Author guide for system use

 

Homepage

• Author can submit, monitor and track his/her manuscript through ‘Manuscript Protal’, only
• Homepage at http://www.gathacognition.com
• Manuscript portal at http://www.gathacognition.com/manuscript-portal
• Click at ‘Submit Manuscript’ to get login at Manuscript portal at http://www.gathacognition.com/manuscript-portal
• Author should login at ‘Manuscript Portal’ for submission, monitoring and tracking the manuscrip progress.
• Author can view and download his/her published article from manuscript portal any time. 

 

 

Login at ‘Manuscript Portal’

• Link: http://www.gathacognition.com/manuscript-portal
• Login details: Use your registered ‘User ID’ and ‘Password’ for login.
• Recover password using, ‘Forgot Password’.
• User guide is avalable at the link, ‘Manuacript submission’ from User Guide. 

 

 

New Author: Registration form

 

 

• Select option - Author, Reviewer and Editor.

• Click in the box.
• Select option the ‘Author’ from dropdown. 
• Click on ‘select’.

 

 

 

Check list

Please check before manuscript submission for successful publication.

• First page prepared separately and information of author(s) not included in manuscript.
• Author(s) information including full name(s) according to sequence(s), affiliation(s), contacts (telephone, cell, fax, email, etc.), author for correspondence, etc. given in the first page.
• Title of the manuscript is prepared well with short headings not more than 50 characters.
• Abstract length is not more than 200 words.
• Keywords - 4 to 6.
• Highlights (4 to 6) are given on separate page. Each highlight is less than 75 characters.
• Manuscript is checked thoroughly for language corrections including spellings and grammar, used simple and straight forwarded sentences, etc.
• Graphics prepared neatly and saved at 300 dpi for pictures, maps, photographs and line arts at 600 dpi in TIFF, JPG or PNG formats.
• Tables are prepared in word processor and editable. 10. Tables and figures are prepared in separate files.
• Equations are prepared using editable word processor and cited in the text e.g. (equation (1)).
• Names of three potential reviewers are selected and required information gathered.
• Author for correspondence is submitting the manuscript and own copyrights.
• Captions of figures and tables are given on separate page.
• Text, data, figures, photographs, etc. referred from published literature are quoted and cited properly wherever required.
• All references are cited in the text and listed in the section of ‘references’.
• Headings and sub-headings are prepared according to guidelines.

 

Create new manuscript for submission

• Five steps for manuscript submission.

Click ‘Create New Manuscript’ or ‘Submit Manuscript’.

 

 

 

Step-1 Select journal or book

 

 

• Select the name of journal or book

 

 

• Save the selection and move to next step

• Author can download author guide.
• Don’t forget to ‘Save and click on ‘Next’ for moving to next step. 

 

 

 

Step-2 Author Information

• Add Authors

• Corresponding author appeared automatically. 
• Enter email of the new author and click on ‘add’.
• Fill author information in the form including full name, affiliation, contact details, etc.
• Affiliation is name of the ‘institute’ where author research is conducted.

 

 

• Author information

 

 

• Change sequence of the author.
• Edit author information.
• Delete author.
• Change corresponding author.

 

 

• Edit and update author information 

 

• ‘Save’ the information and click ‘Next’ to move in next step, ‘Step-3 Article Metadata’.

 

Step-3 Article Metadata

• Select manuscript type
• Enter article title
• Enter short title of the article
• Give abstract in 200 words

 

 

• Select manuscript type

 

 

• Compose mathematical  equations

• Compose equations using ‘LaTex’. 

 

 

• Highlights and keywords

 

 

• Add reviewers

• Add email
• Fill up all details

 

 

 

• Edit and delete reviewers

 

 

• Metadata and covering letter

• Add total words in the manuscript.
• Give number of tables in the manuscript.
• Give number of figures in the manuscript.
• Give number of number of color figures.
• Write letter to the Editor.
• Upload covering letter, if not given in the text box.
• Don’t upload any file related to the manuscript

 

 

• Upload scanned copy of the covering letter

 

 

• Article history and confirmations 

• Give information about the manuscript submitted to the selected journal previously, if any.
• Confirm originality and not submission to elsewhere before final decision of this manuscript.
• Confirm acknowledgment of sources of information included in the manuscript.
• Confirm copyrights.
• Etc.   

 

 

• Save and click ‘Next’ for next step 4.

 

Step-4 Upload files

• Upload files: first page, manuscript, tables, figures, captions, graphical abstract and answer to comments by reviewers and editor(s), separately.   
• Files of ‘First page’ and ‘Manuscript’ are mandatory.
• Give single table in single file.
• Give single figure in single file.
• Give captions in single file.
• Give graphical abstract in single file.
• Upload original editable file only.    

 

• File uploading

• Select file from computer desktop.
• Select file type: First page, Manuscript, Table, Figure, Captions, Graphical Abstract, etc.
• Give description of each file being uploaded.
• Click ‘Upload file’.  

 

 

• Select ‘file type’

 

 

• Manage file sequence
• Download and delete files

 

 

• Files are being converted in PDF format in single file.

• Save
• Click next
• Wait! Files are being converted in PDF. 

 

 

Step-5 Review and submit

• Check all steps are completed (colored green).
• Update information of incomplete step(s) (colored red).

 

 

• View and check PDF

 

 

 

• Final Submission

• All tabs are green !
• Click, ‘Submit Manuscript’.

 

 

• Successful submission

• Complement message appeared.
• Author received ‘Acknowledgement’ (email).

 

Interrupted, partially submitted and declined manuscripts

• Interrupted submissions
• Partially submitted manuscripts
• Manuscript declined by Editorial Office or the Editor
• Click on ‘Continue Submission’ instead creating new manuscript.
• You will get appropriate step of submission.

 

 

Submitted manuscripts

 

 

• View PDF

 

 

Article proofs and copyrights

• Download composed copy of the article uploaded by the Editorial Office.
• Upload corrected copy by the author.
• Approve final composed copy of the article.
• Download copyright for uploaded by the Editorial Office
• Upload duly signed and scanned copyright form.

 

 

Published articles and books

• View citation details.            
• View publication date.
• View article downloads.
• View published article (PDF)
• View and pay Article Processing Charges (APC) to make article ‘Open Access’.

 

 

 

Scholar Profile

• Change your password, if required.
• Update all details.
• Add or update name of your home institute.

 

 

• Add links to homepage (website) of your institute.
• Add links to your profiles at ResearchGate, Google Scholar and LinkedIn.
• Upload your profile picture
• Click ‘Update’.