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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 must be provided in an editable format. Microsoft Word submissions must be submitted as a single .docx file. LaTeX submissions must include the compiled PDF and all source files required to compile the manuscript, including .tex, bibliography, style and figure files. If supplementary materials accompany the article, they must be deposited in an appropriate external repository and the manuscript must provide an accessible persistent link or DOI.
  • The manuscript has not been previously published and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Any preprint, working paper, conference abstract or presentation, proceedings paper, or other earlier version related to the submission has been clearly disclosed, and any substantial overlap has been identified.
  • 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 single-paragraph abstract of no more than 250 words that states the context and objective, methods or approach, principal findings or central argument, and contribution or implications.
  • The manuscript includes 3–8 specific, searchable keywords that accurately reflect the main topic, methods or approach, 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.
  • he manuscript includes all required declarations, as applicable, including Author Contributions, Funding, Competing Interests, Data and Code Availability, Ethics Approval, Informed Consent, and Consent for Publication. Data, software, models, or code supporting the work are linked to an appropriate repository where they can be shared; where access is restricted, the manuscript clearly states the reason and conditions of access.
  • References are complete and formatted according to APA Style, 7th edition. DOI URLs or other persistent identifiers are included wherever reliably available, including for datasets, software and other citable research outputs.
  • The authors have read and complied with the journal’s Generative AI and AI-Assisted Tools Policy (https://tidsskrift.dk/JournalEcosystemIntelligence/AI_policy). Where generative AI or AI-assisted technologies were used beyond straightforward spelling, grammar, language correction, formatting, or similar technical assistance, the manuscript includes the required AI-use disclosure.
  • The manuscript has been checked for language quality, clarity, completeness, and consistency before submission.

Author Guidelines

Authors must use the current Ecosystem Intelligence Word or LaTeX template and follow the requirements below. Manuscripts that do not use the required template or do not comply with the journal’s submission requirements will be returned before editorial assessment.

SCOPE AND CONTRIBUTION

Submissions must clearly explain how they advance understanding of intelligence across interconnected ecosystems, rather than focusing only on an isolated component or single system. Manuscripts should state what is in scope, what is outside the study’s scope, and why the contribution matters to ecosystem-level intelligence. Engineering, computing, and data-science studies must identify a substantive engineering or informatics contribution; the use of a digital tool only as application context is not sufficient.

ARTICLE TYPES AND INDICATIVE LENGTHS

Research Articles: 7,000–12,000 words.
Review Articles: 8,000–15,000 words.
Conceptual Articles: 7,000–12,000 words.
Methodological Articles: 7,000–12,000 words.
Perspective and Vision Papers: 3,000–6,000 words.
Editorials: length agreed with the editors.

These ranges are indicative rather than strict limits. A manuscript outside the recommended range may be considered when its length is justified by the contribution. Word counts exclude the abstract, references, acknowledgements, tables, figure captions, appendices, and supplementary material.

ABSTRACT AND KEYWORDS

Except for Editorials, manuscripts must include a single-paragraph abstract of no more than 250 words and 3–8 specific, searchable keywords.

TEMPLATES AND FILE PREPARATION

Download the official manuscript templates:

All manuscripts must be prepared using the current Ecosystem Intelligence Word or LaTeX template. Manuscripts that do not use the required template or substantially alter its prescribed formatting will be returned without editorial assessment. Authors must retain the journal’s styles and formatting for headings, tables, figures, equations, references and declarations. Fields marked for Editorial Office use must not be completed or altered by authors.

After acceptance, authors are responsible for supplying a publication-ready final manuscript and any corrections or metadata requested by the Editorial Office.

REFERENCES

Use APA Style, 7th edition, consistently throughout the manuscript. References should be complete, accurate, and include persistent identifiers such as DOI URLs whenever available.

PEER REVIEW

Scholarly manuscripts that pass editorial screening undergo single-anonymous peer review, normally by at least two independent external reviewers. Invited scholarly manuscripts undergo the same peer-review process. Editorials and other clearly identified non-research editorial content are subject to editorial review.

Research Articles

Full-length original research articles reporting substantive empirical, analytical, computational, experimental or mixed-method findings relevant to ecosystem intelligence.

Review Articles

Critical review and synthesis articles that consolidate emerging areas relevant to ecosystem intelligence.

Perspective and Vision Papers

Conceptual, forward-looking, and field-shaping papers, including invited contributions and open submissions of exceptional relevance.

Conceptual Articles

Peer-reviewed articles that develop, refine, integrate, or critically examine concepts, theories, frameworks, or propositions relevant to ecosystem intelligence. Manuscripts should make a clear ecosystem-level conceptual contribution and explain its analytical or practical implications.

Methodological Articles

Peer-reviewed articles that introduce, develop, validate, compare, or substantially extend methods, protocols, measures, models, datasets, experimental designs, or computational approaches for ecosystem intelligence research. Manuscripts should demonstrate methodological rigor, applicability, and a clear ecosystem-level contribution.

Copyright Notice

Articles published in Ecosystem Intelligence are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

Authors retain copyright in their articles and grant Ecosystem Intelligence the right of first publication together with the non-exclusive rights necessary to publish, distribute, index, and preserve the Version of Record.

Under CC BY 4.0, others may share and adapt the published work for any purpose, including commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given, a link to the licence is provided, and any changes made are indicated.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to include third-party material that is not covered by the article's Creative Commons licence. Such material must be appropriately identified, and reuse may require permission from the relevant rights holder.

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