Proposed Societal Impacts Journal Template

Article template for submitting to Societal Impacts

Before you complete this template, a few important points to note:

• The format of an article for Societal Impacts is different to a traditional research article. To
help you write yours, we have created this template. We will only consider manuscripts
submitted using this template.

• Please consult the Societal Impacts Guide for Authors when preparing your manuscript; it
highlights mandatory requirements and is packed with useful advice.

Still got questions?

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Now you are ready to fill in the template below. As you complete each section, please carefully read
the associated instructions. All sections are mandatory.

 Please fill in the template below and delete all instructional text in italics.
 If you have any questions, please contact the journal at …

TITLE PAGE

Title Please avoid acronyms and abbreviations where possible. Where your
article supports an original research article, the title should differ from
the title used in your research paper.

Authors Please list all authors, marking the corresponding author with (*).

Affiliations Please include the full address of each author institution.

Corresponding author’s email Institutional email address preferred.

address
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Keywords Include 4-8 keywords (or phrases) to help others discover your article
online. Avoid repeating words used in your title.

Direct Submission or
Submission?
Co-submissions are papers
that have been submitted
alongside an original research
paper accepted for publication
by another Elsevier journal
Co- Please state whether this is a direct submission or co-submission.
 If Co-Submission, please provide a reference of your research
article here. This can be in any of the following forms:
o DOI e.g. 10.1016/j.mex.1900.08.014
o PII e.g. S2215-0161(00)30217-1
o Elsevier production reference e.g. [MEX_00001]
ABSTRACT

 Please summarize your paper in a maximum of 500 words.

 The abstract should be concise and state the purpose of the research, the main anticipated or
achieved societal impacts, and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from
the article, so it must be able to stand alone.

SPECIFICATIONS TABLE

Subject area Please select one CATEGORY for your

manuscript from the list available at: All
Science Journal Classification Codes

Briefly describe the narrower subject area. Max

More specific subject area 150 characters

Category/categories of societal impact Please select category or categories from

dropdown list (you can select multiple
categories):
Cultural
Economic
Education
Environmental
Health
Legal
Political
Societal
Technological
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) the Please select SDGs from dropdown list. You can
research contributes to select multiple SDGs.

GOAL 1: No Poverty

GOAL 2: Zero Hunger

GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being

GOAL 4: Quality Education

GOAL 5: Gender Equality

GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality

 GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and

Production

GOAL 13: Climate Action

GOAL 14: Life Below Water

GOAL 15: Life on Land

GOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

GOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Resource availability If applicable, include links to resources
showcasing impact of research (e.g., data,
software, hardware).
Related research article If your article is related to a research article -
please cite your associated research article
here.
For example:
J. van der Geer, J.A.J. Hanraads, R.A. Lupton,
The art of writing a scientific article, J. Sci.
Commun. 163 (2010) 51–59.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.Sc.2010.00372
Stage of research Please indicate whether this paper outlines the
predicted/intended societal impacts of a project
or demonstrates the societal impacts of a
project.

Societal impacts details [mandatory]

 Please provide an overview of the project and the intended/predicted societal impacts or the
societal impacts that have been observed following the project (including quantitative
and/or qualitative measures that (will) demonstrate impacts, as appropriate). This should be
understandable to a broad audience.
 Please outline the value of the societal impacts this research will have/has had through an
Impact Overview statement. This statement should address several of the following
questions:
o How will these societal impacts be achieved/how have these societal impacts been
achieved? Please provide details on the approach or methodology employed.
o To what extent do these impacts help address important societal challenges?
o Are the impacts of local, regional, national, and/or global value?
o Who can or will benefit from these impacts? (Please specify the geographical area(s)
most likely to be affected, and detail the key stakeholders)
o How can those in other research areas learn from and build upon these societal
impacts? (please highlight multi- or inter-disciplinary aspects)
 o How can this research be used to develop future projects with societal impacts?
o How sustainable (short-term vs. long-term impacts), replicable and transferable are
these impacts?
o How does your research help deliver a just transition process?
o Which policy measure should complement your research to maximize its societal
impacts? Vice versa, which pieces of policy pose barriers?

Ethics Statements [mandatory]

This journal’s Guide for Authors contains detailed information on the ethical guidelines that all
authors must comply with. In addition, we ask you to complete the relevant statement(s) below.
Please delete those which are not relevant for your data.

If your work involved human subjects, please include a statement here confirming that the relevant
informed consent was obtained from those subjects, if the research was carried out in accordance
with the Declaration of Helsinki and include the Ethical committee and the protocol number.

If your work involved animal experiments, please include a statement here confirming that those
experiments complied with the ARRIVE guidelines and were carried out in accordance with the U.K.
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 and associated guidelines; EU Directive 2010/63/EU for
animal experiments; or the National Institutes of Health guide for the care and use of laboratory
animals (NIH Publications No. 8023, revised 1978). Note, the sex of the animals must be indicated,
and, where appropriate, the influence (or association) of sex on the results of the study.

If your work involved data collected from social media platforms, please include a statement here
confirming that a) informed consent was obtained from participants or that participant data has
been fully anonymized, and b) the platform(s)’ data redistribution policies were complied with.

Acknowledgments
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an
acknowledgments section.

In addition, please list any funding sources in this section. List funding sources in this
standard way to facilitate compliance to funder's requirements:

Funding: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health [grant numbers xxxx,
yyyy]; the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA [grant number zzzz]; and the United
States Institutes of Peace [grant number aaaa].

It is not necessary to include detailed descriptions of the program or type of grants and
awards. When funding is from a block grant or other resources available to a university,
college, or other research institution, submit the name of the institute or organization that
provided the funding.

If no funding has been provided for the research, please include the following sentence:
This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or
not-for-profit sectors.
Declaration of interests [mandatory – delete as appropriate]
☐ The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal
relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

☐ The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be
considered as potential competing interests:

Supplementary material and/or additional information [optional]

We also give you the option to submit both supplementary material and additional information.
Supplementary material relates directly to the work that you have submitted and can include
extensive excel tables, raw data etc.

References [required]