How to Submit a manuscript

International Journal of Eye Banking

Log in as an author to submit a manuscript

Section I. Log in as an Author

Step 1. Log in

Go to EyeBankingJournal.orgNew users registerReturning users log in

Step 2. Click Author

Article submission screens are unavailable when you select another role such as Reviewer or Reader

Step 3. Start a New Submission

Select Click Here to start a new submissionYour previous submissions are also listed on

the Active Submissions screen

Follow 5 steps to complete the submission process

Section IIThe Submission Process

The Submission Process

Click Save and continue before going to another step

An asterisk * signifies a required fieldManuscripts will be considered only when all

forms and information are received

Step 1. Starting the Submission

Select a section from the drop down menuFor a description of the sections and policies,

click the About the Journal link.

Complete Checklist Items

Hints

Collect signed Author’s Declaration and Copyright License forms and Author’s Disclosure forms from all authors

If electronic signatures are not possible, print, sign, and scan documents.

Step Comment & Save

Scroll to the bottom of the screen to add optional Comments for the Editor

Click the Save and continue button

Step 2. Uploading the Submission

Upload your manuscript as an MS Word file

Remove identifying from MS Word and PDF files See Ensuring a Blind Peer Review

Click Save and continue

Step 3. Entering Metadata

Metadata is information about authors and manuscripts

It’s used by search and indexing services such as Google Scholar and PubMed

Enables readers and researchers to find articles by various parameters such as Title Keywords Author name

Step 3. Entering Metadata

Click Add Authors to create fields for coauthor metadata

Step 3. Entering Metadata

Required metadata includes Names of all authors Manuscript title Abstract References

Optional metadata includes Keywords Author Bio

Hints

References can be copied from the manuscript and pasted into the metadata field

References must contain digital object identifiers (DOI) when available DOIs are unique alphanumeric strings assigned to

digital media such as articles. They are used to locate articles on the Internet

More information on DOIs: http://www.crossref.org/01company/16fastfacts.htm

http://www.crossref.org/guestquery

Step 3. Entering Metadata

Click Save and continue

Step 4. Uploading Supplementary Files

Upload Author’s Declaration and Copyright License and Author’s Disclosure forms for all authors

Manuscripts are only considered after these are received

Upload any other items not included in the manuscript, e.g. data sets

Click Save and continue

Step 5. Confirming the Submission

This is the final stepAuthors cannot access or delete manuscripts

once Save and continue is pressedAdditional supplemental documents can be

added after submissionIf incorrect file was uploaded, contact the

journal manager

Thank you

We look forward to receiving your manuscript