Guide for authors

Welcome to Journal of Advances in Signal Processing-Test (JASP-TEST)! We embrace a format-free policy to minimize unnecessary formatting burdens for authors during the initial submission stage. While strict adherence to a specific layout is not required, we provide recommended guidelines to ensure clarity, consistency, and efficient peer review. For detailed styling examples (e.g., section structure, font suggestions), please refer to the official Manuscript Template available on our journal website.

Please note that by submitting your manuscript, you confirm that the work has not been previously published or concurrently submitted to another journal, except in the form of a brief abstract included in a conference or symposium proceedings.

Before the submission, please ensure you have carefully reviewed the complete “Guide for Authors” and have made all necessary preparations. If you confirm that everything is in order, please click the “Submit your article” button to proceed to the submission page, where you can upload your files and provide detailed information.

Upon receiving your manuscript, we will provide feedback via the submission system as well as the email. Please carefully check the system or your email for updates.

If you have any questions, please contact us at JASP-TEST@ewapublishing.org.

Manuscript preparation

Essential components

• Provide full content of the manuscript (in .doc/.docx format), including:
  • Title
  • Author information
  • Abstract (150-200 words)
  • Keywords (3-5)
  • Introduction and Conclusion
  • Main body
  • At least 5 references

• Provide the information of corresponding author, including:
  • Full name
  • Email address
  • Affiliation
  • Affiliation's address (city and couctry)

For any inquiries or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Article length

It typically does not impose an upper limit on the length of articles. However, articles should not be less than 3,500 words (including references and figures/tables).

Key constraints for technical elements

To ensure smooth processing (including peer review, editing, and publication), the following elements require adherence to specific rules:

Figures and tables

• Please ensure that all figures are clear and meet printing standards (300 dpi with no watermarks).
• Figures should not contain watermarks or other copyright information.
• All figures and tables should contain captions or descriptions (e.g., Table 1. xxx.).
• All figures and tables should be cited in the manuscript (e.g., "as shown in Figure 1/Table 1").
• Tables should be inserted as an embedded table, not in image format.

Mathematical formulas

• Formulas should be presented clearly and numbered consecutively (e.g., Equation (1), Equation (2), etc.).
• Mathematical formulas must be entered using an equation editor and must not be in text or image format.

References

• All references must be complete (including authors, title, journal/book name, volume, issue, page numbers, and DOI) and accurate.
• All references must be cited sequentially in the text, and there shall be no duplicate entries in the reference list. For references cited multiple times, they shall be labeled with the sequence number assigned at their first citation.
• American Psychological Association (APA) 7the edtion is highly recommended.
• All references used in the manuscript must be authentic. References generated by large language models (e.g., GPT) will be considered academic misconduct.

Appendix

• If in-text appendices are provided, they appear after the main text. Multiple appendices are labeled with letters (Appendix A, Appendix B). A single appendix is labeled without letters (Appendix). Multiple appendices must be numbered in the order in which they are to appear.

Authorship and declaration

Authorship

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made substantial contributions should be listed as co-authors.

Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the paper (e.g., language editing or manuscript drafting), they should be recognised in the "authorship" section before the "acknowledgement" section. Please refer to the Authorship policy for more details.

The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Only in exceptional circumstances will the Editor consider (at their discretion) the addition, deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been submitted and the author must clearly flag any such request to the Editor. All authors must agree with any such addition, removal or rearrangement.

Authors take collective responsibility for the work. Each individual author is accountable for ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Declaration of interests

The "declaration of interests" section in an article is not a mandatory part. When the article involves any financial or non-financial competing interests, the corresponding declaration is required. If there are no conflicts of interest to declare, the author can choose not to include this section or simply state, "The author(s) has/have nothing to disclose."

For specific information required in the declaration, please refer to the Declaration of interests.

Language service

We offer free language services to non-native English-speaking authors who may encounter difficulties with English writing. Upon acceptance of the manuscript, authors are required to register and pay the Article Processing Charge (APC). After confirmation of payment, our professional language editing team will translate and polish the article in English. This process is typically completed within 5 working days. Once completed, we will email the English version of the manuscript to the author for confirmation. If urgent processing is required or if there are any specific considerations during the translation process, please email languageteam@ewapublishing.org with details.

Copyright

Originality

EWA Publishing upholds the highest standards of publishing integrity and academic honesty. We expect our editors, reviewers, and authors to consult and adhere to the guidelines (Search results guidelines) set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics), ensuring that the academic community can trust the work we publish.

Plagiarism

EWA Publishing is dedicated to publishing original content. We do not accept manuscripts that have been published elsewhere or are under consideration by another publication. Acts of plagiarism, including but not limited to the unauthorized use of another's work without proper attribution, will result in immediate sanctions. This extends to all published and unpublished materials found to have been plagiarized.

Data integrity

We strictly prohibit the fabrication or falsification of research data, including the manipulation of images. Manuscripts found in violation will face severe sanctions, reinforcing our commitment to truthful and accurate reporting of research findings.

Duplicate submission and redundant publication

Submissions that have been published or are under review elsewhere are not permitted and will face submission or publication sanctions. Authors must fully attribute any previous research, data, graphs, and images used in their submissions to avoid the charge of redundant publication.

Sanctions

EWA Publishing enforces the following sanctions for violations of our copyright and publishing ethics policies:

• Immediate rejection of the infringing manuscript.
• Retraction of published manuscripts, in accordance with COPE's retraction guidelines. (COPE 's Retraction guidelines)
• For serious violations, EWA Publishing reserves the right to impose additional sanctions.

To prevent ethical breaches, all manuscripts undergo a preliminary review with iThenticate, a leading text comparison tool designed to identify and prevent scholarly and professional plagiarism.

Author rights

EWA Publishing guarantees authors the following rights:

• Retention of patent and trademark rights.
• Freedom to use their research data without restriction.
• Proper attribution and credit for their published work.
• Permission to re-use their material in new works without seeking additional permission or making payment, provided the original work is fully acknowledged.
• Liberty to use and share their work for scholarly purposes, with full acknowledgment of the original publication.
• The right to share preprints on any website or repository at any time.
• The option to share the accepted manuscript on non-commercial sites and the final published article publicly.
• Retention of copyright, ensuring authors maintain control over their intellectual property.

Open access policy

Please see our information on Open access policy.

Article Processing Charge (APC)

Journal of Advances in Signal Processing-Test (jasp-test) is an international open access journal. All of our articles are published under a Creative Commons (CC BY) license, meaning all articles published in jasp-test can be freely read, downloaded, cited and distributed on the journal website. EWA Publishing ensures that no university library or individual needs to pay a fee to obtain access to articles in this journal, so jasp-test does not receive any revenue from the publication of articles.

In order to provide free access to readers, and to cover the costs of peer-review administration and management, copyediting, typesetting, long-term archiving, journal management, and dissemination of published papers in various venues, in addition to other publishing functions, a one-time Article Processing Charge (APC) of 450 USD (US Dollars) applies to papers accepted after peer-review, excluding taxes. Local VAT or Sales Tax may be charged in addition to the price shown where required by law. The amount of tax charged will be calculated at the point of sale and identified separately. Authors from Switzerland will have the local Value Added Tax (VAT) added to their invoices. Japan residents will have the Japanese Consumption Tax (JCT) added to their invoices at the rate set by the Japanese government.

And no fee will be charged before the manuscript is accepted, such as editorial processing charge, submission fee, page fee, etc.

In addition, there are no charges for rejected articles, no submission charges, and no surcharges based on the length of an article, figures or supplementary data. Some items (Editorials, Corrections, Addendums, Retractions, Comments, etc.) are published free of charge.

Payment

EWA Publishing currently supports the following payment methods:

• Wire Transfer in Euros (EUR)
• Wire Transfer in US Dollars (USD)
• Wire Transfer in China Yuan (CNY)
• Payment with Credit Card
• Online Payment by PayPal
• Online Payment by Alipay

For more detailed information on how to pay an invoice, please contact us.
Invoices are emailed shortly after acceptance to the payment contact provided by the authors. Only official invoices issued by EWA Publishing (submission@ewapublishing.org) are valid. We do not authorize any third party to collect the APCs. EWA Publishing is the sole service provider and cannot be held liable for actions by third parties.

Electronic Rights Authorization Agreement

Before registeration and paying the Article Processing Charge (APC), we require you to carefully read the 'Electronic Rights Authorization Agreement.' All authors of the manuscript should be aware of the entire contents of this agreement. Once checked, we assume that all authors agree to and have no objections to this agreement by default. If you would like to review the contents of this agreement in advance, please refer to the Electronic Rights Authorization Agreement.pdf.

• This agreement aims to ensure that the subsequent publication and database indexing of the article comply with the policies and laws of relevant countries and regions and does not involve commercial interests or the transfer of intellectual property rights
• Authors have the right to refuse to sign this agreement, and EWA Publishing will not publish the article if the authors refuse to sign it
• Authors have the right to understand the details of this agreement or raise questions about its content. If you have any questions regarding the agreement, please email info@ewapublishing.org for assistance

Correction and retraction

Correction before publication

It is the responsibility of the author(s) to carefully review the entire manuscript before submission. Minor adjustments to the content or important information* will be allowed BEFORE the official publication of the article. For inquiries regarding any corrections, please contact us via submission@ewapublishing.org and provide the following essential information:

• Author(s) Name
• Article Title
• Paper ID (if knows)
• Revised article (in both .docx and .pdf formats) with highlighted areas of corrected content

*Important information typically includes the spelling of author's name(s), author affiliation information, declarations or statements, funding details, etc.

Correction after publication

All author(s) should be aware that requests for correction of any items will not be accepted AFTER the article has been officially published.

Retraction

jasp-test attaches great importance to the regulation of academic activities and the completeness of academic achievement records, and tries its best to ensure that academic papers maintain a traceable and unchanging historical record after publication. If the author requests a retraction after paying the article processing charge, a refund can be issued within 15 days after payment and before the article is published. (If the article is published within 15 days after payment, then a refund will not be possible.)

• 1.State the problem
• 2.Correction (error in typography or error in content)
• 3.Cancellation
• 4.Remove

The above measures are all aimed at correcting the article and alerting the reader, not punishing the author. The editors of the journal have the responsibility to supervise and review any irregularities in the articles published by the journal, whether intentional or unintentional, and the review process should involve the participation of authors and reviewers. Editors will follow the publisher's retraction guidelines and other accepted academic principles to choose the best way to deal with the problem.

If action is requested by the author on his own initiative, the author will not be required to pay additional fees for it. If the action taken (such as retraction) is not initiated by the author, or is only a unilateral action by the author before the two parties reach an agreement, the publisher is not required to compensate the author for economic losses, and the article layout fee will not be refunded to the author.

All the author(s) must unanimously agree to approve the retraction of a published article. The retraction process is completely irreversible and permanent. Once the agreement has been executed, authors may not reverse the retraction. A retraction statement will be prominently displayed on the publication website.

Please note that retraction means that the article is maintained on the platform, watermarked "retracted" and the explanation for the retraction is provided in a note linked to the watermarked article. No refunds will be issued. The retraction process takes approximately two weeks to complete.

If you wish to apply for retraction, please attach the Retraction Agreement bearing the hand-written signatures of all authors and submit the application via email to info@ewapublishing.org.