Before Submission Checklist

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This checklist helps authors complete a final preparation review before submitting to a CorayNova journal. It is a practical support tool and does not replace CorayNova publisher-level policies, the target journal's author guidelines, or any journal-specific submission checklist on the CorayNova Journals Platform.

Authors should review the target journal's page on the CorayNova Journals Platform before submission. Where journal-specific requirements are stated, they provide the authoritative guidance for that journal.

· Detailed Pre-Submission Checklist

Checklist Area
Before Submission, Confirm That ...
Why This Matters

Scope fit
The manuscript fits the target journal's Aims and Scope, including its subject focus, methodological expectations, article types, readership, and scholarly contribution. If the work is local, regional, single-country, single-institution, case-based, practice-based, or dataset-specific, the manuscript explains its broader scholarly relevance.
A clear scope fit helps editors assess whether the manuscript can be reviewed by the right editorial and reviewer community.

Article type
The selected article type or section matches the manuscript, and the manuscript follows any article-type-specific requirements for structure, abstract, word length, references, figures, tables, supplementary materials, statements, and review process.
Different article types may have different editorial checks, peer review routes, metadata needs, and publication requirements.

Author guidelines
You have read the target journal's author guidelines and submission requirements on the CorayNova Journals Platform, including any specific formatting, file, declaration, reporting, language, metadata, or supplementary material instructions.
Publisher-level guidance provides a foundation, but the target journal's instructions are authoritative where they are more specific.

Authorship
All listed authors meet the journal's authorship or contributorship expectations, all authors have approved the submission, the author order has been agreed, and any non-author contributors are acknowledged appropriately where required.
Clear authorship prevents disputes and supports transparency about responsibility for the work.

Competing interests
All authors have disclosed relevant financial and non-financial competing interests, or have provided a statement that there are no competing interests, according to the target journal's requirements.
Transparent disclosure allows editors, reviewers, and readers to assess possible influences on the work.

Funding
A funding statement has been prepared for the submission, including funder names, grant numbers where applicable, or a clear statement that no funding was received.
CorayNova strongly recommends that journals require a funding statement or a no-funding statement for all submissions.

Ethics approval
If the manuscript involves human participants, animals, personal data, questionnaires, interviews, clinical settings, fieldwork, vulnerable groups, sensitive communities, confidential information, or institutional records, the required ethics approval, consent, permission, or non-applicability statement has been prepared.
Ethics transparency protects participants, researchers, institutions, journals, and readers, and is central to responsible publication.

Data statement
A Data Availability Statement has been prepared, especially for research articles. The statement explains whether data are open, available under conditions, restricted, not newly generated, unavailable, or controlled by a third party, and includes repository links or identifiers where appropriate.
Data statements improve transparency while allowing legitimate exceptions for privacy, consent, law, third-party rights, commercial confidentiality, security, or sensitivity.

Code, protocols, and materials
Where relevant, the availability of code, analytical scripts, protocols, instruments, materials, or appendices has been described, including repository records, persistent identifiers, version information, or access conditions.
Clear information about supporting materials helps readers and reviewers understand how the work can be assessed, reproduced, interpreted, or reused where appropriate.

AI disclosure
Any use of AI tools in manuscript preparation has been reviewed against CorayNova and journal policy. Authors remain responsible for accuracy, originality, integrity, confidentiality, and appropriate disclosure. AI tools are not listed as authors.
AI disclosure supports research integrity and prevents confusion about responsibility for the submitted work.

Preprint disclosure
Any prior dissemination, including preprints, working papers, conference papers, theses, reports, institutional repositories, public datasets, or earlier versions, has been disclosed according to the target journal's policy.
Prior dissemination disclosure helps editors assess novelty, version history, citation practice, and policy compliance.

Duplicate submission
I have checked that this manuscript is not under consideration elsewhere.
Concurrent submission to more than one journal can create ethical, editorial, and administrative problems.

Third-party permissions
Any necessary permissions have been obtained for third-party images, figures, tables, maps, scales, survey instruments, long text excerpts, datasets, software, or other materials that require permission for publication, reuse, adaptation, or distribution.
Permission checks help avoid copyright, licensing, privacy, and reuse disputes before editorial assessment begins.

Figures and tables
All figures and tables are necessary, accurate, readable, cited in the text, numbered correctly, supplied in the required file format where applicable, and include clear titles, legends, units, abbreviations, source notes, and permissions where needed.
High-quality figures and tables improve peer review, production, accessibility, and reader understanding.

References
References are accurate, complete, relevant, cited in the text, and formatted according to the target journal's style or system requirements. Citation practices are scholarly and appropriate to the manuscript's claims.
Reliable references support scholarly context, metadata quality, indexing, citation linking, and research integrity.

Reporting guidelines
You have checked whether a recognized reporting guideline, checklist, flow diagram, or supporting document applies to the study design, method, discipline, or article type, and have prepared it where required by the journal.
Appropriate reporting guidelines can improve transparency without imposing a single discipline's template on all fields.

Language quality
The manuscript is clear, coherent, accurate, and suitable for editorial assessment and peer review. If language quality may prevent understanding, the manuscript has been revised or polished before submission.
Editors and reviewers need to understand the research question, methods, evidence, argument, results, and contribution.

Supplementary materials
Any supplementary materials are necessary, clearly labeled, referenced in the manuscript, and consistent with the target journal's accepted file types, size limits, review procedures, and publication policy.
Supplementary materials should support the manuscript rather than create confusion, missing context, or unmanaged publication risk.

File completeness
All required files are ready for upload, such as the main manuscript, title page where required, figures, tables, supplementary materials, cover letter where requested, reporting checklists, ethics documents, permission letters, or anonymized files for masked review where applicable.
Incomplete files can delay editorial checks or prevent the submission from entering review.

Metadata accuracy
The title, abstract, keywords, author names, affiliations, email addresses, ORCID iDs where used, funding details, references, file labels, article type, and declarations are accurate and consistent across the manuscript and platform metadata fields.
Accurate metadata supports editorial workflow, discovery, indexing, citation, author identification, and publication records.

APC/license review
You have reviewed the target journal's information on article processing charges, waivers, discounts, refunds, copyright, license terms, author rights, and self-archiving. You understand that journal-specific implementation may vary.
Transparent fee, license, and rights information helps authors make informed submission decisions before upload.

Corresponding author readiness
The corresponding author is able to receive platform messages, respond to editorial queries, coordinate co-author communication, approve proofs where applicable, and keep contact information current.
Reliable communication supports efficient editorial handling and avoids missed decisions, revision requests, or production queries.

· Reminder

Completing this checklist does not guarantee editorial assessment, peer review, acceptance, publication, indexing, or a fixed timeline. It is intended to help authors submit complete, transparent, and responsibly prepared manuscripts. Journal-specific policies, author guidelines, and platform submission requirements remain authoritative.

· Questions

For questions about manuscript preparation or journal-specific submission requirements, authors may contact the Editorial Office at editorial@coraynova.com or contact CorayNova through the Feedback page.

Checklist Area	Before Submission, Confirm That ...	Why This Matters
Scope fit	The manuscript fits the target journal's Aims and Scope, including its subject focus, methodological expectations, article types, readership, and scholarly contribution. If the work is local, regional, single-country, single-institution, case-based, practice-based, or dataset-specific, the manuscript explains its broader scholarly relevance.	A clear scope fit helps editors assess whether the manuscript can be reviewed by the right editorial and reviewer community.
Article type	The selected article type or section matches the manuscript, and the manuscript follows any article-type-specific requirements for structure, abstract, word length, references, figures, tables, supplementary materials, statements, and review process.	Different article types may have different editorial checks, peer review routes, metadata needs, and publication requirements.
Author guidelines	You have read the target journal's author guidelines and submission requirements on the CorayNova Journals Platform, including any specific formatting, file, declaration, reporting, language, metadata, or supplementary material instructions.	Publisher-level guidance provides a foundation, but the target journal's instructions are authoritative where they are more specific.
Authorship	All listed authors meet the journal's authorship or contributorship expectations, all authors have approved the submission, the author order has been agreed, and any non-author contributors are acknowledged appropriately where required.	Clear authorship prevents disputes and supports transparency about responsibility for the work.
Competing interests	All authors have disclosed relevant financial and non-financial competing interests, or have provided a statement that there are no competing interests, according to the target journal's requirements.	Transparent disclosure allows editors, reviewers, and readers to assess possible influences on the work.
Funding	A funding statement has been prepared for the submission, including funder names, grant numbers where applicable, or a clear statement that no funding was received.	CorayNova strongly recommends that journals require a funding statement or a no-funding statement for all submissions.
Ethics approval	If the manuscript involves human participants, animals, personal data, questionnaires, interviews, clinical settings, fieldwork, vulnerable groups, sensitive communities, confidential information, or institutional records, the required ethics approval, consent, permission, or non-applicability statement has been prepared.	Ethics transparency protects participants, researchers, institutions, journals, and readers, and is central to responsible publication.
Data statement	A Data Availability Statement has been prepared, especially for research articles. The statement explains whether data are open, available under conditions, restricted, not newly generated, unavailable, or controlled by a third party, and includes repository links or identifiers where appropriate.	Data statements improve transparency while allowing legitimate exceptions for privacy, consent, law, third-party rights, commercial confidentiality, security, or sensitivity.
Code, protocols, and materials	Where relevant, the availability of code, analytical scripts, protocols, instruments, materials, or appendices has been described, including repository records, persistent identifiers, version information, or access conditions.	Clear information about supporting materials helps readers and reviewers understand how the work can be assessed, reproduced, interpreted, or reused where appropriate.
AI disclosure	Any use of AI tools in manuscript preparation has been reviewed against CorayNova and journal policy. Authors remain responsible for accuracy, originality, integrity, confidentiality, and appropriate disclosure. AI tools are not listed as authors.	AI disclosure supports research integrity and prevents confusion about responsibility for the submitted work.
Preprint disclosure	Any prior dissemination, including preprints, working papers, conference papers, theses, reports, institutional repositories, public datasets, or earlier versions, has been disclosed according to the target journal's policy.	Prior dissemination disclosure helps editors assess novelty, version history, citation practice, and policy compliance.
Duplicate submission	I have checked that this manuscript is not under consideration elsewhere.	Concurrent submission to more than one journal can create ethical, editorial, and administrative problems.
Third-party permissions	Any necessary permissions have been obtained for third-party images, figures, tables, maps, scales, survey instruments, long text excerpts, datasets, software, or other materials that require permission for publication, reuse, adaptation, or distribution.	Permission checks help avoid copyright, licensing, privacy, and reuse disputes before editorial assessment begins.
Figures and tables	All figures and tables are necessary, accurate, readable, cited in the text, numbered correctly, supplied in the required file format where applicable, and include clear titles, legends, units, abbreviations, source notes, and permissions where needed.	High-quality figures and tables improve peer review, production, accessibility, and reader understanding.
References	References are accurate, complete, relevant, cited in the text, and formatted according to the target journal's style or system requirements. Citation practices are scholarly and appropriate to the manuscript's claims.	Reliable references support scholarly context, metadata quality, indexing, citation linking, and research integrity.
Reporting guidelines	You have checked whether a recognized reporting guideline, checklist, flow diagram, or supporting document applies to the study design, method, discipline, or article type, and have prepared it where required by the journal.	Appropriate reporting guidelines can improve transparency without imposing a single discipline's template on all fields.
Language quality	The manuscript is clear, coherent, accurate, and suitable for editorial assessment and peer review. If language quality may prevent understanding, the manuscript has been revised or polished before submission.	Editors and reviewers need to understand the research question, methods, evidence, argument, results, and contribution.
Supplementary materials	Any supplementary materials are necessary, clearly labeled, referenced in the manuscript, and consistent with the target journal's accepted file types, size limits, review procedures, and publication policy.	Supplementary materials should support the manuscript rather than create confusion, missing context, or unmanaged publication risk.
File completeness	All required files are ready for upload, such as the main manuscript, title page where required, figures, tables, supplementary materials, cover letter where requested, reporting checklists, ethics documents, permission letters, or anonymized files for masked review where applicable.	Incomplete files can delay editorial checks or prevent the submission from entering review.
Metadata accuracy	The title, abstract, keywords, author names, affiliations, email addresses, ORCID iDs where used, funding details, references, file labels, article type, and declarations are accurate and consistent across the manuscript and platform metadata fields.	Accurate metadata supports editorial workflow, discovery, indexing, citation, author identification, and publication records.
APC/license review	You have reviewed the target journal's information on article processing charges, waivers, discounts, refunds, copyright, license terms, author rights, and self-archiving. You understand that journal-specific implementation may vary.	Transparent fee, license, and rights information helps authors make informed submission decisions before upload.
Corresponding author readiness	The corresponding author is able to receive platform messages, respond to editorial queries, coordinate co-author communication, approve proofs where applicable, and keep contact information current.	Reliable communication supports efficient editorial handling and avoids missed decisions, revision requests, or production queries.