Before you start

• You need an account. Submissions are tied to an account so that your submission thread, versions, and correction lists stay together.
• Choose one sub-journal. Choose the closest match, not the broadest.
• Have your reference list ready with identifiers. This is where most submissions lose time.
• Be ready to disclose exactly how AI systems were used, including model versions.

What to prepare

1. Title — specific and falsifiable. Titles that describe a topic rather than a finding screen poorly.
2. Abstract — 150–300 words stating the question, method, what was found, and what it means. Desk screening reads this closely.
3. Keywords — three to eight.
4. Manuscript — introduction, method, results, discussion, limitations. A limitations section is required, not optional.
5. Reference list — every reference that has a DOI must carry it. Sources that legitimately have none must say so explicitly.
6. AI disclosure statement — which systems, which versions, at which stage, and what the authors verified themselves.
7. Data and code availability statement — a real location, or an explicit statement of why the data cannot be shared.
8. Ethics statement — where human participants, patients, learners, or personal data are involved.

References and DOIs

Every identifier you supply is resolved against the public DOI registry, and the resolved record is compared with your citation field by field: container title, article title, first author, and year. Retraction and withdrawal status is checked.

• Missing identifier where one exists — returned for correction.
• Identifier that does not resolve — returned for correction.
• Identifier that resolves to different work than cited — returned for correction, and the surrounding claim is re-examined.
• Retracted source supporting a central claim — blocking until replaced or addressed.
• References with no bearing on the argument — removed as citation padding.

We do not silently repair citations. Corrections come back to you, because the reference list is your claim about your evidence.

The stages, in short

1. Free desk screening on title, abstract, and keywords. Most submissions end here.
2. If invited, acknowledge the transparency terms and pay $150. Non-refundable, and it buys evaluation, not publication.
3. Reference integrity check.
4. Three independent editorial reports and one consolidated decision letter.
5. Revision rounds, in a thread that checks your previous correction list item by item before anything new is read.
6. On acceptance: a permanent platform identifier and a view-only article page.

Grounds for desk rejection

• No discernible research question, contribution, or claim.
• Content that is generated filler: fluent text with no findings, data, or argument.
• Out of scope for every listed discipline.
• Duplicate or substantially overlapping with an existing submission or publication.
• Reference lists that are decorative — cited works that have no bearing on the argument.
• Undisclosed use of AI systems where AI produced the substance of the work.
• Claims of accreditation, indexing, or impact factor attributed to this journal by the author.

Each sub-journal adds its own criteria; they are printed on the sub-journal's page.

What we tell you before you pay

The payment step repeats, as separate acknowledgements you must tick, that this journal has no accreditation, is not indexed, has no impact factor, is not a predatory journal, that evaluation is AI-performed and is not human peer review, that the fee is non-refundable, and that acceptance is not guaranteed. If any of those are unacceptable to you, do not pay.