Submit Your Research

How to Submit Your Research to the WellBeing International Repository (Repository)

Submission Process:

To submit articles, studies, or research (Work), excluding those articles for the Animal Sentience journal, for consideration in the WellBeing International Studies Repository (WBISR), authors should first establish a new author account if an account has not already been set up. Please go to the WBISR homepage, select My Account at the top left of the page, and follow the instructions to set up an account. Then, send a "Submit Inquiry" to , including an abstract of the proposed Work to be uploaded, a complete citation, and the contact details for the primary author. Authors will receive a follow-up email regarding their request for submission. If approved, the author will receive instructions to open their WBISR account and click on the URL link in the email from WBI. That will bring up a set of instructions describing the submission process.

Submission Agreement:

After you have read the submission agreement instructions, including the warranties that must be agreed to by you, complete the "Submission Agreement" by checking the accept box and then clicking on the "Continue" button at the bottom of the page. Note: If multiple authors are associated with the Work, the Submission Agreement requires all authors to have agreed to the Repository upload. After clicking on the Continue button, The Work Upload page (form) is shown.

Work Upload

The Work Upload form must be completed by the author, including a precise title, details for all authors, the publication date, appropriate keywords, an abstract, and other pertinent information. You should have a PDF of the Work ready to upload and attach as requested in the form. Please note that a section of the form asks you to select the discipline(s) that best covers your submission. There are various disciplines listed in the "Selected" box. Please choose those disciplines that adequately fit your Work.

Follow-up

After the author has uploaded the Work, it will be submitted to the Repository Administrator for review and approval. The author will receive an email notification when the Work is published and available in the Repository.

How to Submit to Animal Sentience, the journal

The journal accepts two basic types of articles – Target Articles and Commentaries on Target Articles.

Authors who wish to submit a Target Article should first establish a new author's account in the WellBeing International Studies Repository. Then, click on Animal Sentience on the Home Page and then on "Submit Article" in the menu in the left sidebar. That will bring up a set of instructions describing the submission process. When you have read the instructions, click on the "Continue" button at the bottom of the page. The next page outlines the warranties that you must agree to. If you agree with these warranties then click on the "Accept" button. You will then be asked to complete a set of personal details in the following pages ending with Step 4 which will require the details of the manuscript, including instructions to upload the manuscript. Please note that there is a section asking you to select the discipline that best covers your submission. There are various disciplines listed in the "Selected" box. Please remove those disciplines that do not adequately fit your submission and add those that do.

All Target Articles are submitted to 4-6 experts for review. The reviews will then be integrated into an overall report by the Editor-in-Chief and returned to the manuscript author for any further action required.

Commentaries on Target Articles, submitted similarly, are mini-articles of around 1,000 words. They should be formatted using the Commentary Formatting Template and are subject to editorial review before acceptance.