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Author Guidelines

The manuscript should adhere to the Sedimentologika scope and code of conduct. Please review the manuscript and figure and table guidelines when preparing your submission.

Particular attention should be paid to:

  • Reproducibility & open science: a clear description of how, where, and when data were collected and processed.
    • Reference materials/calibration standards, analytical parameters, and other methodological information required to reproduce your study should be provided either in the manuscript or as appendices to the manuscript
    • Data, scripting codes or custom software/libraries, should also be made available, preferably, through publicly-available data hosting platforms (e.g., GitHub, Zenodo, Pangaea, figshare). Outlines of code algorithms or processing workflows could alternatively be included as appendices to the manuscript.
      • Raw data should be made available for reproducibility purposes unless unequivocal confidentiality agreement(s) preventing the authors from doing so can be substantiated. If you are unsure about this, please contact us.
  • Accessibility: Design figures to be perceivable and understandable by all readers.
    • You must use colour-vision deficiency (CVD) safe palettes (e.g., Scientific Colour Maps); rainbow and jet colour maps will be rejected.
    • Ensure text meets a minimum size of 8 pt (1.5 mm x-height) and adheres to WCAG contrast standards.
    • Alt-text for figures is highly encouraged.
  • Ethics: The manuscript must be original with appropriate citation of non-original work. Any use of Artificial Intelligence (LLMs, etc.) in the research or writing process must be transparently disclosed.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • Ethics & Conduct: The work complies with the Sedimentologika Code of Conduct and Ethics Statement.
  • Originality & Pre-prints: The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration. Pre-prints are not considered prior publications; we strongly encourage posting to EarthArXiv or similar servers. You may pass former reviews or comments if your article has been withdrawn from or rejected by other journals.
  • Guidelines Adherence: The manuscript adheres to the Sedimentologika Manuscript Guidelines (https://sedimentologika.org/manuscript-guidelines) and Figure and Table Guidelines (https://sedimentologika.org/figures-tables-guidelines), including the strict accessibility requirements (e.g., CVD-safe colour palettes, no rainbow/jet maps, ≥ 8 pt sans-serif fonts).
  • Manuscript File: The main manuscript is submitted as a single file (PDF, Word, or OpenOffice) with figures and tables embedded.
  • High-Res Figures: I understand that I must also upload high-resolution, individual figure files during the "Supplementary/Production Files" step of this OJS submission wizard.
  • Formatting: I have used the official Sedimentologika templates (LaTeX or Word/OO), OR I have followed the minimum manual formatting requirements outlined in the guidelines.
  • Author Contributions: An "Author Contributions Statement" is included, using the CRediT taxonomy (https://credit.niso.org/) and authorship follows the Vancouver Convention/ICMJE recommendations for authorship.
  • Data & Code: A "Data and Code Availability Statement" is included in the manuscript. Data is FAIR-compliant, hosted in a repository, and "available upon request" statements are strictly prohibited.
  • Conflicts of Interest: The authors have declared any potential financial or non-financial conflicts of interest in the manuscript (or explicitly stated that none exist).
  • AI Disclosure: An "Artificial Intelligence Use Statement" is included, detailing if and how AI tools were used in the research or writing process (or stating no AI was used).
  • Referencing: Bibliographic references use APA 7th edition format, include DOIs/permalinks where possible, and follow I4OC principles.
  • Supplementary Material: I have prepared for submission supplementary files in open, non-proprietary formats (e.g., CSV, PDF). Large datasets or media have been deposited in an open repository (e.g., Zenodo) and the DOI is cited in the manuscript.
  • Cover Letter: I have drafted the text for the submission wizard (Comments to the Editor) (max. 300 words, addressed to the Executive Editors and Steering Committee, suggesting handling editors and ≥ 2 reviewers with contact details and expertise).

Copyright Notice

Originality and exclusivity: Sedimentologika accepts only original work for publication. When submitting a manuscript, authors must guarantee that their submission is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. This ensures that Sedimentologika has the right of first publication. Pre-prints do not count as prior publications and are fully compatible with our policy; we strongly encourage sharing work on servers like EarthArXiv.

Open-access licensing: All published content in Sedimentologika is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

  • Author rights: All published content in Sedimentologika is published under.
  • No embargo: Authors are free to immediately share, deposit, and distribute the final, fully formatted Version of Record on personal websites, institutional repositories, and academic networking sites, provided Sedimentologika is acknowledged as the original publisher.

Author name changes: We respect the rights and identities of our authors and will accommodate requests for name changes. In such cases, we will secure means to update author names and identities on the Sedimentologika platform retrospectively to ensure that all records are accurate and respectful.

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