Registering your manuscript is the essential first step toward academic publication. Most publishers — including Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, and Emerald — require authors to create a verified author account before a submission can be accepted into peer review.
Create Your Author Account
Navigate to the journal's official submission portal (e.g., ScholarOne, Editorial Manager, or Submittable). Click Register, provide your full name, institutional email address, and a secure password. Verify your email to activate the account. Use the same login credentials across journals that share a publisher platform to save time.
Complete Your Author Profile
A complete profile increases credibility with editors. Fill in your ORCID iD, institutional affiliation, research area keywords, and conflict-of-interest declaration. Many portals will pre-fill this information for subsequent submissions.
Select the Correct Journal
Before registering your submission, confirm that the journal scope matches your research. Check the journal's aims, acceptance rate, and indexing status (Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed). Submitting to an out-of-scope journal results in desk rejection, wasting valuable time.
Understand Registration Requirements
Different publishers have different requirements at registration. You may be asked to confirm the manuscript has not been submitted elsewhere, declare all co-authors, acknowledge ethical approval for human/animal studies, and agree to the publisher's copyright or open-access terms.
Register Upcoming Pre-Prints
If you have uploaded a pre-print to arXiv, bioRxiv, or SSRN, note this during registration. Most publishers permit pre-print submission but require you to disclose it. The pre-print does not replace the peer-reviewed version.
Summary
Registering correctly sets the foundation for a smooth submission workflow. Errors at the registration stage — such as duplicate accounts or incorrect co-author details — can delay your manuscript by weeks. Take time to complete each field accurately before proceeding to file upload.
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