Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• The submission fits within the aims and scope of Ecosystem Intelligence and complies with the journal’s Author Guidelines.
• The manuscript has been prepared using the official Ecosystem Intelligence manuscript template, either in Microsoft Word or LaTeX format.
• The submission file is provided in an editable format. Microsoft Word submissions should be submitted as a single .docx file. LaTeX submissions should include the compiled PDF and all required source files, including .tex, bibliography, style, figure, and supplementary files where applicable.
• The manuscript has not been previously published and is not currently under consideration by another journal, conference, book, or other publication venue. If an earlier version has been made available as a preprint or working paper, this has been clearly disclosed during submission.
• The submitting author confirms that all listed co-authors have made an appropriate contribution to the manuscript, have approved the submitted version, and have agreed to its submission to Ecosystem Intelligence.
• The manuscript includes the full names, affiliations, and email addresses of all authors. The corresponding author has been clearly identified. ORCID iDs are included where available.
• The manuscript includes a structured abstract of no more than 250 words.
• The manuscript includes 4–6 keywords that accurately reflect the main topic, methods, and contribution of the article.
• All figures and tables are numbered, captioned, cited in the main text, and placed close to their first citation where possible.
• The authors have obtained permission to use any third-party material included in the manuscript, including figures, tables, photos, maps, datasets, software, or other copyrighted material.
• The manuscript includes all required declarations, where applicable, including Funding, Author Contributions, Competing Interests, Data Availability, Code Availability, Ethics Approval, Consent to Participate, and Consent for Publication.
• If the study uses data, software, models, or code, the manuscript includes a statement explaining where these materials can be accessed, or why they cannot be shared.
• References are complete, accurate, and formatted consistently according to the journal’s required reference style. Journal titles should be written in full unless the journal specifically requires an official abbreviated title.
• Where available, DOIs or other persistent identifiers have been provided for references, datasets, software, and other citable research outputs.
• The authors have read and complied with the journal’s AI policy (https://tidsskrift.dk/JournalEcosystemIntelligence/AI_policy)
• If AI tools have been used beyond basic spelling, grammar, or language editing, the manuscript includes a separate AI-use statement. The statement should specify the name of the tool, the purpose of use, the extent of its contribution, and how the authors verified the accuracy and integrity of the AI-assisted content.
• The authors confirm that AI tools have not been listed as authors and that all authors take full responsibility for the content, accuracy, originality, and integrity of the submitted manuscript.
• The manuscript has been checked for language quality, clarity, completeness, and consistency before submission.