JNW considers the following peer-reviewed article type for submission

• JNW Papers

The following article types are published by invitation only

• JNW Perspectives

Detailed information on each article type is below and details of their peer review can be found in our Review process page.

JNW Papers

Regular submissions to JNW are published as JNW Papers (also referred to as ‘Standard articles’). JNW papers are comprehensive articles reporting original research with significant insight into nonlinear wave phenomena, substantially advancing understanding. They present novel and valuable research results of community interest in a clear, self-contained way, giving appropriate acknowledgement to pre-existing work. There is no strict constraint on the length, approach or structure of such Standard articles beyond addressing an open research question of relevance to nonlinear wave phenomena. Nevertheless, a key contribution of the peer review and editorial process is to ensure that the authors’ arguments are presented in a cogent, compelling and non-repetitive document.

JNW Perspectives

JNW Perspectives are critical surveys of the state of a particular topic drawn from the whole of phenomena in nonlinear waves, written by an invited leading expert. Perspectives articles are typically a minimum of 20 pages long or longer and structured so that a person entering the specific field without specialist knowledge can access and understand the key results and the current major research questions.

For questions about JNW Perspectives please contact the Perspectives Editor, details on our contacts page.

Corrigendum

Corrigenda will be published that alter significant conclusions made in a paper. When published, Corrigenda are clearly linked with the original articles to which they refer, and the articles to them. The Journal does not normally publish Corrigenda to amend typographical errors, so it is extremely important that authors make very careful checks of their manuscript at every stage, including the reading of proofs, prior to publication.

Editorials and any other article types are published at the invitation and discretion of the Editor in Chief.

Policy on prior publication

When authors submit manuscripts to this journal, these manuscripts should not be under consideration, accepted for publication or in press within a different journal, book or similar entity, unless explicit permission or agreement has been sought from all entities involved. However, deposition of a preprint on the author’s personal website, in an institutional repository, or in a preprint archive shall not be viewed as prior or duplicate publication. Authors should follow the Cambridge University Press Preprint Policy regarding preprint archives and maintaining the version of record. 

Preparing your article for submission

Authors should write their papers clearly and concisely in English, adhering to JNW's established style for mathematical notation, as provided in Section 3 of the JNW template. Metric units should be used throughout and all abbreviations must be defined at first use, even those deemed to be well known to the readership. British spelling must be used, and should follow the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

Templates

JNW LaTeX templates are available for download here.

Main document file type

Authors are strongly encouraged to compose their papers in LaTeX, using the JNW.cls style file provided above. A PDF of the LaTeX file should then be generated and submitted via the submission site. For the review process, the pdf file should be no more than 6MB. There is no need to submit the LaTeX source files alongside the PDF, but upon acceptance of the paper, the LaTeX source files, along with individual figure files and a PDF of the final version, will need to be submitted for typesetting purposes.

Authors may also compose standard papers in Word, though this will lead to the paper spending a longer period in production. If using Word, please note that equations must NOT be converted to picture format and the file must be saved with the option `make equation editable'. 

JNW Notebooks

JNW Notebooks are interactive objects that execute code and visualise data. We have partnered with CoCalc (https://cocalc.com) for cloud-based long-term hosting of Jupyter notebooks associated with JNW papers. JNW Notebooks allow authors to provide more than a static two-dimensional snapshot of the results of research presented in article figures. Authors can link to a JNW Notebook which hosts the underlying data and code and allows readers to interrogate and probe the data to explore alternative ideas and gain further insights. For a detailed introduction, please read the Editorial ‘Introducing JNW Notebooks.

Detailed instructions on preparing and submitting your article with JNW Notebooks can be found at our dedicated page here. You can also email the journal with any questions.

Supplementary materials

Movies

If your submission is accompanied by movies, either of experiments or simulations, then these will be considered as integral to the paper and therefore will be part of what is refereed. All submitted movie files should be formatted as MP4 (H.264) and have the file designation of ‘Movie’. MP4 has full compatibility across commonly used browsers, whereas other video formats will only work on selected browsers. This will ensure the greatest possible dissemination of this work.

They must be accompanied by explanatory captions and the paper must refer to them. Each movie must be numbered in the order they are mentioned and titled movie 1, movie 2 etc and accompanied by a separate caption. To ensure maths terms display correctly they should be bounded by $$ and written in TeX. Each movie should be no more than 50MB. Upon publication these materials will then be hosted online alongside the final published article.

Appendices

In order not to disrupt the narrative flow, purely technical material may be included in the appendices. This material should corroborate or add to the main result and be essential for the understanding of the paper. It should be a small proportion of the paper and must not be longer than the paper itself.

Other supplementary material

Material that is not essential to understanding or supporting a manuscript, but which may nonetheless be relevant or interesting to readers, may be submitted as supplementary material. Supplementary material will be published online alongside your article, but will not be published in the pages of the journal. Types of supplementary material may include, but are not limited to datasets, detailed mathematical relations, additional tables or figures. The appropriateness of supplementary material will be assessed by the Associate Editor but it will not be refereed for accuracy.

This content will be hosted online alongside the final published article and designated as ‘Other supplementary material’. Supplementary materials will not be typeset or copyedited, so should be supplied exactly as they are to appear online, all ‘draft’ information should be removed. Please see our general guidance on supplementary materials for further information.

Where relevant we encourage authors to publish additional qualitative or quantitative research outputs in an appropriate repository and to cite these in manuscripts.

Abstract

All papers should feature a single-paragraph abstract of no more than 250 words, which provides a summary of the main aims and results. The abstract should not spill onto the second page of the manuscript (when constructed with LaTeX using the JNW style). Please see our guide to writing an effective abstract for more information.

Graphical Abstract

In addition to the figures in the main article a graphical abstract is required. It will be used as a small thumbnail in the table of contents and on the abstract page, so multiple panels are not suitable and will be rejected. The image must be of aspect ratio 1.2:1 (e.g. 6cm x 5cm landscape) and should be submitted in GIF or high resolution JPEG format (300 dpi). Unless very large, vector graphics are preferred to ensure image sharpness regardless of sizing. If you do not have the copyright to the image, please ensure you have permission to reuse the figure. Captions are not required. Text is actively discouraged, but if it must be used, it should be legible in a small thumbnail (2.4cm x 2cm) presented in the table of contents. All graphical abstract images will be considered for a JNW cover selection by the JNW Panel. Please note that we publish 24 covers in a year.

Key words

JNW Keywords may be used to help select relevant referees and will also be printed on the final article. Authors should not enter keywords on the manuscript, as these must be chosen by the author during the online submission process and will then be added during the typesetting process. Authors can choose up to 3 keywords from the list of JNW Keywords which reflect the scope of the paper.

MSC Codes are optional; they should be added to the manuscript under the Abstract.

Figures

All authors need to acquire the correct permissions and licences to reproduce figures, which should be submitted with the production files. The preferred figure format for submission is vector PDF or EPS (with editable labels and colour in RGB format). Bitmap/raster formats at a minimum of 300 dpi (EPS, PNG, TIFF) are also acceptable for mixed halftones, photographs, imaging system output, etc. Please note that the journal will publish with bitmap/raster figures at 150 dpi and at a higher resolution option of 300 dpi as well. The minimum acceptable width of any line is 0.5pt. Each figure should be accompanied by a single caption, to appear beneath, and must be cited in the text. Figures should appear in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text and figure files must be named accordingly (`Abstract.eps’, ‘Fig1.eps', `Fig2a.tiff', etc) to assist the production process (and numbering of figures should continue through any appendices). Words figure 1, table 1 and movie 1 should be lower case. Failure to follow figure guidelines may result in a request for resupply and a subsequent delay in the production process. Note that all figures will be relabelled by the typesetter, so please ensure all figure labels are carefully checked against your originals when you receive your proofs.

Please see our Journals Artwork Guide for more information.

Tables

Tables, however small, must be numbered sequentially in the order in which they are mentioned in the text. Words table 1, table 2 should be lower case throughout. 

Permission to use copyright material

If your article contains any material in which you do not own copyright, including figures, charts, tables, photographs or excerpts of text, you must obtain permission from the copyright holder to reuse that material. As the author it is your responsibility to obtain this permission and pay any related fees, and you will need to send us a copy of each permission statement at acceptance.

Please see our guidance on seeking permission to use copyrighted material.

Further information on applying for permission to reuse figures from Cambridge products can be found here.

Notation and style

Generally any queries concerning notation and journal style can be answered by viewing recent pages in the Journal. However, the key points to note are outlined in the JNW template. It is expected that Journal style and mathematical notation will be followed, and authors should take care to define all variables or entities upon first use. Also note that footnotes are not normally accepted. Abbreviations must be defined at first use, glossaries or lists/tables of abbreviations are not permitted.

Citations and references

All papers included in the References section must be cited in the article, and vice versa. Citations should be included as, for example “It has been shown (Rogallo 1981) that..." (using the \citep command, part of the natbib package) “recent work by Dennis (1985)...” (using \citet). The natbib package can be used to generate citation variations, as described in the JNW template. 

The References section can either be built from individual \bibitem commands, or can be built using BibTex. 

Where there are up to ten authors, all authors' names should be given in the reference list. Where there are more than ten authors, only the first name should appear, followed by et al.

JNW discourages citations of manuscripts posted on social media sites (such as ResearchGate) or on pre-print servers (e.g. ArXiv), that have not been peer-reviewed or published in journals.