Research paper

Make sure your manuscript includes an abstract and keep it between 0 and 300 words long.

Checks for a list of contributing authors names and affiliations in the manuscript.

Checks if citations appear in the abstract. Your abstract should focus on your original research, be self-contained and fully understandable without external references.

Include the corresponding authors email address in the manuscript to let editors know how to get in touch with you. It is usually placed after the abstract along with other metadata.

Making your research data available to your peers expands the civil engineering community and allows future researchers the ability to replicate/expand on future works. Available data should be within your manuscript, in a data repository,  or uploaded as supplemental material, which will be posted in the ASCE Library.

Checks if figure legends are included and appear consecutively within the manuscript.

Checks if figures and tables with legends are cited within the manuscript. Make sure every visual element you have included is also mentioned in the text.

Checks for inappropriate language that marginalises, demeans, or excludes people or social groups. We do this by searching your manuscript for a predefined set of inappropriate words. Note that this check only identifies words or phrases, but does not evaluate context.

Make sure your manuscript is between 0 and 7,500 words long, {2} the reference section, and including words in legends and tables.

Checks if the manuscript structure follows the IMRaD structure (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion). Structure requirements may vary by article type, please refer to journal submission guidelines for more information.

Cite every reference in your manuscript to pass this check.

Make sure your manuscript includes a reference section with at least 1 and at most 200 sources.

Checks if table legends are included and appear consecutively within the manuscript.

Covers issues with capitalization, hyphenation, punctuation, spacing etc. Counts as failed if there are more than 20 suggestions per 1,000 words.

Covers conciseness, redundancy, transition and flow, and suggests improved phrasing. Counts as failed if there are more than around 10 suggestions per 1,000 words.

Covers issues with fluency, informal usage, and word choice. Counts as failed if there are more than around 10 suggestions per 1,000 words.

Covers issues with article usage, conjunctions, determiners, preposition usage, spelling, and phrasing. Counts as failed if there are more than around 60 suggestions per 1000 words.

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