Submission
This journal uses ScholarOne Manuscripts for online submission and peer review.
Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting your manuscript to this journal are provided on the 'Preparing your materials' page.
Queries can be directed to the JNS Editorial Office at: JNS.edoffice@cambridge.org
Format-neutral submission
JNS has format-neutral submission in place for original submissions only. This means that authors do not need to format their article to journal style at this stage; 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 the Reviewers of your paper. Revised manuscripts will be subject to full formatting requirements of the journal.
Author Affiliations
Author affiliations should represent the institution(s) at which the research was conducted and/or supported and/or approved. For non-research content, any affiliations should represent the institution(s) with which each author is currently affiliated. For more information, please see our author affiliation policy and author affiliation FAQs.
Nominating referees
At submission, authors are asked to nominate at least three potential referees who may then be asked by the Editorial Board to help review the work. Please ensure that these potential referees are not located at the same affiliation as any of the co-authors.
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 with suggested modifications. These also include recommendations on 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 the Paperpal Preflight tool). Please note that usage of the tool is entirely separate from the peer review process and will not impact upon any editorial decisions.
ORCID
ORCID provides a unique identifier for researchers and through integration in key research workflows such as publication and grant applications, links your professional activities. We encourage authors to link their ORCID identifier to their ScholarOne account. If you do not already have an ORCID identifier, you can register directly from your ScholarOne account or at https://orcid.org/register. ORCID iDs provided in ScholarOne will be published in the final article.
If you already have an iD, please use this when submitting, either by linking it to your ScholarOne account or during submission by using the “Associate your existing ORCID iD” button.