The sections below provide essential information for authors and we recommend that you take the time to read them before submitting a contribution to PringMa. These instructions refer to Articles, Reviews and Perspectives. Separate guidelines are available for Matters Arising and for other types of submission. 

Editorial criteria and processes

Please read this section before submitting anything to PringMa. This section explains PringMa 's editorial criteria, and how manuscripts are handled by our editors between submission and acceptance for publication.

Formatting guide

This section provides a description of all types of contribution published in PringMa, and detailed instructions for preparing, formatting and writing all types of manuscripts published by PringMa.     

Presubmission enquiries

Presubmission enquiries are provided purely as a service to authors to see if a manuscript is likely to be of interest to the journal and are not compulsory.    

Initial submission

Please read this section before proceeding with a submission to PringMa. Here you can find information on how to prepare and submit your manuscript and any Supplementary Information.     

Final submission

This section contains information about how to prepare a final resubmission for publication in PringMa.     

Supplementary information

Supplementary Information (SI) is peer-reviewed material directly relevant to the conclusion of a paper that cannot be included in the printed version for reasons of space or medium. This section includes information on SI categories and acceptable file formats, size constraints for individual files and how SI should be presented.     

Forms and declarations

On this page are the forms to download and complete before publication. These include ‘licence to publish’ forms, manuscript checklists, structure templates and links to reprint order forms.