Submissions

Book submission checklist, declaration, and verification
If a book proposal has been accepted, the following list may be helpful for checking a book before submitting it to the RCASB series for review. Before sending a book to the RCASB series, read our Ethical Code and Plagiarism policy and ensure that the following items are present for each chapter:

• Author(s) with affiliation/organization.
• Corresponding author with contact details (e-mail).
• Abstract.
• Keywords.
• Main text: Introduction, objective, method, results, conclusions.
• (If applicable) Figure and figure captions.
• (If applicable) Table and table captions. 
• Declaration of funding sources.
• Declaration of conflict of interest.
• (If applicable) Acknowledgment.
• (If applicable) Notes.
• References (all references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa).
• Short biography (max 50-60 words) for each author. 
• The manuscript must be written in good English (both American and British English are accepted, but consistently and not as a combination of these two) or Italian.
• Authorization for the use of copyrighted material from other sources has been obtained.
• The Transfer of Copyright (ToF) form(s) has been compiled, signed, and uploaded together with the book:
• If the book is a monograph, the author(s) must upload the ToF of the whole book (download the book ToF form).
• If the book is a collective work with different authors for the chapters, all the transfer of copyright of the chapters (download the chapter ToF form) must be collected by the editor(s) and uploaded together with the book. The editor must also upload the ToF of the whole book.
• Book formatting: in compliance with the required layout, the book's formatting is the sole responsibility of the editors/authors; no service is provided by the publisher and the RCASB series Editors-in-chief. Please download and consult the Book Chapter Formatfor further details and instructions.