Submission

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Important: Manuscript submissions are now being accepted through our online portal. Please use the following link to submit your manuscript. Kindly do not submit by email.

NOTE: To be considered for the VALLWAY Research Awards, you must submit a manuscript.

📚 Research Paper Award Categories

  1. Best Research Paper Award – Overall outstanding research contribution.
  2. Best Review Paper Award – Comprehensive and high-quality literature review.
  3. Best Young Researcher Paper Award – For authors under a certain age/academic level.
  4. Best Interdisciplinary Research Paper Award – Work combining multiple disciplines.
  5. Best Applied Research Paper Award – Research with strong real-world applications.
  6. Best Innovative Research Paper Award – Creative or novel methodologies.
  7. Best Student Research Paper Award – Exclusively for undergraduate/graduate students.
  8. Best Collaborative Research Paper Award – Multi-author or cross-institutional work.
  9. Best Theoretical Research Paper Award – Strong conceptual or modeling contributions.
  10. Best Emerging Topic Paper Award – Research in cutting-edge or new fields.
  11. Best Societal Impact Paper Award – Work with significant contributions to society.
  12. Best Sustainability/Green Research Paper Award – Focus on environment & sustainability.
  13. Best Methodology Paper Award – Outstanding new techniques, frameworks, or tools.
  14. Best Regional Research Paper Award – Contribution addressing regional/national challenges.
  15. Editor’s Choice Award – Selected by the editorial board for excellence.

Preparation Checklist

Guide to authors
Publication ethics

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 submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • 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’s Guidelines.
Simplified Submission TemplateDownload

Submit your manuscript: submission@vallway.org