Global Change Biology
AUTHOR GUIDELINES
1. SUBMISSION
Authors, please note that submission implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere in English or in any other language except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium. GCB will consider submissions containing material that has previously formed part of a PhD or other academic thesis, which has been published according to the requirements of the institution awarding the qualification. Preprint posting is not considered prior publication and will not jeopardize consideration at GCB. More information about Wiley’s policies on preprints can be found here.
GCB no longer has strict formatting requirements, but all manuscripts must contain the essential elements required during submission. These can be found here. Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gcb
By submitting a manuscript to or reviewing for this publication, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require, will be used for the regular operations of the publication, including, when necessary, sharing with the publisher (Wiley) and partners for production and publication. The publication and the publisher recognize the importance of protecting the personal information collected from users in the operation of these services, and have practices in place to ensure that steps are taken to maintain the security, integrity, and privacy of the personal data collected and processed. You can learn more at https://authorservices.wiley.com/statements/data-protection-policy.html.
All submitted manuscripts will be processed through plagiarism detection software. In submitting your manuscript, you accept that it may be screened against previously published literature. Plagiarized manuscripts will be rejected immediately.
Authorship
The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:
Have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data;
Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content;
Given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content; and
Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section (for example, to recognize contributions from people who provided technical help, collation of data, writing assistance, acquisition of funding, or a department chairperson who provided general support). Prior to submitting the article all authors should agree on the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript.
Joint first or senior authorship: In the case of joint first authorship, a footnote should be added to the author listing, e.g. ‘X and Y should be considered joint first author’ or ‘X and Y should be considered joint senior author.’
Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section. Financial and material support should also be mentioned. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.
Funding
All sources of institutional, private and corporate financial support for the work within the manuscript must be fully acknowledged, and any potential conflicts of interest noted. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature: https://www.crossref.org/services/funder-registry/
Submission Questions
In lieu of a cover letter, authors must answer the following questions during submission (max 50 words per answer):
What is the scientific question you are addressing?
What is/are the key finding(s) that answers this question?
Why is this work important and timely?
Does your paper fall within the scope of GCB; what biological AND global change aspects does it address?
What are the three most recently published papers that are relevant to this question? This information will assist the Editors in selecting reviewers.
Conflict of Interest Statement
Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. For details on what to include in this section, see the ‘Conflict of Interest’ section in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section below. Submitting authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potential sources of conflict of interest include, but are not limited to: patent or stock ownership, membership of a company board of directors, membership of an advisory board or committee for a company, and consultancy for or receipt of speaker's fees from a company. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.
GCB is committed to rapid evaluation and publication of submitted papers. To this end, we strive to return the Editor's decision and reviewer comments within 60 days of submission and to publish papers online within 30 days of receipt of the final version of the manuscript and all necessary files and forms.
In order to achieve this, manuscript review is based on a two-stage process:
During the first stage, manuscripts are assigned to appropriate members of the Editorial Board who determine if the manuscript should be sent for peer-review. This decision is based on the submission questions and abstract. In 2020, the median time for this stage was 5 days and 45% of manuscript progressed to the second stage.
During the second stage, manuscripts are assessed by two to three independent reviewers. The final decision is made by the Subject Editor. In 2020, the median time for stage two was 43 days and 17% of submitted manuscripts were accepted for publication. A decision letter will be emailed to the corresponding author once the Subject Editor has made his or her decision.
For help with submissions, manuscript status inquiries, or questions about the peer review process, please contact: globalchangebiology@illinois.edu
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2. AIMS AND SCOPE
Global Change Biology exists to promote new understanding of the interface between biological systems and all aspects of environmental change that affects a substantial part of the globe. Studies must concern biological systems, regardless of whether they are aquatic or terrestrial, and managed or natural environments. Both biological responses and feedbacks to change are included, and may be considered at any level of organization from molecular to biome. Studies may employ theoretical, modeling, analytical, experimental, observational, and historical approaches and should be exploratory rather than confirmatory. GCB publishes primary research articles, technical advances, research reviews, commentaries and letters.
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