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To maintain this anonymity, authors will need to remove any details that may reveal their identity from their manuscript, before it is reviewed. Details that are important to a manuscript but might compromise the author's anonymity will generally be submitted in a title page, as a separate file to the manuscript.

Blinded manuscript (no author details): The main body of the paper (including the references, figures, tables and any acknowledgements) should not include any identifying information, such as the authors' names or affiliations including 'header' and 'footnote'.

Steps for anonymizing your manuscript before submission: Remove authorship information (name, institution, titles) from the anonymized version of your manuscript file. ... Don't mention grants or acknowledgements ? those can be added to the manuscript prior to publication. ... Avoid, or try to minimize, self-citation.

Information that could help identify any author (e.g., mention of any affiliation) should also be removed (e.g., "blinded for review" may be inserted in place of removed text). Citations and references should be blinded using "Author" and "citation blinded for review" realphabetized in the reference list.

A Communication must convey the scientific findings concisely in abstract, main text, and graphical elements as determined by word count not exceeding 2200 words, including titles/footnotes/captions of approximately five graphics (typically 2 inches long in a single column).

Do not include any names in any file names and ensure document properties are also anonymised. Do not include any author names or institution information in the Acknowledgements section of your manuscript. Author names and Funding information should be removed and can be re-added later in the peer review process.