Help:Getting started guide for Authors

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    This document describes the steps to publish an article on Scholarpedia. You need to be registered and logged in to work on your article.

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    Propose article

    Click on "Propose a new article" on the left panel. Help left panel.png
    Fill in the title of your proposed article (Use "sentence-style" capitalization). Help propose article.png

    Invite co-authors

    To invite co-author, click "Invite co-author" in the right panel. You will see an invitation link that you can copy and send to the persons that you would like to invite as a co-authors. Help invite coauthor.png

    Find sponsors

    In order to reserve an article, you need to find a sponsor. A sponsor can be any editor or curator of Scholarpedia. To request sponsorship, click "Request sponsorship, reserve article" on the right panel. Help propose article 1.png
    You will see a sponsor link that you can copy and send to a Scholarpedia curator or editor that may be willing to sponsor your article and authorship: Help sponsor link.png
    When following the link, the potential sponsor will see the article information. He can optionally suggest further experts as co-author.

    Help article sponsored.png

    Submit for peer-review

    Once your article got sponsored it is reserved and you have two months to complete it (including the peer-review). You can contact an editor in order to ask for an extension of the deadline. Instructions on editing the article you find here: [1] Help propose article 2.png
    Once you believe that your article is ready for the peer-review, click "Submit for peer-review" on the right panel. You will see a link that you can send to potential reviewers who must be a Scholarpedia editor or curator. Help review url.png
    The potential reviewer will see the following screen: Help article reviewed.png

    Publish

    After your article got approved by at least one of the article sponsors and at least one other curator your article is ready to be published and you will see the following: Help propose article 3.png
    Congratulations, your article is published now. The sponsor and reviewer names appear at the end of your article. They become "Assistant curators" of your article which means that they can accept or reject article edits by other Scholarpedia users. Help article published.png
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