include photographs with a minimum resolution of 600 dpi and be 40 mm wide and 50 mm high.

(3) Mini Review

Description: Mini Reviews are comprehensive analyses of a specific topic. They can be submitted either by invitation from the Editors or by the authors themselves; both types will undergo the peer-review process prior to acceptance.

Word Limit: No strict word limit; however, it is recommended to keep within 4,000 words including the abstract, references, tables and figures.
Abstract: Briefly describe the content of the Mini Review in 200 words.
References: Maximum of 100 references. The Wiley Chemistry-Material Sciences reference style should be used (see References section below for details).
Figures/tables: Maximum of 2 table/figure. Tables and figures should be submitted together with the main text of the article, and should be properly prepared and numbered as described here.

Keywords: 4-6 keywords to highlight the main subject areas of the article.

Biography: Biographies of the first (or co-first) and corresponding authors should be provided. They should include photographs with a minimum resolution of 600 dpi and be 40 mm wide and 50 mm high. We recommend keeping the biography list as short as possible.

(4) Editorial [only by invitation from the Editors]

Description: Written by Editorial Board members, invited authors or editors.

Word Limit: Maximum of 1,000 words.
Abstract: Not required.
Figures/tables: Maximum of 2 figure/tables. Figures/Tables should be submitted together with the main text of the article, and should be properly prepared and numbered as described here.
References: Maximum of 5 references. The Wiley Chemistry-Material Sciences reference style should be used (see References section below for details).

Keywords: Not required.

(5) Short Communication

Description: Reports on new findings that will substantially and immediately affect the field of materials science and information technology. Short Communication is a brief version of Research Articles. New findings should be significant and explicitly highlighted in this article type.

Word Limit: Maximum of 1,500 words excluding references, tables and figures.
Abstract: Not required.
References: Maximum of 35 references. The Wiley Chemistry-Material Sciences reference style should be used (see References section below for details).
Figures/tables: Maximum of 4.

Keywords: 4-6 keywords to highlight the main subject areas of the article.

* Supporting Information: Detailed methods and important experimental or computational data that support the original findings must be provided as Supporting Information.

(6) Letter to the Editor and Response

Description: Letters to the Editor must offer perspective on content published in the journal. It must reference the original source. A Response to a Letter must reference the original Letter in the first few paragraphs. Letters to the Editor may use an arbitrary title, but a Response must cite the title of the original Letter: e.g. Response to [title of Letter]. This ensures that readers can track the line of discussion.

Word limit: Maximum of 500 words.
Abstract: Not required.
References: Maximum of 5.
Figure/tables: Maximum of 1.

Keywords: Not required.

(7) Perspective

Description: Perspective Articles discuss published findings and ideas from a personal viewpoint. They are more forward-looking and/or speculative than Review Articles, and may take a narrower field of VIEW. They may be opinionated but should remain balanced. Perspective Articles follow the same formatting guidelines as Mini-Review Articles.

Word Limit: No strict word limit; however, it is recommended to keep within 5,000 words including the abstract but excluding references, tables and figures.
Abstract: Briefly describe the content of the Perspective Article in 250 words.
References: Maximum of 100 references. The Wiley Chemistry-Material Sciences reference style should be used (see References section below for details).
Figures/tables: Minimum of 1 table/figure. Tables and figures should be submitted together with the main text of the article, and should be properly prepared and numbered as described here.

Keywords: 4-6 keywords to highlight the main subject areas of the article.

(8) Analysis

Description: These articles are only occasionally published. They do not report original data but are review-based reports including new analyses of existing data (typically large biological and clinical data sets such as genomes, microarrays and proteomics) that lead to novel, exciting and arresting conclusions. They are peer-reviewed.

Word Limit: No strict word limit; however, it is recommended to keep within 5,000 words including the abstract but excluding references, tables and figures.
Abstract: Briefly describe the content of the Analysis Article in 250 words.
References: No restriction on the number of references. The Wiley Chemistry-Material Sciences reference style should be used (see References section below for details).
Figures/tables: No restriction on the number of figures/tables but 10 figures/tables should be sufficient. Tables and figures should be submitted together with the main text of the article, and should be properly prepared and numbered as described here.

Keywords: 4-6 keywords to highlight the main subject areas of the article. 

(9) Case Report

Description: Case reports submitted to the journal should make contributions to medical knowledge and must have educational value or highlight the need for a change in clinical practice or diagnostic/prognostic approaches. The journal will not consider Case Reports describing preventive or therapeutic interventions as these generally require stronger evidence.

Word Limit: No strict word limit; however, it is recommended to keep within 5,000 words including the abstract but excluding references, tables and figures.
Abstract: Briefly describe the content of the Case Report Article in 250 words.
References: No restriction on the number of references. The Wiley Chemistry-Material Sciences reference style should be used (see References section below for details).
Figures/tables: No restriction on the number of figures/tables but 10 figures/tables should be sufficient. Tables and figures should be submitted together with the main text of the article, and should be properly prepared and numbered as described here.

Keywords: 4-6 keywords to highlight the main subject areas of the article.

 

4. PREPARING YOUR SUBMISSION

Parts of the Manuscript

The submitted file should be presented in the following order: 1. title, abstract and keywords 2. main text 3. references 4. tables (each table complete with title and footnotes) 5. figure legends 6. supporting information (if relevant). Supporting information should be supplied as separate files.

Title Page

The title page should contain:

  1. A short informative title that contains the major key words. The title should not contain abbreviations (see Wiley's best practice SEO tips);
  2. A short running title of less than 50 characters;
  3. The full names of the authors;
  4. The author's institutional affiliations at which the work was carried out;
  5. Acknowledgements.

The present address of any author, if different from that where the work was carried out, should be supplied in a footnote.

Authorship

Please refer to the journal’s authorship policy the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on eligibility for author listing.

Acknowledgments

Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section. Financial and material support should also be mentioned. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.

Conflict of Interest Statement

You will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. See the section ‘Conflict of Interest’ in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on what to include in this section. Please ensure you liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.

Abstract

Please provide an abstract of no more than 250 words containing the major keywords. The abstract should adhere to the word count specifications under the section Manuscript Categories and Requirements. It should state the main problem, methods, results, and conclusions. It must be factual and comprehensive. The use of abbreviations and acronyms should be limited and general statements (e.g. ‘‘the significance of the results is discussed’’) should be avoided.

Keywords

Please provide 4-6 keywords that are most relevant to your contents.

Main Text

Authors should use the subheadings required for the Article Type as specified in the section 'Manuscript Types'. Original Article manuscripts should be structured using the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgment, Disclosure, References, and when relevant, Supporting Information.

References

The Wiley Chemistry-Material Sciences system of referencing should be used (see below for details). All references should be numbered consecutively in order of appearance and should be as complete as possible. In text citations should cite references in consecutive order using Arabic superscript numerals.

Journal article

J. H. Burroughes, D. D. C. Bradley, A. R. Brown, R. N. Marks, K. Mackay, R. H. Friend, P. L. Burn, A. B. Holmes, Nature 1990, 347, 539.

Book

R. McWeeny, Coulson’s Valence, 3rd ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford 1979.

Book published in a series

L. B. Schein, Electrophotography and Development Physics, 2nd ed., Springer Series in Electrophysics, Vol. 14, Springer, Berlin 1992.

Multi-authored (edited) book

Handbook of Heterogeneous Catalysis (Eds: G. Ertl, H. Knözinger, J. Weitkamp), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany 1997.

Chapter in a multi-authored (edited) book

A. Smart, in The Chemistry of Metal CVD (Eds: T. Kodas, M. Hampden-Smith), VCH, Weinheim, Germany 1994, Ch.5.

Proceedings volume

Abbrev. Proc. Title (Eds: A. B. Editor1, C. D. Editor2), Publisher, Location Year.

Paper in a proceedings volume

A. B. Author1, C. D. Author2, E. F. Author3, G. H. Author4, in Abbrev. Proc. Title (Eds: I. J. Editor1, K. L. Editor2), Publisher, Location Year of publication, page no.

Papers presented at conferences (unpublished proceedings)

A. B. Author1, presented at Abbrev. Conf. Title, Location of conference, Month and year of conference.

Thesis

A. B. Author, Degree Thesis, University (Location) Year.

Patent

A. B. Author1, A. B. Author2 (Company), Country Patent number, Year.

Website

Advanced Materials homepage, http://www.advmat.de (accessed: July 2007).

Unpublished work

A. B. Author1, C. D. Author2, E. F. Author3, unpublished.

Accepted for publication

A. B. Author1, C. D. Author2, E. F. Author3, Abbrev. Journal Title, Year, DOI: XXXXXXXXXX.

Personal communication

A. B. Author1, personal communication((, Year)).

Tables

Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. They should be supplied as editable files, not pasted as images. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the table, legend and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. All abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings.

Figure Legends

Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the figure and its legend must have high readability. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.

Preparing Figures

Although we encourage authors to send us the highest-quality figures possible, for peer-review purposes we are happy to accept a wide variety of formats, sizes, and resolutions.

Click here for the basic figure requirements for figures submitted with manuscripts for initial peer review, as well as the more detailed post-acceptance figure requirements.

Color figures: Figures submitted in color may be reproduced in color online free of charge. Please note, however, that it is preferable that line figures (e.g. graphs and charts) are supplied in black and white so that they are legible if printed by a reader in black and white.

Supporting Information

Supporting information is information that is not essential to the article but that provides greater depth and background. It is generally hosted online and appears without editing or typesetting. It may include tables, figures, videos, datasets, etc. Click here for Wiley’s FAQs on supporting information.

Note, if data, scripts or other artefacts used to generate the analyses presented in the paper are available via a publicly available data repository, authors should include a reference to the location of the material within their paper.

Wiley Author Resources

Wiley has a range of resources for authors preparing manuscripts for submission available here. In particular, authors may benefit from referring to Wiley’s best practice tips on Writing for Search Engine Optimization.

Article Preparation Support

Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, figure illustration, figure formatting, and graphical abstract design – so you can submit your manuscript with confidence.

Also, check out our resources for Preparing Your Article for general guidance about writing and preparing your manuscript.

5. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN, DESCRIPTION, AND VALIDATION

Animal Experimentation

For detailed reporting of animal experimentation, the ARRIVE guidelines (hosted on the NC3Rswebsite, https://arriveguidelines.org/) should be followed. Manuscripts containing experiments using animals must include a statement in the Experimental Section to state that permission was obtained from the relevant national or local authorities. The institutional committees that have approved the experiments must be identified and the accreditation number of the laboratory or of the investigator must be given where applicable. If no such rules or permission are stipulated in the particular country where the research/experiments were carried out, this must be mentioned in the manuscript.

Human Studies/Subjects and Clinical Samples

For manuscripts containing experiments with human subjects (including the testing of sensor/wearable technologies) or tissue samples from human subjects, a statement regarding appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB)/Ethical Committee approval must be included. The informed consent of all participating subjects must be obtained, and a statement to indicate this must be included. Confirmation that the study conforms to recognized standards, such as the Declaration of Helsinki, is also required.

When reporting phase II and III clinical trials, reporting on tumor marker studies, or describing human biospecimens, authors should refer, respectively, to the relevant CONSORT statementREMARK, or BRISQ guidelines. Prospective clinical trials must be registered in www.clinicaltrials.gov (or a similar public repository that matches the criteria established by ICMJE) prior to the start of patient enrollment. Trial registration numbers must be reported in the article.

Image Processing

Images submitted for publication must accurately represent the original data, and authors must provide, if requested by the editors, unprocessed and raw data to aid in the reviewing process. Images submitted should be minimally modified, and any modification to original raw data should be clearly and fully disclosed, either in the figure legends, the Experimental Section, or in the Supporting Information. This should include the software used and the settings and methods applied in manipulations.

Processing should be applied equally to the entire image and also to controls. Processing that obscures data or emphasizes certain regions at the expense of others should not be used. When used, false-color and nonlinear adjustments, such as gamma correction, deconvolution, filtering, thresholding, and projection, should be clearly indicated in the manuscript.

In the case of gels and blots, cropped images may be used when necessary for clarity and conciseness. These modifications must be clearly mentioned, and the full gels and blots should be provided as Supporting Information. A clear line should mark the boundary between different gels where these were cropped, and all important bands should be maintained in the image.

Statistical Analysis

Reported data should be representative and reproducible. For original research articles, a sub-section entitled "Statistical Analysis" should be included at the end of the Experimental Section that fully describes the following:

  1. Pre-processing of data (e.g., transformation, normalization, evaluation of outliers),
  1. Data presentation (e.g., mean ± SD),
  2. Sample size/number of replicates (n) for each statistical analysis,
  3. Statistical methods used to assess significant differences (name of the statistical test including one- or two-sided testing, testing level (i.e., alpha value, P value), if applicable post-hoc test or any alpha adjustment, validity of any assumptions made for the chosen test),
  4. Software used for statistical analysis.

All relevant figure and table legends should contain information on sample size/number of replicates (n), probability (P) value, the specific statistical test for each experiment, data presentation, and the meaning of the significance symbol.

A more detailed checklist can be found here: The Road to Better Presentation of Data: The Do’s and Don’ts

Data Sharing and Data Availability

VIEW encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors may provide a data availability statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published in their paper. Shared data should be cited. All accepted manuscripts may elect to publish a data availability statement to confirm the presence or absence of shared data. If you have shared data, this statement will describe how the data can be accessed, and include a persistent identifier (e.g., a DOI for the data, or an accession number) from the repository where you shared the data. You may use the Standard Templates for Author Use or draft your own.

When data is available and linked, authors will need to provide a citation of the data in their reference list.

Data citation:

[dataset]Authors; Year; Dataset title; Data repository or archive; Version (if any); Persistent identifier (e.g., DOI)

The term [Dataset] will be removed before publication.

To help choose an appropriate data repository for your research, you may consider the following:

  • Visit re3data.org or for extensive catalogues of registered and certified data repositories
  • Some funders have designated archives set up for researchers to deposit their data. Check our Author Compliance Tool to see your funder’s data sharing policy.

Some example repositories are as follows:

Nucleotide sequence data can be submitted in electronic form to any of the three major collaborative databases: DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ)EMBL Nucleotide Archive, or GenBank. It is only necessary to submit to one database as data are exchanged between DDBJ, EMBL, and GenBank on a daily basis

Proteins sequence data should be submitted to either of the following repositories: Protein Information Resource (PIR) or SWISS-PROT.

For manuscripts describing structural data, atomic coordinates and the associated experimental data should be deposited in the appropriate databank (see below). Data in databanks must be released, at the latest, upon publication of the article. Please ensure that atomic coordinates and experimental data are released on time.

For more information, check Wiley’s Data Sharing Policies and our Frequently Asked Questions page.

 

6. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Refer and Transfer Program

Wiley believes that no valuable research should go unshared. This journal participates in Wiley’s Refer & Transfer program. If your manuscript is not accepted, you may receive a recommendation to transfer your manuscript to another suitable Wiley journal, either through a referral from the journal’s editor or through our Transfer Desk Assistant. 

Editorial Peer-Review and Acceptance

The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.

Wiley's policy on confidentiality of the review process is available here.

Manuscripts are assigned sequentially to Associate Editors. An Associate Editor solicits reviewers (typically, two external reviews are sought). The reviewers’ evaluations and Associate Editor’s comments are compiled by the Editor-in-Chief for disposition and transmittal to the authors.

The Associate Editor will advise authors whether a manuscript is accepted, should be revised or is rejected. Minor revisions are expected to be returned better within two weeks of decision; major revisions better within four weeks. Manuscripts not revised within the time periods of three months are subject to withdrawal from consideration for publication unless the authors can provide extenuating circumstances.

A number of manuscripts will have to be rejected on the grounds of priority and available space. A manuscript may be returned to the authors without outside review if the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor find it inappropriate for publication in the Journal. Similarly, the Editors may expedite the review process for manuscripts felt to be of high priority in order to reach a rapid decision. Such ‘fast-track decisions’ will normally occur within one week of receipt of the manuscript.

Even though the final decisions are made, authors may dispute a decision and can document good reasons why a manuscript should be reconsidered. A rebuttal process exists. In the first place, authors should write rebuttal letters to the Editor-in-Chief.

In-house submissions-Papers authored by Editors or Editorial Board members of the title, will be sent to Editors unaffiliated with the author or institution and monitored carefully to ensure there is no peer-review bias.

Conflict of Interest

The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potential sources of conflict of interest include, but are not limited to, patent or stock ownership, membership of a company board of directors, membership of an advisory board or committee for a company, and consultancy for or receipt of speaker's fees from a company. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.

Funding

Authors should list all funding sources in the Acknowledgments section. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature: https://support.crossref.org/hc/en-us/articles/214360886-The-Open-Funder-Registry

Authorship

The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:

  1. Have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data;
  2. Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content;
  3. Given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content; and
  4. Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section (for example, to recognize contributions from people who provided technical help, collation of data, writing assistance, acquisition of funding, or a department chairperson who provided general support). Prior to submitting the article all authors should agree on the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript.

Additional Authorship Options

Joint first or senior authorship: In the case of joint first authorship a footnote should be added to the author listing, e.g. ‘X and Y should be considered joint first author’ or ‘X and Y should be considered joint senior author.’

ORCID

As part of our commitment to supporting authors at every step of the publishing process, VIEW requires the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript. This takes around 2 minutes to complete. Find more information.

Publication Ethics

The journal is committed to high standards for professional conduct and ethical behavior in all published material. The Publication Ethics Guidelines detail the journal's position as a scientific publisher.

 

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley’s Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.

7. AUTHOR LICENSING

All articles published by VIEW are fully open access where they are immediately freely available to read, download and share. To cover the cost of publishing, VIEW charges a publication fee when a submission is accepted for publication. There is no fee for initial submission for editorial/peer-review evaluation. Accepted papers will be published under CC BY - Creative Commons Attribution License. With the Creative Commons license, the author retains copyright and the public is allowed to reuse the content. The author grants Wiley a license to publish the article and to identify as the original publisher. All authors will be directed to the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) in accordance with funder mandates effective on 1 April 2013.

If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.

To learn more about Creative Commons Licenses and to preview terms and conditions of the agreements, please click here. Note that certain funders mandate that a particular type of CC license has to be used; to check this, please click here.

 

8. PUBLICATION PROCESS AFTER ACCEPTANCE

Accepted Article Received in Production

Please kindly note that substantial changes to the manuscript after acceptance may require a re-evaluation by peer reviewers. If you have any questions or updates after your manuscript’s acceptance, please contact the editorial office at your earliest convenience.

When your accepted article is received by Wiley’s production team, you (corresponding author) will receive an email asking you to login or register with Author Services. You will be asked to sign a publication license at this point.

Proofs

Once your paper is typeset you will receive an email notification of the URL from where to download a PDF typeset page proof, associated forms and full instructions on how to correct and return the file.

Please note that you are responsible for all statements made in your work, including changes made during the editorial process and thus you must check your proofs carefully. Note that proofs should be returned as soon as possible from receipt of first proof.

Early View

The journal offers rapid publication via Wiley’s Early View service. Early View (Online Version of Record) articles are published on Wiley Online Library before inclusion in an issue. Note there may be a delay after corrections are received before your article appears online, as Editors also need to review proofs. Once your article is published on Early View no further changes to your article are possible. Your Early View article is fully citable and carries an online publication date and DOI for citations.

Author Name Change

In cases where authors wish to change their name following publication, Wiley will update and republish the paper and redeliver the updated metadata to indexing services. Our editorial and production teams will use discretion in recognizing that name changes may be of a sensitive and private nature for various reasons including (but not limited to) alignment with gender identity, or as a result of marriage, divorce, or religious conversion. Accordingly, to protect the author’s privacy, we will not publish a correction notice to the paper, and we will not notify co-authors of the change. Authors should contact the journal’s Editorial Office with their name change request.

Additional Guidelines for Cover Pictures, Visual Abstracts, Frontispieces and Table of Contents Graphics

  1. Concepts illustrated in graphical material must clearly fit with the research discussed in the accompanying text.
  2. Images featuring depictions or representations of people must not contain any form of objectification, sexualization, stereotyping, or discrimination. We also ask authors to consider community diversity in images containing multiple depictions or representations of people.
  3. Inappropriate use, representation, or depiction of religious figures or imagery, and iconography should be avoided.
  4. Use of elements of mythology, legends, and folklore might be acceptable and will be decided on a case-by-case basis. However, these images must comply with the guidelines on human participants when they are present.
  5. Generally, authors should consider any sensitivities when using images of objects that might have cultural significance or may be inappropriate in the context (for example, religious texts, historical events, and depictions of people).
  6. Legal requirements:

All necessary copyright permission for the reproduction of the graphical elements used in visuals must be obtained prior to publication.

Graphics that do not adhere to these guidelines will be recommended for revision or will not be accepted for publication.

 

9. POST PUBLICATION

Access and Sharing

Please review Wiley’s guidelines on sharing your research here. The submitted version of the manuscript, the accepted version, and the published version (Version of Record) can all be deposited on an institutional or other repository of the author's choice without embargo. 

When the article is published online:

  • The author receives an email alert (if requested).
  • The link to the published article can be shared through social media.
  • The author will have free access to the paper (after accepting the Terms & Conditions of use, they can view the article).

Now is the time to start promoting your article. Find out how to do that here

Article Promotion Support

Wiley Editing Services offers professional video, design, and writing services to create shareable video abstracts, infographics, conference posters, lay summaries, and research news stories for your research – so you can help your research get the attention it deserves.

 

10. EDITORIAL OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS

VIEW Editorial Office
Email: editorial@view-journal.com
Room 2311, Cloud Nine Plaza.
1118 West Yan'an Road, Changning District, Shanghai 200052, China.


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