Author guidelines.

Author guidelines on GCRI Systems Evidence, published by The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI). Risk science and evidence: coupled systems by country and sector, methods, models and Labs evidence.

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01Who it is for

What this page does.

What the desk takes, what to declare before you submit, the review model, the timelines and what happens after the decision. The rules below are read from the workspace’s own settings. Authors preparing a submission, and anyone who wants to know how a submission is handled.

  1. Kinds what the desk takes
  2. Declarations authorship, funding, interests, data and AI use
  3. Review model single-anonymous by default
  4. Licence text under CC BY 4.0, data under CC0
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What you can do from this page.

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02Author guidelines

Read the guidelines.

The author guidelines tool of GCRI Systems Evidence follows. Evidence, methods and models on coupled systems: water, energy, food, health and biodiversity, by country, region and sector, and the Labs evidence behind them.

CC BY 4.0 Free to read. Text and figures: CC BY 4.0. Data: CC0 1.0. Authors keep copyright. Published by GCRI Canada.

Author guidelines

What we take

We take these kinds: Scholarly article, Essay, Data or method, Correction, National desk.

Every kind goes through the same staged review. Essays, data and corrections use the passes that fit them.

Before you submit

Declare authorship, funding and any relationship with the subject. Declare data availability and any use of AI.

AI cannot be an author. You are responsible for every claim and every source.

Every value resolves to a numbered source.

Review model

Models: Single-anonymous, Double-anonymous, Open review. Single-anonymous is the default.

Under the single-anonymous model reviewers know who wrote the work and you do not know who reviewed it. Under the double-anonymous model neither knows. Remove your name from the text and the files.

Reviewers choose whether to sign. Their comments are published only with their consent.

What happens next

We acknowledge within 2 days and screen within 10 days. Reviews take up to 28 days. The board decides within 14 days.

Check any step on the status page with your reference. Late steps show there.

After the decision

The board accepts, asks for a revision or declines. You answer each point of a revision letter and upload a new version.

You may appeal a decline within 30 days on process error, an undeclared conflict or misread evidence. A panel with no earlier involvement decides.

Licence and corrections

Text is published under CC BY 4.0 and data under CC0.

A correction is a new version of the same identifier with a notice. A retraction keeps the text readable with a marker.

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Editors and the expert reviewers named on each article decide what we publish. Funders and partners do not review or approve articles before publication.

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Articles: CC BY 4.0. Figures, maps, twins and data: CC BY 4.0. Other uses: ask through the permissions form.

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