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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The initial submission must be in PDF format. For accepted papers, source files in LaTeX (Overleaf project) or Microsoft Word (.docx) format will be required.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Author Guidelines
Article Acceptance Requirements
To be considered for publication in JESSE, an article must meet the following criteria:
Originality and Contribution:
The article must be original and contribute to the existing body of knowledge within the relevant subject area.
Original review articles and surveys are acceptable, even if they do not introduce new data or concepts.
Exclusive Submission:
The results presented must not have been submitted or published elsewhere.
Expanded versions of conference publications are permitted, provided they add substantial new content.
Technical Quality and Clarity:
Experiments, statistics, and analyses must be conducted to high technical standards and described in detail.
Conclusions must be clear and well-supported by data.
Language and Style:
The article must be written in standard English or Spanish with correct grammar.
Appropriate references to related prior works must be included.
Relevance:
The content must align with the scope of JESSE.
Avoiding Plagiarism and Duplicate Publication
All submissions are scanned for plagiarism, including similarities to the author's previous work. Articles found to plagiarize will be rejected. Take into account that:
JESSE allows expanded versions of an author’s referenced conference articles if the similarity is below 35%. Authors must clearly explain the connection in the manuscript and disclose it in the cover letter.
Submissions with higher similarity (indicating duplicate publication) or without proper referencing will be rejected.
Authors may reuse content from their own theses or dissertations if cited and not previously published.
When reusing illustrations from copyrighted sources, authors must obtain permission and provide proper attribution.
Preprints posted on personal, employer, or open-access servers are allowed if they invite peer feedback and have a publication timestamp. Articles under review elsewhere are not accepted.
Grammar Requirements
Proper grammar is a requirement for publication in JESSE. Submissions with poor grammar will be immediately rejected.
Guidelines for AI-Generated Content
If the article includes content generated by artificial intelligence (AI)—including text, images, figures, or code—this must be disclosed in the acknowledgments. The specific AI tool used should be identified, along with the sections where AI-generated content appears and a brief explanation of its usage. The use of AI for editing or grammar enhancement is common practice and generally exempt from the above policy. Nevertheless, disclosure is recommended.
Required Article Templates
All article submissions to JESSE must use one of the approved templates, submitted as both a Word or LaTeX file and a PDF file. You can find the templates here: JESSE Templates for Microsoft Word (in English and Spanish) and LaTeX. If you are using Overleaf to prepare your manuscript, make sure to unzip the template file directly within Overleaf.
Defining Acronyms and Abbreviations
Authors must define all abbreviations and acronyms upon their first use in the article. Since acronyms and abbreviations can have multiple meanings, it is essential to clearly define them to avoid confusion.
