Submissions

Submission to this journal proceeds totally online. Use the following guidelines to prepare your article. 

Submission Template

For our Microsoft Word submission template, please download the file here. 

Article Types

The following article types are included in the Journal of Computational and Cognitive Engineering:

1. Research Article: Report of original research findings and data.
2. Review: Critically examines the body of research on a particular subject and give insights/informed opinions on the direction and future of the research field.

Manuscript Presentation

1. Length: Original research articles and reviews submitted to this journal should conform to a maximum 10,000 words which includes fully cited references. For research articles, the recommended length is 5-7 pages when formatted using our double column template provided in submission template, which accommodates 4,500 words which includes references, tables, and figures. We suggest including no more than 35 but at minimum 20 references for research articles. For review articles should exceed 5,000 words but less than 7,000 words, and 100 references in maximum. This accommodates a length of 7-10 pages when formatted using our double-column template provided in the submission template ( including references, tables, and figures). For the article exceeds the above suggested length, please contact the editorial office. We do on very rare occasions consider articles of more than 10,000 words for the journal, but such an article would have to be of exceptional quality and importance to justify its inclusion in the journal: the longer the piece, the higher the bar to acceptance. So please kindly note that it may take substantially longer for us to make decisions on overlong submissions.
2. Format: Papers must be typed in a font size no smaller than 12 pt and should be in standardized fonts such as Times New Roman or Arial. All pages should be numbered. Authors should not copy the format of the published journal.
3. Language, spelling and grammar: All papers must be written in English. If English is not your first language, you are strongly suggested to ask an English-speaking colleague to proofread your paper.
4. Author affiliations: These should immediately follow the title. For multiple-authored articles, list the full names of all the authors, followed by the email addresses. If an author's present address is different from the address at which the work was carried out, this should be given as a footnote. All co-authors must be listed on the manuscript submission and peer review site as part of the submission process.
5. Abstract: This should be informative and suitable for direct inclusion in abstracting services as a self-contained article. The recommended length for the abstract should be within a range of 150 - 300 words. It should indicate the general scope and also state the main results obtained, methods used, the value of the work and the conclusions drawn. No figure numbers, table numbers, references should be included.  
6. Keywords: Please include at least 3 and up to 7 keywords. Try to avoid overly broad or specialised terms that might be meaningless to a reader.
7. Tables: Tables should be referred to explicitly in the text. Tables should be referred to in numerical order.
8. Funding: You should list all funding sources in the Acknowledgments Section. You are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation.
9. Reference Style: This journal uses the APA reference style. Please review APA reference style guideline prior to submission.

Cover Letter

1. Cover letters are required for all submissions.
2. Cover letters must include a statement of originality and confirmation that this paper has not been submitted to any other journals.
3. If your manuscript has previously been submitted to this or any other journal and subsequently rejected, you must provide copies of all correspondence involving the earlier submission including the final decision letter. You must also include an additional document detailing how you have improved your paper from the previous rejected version. Please upload this document alongside both your submitted manuscript file and your cover letter. Failure to do so may cause delays or interruptions to paper processing and will result in the rejection of your manuscript.
4. If your manuscript was previously a conference paper please attach the paper and details of how the manuscript has been expanded. 

After Acceptance

1. First Check: After your paper is accepted, your files will be assessed by the editorial office to ensure they are ready for production. You may be contacted if any updates or final files are required. Otherwise, your paper will be sent to the production team.
2. Author Services: When an accepted article is received by production team, the corresponding author will receive an email asking them to sign a publication license at this point as well as pay for any applicable APCs.
3. Proofs: Authors will receive an e-mail for page proofs. Authors should also make sure that any renumbered tables, figures, or references match text citations and that figure legends correspond with text citations and actual figures. Proofs must be returned within 72 hours of receipt of the email.

Long-Term Digital Preservation 

A key part of the scholarly communications infrastructure is digital preservation. We are dedicated to maintaining all academic resources published in the Journal of Computational and Cognitive Engineering for the foreseeable future. To guarantee the continued accessibility of digital content, we work with the following providers of digital archives:

1. CLOCKSS
2. Portico
3. PKP Preservation Network

Deposit Policy

Authors are encouraged to deposit the final published PDF as follows:

• on public eprint server
• on a non-profit server
• on the personal website
• on the company or institutional repository

Authors should provide a link from the deposited version to the URL of the journal's website.

Preprint Policy

The journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. You may also post the final published version of the article immediately after publication.

Correction Policy

For maintaining the integrity of the scientific record and avoiding inconsistencies downstream, minor corrections that do not affect the scientific understanding of the paper (for example formatting or typographical errors or preference of wording) may be rejected if submitted post-publication.

The correction procedure depends on the publication stage of the article, but in all circumstances a correction notice is released as soon as possible:

Online First publication: Journal of Computational and Cognitive Engineering will consider replacing the Online First version with an updated version which corrects the error and notes the changes that have been made and the date(s) on which the changes were made (in a correction notice at the end of the article).

Publication in an issue: If the article has already appeared in an issue, a correction notice will be released in the next available electronic and print issue. The online version of the article will link to the correction notice.

Retraction Policy

Retractions are considered by journal editors in cases of evidence of unreliable data or findings, plagiarism, duplicate publication, and unethical research. All retraction notices explain why the article was retracted. A retraction notice will also be published in the next available electronic and print issue.

Editors should consider retracting a publication if:

• They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of major error (eg, miscalculation or experimental error), or as a result of fabrication (eg, of data) or falsification (eg, image manipulation).
• It constitutes plagiarism.
• The findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper attribution to previous sources or disclosure to the editors, permission to republish, or justification (ie, cases of redundant publication).
• It contains material or data without authorization for use.
• Copyright has been infringed or there is some other serious legal issue (eg, libel, privacy).
• It reports unethical research.
• It has been published solely on the basis of a compromised or manipulated peer review process.
• The author(s) failed to disclose a major competing interest would have unduly affected interpretations of the work or recommendations by editors and peer reviewers.

Authorship