Submission Guidelines for Articles

Who Can Submit

Maritime Commons only publishes work conducted under the auspices of World Maritime University. For additional information, please contact library@wmu.se] If submitting previously published work, please ensure that you have the right to parallel publish.

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How to Submit a Paper

1. Make sure your paper is in an acceptable format. We can accept papers in Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format (RTF), or Adobe Acrobat (PDF).

OPTION 1:

1.Create an account with Digital Commons.

2. Submit the research via the author corner,

3. Your submission will be reviewed, and any necessary edits in the metadata will be made

4. You will be notified when the submitted material becomes available

OPTION 2:

Submit a PDF to library@wmu.se. (We can convert files from some programs into an acceptable format, ask us for more info)

2. Write an abstract for your paper. It can be any length. Please also select keywords. These are words that will help a user locate your paper through a search.

3. Submit the paper by emailing it to library@wmu.se. Include in an email message the following things: abstract; keywords; and name, affiliation (department and university), and email address for each author.

4. If you have any questions, contact library@wmu.se.

Overview of the Process

OPTION 1 (self-archiving):

After you submit your paper, we will review the metadata to see that all necessary information is included. You will be notified by e-mail when the paper is posted.

OPTION 2 (Email submission):

After you submit your paper, we will review the information, create an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of it and publish it on the site. We will contact you if any additional information is needed. You will be notified by e-mail when the paper is posted.

How to Revise Your Paper

If you publish this paper or a revised version elsewhere, for example in a journal, please send the citation of the new version to library@wmu.se. We will be able to inform repository users about the new version.

If you would like to post a revised version of your paper on the site, please follow the instructions in How to Submit; however, please specify when you submit the paper that it is a revision of a previously submitted paper.