Submission Preparation Checklist
Authors are kindly asked to follow closely the editorial guidelines presented below. Please note that failure to do so may result in desk-rejection.
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The submission has not been previously published, or submitted elwsere
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Latex or .doc file together with a pdf file of the intended output are attached
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The submition complies with the editorial guidelines.
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Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
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All authors provided their ORCID
Author Guidelines
- A short abstract should be provided for all submissions
- Three to five keywords should be provided for all submissions
- Footnotes should not be used
- References should be in the text and of the form “Author (Year: Title, url, Journal or Publisher, DOI, Pages)”; subsequent references to the same work should be of the form “Author (Year: Pages)”.
- Submissions should not have a separate "Reference" section. This is to discourage unnecessary citations, but a separate "reference" file may be uploaded to facilitate cross-referencing
- All final decisions will be taken by the editorial team. The editorial team reserves the right to edit submitted Features before publication.
- The editorial team reserves the right to "desk-reject" submissions which are considered to be out-of-scope, methodologically inappropriate, offensive, or otherwise not compliant with the present Submission Guidelines.
Research Articles
Research articles typically do not exceed 3000 words and report either original results or new perspectives on the existing literature. We welcome research articles on logic, methodology of science, and history of scientific reasoning -- all broadly construed to include foundations and applications to society and technology.
Research Articles are peer-reviewed through a double-blind process.
Features
In addition to Research Articles, The Reasoner publishes features that are not peer-reviewed but are subject to the editorial board's decision. We pimarily publish Features that are of interest to a broad audience, preferably multidisciplinary. Features do not exceed 1000 words and are reasonably self-contained.
Currently The Reasoner publishes features in the following Sections:
- An interview with... : an interview preceded by a short editorial-like introduction
- The Reasoner speculates: highlights novel perspectives or introduces new ideas which you think deserve discussion.
- Dissemination corner: (regular) reports with the highlights of your ongoing research project.
- What's hot in ... (regular) columns highlighting exciting developments in your area of reasoning-related research.
- Book reviews on reasoning-related topics, preferably of multidisciplinary interest.
Post-publication open reviews and comments
In the interest of fostering scientific debate we solicit post-publication open reviews and comments to previously published articles and features. Submissions in this track should be brief (typically not exceeding 100 words) are not peer reviewed, but they are checked for editorial guidelines compliance and they will be moderated by the editorial team. Please make sure you provide the DOI of the feature you intend to comment on.
News
Submitted items of news an be of any length, though shorter pieces are more likely to be published.
- Conference announcements should be kept brief, and should include a title, dates, location and url.
- Job announcements should be brief, including a job title, the name of the hiring institution or company, and url.
The deadline for submitting in this track is the 15th of the month before the publication of the issue you intend it to appear in.
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