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Author Instructions

Commentary A Commentary is to provide None required. None / no more than
comments on a newly published required. two pages.
article or an alternative
viewpoint on a certain topic.
Research Research Highlights discuss None required. None / 1, 2 0 0 wo r d s
Highlight the main advances made by required max excluding,
the paper as well as putting re f e re n c e s ,
the finds of the study into the f i g u r e s a n d
proper context of the field. tables.
Table/Figure:
Max of 1
News A News comments on an None required. None / no more than
important event in the related required two pages.
field in the world. News
submissions are typically not
subject to peer review at the
discretion of the editorial team.
Editorial An Editorial can be a comment None required. None / /
about an important event in required
the world related or not to
soft science or a particular
discovery in soft science,
needing a particular attention
of soft science community.
Editorials are typically not
subject to peer review at the
discretion of the editorial
team.

2.3 Manuscript Structure
2.3.1 Front Matter
2.3.1.1 Title
The title of the manuscript should be concise, specific and relevant, with no more than 16 words if possible.
2.3.1.2 Authors and Affiliations
Authors’ full names should be listed. The initials of middle names can be provided. Institutional addresses and email
addresses for all authors should be listed. At least one author should be designated as corresponding author. In addition,
corresponding authors are suggested to provide their Open Researcher and Contributor ID upon submission. Please note
that any change to authorship is not allowed after manuscript acceptance.
2.3.1.3 Abstract
The abstract should be a single paragraph with word limitation and specific structure requirements (for more details please
refer to Types of Manuscripts). It usually describes the main objective(s) of the study, explains how the study was done,
including any model organisms used, without methodological detail, and summarizes the most important results and their
significance. The abstract must be an objective representation of the study: it is not allowed to contain results which are not
presented and substantiated in the manuscript, or exaggerate the main conclusions. Citations should not be included in the
abstract.

2.3.1.4 Graphical Abstract
The graphical abstract is essential as this can catch first view of your publication by readers. We recommend you to submit
an eye-catching figure. It should summarize the content of the article in a concise graphical form. It is recommended to use
it because this can make online articles get more attention. The graphic abstract should be submitted as a separate document
in the online submission system. Please provide an image with a minimum of 730 × 1,228 pixels (h × w) or proportionally
more. The image should be readable at a size of 7 × 12 cm using a regular screen resolution of 96 dpi. Preferred file types:
TIFF, PSD, AI, JPG, JPEG, EPS, PNG, ZIP and PDF files.

2.3.1.5 Keywords
Three to eight keywords should be provided, which are specific to the article, yet reasonably common within the subject
discipline.

2.3.2 Main Text
Manuscripts of different types are structured with different sections of content. Please refer to Types of Manuscripts to

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