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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The manuscript is original, has not been published previously and is not under consideration elsewhere.
  • The submission fits the ESR aims and scope and states its environmental or sustainability contribution clearly.
  • A separate title page and an anonymized manuscript have been prepared for double-blind review.
  • Study area, sampling, measurements, analytical methods, quality control, uncertainty and limitations are reported transparently.
  • Permits, ethics, community consent, cultural protocols, protected-species safeguards and sensitive-location handling are addressed where applicable.
  • Funding, competing interests, author contributions, data availability and material AI-tool use are disclosed.

Author Guidelines

Authors should read the aims and scope before submission. Manuscripts must be original, clearly written and not under review elsewhere.

Article types

  • Original research articles
  • Systematic and critical reviews
  • Environmental monitoring and assessment studies
  • Methods, models and data papers
  • Policy and management analyses
  • Case studies, research notes and short communications

Environmental research

State the environmental problem, study area, question and contribution clearly. Describe sampling design, spatial and temporal coverage, instruments, laboratory procedures, quality control, statistical methods and uncertainty sufficiently for assessment and replication.

Sustainability claims

Define the environmental, social and economic dimensions being assessed. Identify baselines, indicators, system boundaries, trade-offs and limitations. Avoid broad claims of sustainability, restoration or climate benefit that are not supported by the study design and evidence.

Fieldwork, permits and communities

Report permits, ethics approval, land-access authorization and informed consent where applicable. Research involving protected areas, threatened species, Indigenous or local knowledge, community participation or sensitive locations must respect legal requirements, safety, benefit sharing, cultural protocols and confidentiality.

Data and declarations

Include statements on data availability, funding, competing interests, author contributions and material use of generative AI. Provide coordinates only when disclosure will not create conservation, cultural or security risks.

Review files

Provide a separate title page and anonymized manuscript for double-blind review.

Submission status

Online submissions are temporarily closed while ESR completes its editorial setup.

Articles

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Environmental and community information

Authors must protect personal information, confidential community knowledge and sensitive environmental data. Exact locations of threatened species, sacred places, vulnerable habitats or restricted sites should be withheld or generalized when disclosure could cause harm.

Sharing and retention

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