Submission process
Contributors should remove their name from their manuscript and should ensure that their manuscript is fully anonymous.
Submission of a manuscript to the JRAS will be taken to imply that it has not been previously published in any form, including on the web.
The JRAS allows three exceptions to this stipulation: if a submission has been published previously (1) as part of a limited circulation set of conference working papers or proceedings, (2) on an author’s personal webpage, or (3), in exceptional circumstances, in another journal in an Asian language.
Similarly, the journal will not consider submissions that are being reviewed simultaneously by another journal. If it is discovered that a manuscript has been offered concurrently to another journal, it will be rejected without peer review.
This journal uses ScholarOne for online submission and peer review. ScholarOne is a “comprehensive workflow-management system for scholarly journals, books and conferences”. Further information on ScholarOne can be found here, and queries can be directed to the Editorial Office ([email protected]).
FINAL SUBMISSION
This journal uses ScholarOne for online submission and peer review. ScholarOne is a “comprehensive workflow-management system for scholarly journals, books and conferences”. Further information on ScholarOne can be found here, and queries can be directed to the Editorial Office ([email protected]).
The final submission of an accepted article must be supplied again through ScholarOne (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jras) in TWO formats:
1. A Word document, with .docx extension.
2. A PDF document of the Word file, which accurately displays all diacritical marks and unusual fonts if used.
Where there are five or more figures/illustrations/tables in a paper, please provide a separate Word document containing a list of the figures, illustrations, and tables in the order in which they appear in the main document, giving Figure/Picture 1, full title, legend, and sources—where appropriate, i.e. not already cited in a footnote.
Please note that when an article has been accepted for publication, the author is entirely responsible for submitting electronic copies in the correct format. Authors should be aware that substantive alterations or additions are not permitted at first proofs.
The initial Word document (with accompanying pdf document displaying all diacritical marks if relevant) sent in by the author will be viewed by the copy-editor. If figures or illustrations have not been sent separately as high–resolution tiff or eps files, the submission will not be accepted and will be returned to the author with a request to provide everything in the correct format. If all the submission documents are correct, the copy-editor will make amendments and suggestions. This marked-up Word document may be sent back to the author who is then requested to ‘accept’ or ‘reject’ the amendments/suggestions made by the copy-editor, and to resubmit the final amended Word document, together with an updated pdf file.
ORCID
We encourage authors to identify themselves using ORCID when submitting a manuscript to this journal. ORCID provides a unique identifier for researchers and, through integration with key research workflows such as manuscript submission and grant applications, provides the following benefits:
- Discoverability: ORCID increases the discoverability of your publications, by enabling smarter publisher systems and by helping readers to reliably find work that you have authored.
- Convenience: As more organisations use ORCID, providing your iD or using it to register for services will automatically link activities to your ORCID record, and will enable you to share this information with other systems and platforms you use, saving you re-keying information multiple times.
- Keeping track: Your ORCID record is a neat place to store and (if you choose) share validated information about your research activities and affiliations.
See our ORCID FAQs for more information. If you don’t already have an iD, you can create one by registering directly at https://ORCID.org/register.
ORCIDs can also be used if authors wish to communicate to readers up-to-date information about how they wish to be addressed or referred to (for example, they wish to include pronouns, additional titles, honorifics, name variations, etc.) alongside their published articles. We encourage authors to make use of the ORCID profile’s “Published Name” field for this purpose. This is entirely optional for authors who wish to communicate such information in connection with their article. Please note that this method is not currently recommended for author name changes: see Cambridge’s author name change policy if you want to change your name on an already published article. See our ORCID FAQs for more information.
Licence to publish
Before Cambridge can publish your manuscript, we need a signed licence to publish agreement. Under the agreement, certain rights are granted to the journal owner which allow publication of the article. The original ownership of the copyright in the article remains unchanged. For full details see the publishing agreement page.