{"id":177,"date":"2024-12-26T15:38:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T13:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/mfjuva\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T08:59:13","slug":"manuscript-submission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/mfjuva\/manuscript-submission\/","title":{"rendered":"Regular Manuscript Submission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please submit or resubmit your manuscript by sending it to <a href=\"mailto:mfj@uwasa.fi\">mfj@uwasa.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In case you are submitting the manuscript for the first time, the subject of your email should be \u201cSubmission of manuscript\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>If you are resubmitting the manuscript, the subject of your email should be \u201cResubmission of manuscript\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>In case you are submitting the revised version of the manuscript (after accommodating the reviewer\u2019s comments), the subject of your email should be \u201cSubmission of the revised manuscript\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All contacts between editors and the corresponding author (including editor\u2019s decision notification) are to take place via e-mails.<\/p>\n<p>The submission\/re-submission fee is \u20ac50.00. Manuscript submissions will only be considered for editorial review after full payment of the submission fee. Please note that the submission of the revised manuscript (after accommodating the reviewer\u2019s comments) is free.<\/p>\n<p>Payments can be made online using the following link:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crm.uwasa.fi\/Events\/129\/Apply\">https:\/\/crm.uwasa.fi\/Events\/129\/Apply<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Queries<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If the author has any queries (about the status of the submitted manuscript, editorial policies, access to the journal etc.), s\/he is requested to contact the administrative manager at <a href=\"mailto:mfj@uwasa.fi\">mfj@uwasa.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Accelerated Review Process (ARP) Option<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This special submission option will apply in the following two cases:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Case 1: Reject after R&amp;R at another journal (has to be from an AJG 3* or better journal)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The paper\u00a0had been revised and resubmitted after an R&amp;R decision (at another journal).<\/li>\n<li>Rejected because one reviewer is not satisfied while another (other) reviewer(s) is(are).<\/li>\n<li>Could also be rejected for brand new issues that were raised after the first round.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Case 2: Excessive or unhelpful reviewer demands after R&amp;R at another journal<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Reviewers request substantial changes that the authors feel would worsen the paper or add little value.<\/li>\n<li>It is either explicitly stated \u2014 or assumed \u2014 that all reviewer comments must be fully addressed in some form to proceed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The ARP applies only to papers that received a Revise &amp; Resubmit (R&amp;R) from journals list in AJG ranking 2024 as 3*, 4 and 4* journals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The ARP can only be used for the <em>most recent<\/em> journal where the paper was submitted.\n<ul>\n<li>Example: If rejected late at Journal A, then submitted and rejected at Journal B, ARP cannot be used with reports from Journal A.<\/li>\n<li>If the paper receives an R&amp;R at Journal B, ARP can be used with reports from Journal B.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A submission fee of \u20ac200 applies.<\/li>\n<li>Since no external referees are involved, decisions are expected within 2-4 weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>During the submission process:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Add a comment to your submission <strong>\u201cR&amp;R at Other Journal\u201d<\/strong> while sending the paper to <a href=\"mailto:mfj@uwasa.fi\">mfj@uwasa.fi<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What to include:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>All referee and editorial reports and decision letters from <em>every round<\/em> at the previous journal.<\/li>\n<li>The manuscript itself (can be updated since the last decision \u2014 for example, to include improvements you agree with).<\/li>\n<li>A cover letter that clearly states:\n<ul>\n<li>Which reviewer suggestions you plan to address.<\/li>\n<li>Which suggestions you do <em>not<\/em> plan to address \u2014 with a brief explanation why.<br \/>\n<em>(Case 1: like the appeal letter you wish you could write. Case 2: like the response you wish you could send to the reviewers.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Submission fee:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>200 euros (higher to compensate the editorial demands)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>What happens next:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The assigned Editor will review the materials \u2014 they will likely consult other Editorial Board members but will not send to new reviewers.<\/p>\n<p>The Editor will then make one of three decisions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Accept as is<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reject<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Revise and Resubmit<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please submit or resubmit your manuscript by sending it to mfj@uwasa.fi. Please note that: In case you are submitting the manuscript for the first time, the subject of your email should be \u201cSubmission of manuscript\u201d. If you are resubmitting the manuscript, the subject of your email should be \u201cResubmission of manuscript\u201d. In case you are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-177","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/mfjuva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/mfjuva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/mfjuva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/mfjuva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/557"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/mfjuva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/mfjuva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1769,"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/mfjuva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions\/1769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.uwasa.fi\/mfjuva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}