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Start SubmissionSubmissions should be made electronically through this website. Once submitted, the author can track the submission and communicate with the editors via the online journal management system. Please note, on submissions with multiple authors only the submitting author will be able to do this.
Please ensure that you follow the Author Guidelines when preparing your manuscript.
Manuscripts that do not follow our formatting and other guidelines will not be reviewed. Manuscripts that grossly exceed the maximum length will encounter delays and require major revision, or will be assessed an additional publishing fee on top of the Author Publishing Cost (APC) listed here.
All word limits include the References section, tables, and figure captions. Figures do not contribute to the word count; however, figures and tables should not total significantly more than three pages when typeset.
All papers submitted for inclusion in special collections undergo the same peer review process as regular submissions. If you wish to propose a special collection for which you would serve as a Visiting Editor, please reference our proposal template and sample, which should be sent to Caren Cooper, Associate Editor for Special Collections.
All upcoming special collections will be announced on the CSA blog (https://www.citizenscience.org/category/csa-blog/) and elsewhere. Following a call for papers for a special collection, authors can submit abstracts directly to the editorial team using the instructions provided in the call. The authors of accepted abstracts will then be invited to submit a full paper. Before submitting, please ensure that your paper conforms to the guidelines we've set forth in our author guidelines, then submit your paper and figures to the journal through our journal management system (JMS) to begin the process of peer review.
For your paper to be considered for a special collection, you must indicate the intended collection in the title of your paper upon submission. Your title should read: SC: Abbreviated Title of Special Collection: Your Working Title. For example, SC: Higher Ed: Drivers of Participation in Citizen Science Among Secondary Students Considering Dropout. If your paper is accepted, the title will be edited for publication in the paper and in the article metadata at the copy editing stage.
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.
Optional Elements
Figures are submitted separately, following a text document with corresponding figure captions.
Any tables should appear in the main text.
Supplemental materials have been proofread. I understand that they will be published exactly as they are submitted.
Any keywords have been provided following the Abstract.
Acknowledgments and ethics statements have been provided, as needed.
Twitter handle and any other relevant social media information has been provided.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
The authors agree to the above payment terms, which will apply to this submission if and when it is published by this journal (comments or questions to the editor can be added prior to submission)
Please note that the new APC rate of £800.00 applies from Nov 1st 2020. The old rate of £500.00 holds for papers submitted before this date.
For all articles submitted after Nov 1st 2020, we will also begin offering a discount of 20% to papers submitted by FIRST or CORRESPONDING authors who are members of CSA.
If you do not have funds available to pay the APC (e.g., because your institution/funder will not cover the fee) then we may be able to offer a discount or full waiver. Please ensure that you contact the editor as early as possible should you need to discuss waiver options or the APC in general. Editorial decisions are made independently from the ability to pay the APC.