{
  "name": "Manusights Journal Requirements Observatory",
  "version": "1.0",
  "published": "2026-08-26",
  "reviewed": "2026-08-26",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://manusights.com/research/journal-requirements-observatory",
  "methodologyUrl": "https://manusights.com/research/journal-requirements-observatory/methodology",
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  },
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    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "scope": "The Manusights classifications and comparative dataset are reusable with attribution. Publisher instructions, trademarks, and linked source content remain owned by their respective publishers."
  },
  "caveat": "This is a maintained pilot, not a complete directory. Recheck the live publisher instructions before submission.",
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      "journal": "Physical Review X",
      "publisher": "American Physical Society",
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      "officialSourceUrl": "https://journals.aps.org/prx/authors",
      "distinctiveRequirement": "Prepare the PRX nontechnical Popular Summary and provide the research-data availability details required by Physical Review journals.",
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        "Summary for non-specialists",
        "Data statement"
      ],
      "sourceReviewedOn": "2026-08-22",
      "evidenceStatus": "Official page verified",
      "evidenceNote": "Checked against the PRX information-for-authors page."
    },
    {
      "id": "global-change-biology",
      "journal": "Global Change Biology",
      "publisher": "Wiley",
      "field": "Ecology & climate",
      "guidePath": "/blog/global-change-biology-submission-guide",
      "officialSourceUrl": "https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/13652486/homepage/forauthors.html",
      "distinctiveRequirement": "Include a data availability statement; the journal says it will cover Dryad archiving charges for published papers when authors use Dryad.",
      "requirementTypes": [
        "Data statement"
      ],
      "sourceReviewedOn": "2026-08-22",
      "evidenceStatus": "Official page verified",
      "evidenceNote": "Checked against the journal author-guidelines page."
    },
    {
      "id": "nature-energy",
      "journal": "Nature Energy",
      "publisher": "Springer Nature",
      "field": "Energy research",
      "guidePath": "/blog/nature-energy-submission-guide",
      "officialSourceUrl": "https://www.nature.com/nenergy/submission-guidelines",
      "distinctiveRequirement": "Primary research manuscripts cannot use a presubmission enquiry; choose the correct content type and follow its separate formatting instructions.",
      "requirementTypes": [
        "Submission route",
        "Article structure"
      ],
      "sourceReviewedOn": "2026-08-22",
      "evidenceStatus": "Official page verified",
      "evidenceNote": "Checked against the journal submission-guidelines collection."
    },
    {
      "id": "acm-computing-surveys",
      "journal": "ACM Computing Surveys",
      "publisher": "Association for Computing Machinery",
      "field": "Computing",
      "guidePath": "/blog/acm-computing-surveys-submission-guide",
      "officialSourceUrl": "https://dl.acm.org/journal/csur/author-guidelines",
      "distinctiveRequirement": "The submission must be a survey or tutorial with an original organizing structure rather than a chronological literature catalog; use ACM's review-submission format.",
      "requirementTypes": [
        "Article structure"
      ],
      "sourceReviewedOn": "2026-08-22",
      "evidenceStatus": "Official page partially accessible",
      "evidenceNote": "The official author-guidelines page was checked, but automated access was incomplete; verify the live page again before submission."
    },
    {
      "id": "heliyon",
      "journal": "Heliyon",
      "publisher": "Elsevier",
      "field": "Multidisciplinary",
      "guidePath": "/blog/heliyon-submission-guide",
      "officialSourceUrl": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/heliyon",
      "distinctiveRequirement": "Choose the correct disciplinary section and confirm that the work fits Heliyon's scientific scope; arts humanities and law are routed elsewhere.",
      "requirementTypes": [
        "Scope routing"
      ],
      "sourceReviewedOn": "2026-08-22",
      "evidenceStatus": "Official page verified",
      "evidenceNote": "Checked against the official journal page and its disciplinary routing."
    },
    {
      "id": "mechanics-of-materials",
      "journal": "Mechanics of Materials",
      "publisher": "Elsevier",
      "field": "Materials science",
      "guidePath": "/blog/mechanics-of-materials-submission-guide",
      "officialSourceUrl": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/mechanics-of-materials/publish/guide-for-authors",
      "distinctiveRequirement": "Submit 3–5 highlights of no more than 85 characters each and a required data availability statement under Elsevier's Option C instructions.",
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        "Highlights",
        "Data statement"
      ],
      "sourceReviewedOn": "2026-08-22",
      "evidenceStatus": "Official page verified",
      "evidenceNote": "Checked against the journal Guide for Authors."
    }
  ]
}