Submission guidelines

Please also refer to the journal’s editorial policies [HYPERLINK]

Manuscript template

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The manuscript should be written according to the following template files

LaTeX manuscripts : [FILE].zip

Text manuscript : [FILE].odt

 

List of authors

For each author, the journal requires the following information: full name, ORCID ID, affiliations. The corresponding author who will handle the correspondence during the publication stages must be indicated.

Authors may create their ORCID ID at https://orcid.org/

Institutional affiliations should be indicated in accordance with the establishment's instructions (for université Paris Cité authors see for instance : https://u-paris.fr/charte-des-signatures-de-publications-scientifiques-universite-de-paris/).

The ROR identifiers of the institutions should be specified (https://ror.org/).

 

Abstract

The abstract must be between 250 and 350 words. It should provide a clear understanding of the work without requiring the reader to consult the full article. The abstract must be self-contained: it should not include references, and any abbreviations or acronyms must be introduced.

The abstract should provide the context or background for the study and should state the study's purpose, basic procedures, main findings, and principal conclusions. Authors should ensure that it accurately reflects the content of the article.

 

Keywords

A maximum of five keywords should be included. They must be discriminating to allow the article to be found after its publication. General words should be avoided, as well as words that are too specific.

 

General instructions for writing the text

Title levels

International numbering will be used to number sections and subsections, with a maximum of 3 levels (1.; 1.1.; 1.1.1.).

 

Abbreviations and symbols

Use only standard abbreviations. Avoid abbreviations in the title of the manuscript. The spelled-out abbreviation followed by the abbreviation in parenthesis should be used on first mention unless the abbreviation is a standard unit of measurement.

All abbreviations must be explained when they first appear in the text. Abbreviations that appear more than once are accepted. They should be expanded in a preliminary “Abbreviations and symbols” section.

Italics should be avoided for mathematical constants and operators, which should be clearly distinguished from variables. For example, use roman (upright) type for “d” (total differential), “e” (base of the natural logarithm), and “i” (imaginary unit).

Chemical symbols and formulas should also be set in roman, e.g., Fe (not Fe), and H₂O (not H₂O).

In math mode, LaTeX treats all letters as mathematical or physical variables and sets them in italics by default. However, any textual elements in formulas should be set in roman. Subscripts and superscripts that are labels rather than variables (e.g., “avg”, “ref”) should also be in roman.

 

Units of measurement

The International System of Units (SI) shall be used throughout. Symbols and units must conform to internationally recognized nomenclature.

Measurements of length, height, mass, and volume should be reported in metric units (meter, kilogram, liter) or their decimal multiples.

Temperatures must be expressed in degrees Celsius.

Unusual or non-SI units may, at the author's discretion, be written out in full at first mention. Certain traditional non-SI units remain in use in the astronomical literature. Some are acceptable (e.g., erg, ångström/Å), while others are considered obsolete and should be avoided (e.g., micron).

Compound units implying “per” may be written using either a slash (“/”) or a negative exponent. The journal prefers the latter, e.g., km s⁻¹ rather than km/s.

In a sentence, numbers from zero to ten are spelled out unless followed by an abbreviated unit of measurement. Numbers at the beginning of a sentence are spelled out.

 

Hyperlinks

Hyperlinks should be indicated as follows: “The experiment was carried out in the Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory of Université Paris Cité (https://apc.u-paris.fr/)”.

 

References

Authors must cite all relevant sources.

Each chapter must include no fewer than 20 references.

All sources cited in the text must appear in the reference list, and all entries in the reference list must be cited in the text.

Authors should ensure that all in-text citations are correctly listed at the end of the manuscript, without duplication, and that every reference in the bibliography is cited in the body of the text.

References must be arranged alphabetically by the first author's surname; for references with two authors, by the second author's name; and for references with more than two authors, by ascending year of publication.

Both references and in-text citations must follow the formatting guidelines of the 7th edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) Style Guide, available at: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/creating-reference-list.pdf

 

Figures and tables

All illustrations (figures and tables) must be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals (e.g., Figure 1, 2, 3…; Table 1, 2, 3…), with optional sub-labels (e.g., 1a, 1b). Each figure or table must be explicitly cited in the text, for example: "Figure n shows the variations in wavelength..."

All lettering (symbols, numbers) in figures must be consistent in style and size across all illustrations and large enough to ensure legibility when printed.

If a figure has been previously published, the original source must be acknowledged, and written permission to reuse the figure must be submitted from the copyright holder—regardless of authorship or publisher—unless the figure is distributed under a license permitting reuse (such as Creative Commons).

Each figure and table must be accompanied by a concise, explanatory caption. Captions must include any necessary credits.

Figure legends should clearly label and describe each figure and its components. For multipart figures, captions must distinguish parts (a), (b), (c), etc. These part labels must also be visible within the figure itself. If figures are not labeled with letters, panels should be referred to by position (e.g., top left, bottom right).

All visual elements such as line styles (solid, dashed, dot-dashed, dash-dotted, etc.) and symbols (open or filled circles, squares, triangles, arrows, etc.) must be identified in the legend. Do not repeat figure legend content in the main text.

Figures must be submitted as separate high-resolution image files (TIFF, JPEG, EPS), with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi at final size.

Each figure must correspond to a single file: any panels must be grouped together.

 

Acknowledgement

Specify contributions that require acknowledgement but do not warrant a place among the authors, acknowledgements for technical assistance, material or financial support. When persons are mentioned in the acknowledgements, the corresponding author must have requested their permission to appear in the text.

 

Statements

Author contribution statement

See the related paragraph in the editorial policies [HYPERLINK]

The respective contribution of all co-authors should be listed in a detailed statement.

 

Data availability statement

See the related information in the open science section [HYPERLINK]

Articles which include results based on research data must include a paragraph specifying their availability (Data availability statement).

The statement should include the following elements:

  • A list of results based on the data.
  • A clear specification of the nature of the data, its format, the method of collection, and the method of analysis.
  • The location where the data are deposited: name of the repository, dataset title, version used, a persistent identifier or URL (e.g., DOI), and the license under which the dataset is available.
  • If a subset of the data is used, it must be clearly identified.
  • If the data are under embargo, the reason must be specified (e.g., legal, ethical, or commercial restrictions).
  • If no data are associated with the work, this must be explicitly stated.

Data sharing must comply to the FAIR principles: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable (cf. https://www.go-fair.org/). Whenever possible, data should be shared publicly in a data warehouse (e.g. https://recherche.data.gouv.fr/en, https://zenodo.org/, https://datadryad.org/stash). The Data availability statement should include the citation of the datasets used, with their DOI.

When depositing the data in the warehouse, it is required to accompany the data with a glossary defining the fields used, and to apply an open license facilitating reuse.

Exceptions are granted if data cannot be made publicly available for legal, commercial or ethical reasons.

 

Code availability statement

See the related information in the open science section [HYPERLINK]

Whenever possible, the scripts used to exploit the data should also be shared in platforms like https://www.softwareheritage.org/.

The code availability statement should include the following information:

  • Whether any code was used or developed as part of the study, and for what purpose (e.g., data preprocessing, modeling, visualization, statistical analysis, etc.).
  • Whether the code is publicly available, and if so:
    • The name of the repository where the code is hosted (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, Zenodo).
    • The exact URL or DOI providing direct access to the code.
    • The license under which the code is released (e.g., MIT, GPLv3, Apache 2.0).
    • The version or commit hash used for reproducibility.
    • Any installation or usage instructions, or a reference to a README file.
  • If the code is not publicly available, a justification must be provided (e.g., proprietary software, third-party restrictions, security concerns).
  • If only part of the code is shared, this should be clearly stated, including which components are available and which are not.
  • If no code was used, this should also be clearly stated.

 

Links of interest

The journal follows international practice regarding links of interest. All manuscript submissions must be accompanied by a declaration of interest. All authors should therefore declare any links of interest that may arise from their work in general and that may interfere with the analysis, presentation of data or results. It is recommended to list both financial and non-financial interests: past or present employment, consulting activity, financing, intellectual property, ownership of financial assets, advisory roles, participation in a lobby, personal relationship…

The declaration of interest related to the article should be listed as follows:

- In case there are no links of interest with the authors of the submitted article, the following statement should be added directly in the manuscript: The author(s) declare(s) that he (they) has (have) no relationship of interest.

- If one or more of the authors of the article has (have) a relationship of interest, the complete list of these authors must be mentioned.

The initials of the author(s) concerned, and the name of the associated company should be added to the exhaustive list of potential links of interest.

 

Funding

All sources of funding for the work must be disclosed.

Sources of financial support must be clearly disclosed along with the following information: funding organization name and ROR ID (https://ror.org/), funding organization program, funded project name, and funded project identifier.

 

Manuscripts typed with a text editor

The text will be typed simply, without any associated style sheet, in 12-point font and using standard fonts.

It will be sent for editing, in the final version accepted for publication, without changes tracking or comments.

 

LaTeX-encoded manuscripts

Authors working in LaTeX should use a standard LaTeX class, e.g. \documentclass{article}.

All elements required for compilation must be supplied, including the class used. Compilation on this basis should be error-free.

Authors should make the best possible use of cross-references, both when calling up tables and figures and when calling up references.

Equations should be called up in the text using the eqref{} command.

Hyperlinks are inserted using the href{}{} command.

Tables will be coded in LaTeX.

Computer code will be highlighted using the {verbatim} environment.

The {quote} environment can be used to materialize quotations in paragraph form.

Bibliography: if possible, provide the corresponding file in .bib format.Please refrain from using any self-made definitions (\newcommand) since these will get lost during further conversion of your text. If you use typing abbreviations, search and replace them before submitting your article.

Each figure must correspond to a single file: the use of commands such as subfigure or equivalent packages is not allowed; only one \includegraphics command per figure is permitted.

 

Proof correction

To guarantee prompt publication process of the article, we kindly ask authors to provide their proof corrections within five working days. Corresponding authors will receive an e-mail with the relevant instructions to retrieve the proofs along with possible questions from the production editors, and send back their corrections and comments. Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and figures. No significant changes to the article as accepted for publication will be accepted at this stage. Please note that the positioning of images and tables can be changed by the production office at the article's formatting stage.

 

License agreement

All Planetary Research articles are Open Access and distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits the use, distribution, and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited. Upon acceptance of their manuscript, authors will be asked to sign an agreement in which they will give their consent to share their work under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license.