Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

• JIM only accepts papers that are written in clear and understandable English. Authors whose native language is not English are advised to have their works checked by an English-speaking colleague prior to submitting the paper.
• The submission has been uploaded as 3 separate WORD documents:
  • Title Page,
  • Anonymised Highlights Page, and
  • Anonymised Manuscript Document (critical to JIM’s double-blind peer review process). See JIM's Author Guidelines for full instructions.
• All Authors are aware of their obligation to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes in case of detection in a reasonable timeframe.
• All Author contributions are reported on the Title Page using individual CRediT Statements next to their names, email, affiliation (including name, state, country), ORCID (all authors are required to provide an ORCID. If you do not yet have an ORCID, it is a fast and simple process via this link).
• Authors must ensure the submission's list of references is complete and consistent with citations throughout.
• All Authors are aware submissions to JIM are checked for plagiarism.
• The name & email of all contributing authors have been added to the online submission form. Adding contributing authors after starting the review process is NOT PERMITTED.
• JIM's Double-Blind Peer Review process has been followed. Refer to JIM's Double-Blind Peer Review Policy on its website.
• The submission adheres to the stylistic (including figures & tables) & bibliographic requirements outlined in JIM's Author Guidelines document (pages 5-8).
• The submission has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration in another journal. Refer to JIM’s Submission Declaration and Verification information on its website.
• Any material with copyright used/referred to in the submission has been authorized by the owner and acknowledged. Refer to JIM's Originality & Plagiarism Policy on its website.
• Financial (or other) support has been acknowledged. For initial submissions, this must only be on the Title Page. Refer to JIM's Author Guidelines on its website.
• All Authors have read JIM's Author Guidelines in full and have approved the final submission. See JIM's Author Guidelines on its website.

Some important notes when developing the Anonymized Manuscript Document:

• Utilize the third person to denote prior work conducted and/or papers published by authors. Example:  [Anonymous, 2007];
• Ensure figures are free of any markers related to affiliations;
• Retain indispensable self-references and other citations, but confine self-references solely to papers pertinent to the evaluators of the submitted manuscript;
• For anonymity in the reference list, omit specifics. Example [Anonymous, 2007];
• Remove references to funding sources;
• Do not include acknowledgments.

It is critical that authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) ensure the following steps are taken to ensure the removal of any identifiable particulars, including author names, from file names, and guarantee the document properties are likewise de-personalized:

Instructions for users of Microsoft Word for Windows:

• Go to File
• Select Info
• Click on Check for Issues
• Click on Inspect Document
• In the Document Inspector dialog box, select the check boxes to choose the type of hidden content that you want inspected.
• Click Remove All
• Click Close
• Save the document

Instructions for users of Microsoft Word for MacOS:

• Go to Tools
• Click Protect Document
• Select Remove personal information for this file on save
• Click OK and save the file