ICR Publications Ltd UK

Author Resources

Preparing Supporting Information

If you have supporting information for your manuscript, you have to submit it during submission. ICRP will host an approved version of the article online. You should always consult the relevant journal's author guidelines to see whether supporting information is accepted.

Cover Letter and Authorship Disclosure Statements(click here)

Please fill out and download the Authorship Disclosure Statements form and submit it as a supplementary document during manuscript submission. If you feel any difficulty filling out this form, don't hesitate to get in touch with our editorial office (publications@icrp.org.uk) for your help. The submission will be considered unsuccessful or incomplete if the editorial office has not found this form attached as a supplementary document.

Ethical clearance letter/certificate or ethics waiver certificate

If you have any funding or Human research participants or experimental procedures with humans or animals in your research, then please attach an Ethical clearance letter/certificate or ethics waiver from the ethics committee of your institution on the official letterhead, including contact details of the ethics committee.

Submission Process

All the journals only accept online submissions. We use the open journals system (OJS) to overcome the timely results. The corresponding author is responsible for the submission, ensures that the coauthors are eligible, and adds all of them during the submission process. We encourage you to integrate your ORCID with your profile during registration. By logging into the OJS portal, only the assigned or corresponding author can see and check the updates. All the papers received will be submitted for peer review by members of the board of editors. This process is normally expected to take between two and four months.

What is an incomplete Submission?

An incomplete submission refers to a manuscript submission that is missing required files or has not been filled out correctly. In the context you provided, an incomplete submission would mean that the following files and forms have not been submitted or filled out correctly:
Manuscript Original File: The main document or manuscript file that contains the actual content of the submission.
Cover Letter and Authorship, Disclosure Statements, Copyright, and License Agreement Form: A document or form that typically includes a cover letter introducing the manuscript, information about the authors' contributions and affiliations, any disclosure statements, and agreements related to copyright and licensing. All the compulsory sections need to be filled in properly.

Please Upload the Following files

Manuscript Orignal file
Title Page including the author's name, affiliation, Email address, ORCID, Author's Biodata, Funding Information (if any), Author Contributions, Conflict of Interest, and other Ethics Statements (if any).

Note: A cover letter is included with the authorship agreement form. As a result, there is no need to include a separate cover letter.

Ethical clearance letter/certificate or ethics waiver.
Any Supplementary files (If Any)
Colour-coded Similarity Report (not older than two days)
Compliance checklists (e.g. EQUATOR)
Copyright release from third-party owner and indemnification agreement form
Correction Request Form (e.g. author change request form)
Language editing confirmation letter
Online-only appendices for consideration

Supplementary files: This may be any format, but it is recommended that you use common, non-proprietary formats where possible.

Manuscript Preparation

All submissions should include the following:

File Setup	How to ensure all files are anonymized To ensure the integrity of anonymous peer review, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties: The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc. The authors of the document have removed personal information from the file properties by taking the following steps: Go to File Select Info Click on Check for Issues Click on Inspect Document In the Document Inspector dialogue box, select the checkboxes to choose the type of hidden content that you want inspected. Click Remove All Click Close Save the document Go to Tools Click Protect Document Select Remove personal information for this file on save Click OK and save the file Microsoft Word for Windows: Microsoft Word for MacOS:
Accepted File Formats	An MS Word (Office 2010-present) template is available here. ou are strongly advised to consult it! A template for older versions of MS Word can be made available upon request, as can a LaTeX template. Please follow the template closely, including all directions therein, the most important of which are summarized below. Please avoid modifying the template. Please use MSWord for composing the submission, as other word processors (WordPerfect, Open Office) may interpret the template in unpredictable ways. Papers that do not conform to the template and guidelines may be rejected for publication. The template is intended to make this process as smooth and painless as possible for everyone.
Language	Submissions are expected to be in English, with a preference for American or British English spelling.
Manuscript Length	The manuscript should have a maximum length of 9000-9500 words, including abstract, citations, bibliography, and appendices (if any).
Manuscript Sections	Please note that the manuscript must contain the required sections. Such as, Title Abstract Keywords (5 to 7 words from title, abstract, conclusion) Introduction Literature Review Methodology Data Analysis Results Discussion Conclusions Future research and recommendations Reference (APA 6th format )
A Title	The article’s full title should contain a maximum of 95 characters (including spaces). If there is a subtitle, a colon (:) should follow the main title, and the subtitle should be on the following line. This should be followed on another line by the authors' or authors' names.
Author's Details	Add the author details in a separate file. Name and Affiliation, including email address and ORCID. The mailing address and email address of all authors, with separate footnotes for each author.
Abstract	The abstract, written in English, should be no more than 250 words long and in the past tense. The abstract should concisely summarise the topic's objectives, methods, results, and significance. The unstructured abstract for an Original Research article should be six paragraphs long, with no headings: Background, Aim, Setting, Methods, Results, Conclusion, and Contributions. The latter is the abstract's only labelled heading. -Do not add any citations in the abstract - Do not add any statistical value to the abstract -Do not cite references or use abbreviations excessively in the abstract.
Keywords	5 to 7 keywords or phrases that best capture the article
Declarations	All manuscripts must contain the following statment in the Cover Letter and Authorship Disclosure Statements Form. If any of the sections are not relevant to your manuscript, please include the heading and write 'Not applicable' for that section. Funding (information that explains whether and by whom the research was supported) Conflicts of interest/Competing interests (include appropriate disclosures) Data availability (data transparency) Code availability (software application or custom code) Authors' contributions (Add the authors' contribution statement for all authors) Author 1: Conceptualization, Methodology, Data collection, Formal analysis, Writing - Original Draft, Visualization. Author 2: Data collection, Validation, Writing - Review & Editing. Author 3: Supervision, Project Administration, Writing - Review & Editing. Read more...
Acknowledgements	Contributors must acknowledge all the research funding sources pertinent to their article. It is important to spell out all acronyms of funding agencies in full. The acknowledgement of funding sources recognizes the contribution of funding entities, meets their stipulations, and enhances the transparency of the research.
Funding Statement Examples	"The work leading to these findings was financed by the project 'AAA,' which is part of the 'BBB' program, under Grant agreement number NNN." "This study was funded by the INSTITUTION (Grant agreement number NNN)." "No specific funding was obtained for this research from any agencies in the public, commercial, or non-profit sectors."
Figures and Tables	All the Figures and Tables must be added with Captions, Funding Information (if any), Author Contributions, Conflict of Interest, and other Ethics Statements (if any).
Text Formatting	Manuscripts should be submitted in Word. Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times Roman) for text. Use italics for emphasis. Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages. Do not use field functions. Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar. Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables. Use the equation editor or MathType for equations. Save your file in .docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).
Headings	All sections, subsections, and subsubsections should be numbered as follows: 1. Introduction, 1.1. First subsection, 1.1.1. First subsubsection, and so on. If a given section has a subsection, it must have a minimum of two; likewise, if a given subsection has a subsubsection, it must have a minimum of two. The first line of any new section, subsection, or subsubsection should not be indented. Any subsequent paragraphs should be indented a uniform 1cm. There should be no additional space between paragraphs. Please do not do a double return between paragraphs. The typeface in the template is set to Times New Roman throughout. Please do not change this. Italics should be reserved for foreign words and phrases as well as specialized terms and phrases on the first reference. Boldface may be used in moderation for emphasis.
Abbreviations	Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
Long quotations	Long quotations (four lines or more) should be indented 1cm and separated from the main text (see template). Shorter quotations should be incorporated into the main text.
Headers or footers	Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. They should not consist solely of a reference citation, and they should never include the bibliographic details of a reference. They should also not contain any figures or tables. Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data). Footnotes to the title or the authors of the article are not given reference symbols. Always use footnotes instead of endnotes.
Tables and Figures	Tables and figures should be placed in the correct position in the text, referenced in the main text, and numbered consecutively. Figures should, additionally, be submitted in a standard graphical format, preferably JPG/JPEG. Tables should be preceded by an explanatory caption; figures should be followed by a caption (for example, see template). Avoid the use of shading in tables. Figures may be in full colour if desired. All figures and tables should be in portrait rather than landscape mode.
Artwork and Illustrations Guidelines	Electronic Figure Submission Supply all figures electronically. Indicate what graphics program was used to create the artwork. For vector graphics, the preferred format is EPS; for halftones, please use TIFF format. MS Office files are also acceptable. Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files. Name your figure files with "Figure" and the figure number, e.g., Figure 1. eps. Definition: Black and white graphic with no shading. Do not use faint lines and/or lettering and check that all lines and lettering within the figures are legible at final size. All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide. Scanned line drawings and line drawings in bitmap format should have a minimum resolution of 1200 dpi. Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
Permissions	If you include figures that have already been published elsewhere, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner(s). Please be aware that some publishers do not grant electronic rights for free and that we will not be able to refund any costs that may have occurred to receive these permissions. In such cases, material from other sources should be used.
Accessibility	In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to the content of your figures, please make sure that All figures have descriptive captions (blind users could then use text-to-speech software or text-to-Braille hardware) Patterns are used instead of or in addition to colours for conveying information (colourblind users would then be able to distinguish the visual elements) Any figure lettering has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1
Generative AI Images	Please check our policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein.
Supplementary Information (SI)	We accept electronic multimedia files (animations, movies, audio, etc.) and other supplementary files to be published online along with an article or a book chapter. This feature can add dimension to the author's article, as certain information cannot be printed or is more convenient in electronic form. Before submitting research datasets as Supplementary Information, authors should read the journal’s Research data policy. We encourage research data to be archived in data repositories wherever possible. Audio, Video, and Animations Aspect ratio: 16:9 or 4:3 Maximum file size: 25 GB for high-resolution files; 5 GB for low-resolution files Minimum video duration: 1 sec Supported file formats: avi, wmv, mp4, mov, m2p, mp2, mpg, mpeg, flv, mxf, mts, m4v, 3gp Text and Presentations Submit your material in PDF format; .doc or .ppt files are not suitable for long-term viability. A collection of figures may also be combined in a PDF file. Spreadsheets Spreadsheets should be submitted as .csv or .xlsx files (MS Excel). Specialized Formats Specialized formats such as .pdb (chemical), .wrl (VRML), .nb (Mathematica notebook), and .tex can also be supplied. Collecting Multiple Files It is possible to collect multiple files in a .zip or .gz file. Numbering If supplying any supplementary material, the text must make specific mention of the material as a citation, similar to that of figures and tables. Refer to the supplementary files as “Online Resource”, e.g., "... as shown in the animation (Online Resource 3)", “... additional data are given in Online Resource 4”. Name the files consecutively, e.g. “ESM_3.mpg”, “ESM_4.pdf”. Captions For each supplementary material, please supply a concise caption describing the content of the file. Processing of supplementary files Supplementary Information (SI) will be published as received from the author without any conversion, editing, or reformatting. Accessibility In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to the content of your supplementary files, please make sure that The manuscript contains a descriptive caption for each supplementary material Video files do not contain anything that flashes more than three times per second (so that users prone to seizures caused by such effects are not put at risk)
Citations	In-text citations should look like this: (Kennedy 2003), (Kennedy 2003,2005), Kennedy 2003, James 2017), (Kennedy 2003, 2005; James 2017). The template includes examples of all common types of entries for the bibliography at the end: for example.
References	All references will appear at the end of the article. Please follow the examples below. Form Online Journal with DOI: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number, page range. https://doi.org/10.0000/0000 Volume no, Issue no, page no, and DOI are important to add. Example: Alpers, L. M., & Hanssen, I. (2022). Culturally Congruent And Linguistically Correct Translations Of Proms As A Basis For Communication In Healthcare. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 22(4), 14–21. https://doi.org/10.36923/jicc.v22i3.83. From Newspaper Articles: Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article. Title of Newspaper. Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/ Example: Gendron & B. Burlingham (1989, April). The Entrepreneur of the Decade: An interview with Steve Jobs, Inc., 114-128. Form Books: Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher. (visit here for more information on how to cite a book.) Example: Carland, J.W. & J.A. Carland (1999). Small business management: Tools for success (Second Edition). Houston, TX: Dame Publishing. JICC is accepting the APA 6th reference format. So, it's essential to include the author(s) name(s), publication year, paper title, journal name, volume number, issue number, page numbers, and DOI. We recommend the authors add the bibliography using the software package EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley, or Reference Manager.
A bibliography	A short biographical note at the end, just before the bibliography, in the section titled About the author(s). This should be accompanied, where possible, by a small photo of the author (150x200 pixels is fine).
Appendices	-Appendices should be kept at a minimum and preferably be short.

Submitting videos and audio

To submit rich media to be embedded in your article, review .amtable table, th, td { border: 1px solid black; padding: .1em; }

Embedded Rich Media

Please carefully read the following guidelines before submitting audio or video content.

File specifications

Maximum file size	300 MB (note that the combined manuscript files for a submission, including video, audio, tables, figures, and text must not exceed 350 MB)
File type	Video: MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI, FLV, MPEG-2 TS, MPEG-2 PS, MXF, LXF, GXF, 3GP, WebM, MPG, QuickTime Audio: MP3
Aspect ratio	16:9 (video only) Aspect ratios other than 16:9 will still play within the player. However, black bars above and below or to the side of the video will appear.
Maximum duration	Maximum length of 5 minutes
File name format	“[articlename]_video[no.]” or “[articlename]_audio[no.]” For example surfacedistribution_video1.mp4

Media information
Title	Should include “Video” or “Audio" followed by sequential numbers. E.g. “Video 1”.
Caption	Should include a short description of the video or audio
Placeholder image (Video Only)	Before the video is played, a static ‘placeholder’ image from the video will be displayed in the HTML version of the article. Authors should supply their preferred still image (following our standard image guidelines), and the timestamp within the video in seconds for the still image. This will also be used as a placeholder in the PDF version of the article.
Transcript, as a separate word document	If the video/audio includes dialogue, a transcript should be included as a separate file. An English translation of any non-English speech should be provided in the transcript. Please note that transcripts (and/or closed captioning) will not be proofread by Wiley, nor will Wiley be responsible for any of the wording. Authors assume responsibility for the accuracy of supplied files.
Alt text	Text to appear in place of the media player when the rich-media cannot be displayed

As with figures and tables, all videos/audio must be cited by title (e.g., “Audio 1”) within the text of the manuscript.

Video/audio files should be submitted along with the article itself, the transcript, and any other files at the point of submission.

Authors are restricted from submitting videos and audio that they do not have a license to.

Participant Consent: It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to seek informed consent from any identifiable participant in the rich media files. Masking a participant’s eyes, or excluding head and shoulders is not sufficient. Please ensure that a consent form Cover Letter and Authorship Disclosure Statements are provided for each participant.