Interested in submitting to this journal? We recommend that you review the About the Journal page for the journal's section policies, as well as the Author Guidelines. Authors need to register with the journal prior to submitting or, if already registered, can simply log in and begin the five-step process. Download user manual for paper upload. Submission Format for Authors.

Instructions for Authors

  1. Manuscript Submission checklist
  2. Manuscript Preparation  
    2.1. General Considerations
    2.2 Front and Back Matter
    2.3 Preparing Figures, Schemes, and Tables
    2.4 Supplementary Materials, Data Deposit, and Software Source Code
  3. Research and Publication Ethics
  4. Conflict of Interests

1. Manuscript Submission checklist

You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details.

Ensure that the following items are present:

One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:

  • E-mail address 
  • Full postal address

Manuscript:

  • Include keywords
  • All figures (include relevant captions)
  • All tables (including titles, descriptions, and footnotes)
  • Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided
  • Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable) Supplemental files (where applicable

Further considerations

  • The manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'
  • All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa
  • A competing interests statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare
  • Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements
  • Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)
  • Make sure that issues about publication ethics, research ethics, copyright, authorship, figure   formats, data, and references format have been appropriately considered
  • Ensure that all authors have approved the content of the submitted manuscript.

2. Manuscript Preparation

Two main article types are considered for publication in this journal:
1) Research Articles: Original research manuscripts. This journal considers all original research manuscripts provided that the work reports scientifically sound experiments based on novel ideas. Authors should not unnecessarily divide their work into several related manuscripts, although short Communications of preliminary, but significant results will be considered. The worth and impact of the study will be considered during a peer review process.

2) Reviews: These articles must provide concise and precise updates on the latest
progress in a particular research area. Systematic reviews should follow the PRISMA
guidelines.

2.1 . General Considerations

 Research manuscripts should comprise:

1). Front matter: Title, Author list, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords

2). Research manuscript sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions (optional).

3). Back matter: Supplementary Materials, Acknowledgments, Author Contributions, Conflicts of Interest, References.

Research manuscripts should comprise:

Front matter: Title, Author list, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords

Research manuscript sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions (optional).

Back matter: Supplementary Materials, Acknowledgments, Author Contributions, Conflicts of Interest, References.

3. Research and Publication Ethics

  • Research Involving Human Subjects: While doing research work that involves human subjects, human material, human tissues, or human data, authors must declare that the investigations were carried out following the rules of the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975 (https://www.wma.net/what-we-do/medical-ethics/declaration-of-helsinki/), revised in 2013. According to point 23 of this declaration, approval from the local institutional review board (IRB) or other appropriate ethics committee must be obtained before undertaking the research to confirm the study meets national and international guidelines. As a minimum, a statement including the project identification code, date of approval, and name of the ethics committee or institutional review board must be stated in Section ‘Institutional Review Board Statement’ of the article.
  • Publication Ethics Statement: The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer-review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure high-quality scientific works in the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, image manipulation, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. The editors of JCSAtake such publishing ethics issues very seriously and are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero-tolerance policy.

Authors wishing to publish their work in JCSA must abide by the following:

  • Any facts that might be perceived as a possible conflict of interest of the author(s) must be disclosed in the paper before submission.
  • Authors should accurately present their research findings and include an objective discussion of the significance of their findings.
  • Data and methods used in the research need to be presented in sufficient detail in the paper so that other researchers can replicate the work.
  • Raw data should preferably be publicly deposited by the authors before submission of their manuscript. Authors need to at least have the raw data readily available for presentation to the journal’s referees and editors (if requested). Authors need to ensure appropriate measures are taken so that raw data is retained in full for a reasonable time after publication. 
  • The journal accepts exact translations of previously published work. All submissions of translations must conform to our policies by the editorial board of JCSAon translations.
  • If errors and inaccuracies are found by the authors after the publication of their work, they need to be promptly communicated to the editors of this journal so that appropriate actions can be taken. Please refer to our policy regarding Updating Published Papers.
  • If you include already published figures or images, please obtain the necessary permission from the copyright holder to publish under the CC-BY license.
    • Plagiarism is not acceptable in the JCSA
    • Plagiarism includes copying text, ideas, images, or data from another source, even from your own publications, without giving any credit to the actual source.
    • Reuse of text that is copied from another source must be between quotes and the original source must be cited. If a study's design or the manuscript's structure or language has been inspired by previous works, these works must be explicitly cited.
      • If plagiarism is detected during the peer review process, the manuscript may be rejected.
      • If plagiarism is detected after publication, an investigation will take place, and action will be taken in accordance with our policies.
      • Citation Policy: Authors should ensure that where the material is taken from other sources (including their own published writing) the source is clearly cited and that where appropriate permission is obtained.

Authors should Not:

  • Engage in excessive self-citation of their own work.
  • Copy references from other publications if they have not read the cited work.
  • Preferentially cite their own or their friends, peers, or institution’s publications.
  • Cite advertisements or advertorial material.

4.  Conflict of Interests

According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.”

All authors must disclose all relationships or interests that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. If no conflicts exist, the authors should state:

Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Peer Review Process:

The journal follows a rigorous double-blind review process of two to four weeks and aims to publish accepted papers within a reasonable timeframe. Our editorial team includes experts in various areas of computer science, software engineering and related disciplines who ensure that all submissions undergo a rigorous, fair and unbiased review process prior to their acceptance and publication