What are authors guidelines?

It is a condition of publication that authors make the primary data, materials (such as statistical tools, protocols, software) and code publicly available. As a minimum, sufficient information and data are required to allow others to replicate all study findings reported in the article.

How do I become an Elsevier author?

1. Conducting your research. Use these tools to get the best research results possible.
2. Writing your manuscript. Get support for writing up your work.
3. Getting published. Maximize your impact with a top-quality publication.
4. Promoting your research. Get noticed by sharing your research widely.

Can there be two first authors Elsevier?

If requested, we can provide dual-first authorship if two authors have contributed equally to a paper. In that case a footnote will be added to the author names and an explanation will be given. This journal offers authors a choice in publishing their research: Open Access and Subscription.

What is author statement in Elsevier?

All persons who meet authorship criteria are listed as authors, and all authors certify that they have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content, including participation in the concept, design, analysis, writing, or revision of the manuscript.

Who is a corresponding author?

Corresponding author meaning: The corresponding author is the one individual who takes primary responsibility for communication with the journal during the manuscript submission, peer review, and publication process.

Is proceedings BA a good journal?

Citation metrics for Proceedings B remain similar to last year with an impact factor of 4.637 and the journal is ranked 11th out of 93 journals in the Journal Citation Reports category for ‘Biology’.

What is impact factor of Elsevier?

Impact Factor measures both the number of articles and the number of citations reflecting the average number of times an article within that publication has been cited. It also categorises and ranks journals by subject area. Once a year new impact factors are announced based on the data from the previous 3 years.

Is it free to publish in Elsevier?

No author’s fee for most of Elsevier’s journals Corresponding authors of Dutch universities or Dutch university medical centers can publish open access in most Elsevier journals at no extra cost.

Can you have 3 corresponding authors?

Yes, you can. An article can have more than one corresponding author.

Can a PhD student be corresponding author?

Yes. It is totally proper and ethical, as long as you are one of the main person/people who understand well the work. Indeed, almost all my publications during my graduate student time to obtain a PhD, I am the corresponding author for almost all these papers (around 10+ papers).

What are author contributions?

Author contributions. Author contributions. Use this form to specify the contribution of each author of your manuscript. A distinction is made between five types of contributions: Conceived and designed the analysis; Collected the data; Contributed data or analysis tools; Performed the analysis; Wrote the paper.

How do you declare author contributions?

The authors confirm contribution to the paper as follows: study conception and design: X. Author, Y. Author; data collection: Y. Author; analysis and interpretation of results: X.