A more detailed discussion of recommended styles and formatting is available.

• Location of the manuscript on a Web server: This should be a complete URL address such as http://www.bu.edu/myfolder/file.

• Revision / Manuscript identification number: If the manuscript is new, do not enter anything in the Manuscript ID field. The Manuscript ID is assigned by the InterJournal and is the unique identifier of the manuscript. It generally appears enclosed by square brackets, e.g. [12345]. You will be notified of the Manuscript ID when your submission is confirmed. The number will also be stored in your author activities list so that you can find it later when you look for referee reports and comments. To revise a manuscript enter the existing manuscript number do not include square brackets and check the box indicating that it is a revision.

• Manuscript title: Type in the full manuscript title.

• Author IDs: Fill in the author IDs of all of the manuscript authors. All manuscript authors must be registered with the InterJournal. Do not use author names. The author names and addresses will be taken from the information provided during registration.
  Space for additional authors is available at the bottom of the registration form. Click on the words additional authors for direct access to these lines. If there are many authors it is highly recommended that one or more group author names be registered using the standard registration form. Group names can be used to identify authors that regularly collaborate. At present this is necessary if there are more than 40 authors on a manuscript. A comment many be written to the editor if this limit is a problem.

• Contact author and password: One of the authors should be identifid for special correspondence from the editor. The usual correspondence of authors with referees is managed by the InterJournal on-line forms.
  All of the authors of a manuscript have direct access to this information through the Author/Referee Access form. The contact author is identified for any special correspondence from the editor. The contact author ID must duplicate one of the manuscript authors specified previously. The contact author must confirm the manuscript submission using his or her password.

• Options for anonymity and Editor selected referees: Click to mark the desired options:
  • Anonymous during refereeing implies that the readers of the manuscript are not shown the author ID or name until the manuscript is accepted. Please note that the manuscript itself should be written so as to avoid author identification in this case. A revision of the manuscript should then be submitted to add author identification once he refereeing is complete.
  • Editor selected referees implies that only referees selected by the editor will have access to the manuscript during an initial refereeing period. This is a more conventional refereeing and may be selected in order to receive referee comments before general exposure. By convention this also maintains confidentiality of the manuscript. If this option is selected it is necessary to suggest at least five referees. An author may also indicate referees not to be selected during the initial refereeing period for reasons of conflict of interest. However, the manuscript is not accepted until the authors perform a manuscript revision without this option. Then the manuscript will undergo open refereeing in the usual manner prior to acceptance. If a manuscript with this status is not revised for an extended period of time it may be removed from the journal database at the discretion of the editors.

• Abstract: The abstract consists of text and is strictly limited to 40 lines, but should be no more than 20 lines for short manuscripts (letters and brief articles). Longer abstracts may be included with the manuscript itself when necessary but will not be displayed during access through the InterJournal.

• Areas of interest: Areas of interest should be chosn from the list of available fields in the Subject hierarchy. The areas of interest specified will be used to bring your manuscript to the attention of referees competent in these areas and to readers of the InterJournal. The areas are designated by the bold letters at the beginning of each line in the list. More general areas in the hierarchy refer to articles of interest to a broader audience. By specifying more general areas you are indicating that the manuscript is of interest to researchers in all of its subclassifications. This should be done with care. Readers who are not interested in the article generally do not referee favorably. However, overly restricting the area of interest will limit the exposure of your work. A more detailed explanation is available.

• Category of publication. The significance of the different categories is explained in the category description file. The different categories are mutually exclusive.

• Suggested referees. It is helpful to suggest referees since the manuscript will be brought to their attention. Both name and e-mail are necessary. If the editor selected referees option is selected, then at least five referees must be suggested. The editor will use these suggestions and the areas of interest to guide the selection of referees. When this option is selected the author may also indicate some researchers not to use as referees due to conflict of interest. See the discussion above for further details.

• Manuscript location on the Web
• Title
• At least one Author ID
• Contact Author ID.
• Contact Author password.
• Abstract
• At least one area of interest
• When a referee is suggested both name and e-mail must be provided
• Five suggested referees if the editor selected refereeing option is selected