Authors are invited to submit original and high-quality scholarly manuscripts to Journal of Subsea Technology and Society. Manuscripts should demonstrate a clear contribution to subsea engineering, underwater technology, integrity and inspection, autonomous and digital systems, sustainable subsea development, or the broader societal dimensions of subsea technology.
Manuscripts must present original scholarly work that has not been published previously and is not simultaneously under consideration elsewhere.
Submissions should demonstrate a substantive contribution to one or more of the journal's principal areas: Subsea Systems and Underwater Infrastructure, Integrity, Reliability, Inspection and Subsea Operations, Digital, Robotic and Autonomous Subsea Technologies, or Subsea Technology, Sustainability and Society.
Manuscripts focused primarily on generic offshore engineering, hydrodynamics, structural analysis, artificial intelligence, robotics, environmental studies, or social science should demonstrate a clear and substantive connection to subsea systems, underwater infrastructure, subsea operations, inspection, integrity, intervention, or subsea technology and society.
The journal applies a double-anonymous peer review process. Manuscripts submitted for review should not contain author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or other information that directly identifies the authors.
Full author names, institutional affiliations, countries, email addresses, and ORCID identifiers should be entered separately in the OJS metadata.
Manuscripts should be submitted in an editable word-processing format and should follow the official journal template where available.
The title should be concise, specific, technically informative, and accurately reflect the subsea system, underwater technology, engineering problem, inspection method, or societal issue investigated.
Complete author metadata should be entered through OJS, including full name, institutional affiliation, country, email address, and ORCID identifier where available.
The abstract should normally contain approximately 150–250 words and summarize the research problem, objective, methods, principal findings, and major engineering, operational, sustainability, or societal implications.
Authors should provide 3–6 keywords that accurately represent the principal subsea technology, engineering, integrity, digital, operational, environmental, or societal concepts addressed by the study.
The Introduction should establish the scientific, engineering, operational, environmental, economic, or societal context of the study; define the research problem; identify the knowledge or technology gap; state the objectives or research questions; and clearly explain the novelty and significance of the work.
Authors should critically engage with relevant international literature and clearly establish the technical foundation of the research.
Where relevant, the manuscript should describe subsea system configuration, operational environment, loading mechanisms, failure modes, inspection principles, reliability concepts, digital architecture, autonomous-system functions, or relevant engineering standards.
The technical background should explain how the study advances existing knowledge, operational capability, engineering reliability, safety, sustainability, or subsea technology practice.
The methodology should provide sufficient detail to allow readers to understand, assess, and where appropriate reproduce the research or engineering analysis.
Results should be presented clearly and should correspond directly to the research objectives or hypotheses.
Quantitative studies should report appropriate values, units, uncertainty, sensitivity, repeatability, or statistical measures where relevant.
Engineering claims concerning structural performance, integrity, reliability, failure probability, inspection accuracy, remaining life, intervention effectiveness, autonomous performance, or operational safety should be supported by appropriate evidence.
The Discussion should interpret the findings in relation to existing literature, engineering practice, relevant standards, operational implications, safety, sustainability, and applicability to real subsea systems.
The Conclusion should directly reflect the principal findings and clearly state their scientific, engineering, operational, safety, sustainability, or societal significance.
Recommendations for engineering design, integrity management, inspection strategy, digital systems, subsea operations, industry practice, regulation, or future research should be supported by the evidence presented.
Study limitations, uncertainty, applicability boundaries, and directions for further work should be stated where appropriate.
Authors should provide the following information where applicable:
Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, authenticity, originality, technical validity, ethical compliance, and interpretation of all submitted research materials.
Research involving inspection records, offshore operational data, ROV or AUV footage, sonar data, subsea sensor datasets, proprietary engineering information, field measurements, or restricted industrial records should comply with applicable confidentiality, legal, ethical, and institutional requirements.
Artificial intelligence systems and generative AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Substantive use of AI in writing, coding, inspection analysis, computer vision, predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, autonomous navigation, digital twins, engineering optimization, or literature synthesis should be disclosed where relevant.
Tables, figures, engineering drawings, subsea layouts, pipeline routes, ROV or AUV images, sonar records, inspection maps, structural models, finite-element results, reliability curves, digital-twin diagrams, and other technical materials should be clearly numbered, titled, and cited in the manuscript text.
Units, symbols, legends, coordinate systems, scales, axes, loading directions, boundary conditions, and relevant engineering parameters should be clearly defined.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that proprietary drawings, inspection images, industrial photographs, maps, or reproduced materials comply with copyright, confidentiality, and permission requirements.
References should be relevant, scientifically credible, and sufficient to establish the current state of knowledge.
Authors are encouraged to engage with recent peer-reviewed international literature together with appropriate foundational research.
Engineering standards, recommended practices, classification rules, technical reports, and regulatory documents may be cited where relevant.
Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) should be provided whenever available. References suggested or generated by AI systems must be independently verified.
Citation manipulation, fabricated references, unnecessary self-citation, and irrelevant citation practices are not acceptable. Reference formatting should follow the official journal template.
Manuscripts first undergo editorial screening for scope, originality, scholarly contribution, engineering validity, methodological quality, ethical compliance, and adherence to submission requirements.
Manuscripts that pass screening may proceed to double-anonymous peer review by at least two independent reviewers .
Authors receiving a revision decision should respond point-by-point to reviewer and editor comments and clearly identify changes made in the revised manuscript.
Submission of a revised manuscript does not guarantee acceptance. Final publication decisions remain the responsibility of the editorial team.
Following acceptance, manuscripts may undergo copyediting, technical and metadata verification, reference checking, layout preparation, proofreading, and other production procedures before publication.
