Before a paper may be submitted, the corresponding author must register as a User on the journal web page (http://www.sajg.org.za).
Registration:
1. Navigate to the web page: http://www.sajg.org.za
2. Click on the Register button (top centre of the page)
3. Create the user profile:
Key in: user name, password, validation characters, first name, last name, email address (all other entries, such as affiliation, phone number, address, biography, are optional)
4. Register as: Author. NB: tick this box
Paper Submission:
1. Navigate to the web page: http://www.sajg.org.za
2. Click on the Login button (top of page, left of centre)
3. Key in username and password
4. Click on New Submission (middle of page, right of centre)
5. Step One: Go through the Submission checklist, and check that the paper meets all the requirements (only tick each box if the requirement is met)
6. Agree to the Copyright notice (tick box)
7. Click on Save and continue (comments to Editor are optional)
8. Step Two: Browse your computer and select the manuscript file.
9. Click the Upload button (do not forget this step!). Click on Save and continue
10. Step Three: Enter author’s first name, last name and email address.
(skip all the entries for URL, affiliation, country and bio.)
11. Enter additional authors (if any) : first name, last name, email address. Note: these names will appear on the Table of Contents, so please make sure they are correct.
12. Enter the title and abstract of the paper (these should be identical to those appearing on the manuscript)
13. Do NOT enter any information on Indexing and Supporting Agencies. Click on Save and continue
14. Step 4: Do NOT upload any Supplementary Files. Click on Save and continue
15. Step 5: Check that you have uploaded the correct manuscript file, and click on Finish Submission
16. You should receive a confirmation email within an hour. If not, please contact the Editor at editor@sajg.org.za
17. You should be able to check on the progress of your submission by logging on and clicking on the Active button on your user home page
Further Note: Where data may be entered via textboxes (e.g. abstract), please type the data into the box. Copying and pasting text into these boxes may lead to an error message.
Copyright Notice
Authors who submit papers to this journal agree to the following terms:
a) Authors retain copyright over their work, while allowing the journal to place this work on the journal website under a Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows others to freely access, use, and share the work, with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and its initial publication in this journal.
b) Authors are able to waive the terms of the CC license and enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution and subsequent publication of this work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
c) In addition, authors are encouraged to post and share their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) at any point after publication on the journal website.
