Important Information on Manuscript Preparation and Submission
This journal recently switched to a different submission and peer review system. In order to ensure that the author(s) remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout the peer review process, you will be asked to submit certain information and statements directly in the system’s interface instead of including it in the manuscript or on a separate title page. We are currently working on revising our submission guidelines to reflect this properly. When preparing your manuscript, please make sure to have all the necessary author details and statements as described below at hand, but please note that you will have to submit some of them via the according fields in the system’s interface during submission and not on a separate title page.
SNAPP Double Anonymous Peer Review Guidelines
Editorial procedure
Double-blind peer review
This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. This means that the author will remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout peer review. It is the responsibility of the author to anonymize the manuscript and any associated materials.
Author names, affiliations and any other potentially identifying information should be removed from the manuscript text and any accompanying files (such as figures of supplementary material);
A separate Title Page should be submitted, containing title, author names, affiliations, and the contact information of the corresponding author. Any acknowledgements, disclosures, or funding information should also be included on this page;
Authors should avoid citing their own work in a way that could reveal their identity.
This journal also publishes special/guest-edited issues. The peer review process for these articles is the same as the peer review process of the journal in general.
Additionally, if a guest editor authors an article in their issue/collection, they will not handle the peer review process.
Editorial Procedure—additional information
Manuscripts reporting primary research or secondary analysis of primary research will have at least two external referees per manuscript. Final decisions to accept or reject can be made by the Editor-in-Chief or an appointed Editor.
