Submission Preflight (jbv-submission)

When to trigger

• The manuscript is final and you are about to upload
• You need the Editorial Manager checklist for JBV
• You are unsure how to anonymize, what to declare, or whether to pay the APC
• You want to co-submit a data/methods artifact

Where and how

• Portal: Elsevier Editorial Manager (editorialmanager.com/jbvi). Submission is fully online, with stepwise file upload from the ScienceDirect submission link.
• First submission format: provide editable source files; submit a separate title page and a fully anonymized manuscript for double-anonymized review. Strict reference formatting is not required at initial submission if every reference is complete and the style is consistent.
• Current masthead: ScienceDirect lists Sophie Bacq and Simon Parker as Co-Editors-in-Chief; manuscripts route through the current area-editor / handling-editor structure.

Double-anonymized preparation (required)

Review is double-anonymized, so prepare an anonymized manuscript: