Submission
This journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts for online submission and peer review. Please note that AGS uses plagiarism-checking software to screen revised papers. By submitting your paper you are agreeing to any necessary originality checks your paper may undergo during the peer review process.
Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided on the 'Preparing your materials' page.
At submission, authors are asked to nominate 3-5 potential referees who may be asked by the Editorial Board to help review the work. These should not be from the same country of origin (if possible) or institution as the authors. An institutional email address must be supplied for each referee, not a personal one.
The Editorial Office is pleased to offer help and advice to potential authors. Queries should be addressed to Mrs. Alison Sage. Email: [email protected]
Format-neutral submission
AGS has now introduced format-neutral submission for original submissions only. This means that authors do not need to format their article to journal style at this stage; and figures and tables can be kept in their original locations in the text. We do ask however that your article is line-numbered and is in an easily readable layout, which will aid our Editors and Reviewers in reviewing your paper.
Please note that revised manuscripts will be subject to full formatting requirements of the journal, which can be found below. If you require a formatting template you can find this here: Formatting Template (Word file - you may need to save this file before you can open/use it).
Paperpal Preflight
Prior to submission we recommend that authors use Paperpal Preflight, a service that instantly checks your manuscript against submission guidelines and flags any potential issues that might prevent your paper from passing the initial checks made by the Editorial office. The tool is free to use, however there is also an optional paid-for service that provides a tracked-changes version of the submission in a report with suggested modifications. These also include recommendations about spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
Authors using the service should then submit their manuscript to the journal in the normal way (i.e. without any tracked changes from using the Paperpal Preflight tool). Authors should also note that usage of the tool is entirely separate from the peer review process and will not impact upon any editorial decisions made.
ORCID
AGS requires that all corresponding authors identify themselves using their ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript to the journal. If you don’t already have an iD, you can register for one directly from your user account on Scholar One or via https://ORCID.org/register.
If you already have an iD, please use this when submitting, either by linking it to your Scholar One account or supplying it during submission by using the “Associate your existing ORCID iD” button.