Guidelines

ScienceForecast provides guidelines for authors, reviewers, and editors to support a consistent, transparent, and ethical scholarly publishing process.

Author Guidelines

ScienceForecast welcomes original scholarly contributions across the scientific disciplines covered by its journals. Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts are original, clearly presented, ethically prepared, and suitable for the scope of the journal to which they are submitted.

Manuscript Types and Structures

ScienceForecast journals may publish different categories of scholarly contributions depending on the scope and editorial policy of each journal. Authors should select the article type that most appropriately represents their work.

The structures below provide general guidance. Individual journals may have additional requirements concerning article types, section headings, word limits, references, figures, tables, or other manuscript elements.

Original Research Article

Original Research Articles present new research findings supported by appropriate methods, analysis, and interpretation.

Recommended structure: Title → Abstract → Keywords → Introduction → Materials and Methods / Methodology → Results → Discussion → Conclusion → Declarations → References

Review Article

Review Articles provide a critical and organized synthesis of published knowledge on a defined scientific topic.

Recommended structure: Title → Abstract → Keywords → Introduction → Review Sections → Discussion → Conclusion → Declarations → References

Systematic Review / Meta-Analysis

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses should clearly describe the research question, search strategy, eligibility criteria, methods of study selection, analysis, and interpretation of findings.

Recommended structure: Title → Abstract → Keywords → Introduction → Methods → Search and Selection Strategy → Results → Analysis / Meta-Analysis where applicable → Discussion → Conclusion → Declarations → References

Short Communication

Short Communications present concise research findings, important observations, preliminary results, or focused scientific contributions that can be communicated in a shorter format.

Recommended structure: Title → Abstract → Keywords → Main Text → Conclusion → Declarations → References

Case Report / Case Study

Case Reports or Case Studies describe significant, unusual, illustrative, or otherwise informative cases, observations, applications, or experiences relevant to the scope of the journal.

Recommended structure: Title → Abstract → Keywords → Introduction → Case Presentation / Description → Discussion → Conclusion → Declarations → References

Technical / Methodological Article

Technical or Methodological Articles describe new, improved, or particularly useful techniques, methods, procedures, instruments, computational approaches, or analytical methodologies.

Recommended structure: Title → Abstract → Keywords → Introduction → Method / Technique → Validation / Results → Discussion → Conclusion → References

Editorial

Editorials provide an informed scholarly perspective on a relevant scientific topic, publication issue, research development, or matter of importance to the journal's readership.

Recommended structure: Title → Main Text → References where applicable

Clinical Image

Clinical Image articles present clear and informative clinical, radiological, pathological, microscopic, or other scientifically relevant images that provide educational or diagnostic value. Submissions should include a concise description of the image, relevant clinical or scientific context, and an appropriate explanation of the important findings.

Video Article

Video Articles present clinically or scientifically relevant procedures, techniques, demonstrations, diagnostic findings, or educational material in video format. Videos should be of sufficient quality, clearly presented, appropriately documented, and accompanied by a concise description explaining their scientific or educational significance.

Image Types

ScienceForecast may consider several forms of scientifically informative images, including:

Clinical photographs; radiological images; pathological images; microscopic images; diagnostic images; graphical or illustrative scientific images; and other relevant image-based material.

Video Types

Video submissions may include:

Clinical procedure videos; surgical videos; diagnostic videos; technique or method demonstrations; educational scientific videos; and other relevant scientific or clinical video material.

Letter to the Editor

Letters to the Editor may address published work, scientific developments, observations, or matters of scholarly interest relevant to the journal.

Recommended structure: Title → Main Text → References where applicable

Perspective / Commentary

Perspectives and Commentaries provide a focused scholarly discussion, interpretation, or informed viewpoint on a scientific topic, emerging area, research development, or issue of broader relevance.

Recommended structure: Title → Abstract and Keywords where applicable → Main Text → Conclusion where appropriate → References

Manuscript Preparation

General Submission Requirements

Manuscripts should be written in clear and professional English and presented in a logical structure that allows reviewers and readers to understand the purpose, methods, findings, and significance of the work.

Authors should use clear headings and subheadings where appropriate and ensure that all sections of the manuscript are complete and internally consistent.

Originality and Exclusive Submission

Authors must ensure that all submitted content is original and that appropriate credit is provided for ideas, statements, data, figures, tables, and other material obtained from previously published sources.

Duplicate publication, substantial overlap with previously published work, plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, and simultaneous submission to multiple journals are not acceptable.

Title Page

The title should be concise, descriptive, and accurately reflect the content of the manuscript.

The manuscript should identify all authors, their institutional affiliations, and the corresponding author. The corresponding author should provide a valid email address for editorial communication.

Abstract

Where an abstract is required, it should provide a concise summary of the purpose of the work, the principal methods or approach, the major findings, and the main conclusion or significance.

Authors should avoid unnecessary references and unexplained abbreviations in the abstract.

Keywords

Authors should provide relevant keywords that accurately represent the subject matter of the manuscript and assist readers in discovering the published work through scholarly search and indexing services.

Main Manuscript

The main manuscript should present the research or scholarly contribution in a clear and logically organized manner. Depending on the manuscript type, this may include an introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, and references.

Authors should provide sufficient methodological detail to allow the work to be properly evaluated and, where applicable, reproduced by other researchers.

References

References should accurately identify the sources cited in the manuscript and should be presented consistently according to the requirements of the relevant journal.

Authors should verify the accuracy of author names, publication details, titles, journal information, and persistent identifiers such as DOI where available.

Figures and Tables

Figures and tables should be clear, appropriately labelled, and directly relevant to the manuscript.

All figures and tables should be cited in the manuscript and supplied in a suitable format and sufficient quality for publication.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to use copyrighted material where such permission is required.

Ethical Requirements

Authors must comply with applicable ethical standards relevant to their research. Where required, manuscripts should include information concerning ethical approval, informed consent, research participants, animal welfare, data protection, or other applicable ethical requirements.

Personal or confidential information should not be included unless appropriate authorization and consent have been obtained.

Conflict of Interest

Authors should disclose any financial, professional, personal, or other relationships that could reasonably be perceived as influencing the research or its interpretation.

If no conflicts exist, authors should provide an appropriate declaration indicating that there are no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Funding and Acknowledgements

All relevant sources of financial support should be disclosed. Authors should also acknowledge individuals, institutions, or organizations that made meaningful contributions but do not qualify for authorship.

Supplementary Materials

Supplementary files such as datasets, additional figures, tables, appendices, or other supporting material may be submitted where appropriate.

Supplementary materials should be clearly identified and should complement rather than duplicate the main manuscript.

Manuscript Submission

Online Submission

Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts through the ScienceForecast online submission portal.

Submit Manuscript Online

Manual Submission

Authors who are unable to use the online submission portal may submit their manuscript by email. The manuscript and relevant supporting documents should be sent to:

submissions@scienceforecastoa.com

Peer Review

Submitted manuscripts may undergo editorial assessment followed by peer review according to the policies and requirements of the relevant journal.

Authors should respond to reviewer and editorial comments carefully and provide a clear explanation of changes made during revision.

Publication Ethics

Authors are expected to comply with ScienceForecast publication ethics policies and to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity throughout the submission, review, and publication process.

Concerns relating to plagiarism, duplicate publication, authorship, research integrity, conflicts of interest, or other ethical matters may be investigated in accordance with applicable editorial policies.

Reviewer Guidelines

Reviewers play an important role in maintaining the quality, integrity, and scholarly value of the published literature. Reviewers should provide independent, constructive, and confidential assessments of manuscripts within their area of expertise.

Reviewer Responsibilities

Reviewers should assess manuscripts objectively and provide comments that help editors and authors understand the strengths, limitations, originality, and scientific relevance of the work.

Confidentiality

Manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Reviewers should not share, reproduce, distribute, or use unpublished manuscript content for personal or professional purposes.

Conflict of Interest

Reviewers should decline an assignment if they have a personal, professional, financial, institutional, or other relationship that could interfere with an objective assessment.

Scientific and Editorial Assessment

Reviewers should consider the originality, scientific quality, methodology, clarity, interpretation, presentation, references, and relevance of the manuscript to the journal.

Ethical Concerns

Reviewers should inform the editor if they identify potential plagiarism, duplicate publication, ethical concerns, undisclosed conflicts, inappropriate data practices, or other significant integrity issues.

Constructive Comments

Reviewer comments should be professional, specific, and constructive. Personal criticism or comments unrelated to the scholarly quality of the manuscript should be avoided.

Recommendation

Reviewers should provide a recommendation based on the manuscript's scientific and scholarly merits while recognizing that the final editorial decision rests with the journal's editor.

Timely Review

Reviewers should complete assignments within the agreed timeframe. If additional time is required, the reviewer should inform the editorial office as soon as possible.

Reviewer Conduct

Reviewers are expected to maintain professional conduct and respect the confidentiality and integrity of the peer review process.

Editorial Member Application

Editor Guidelines

Editors are responsible for managing manuscripts fairly, independently, and efficiently while maintaining the scientific and ethical standards of the journal.

Editorial Responsibilities

Editors should ensure that manuscripts are handled consistently and assessed according to the journal's scope, policies, and editorial standards.

Initial Manuscript Assessment

Editors should assess whether a submission is appropriate for the journal before initiating the review process. Initial assessment may consider scope, originality, presentation, ethical requirements, and basic scientific suitability.

Reviewer Selection

Editors should select reviewers with appropriate expertise and should consider potential conflicts of interest when assigning manuscripts for review.

Managing Peer Review

Editors should monitor the review process and ensure that reviewer comments are considered appropriately when making editorial decisions.

Editorial Decisions

Editorial decisions should be based on the scholarly content of the manuscript, reviewer assessments, journal policies, and other relevant editorial considerations.

Confidentiality

Editors must protect confidential manuscript information throughout the editorial and peer review process.

Conflicts of Interest

Editors should not handle manuscripts where a personal, professional, financial, or other relationship could compromise impartial editorial assessment.

Ethical Concerns

Editors should respond appropriately to concerns relating to plagiarism, duplicate publication, authorship, research ethics, conflicts of interest, data integrity, and other publication ethics matters.

Corrections and Retractions

Where significant errors or integrity concerns are identified after publication, editors should follow the relevant journal policies for corrections, expressions of concern, withdrawals, or retractions.

Communication with Authors

Editors should communicate decisions and relevant editorial requirements clearly and professionally while maintaining appropriate confidentiality.

Editorial Integrity

Editors should maintain independence in editorial decision-making and should not allow commercial, personal, or other inappropriate interests to influence scholarly decisions.

Editorial Member Application

Maintaining Scholarly Standards

ScienceForecast is committed to supporting responsible, transparent, and ethical scholarly communication. Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to work together to maintain the quality and integrity of the academic record.