How to Publish Engineering Research in Cureus Journals: A Step-by-Step Guide

At the root of innovation are insights drawn from carefully strategized studies. From revolutionary inventions to disruptive transformations, engineering research has contributed greatly to academia, the economy, and society. At Cureus Journals, we strive to break down the barriers that prevent qualified researchers from publishing their work. Our open access journal is accessible, affordable, and agile. In the following section, we will outline the manuscript submission process for the Cureus Journal of Engineering.

Swift and Seamless Publishing Process

Cureus Journals encourage research fellows, academicians, and students to broaden the impact of their articles. We do this by integrating high visibility with rigorous peer review mechanisms.

Authors can submit their manuscripts to the Cureus Journal of Engineering with these easy-to-follow steps:

Step 1: Sign up to join the Cureus Journals community and click on the link for the Cureus Journal of Engineering.

Step 2: Enter all the requested information, such as author names, institutional affiliations, etc.

Step 3: Add the article text along with any relevant media files.

Step 4: Disclose any relevant conflicts of interest and furnish all relevant ethics statements.

Step 5: Enter the contact information for at least five potential manuscript reviewers who can add value to the manuscript through unbiased comments.

Step 6: Submit the article for “Editor Check,” a preliminary review conducted by the editorial team of the Cureus Journal of Engineering.

Based on the review, the article will be transferred to one of the stages below:

a. Approved for Peer Review

Once articles meet editorial requirements, they are approved for peer review with no editing fees.

b. Preferred Editing Purchase Required

Articles in this stage may contain multiple formatting and/or language errors and need to undergo our Preferred Editing service to qualify for peer review. The articles that are deferred for Preferred Editing cannot be edited by the author.

c. Third-Party Editing Service Required

Before resubmission, language editing from a third-party service will be required in case severe language issues are found.

d. Deferred for Revisions

Authors will be required to make all the necessary corrections to their articles at this stage. Manuscripts may require Preferred Editing if the following (or similar) errors have occurred in any of its sections:

Faulty reference section
Erroneous subheadings
Issues with spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.
Use of unscientific language, incorrect units, etc.
Excessive amount of duplicated text (even if the source is cited)
Incomprehensible tables (e.g., tables that contain multiple values in a single cell or tables submitted as figures)
Missing media files
Videos that do not play
Content that reveals patient identity and/or patient-related information
Figures that are blurry, stretched, skewed, too dark, or that require cropping

e. Desk-Rejected

These are articles that are outside the scope of the journal, not applicable to the global engineering community, or are otherwise ill-suited for publication (e.g., studies with a faulty design).

f. Blocked

These articles violate our submission policies (because of plagiarism, academic fraud, attempts to circumvent peer or editorial review, etc.). Submitting authors of articles blocked for plagiarism or fraud will be permanently banned from all Cureus Journals.

How Peer Review Works

To clear preliminary acceptance and be approved for peer review, articles need to

Meet all editorial requirements for Cureus Journals
Use Preferred Editing service if required
Utilize professional third-party language editing services, if required

Once an article is approved for peer, invitations are emailed to the author-suggested reviewers and six reviewers are automatically invited by the Cureus Journal of Engineering. Authors can invite new reviewers and send reminders to previously invited reviewers via the author dashboard during peer review.

After receiving two journal-invited reviews, authors can choose to wait for additional feedback or proceed to revise the article and respond to each reviewer’s comment.

Authors may opt to end the peer review period, expiring outstanding reviews, except for those started within the last 48 hours.

Once the article is submitted for Editor Approval, an associate editor conducts a final review to confirm suitability for publication.

If the revised manuscript doesn’t adequately reflect reviewer feedback, the associate editor may defer publication and notify the author of any required revisions.

Illegitimate completed peer reviews will be rejected, and the article may be returned to peer review if it no longer meets the review requirements of the Cureus Journal of Engineering.

Following the associate editor’s review, the article enters the copy editing queue, with potential deferral for formatting and language revisions before final approval.

The copy editor may contact the author with queries, and once copy editing is complete, the author is notified to sign in and publish the article from their dashboard.

What Authors Must Know

While the publishing process at Cureus Journals is straightforward, authors must note the following before publishing:

The duration of the publishing process at Cureus Journals may vary due to article complexity, length, and the availability of reviewers with sufficient domain knowledge.
We have strict policies against plagiarism, data/image manipulation, data fabrication, copyright infringement, inaccurate author attributions, etc. Authors are requested to go through our guidelines before attempting submission.
We accept articles only through our online system. Emailed articles will not be considered.

Do you have any questions for us? Please direct them to cureus-support@springernature.com today!