Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
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Manuscript for review (required): Upload the manuscript as a PDF file via our submission system for review. The submission should have title, abstract (150-250 words), keywords, main texts, and references. The word count is typically 4,000–10,000. Figures and tables are not part of the word count and should be placed close to where it is first referred to in the text. For double-blind peer review, remove authors' names and affiliations, acknowledgements, and potential self-references. Any supplementary documents not for review (such as data and GitHub repository) should be uploaded as separate materials from the manuscript for review.
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List of Authors (required): Check this box to confirm that all authors have agreed with the submission, and the names and affiliations of all authors are listed in the Comments for the Editor box.
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Statement of Original Submission (required): Check this box to confirm that the submission has not been previously published and is not currently submitted to another journal for consideration.
Author Guidelines
Overview
Topics within the scope of the Journal of Transport and Land Use are welcome for submission. If you have questions about whether a paper fits the scope, please contact the Editor-in-Chief.
Types of Submission
JTLU accepts two types of submission:
- Articles report original data analysis and advance theory or methods (including applying methods in novel ways or to new questions). They are typically 4,000–10,000 words, but there is no specific word count.
- Literature Reviews comprehensively and authoritatively describe any subject within the journal's scope. They have an educational aim and are typically 4,000–10,000 words, but there is no specific word count.
Language
The official language of the Journal is English.
Units
All measurements shall be given in metric (SI) units. Imperial (English) or other local units may be used in addition to metric units, given in parentheses after the metric units.
Data Availability
Data used in the articles should be available in a publicly accessible data archive. The Journal will allow small datasets to be included as appendices if they are not in a publicly accessible data archive. The objective is to enable research results to be reproduced by other researchers. If data cannot be publicly available, the author(s) should provide detailed information about each data source and the mechanism through which the data is obtained. In essence, author(s) are required to provide sufficient information so that people who are interested in using the same data and replicating the analysis know how and where to get the data after reading the paper.
References
Only those works cited in the text may be included on the reference list. References must follow APA style. See the Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition, or https://apastyle.apa.org for examples and more information.
Formatting Instructions
Submissions for review must be submitted in PDF format. The list below highlights some formatting points:
- Number each page.
- Include an abstract of approximately 150–250 words, detailing the main points of the paper.
- Embed all diagrams and figures in the main text of the same PDF file.
- Clearly label rows and columns in any statistical tables.
- Provide informative, descriptive captions for tables and figures.
- Do not repeat information in the text that appears in the tables or figures.
- Keep footnotes very brief. Any explanation requiring more than a few lines must be incorporated into the text.
- Ensure that references are complete or they will be returned for revision.
- Ensure that all text citations have corresponding references. Any reference not cited in the text will be deleted.
- Appendices are discouraged and should be separate files. They will be posted separately and linked to the main paper but will not be copyedited or typeset.
- Ensure that any mathematical arguments accompany the paper as a separate appendix.
Papers accepted for publication must follow the MS Word template and JTLU Author Guidelines (PDF). Following these guidelines will avoid many potential problems and delays in the production process, and ensure that your work is presented accurately and effectively.
Publication Fees
JTLU is open access and online-only. There is no charge for the submission of papers. Once the submission is reviewed and accepted for publication, authors will be invoiced one of the following rates for article processing which includes editing and layout:
- $1,000 per paper for authors with a WSTLUR affiliation
- $1,500 per paper for authors without a WSTLUR affiliation
All authors are encouraged to seek funds to support publication of their accepted papers, if possible. See this list of Open Access Journal Funds for potential sources. Contact the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor for a potential waiver on the fee. Decisions to publish are based only on editorial criteria.
Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with JTLU agree to the following terms: 1) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License 4.0 that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. 2) Authors can enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal. 3) Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) before and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
