Standard submission of a manuscript through the online OAPL system

Standard submission of a manuscript through the online
OAPL system
Simple
Straightforward
Self-explanatory
Choose this button and
enter your username
and password
Choose this button and
retrieve your username
and password
You are now
logged in
Choose this button and start the submission
process
Author’s page
Choose this button to edit you academic
profile and change your password
Editor’s page
Default page
Peer reviewer’s page
Permission was given by the authors to use this manuscript for illustrating the submission process
Choose this button to save this work to this stage and continue the submission
process. It is always possible to abandon the submission process at this stage and
come back to continue the process from this point.
The maximum allowed words for the abstract is 300
Non-compulsory field but required for auditing purposes
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A minimum of one corresponding author will be required for every submitted manuscript
The account holder (submitting author) and the corresponding author(s) will receive
correspondences with regards to the processing of the manuscript (i.e. submission, revision)
Permission was given by the authors to use this manuscript for illustrating the submission process
A minimum of one classification is required to continue the submission process
A minimum of three keywords are required to continue the submission process
Permission was given by the authors to use this manuscript for illustrating the submission process
Instead, you can choose to upload a file (DOCX)
In case of resubmission, another box will appear here where
the responses to the reviewers comments can be included
Permission was given by the authors to use this manuscript for illustrating the submission process
The submitting author is required to suggest two potential peer-reviewers. The final
decision to invite the suggested reviewers belongs to the Senior/Handling Editor.
When suggesting the exclusion of a peer-reviewer, please
explain the reasons in your “Letter to the Editor”
Selecting of the country will lead to automatic highlighting of the country’s
classification according to the Word Bank and the Article Processing Charges
Information box
Progress bar showing figure uploading. Each figure is required to be uploaded
in a TIFF format to ensure the publication of high resolution images.
Upload the manuscript (including: title, authors’ affiliations, abstract and the rest
of the document including the references) and tables in DOCX format.
Final review page prior to submission:
Please review all the information carefully
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Final review of the manuscript files prior to submission: Please review all the
information carefully and then click “save and continue”
If your files fail to upload please contact us on:
[email protected]
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Click “Yes” to submit your manuscript
A confirmation email will be sent to the submitting and corresponding author(s)
A confirmation email will be sent to the Editor-in-Chief of the journal
A confirmation email will be sent to the Senior Editor(s) of OAPL
Example of confirmation email to the author
Manuscript file. This should include the manuscript (including authors’ information), its tables
and figures. This file will be accessible to the senior editor, handling editor, internal and
external peer-reviewers. No other parties will have access to this file.
Manuscript code is given to every submitted manuscript. Please use in all correspondences.
Tracking the progress of your manuscript
Click on “My Account”, then choose “Author”
Click on “Proceed” at the manuscript you want to track its progress
Email the Editor-in-Chief of the journal
The submitting author can remove (withdraw) the
manuscript from the system at any stage except when
the manuscript status: Rejected, In-press or Published.
The status of the manuscript