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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.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, DOIs or URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • An PHEDSS copyright and warranty form will have to accompany your submission. Authors are responsible for obtaining any security clearances. All authors have to sign the copyright transfer form. The signed copyright form has to be scanned and uploaded by using the corresponding Supplementary files upload interface on the website.
  • Journal allowing authors to deposit versions of their work in an institutional or other repository of their choice.
  • No article processing charge (APC)

Papers submitted for publication must be written in English.


As an author, you are kindly advised to use the instructions for authors available for downloading below.
It is mandatory to submit your original work in Microsoft Word format by using our online manuscript submission system. You have to make “New Submission” and upload your paper by using the online interface. All subsequent versions should be uploaded by using the same paper ID and your defined password. We are unable to process files sent by E-mail. We will do the final formatting and all necessary format conversions of your paper.


An PHEDSS Authors Statement Form will have to accompany your submission. The signed Authors Statement Form has to be scanned and uploaded by using the corresponding Supplementary files upload interface on the website.