Papers must contain new results to be published. Submission of an article implies that it has not been published or submitted elsewhere. Material previously published in a letters journal or in a conference proceeding can be included in an article in the Journal that presents significantly more detail and/or results, leading to a substantially improved understanding of the subject. Figures, tables, or text material should not be repeated. Claims of novelty such as "for the first time" should be avoided, even when qualified by escape clauses such as "to our knowledge." Trust the readers to know when something is new and when it is not.
Papers must be written in standard American English. This is the responsibility of the author, not the editors. Papers below the standard for the Journal will be returned to the authors for rewriting and can be rejected for this reason alone. Such problems may be avoided and publication expedited if the manuscript is edited by an English-speaking colleague or a professional editing service before the initial submission.
CONCERNING COPYRIGHT
Mitteilungen Klosterneuburg currently grants permission to publishers for the use of our copyrighted material in digital form on a case-by-case basis only. For use in electronic course packs, access to copyrighted materials should be password-protected and limited to currently enrolled students. In accepting your manuscript for publication, we wish to acquaint you with our copyright policies and to enlist your cooperation. Copyright protects you from plagiarism and pirating, and ensures that your text cannot be altered without your consent. Copyright also allows you or your publisher to offset expenses in publishing your work by means of royalties. You are of course permitted to reprint your own article at no fee; but we ask that you give us notice of any direct negotiations with publishers regarding the reprinting of an article of yours on which we hold copyright. You are also allowed to post an electronic version of your article on your personal website as long as Mitteilungen Klosterneuburg copyright is acknowledged; such use does not extend, however, to permission for the host site (such as a university server) to repackage any copyrighted material with other electronic content for whatever reason educational, commercial, or otherwise.
PEER REVIEWS
Solicited commentaries and editorials usually will be reviewed only by the editor and the associate editors; perspectives and brief reviews will also have one or more outside reviewers. All other manuscripts are subject to a uniform and rigorous review. After a manuscript is received, it is first evaluated by the editors. Manuscripts that are deemed to be inappropriate for the journal, and manuscripts of poor quality or with serious deficiencies, will be returned to the author(s) after this initial review by the editors. For manuscripts that pass this initial review, a list of possible expert reviewers is drawn up. Two (sometimes three) expert reviewers are selected, and PDF copies of the manuscript are sent to them electronically. The reviewers may be requested to send the editors a preliminary evaluation of the manuscript's importance and originality, of the quality of its presentation, and of the time required to review it. If both reviewers give a manuscript a low score, and the editors affirm that evaluation, the manuscript will not be reviewed further, but will be returned to the author(s) with an explanatory letter. Otherwise, the manuscript will be reviewed according to the standards of the journal. This procedure is intended to expedite decisions on manuscripts that are deemed unlikely to compete successfully for space in the journal, and to provide guidance to the authors of these manuscripts. Manuscripts that receive a complete review are carefully evaluated by the editors at the editorial meetings. Decisions are made at the discretion of the editor and associate editors, who are guided not only by their own judgment of, and the reviewers' advice on, the manuscript's scientific merit, novelty, and mechanistic insights, but also by its appropriateness to the Journal and by the number of articles currently under consideration or in press. If reviewers disagree strongly about the scientific merit of a manuscript, the editors may request the advice of an additional reviewer or an advisory editor.
