Submissions

Author Guidelines

Note on review processes

Eludamos publishes original research only. Prior to possible publication, each submitted manuscript is assessed by at least two independent experts in a thorough double-blind peer review process.

Final decisions regarding acceptance/rejection of manuscripts are taken by the editors-in-chief.

Manuscript submission

We accept original articles of up to 9,000 words (excluding references). Reviews and invited commentaries should not exceed 3,000 words.

Before submitting your manuscript for consideration at Eludamos, please make sure you have completed the following steps:

• Confirm that your manuscript has not been published and is not under consideration for publication with any other publisher.
• Confirm that your manuscript has been fully anonymized.
• Confirm that your manuscript follows the Eludamos style guide and template. Manuscripts that are not correctly formatted may be returned to the authors.
• Confirm that your manuscript has been proofread carefully.
• Confirm that you have acquired the necessary rights and permissions to publish all copyrighted material included in your manuscript.
• Confirm that you followed all applicable ethical rules and guidelines when acquiring and processing your research data.
• Name any funding sources that have contributed to your research.
• State potential conflicts of interest.
• Confirm that you have added DOIs to all referenced works

When submitting your manuscript, please create

1. a title page with author info (incl. names, titles, affiliations, and full contact details), manuscript title, abstract and up to 8 keywords, and
2. a fully anonymized main document containing the complete article.

Please submit your document as an MS Word document, RTF, or ODT.

Eludamos aims for a speedy and reliable review process.

The journal is currently indexed at Scopus, ERIH PLUS, and DOAJ.

AI policy

1. Eludamos does not accept manuscript that use chatbots as co-authors. The reason for this is that LLMs do not satisfy our authorship criteria as they cannot bear responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the content they generate.
2. Eludamos does not accept manuscripts that use chatbots as sources. The reason for this is that content generated by LLMs is not reproducible or traceable and can accidentally contain third-party material without identifying it as such.
3. Eludamos does accept manuscripts that use chatbots as tools supporting the writing processes (scaffolding). Acceptable purposes include proofreading, feedback on structure and style, general brainstorming, translations, data analyses, and coding. Authors that use generative technologies in this manner need to acknowledge this at relevant locations in their manuscripts. This can be done in the following manner:
   1. For general scaffolding such as brainstorming, feedback on structure and style, or proofreading, please add an acknowledgement at the end of your manuscript that contains information about the type of language model or other tool you employed as well as when and how you used it.
   2. For translations, please add a footnote to the part translated that contains information on the type of language model (or other machine translator) you employed, the prompt(s) you used, the date, and the original version of the text.
   3. Using LLMs for data analysis and coding purposes constitutes a significant methodological intervention. In such cases, please add a part to the methods section of your manuscript where you explain how you proceeded including the type of language model you employed, the prompt(s) you used (excluding the material to be coded or analyzed), the date, and a link to the dataset.
   4. When using chatbots for data analysis: Please keep in mind that most generative LLMs that are freely available do not adhere to accepted standards for the handling of personal or sensitive data. Make sure you only use models that have been approved by your research institution or other reliable bodies.