SME — Submission Checklist

[ ] Identify the official journal or conference and confirm a current call.
[ ] Confirm your enrollment, graduation-date and article-type eligibility.
[ ] Read the actual instructions, not only a directory summary.
[ ] Confirm mentor/referrer qualifications and required approvals.
[ ] Budget submission, publication, registration, page, membership and travel costs separately. Unknown is not free.
[ ] Record the deadline, year and time zone; distinguish abstract, registration and event dates.
[ ] Check all authors, contributions, permissions and any required approvals.
[ ] Confirm the originality, prior-publication and simultaneous-submission rules.
[ ] Preserve raw data, missing values, exclusions and calculation steps.
[ ] Check every result and keep your conclusion within the evidence.
[ ] Label figures, units, sample sizes, uncertainty and data sources.
[ ] Check contrast, legibility, alt text and an accessible text outline.
[ ] Follow the exact manuscript or abstract format and word limit.
[ ] Get final coauthor and mentor review before submitting.
[ ] Save the actual submitted version and receipt; a prepared file is not a submission.