SubmittinganArticleStartanewsubmissionbyclickingtheNewSubmissionbuttonontherightsideofthescreen.YouwillbetakentoStep1ofa5-Stepprocesstouploadanddescribeyoursubmission.

Step1InStep1youwillprovidepreliminaryinformationaboutyoursubmission.

Tobeginselecttheappropriatesectionforyoursubmission(e.g.,article,review,etc.).Ifyouaren’tsurewhichsectionisappropriate,makeyourbestguess.

Readandagreetothestatementsinthesubmissionchecklistbycheckingeachbox.Includeanycommentsfortheeditor,readthejournal’sprivacystatement,andthenclicktheSaveandContinuebuttontomovetoStep2.

Step2OnStep2,awindowwillopenallowingyoutouploadyoursubmissionfile.

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First,youMUSTselectanArticleComponent.Thisletsthesystemknowwhetherthefileisthebodyofthemanuscript,animage,adataset,etc.Thismustbeselectedbeforeyourfilewillupload.

Onceyou’vemadethatselection,youcanthenuploadyourfirstfile.Itisimportanttonotethatyoucanonlyuploadonefileatatime.Additionalfilescanbeuploadedlaterintheprocess.Typically,thisfirstfilewillbethebodyofyourmanuscript.HittheContinuebuttononcethefileuploads.

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Afteruploadingthefile,youwillbeaskedtoreviewthenameofthefile.UsetheEditlinktomakeanychanges.

ClicktheContinuebutton.

Next,youhavetheoptiontorepeattheprocesstouploadadditionalfiles(e.g.,adatasetoranimage).

Onceyouhavefinisheduploadingallofyourfiles,clickComplete;thiswillclosetheuploadwindow.

YouwillbebroughtbacktotheSubmitanArticlescreenwhereyouwillseethefilesyou’veuploaded.Ifyouneedtomakechanges,expandthebluearrowtotheleftofyourfileandmakeanychangesusingtheEditlink.

Click‘SaveandContinue’tomovetoStep3.

Step3OnStep3,youwillbeaskedtoaddmoreinformationaboutthesubmission,includingthetitleofthesubmission(brokendownintoprefix,title,andsubtitle),theabstract,andscrollingdown...

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...anyadditionalcontributors.

Youcanaddmorecontributors(e.g.,co-authors),byclickingtheAddContributorslink.Thiswillopenanewwindowwithfieldstoentertheirinformation.

HitSave,andthenewcontributorwillappearonthescreen.

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Dependingonthejournalyouaresubmittingto,youmayseeadditionalfieldstocomplete,suchaskeywords.

Toenterkeyword,simplytypethewordorphraseandhityourEnterkey.Thewordorphrasewillbeformattedasakeyword.

ClickSaveandContinuetomoveforward.

Step4OnStep4,youwillbeaskedtoconfirmthatyouarehappywithyoursubmission.

ClickFinishSubmission.

Aboxwillpopupaskingyoutoconfirmyouarefinished.ClickOK.

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Yoursubmissionisnowcomplete!Theeditorhasbeennotifiedofyoursubmission.Atthispoint,youcanfollowthelinksto:

ReviewthissubmissionCreateanewsubmissionReturntoyourdashboard

Onceyoucompleteasubmission,youcannotmakechangestoit.Ifyouwanttoreplacethefileyousubmittedormakeotherchangestothesubmission,youwillneedtocontacttheeditorthroughthePre-ReviewDiscussionstool.

DashboardAndhereisyoursubmissioninyourDashboard.YoucanseethatitiscurrentlyintheSubmissionstage.

Overthecomingdays,itwillmoveintotheReviewstage,andifaccepted,intotheCopyeditingandProductionstagesbeforebeingpublished.

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RespondingtoaReviewOncethereviewprocesshascompleted,youwillbenotifiedviaemailbytheeditoroftheirdecision.

Afterreceivingtheemail,logintoyourdashboard.

SelecttheReviewlinknexttoyoursubmissiontoviewthedecision.

Fromhere,youcanseethedecision(revisionsrequested)andalinktotheeditor'snotification.

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Basedontheinformationintheeditor'smessage,youmustnowprepareyourrevisions.

UploadingtheRevisedFileByscrollingdownthepage,youwillfindapanelforRevisions.

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UsetheUploadaFilelinktouploadyourrevisedmanuscript.

Usethedropdownmenutochoosethatyouareuploadingarevisionofanexistingfile.

ThenuploadtherevisedfileandhitContinue.

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CheckthefiledetailsandhitContinueagain.

Ifyouhaveanyadditionalfilestoupload,dosonow.Otherwise,hitComplete.

YourrevisedfileisnowvisibleintheRevisionspanel.

InformtheEditorYournextstepistoinformtheeditorthattherevisedfileisnowavailable.Todoso,gototheReviewDiscussionpanel.

Fromthere,selecttheAddDiscussionlink.

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UsetheAddUserlinktoaddtheeditor.

Addasubjectlineandamessage.

HitOKtosendthemessage.

Anemailhasnowbeensenttotheeditorandyou(andtheeditor)canseethemessageintheReviewDiscussionspanel.

Atthispoint,theauthorneedstowaittohearbackfromtheeditorastowhethertherevisionsareacceptable.

RevisionsAcceptedYouwillreceiveanemailthatyourrevisionshavebeenaccepted.

Inaddition,notificationswillappearonyourdashboard.

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Thelaternotificationisthecurrentone.Clickonittoopenthemessage(whichisthesameastheemailyouwouldhavealsoreceived).

UsetheXintheupperrightcornertoclosethewindow.

Furtherdownyourdashboard,youwillalsoseeadiscussionreplyfromtheeditor.

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Clickingthediscussiontitlewillopenitup.

Congratulations!You'vebeenacceptedandyoursubmissionfileismovingontotheCopyrightstage.

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ResubmittingforReviewIftheeditor’sdecisionistoresubmitforreview,youwillneedtologinandselectthearticleinyoursubmissionspage.Theresubmissionisdoneinthereviewstage,thereisnoneedtostartanewsubmission.

Atthereviewstageyouwillneedtodotwothingstoresubmitonceyouhaverevisedyourdocument:

Uploadthenewfileintherevisionssection.Touploadanewfileclickon‘Uploadfile.’Anewwindowwillopenallowingyoutouploadyourfile(s).Selecttheappropriateoptionfromthedropdownmenutoindicateyounotsubmittingarevisionofanexistingfile.

Addadiscussiontonotifytheeditorthatyouhavere-submitted.

Thepeerreviewprocesswillberepeated,andyouwilllikelyreceiveadditionalrevisionstomake.Oncethesearecompletedandaccepted,youwillthenbemovedtothenextstage.

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RespondingtoaCopyeditingRequestThenextstepintheworkflowistoinspectyoursubmissionfilesthathavebeencopyedited.

Youwillreceiveanemailindicatingthatfilesareavailable.Toseethem,logintothejournalandgotoyourdashboard.

YoucanseeyourentryintheMyAuthoredpanel.SelecttheCopyeditinglinktogotothefullsubmissionrecord,includingthenotificationintheCopyeditingDiscussionspanel.

Clickonthelinkeddiscussiontoopenit,readthemessage,andopentheattachedfile.

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Onceyouhavereadtheattachedfile,youcanrespondtothecopyeditorindicatinganrequiredchangesoryourapproval.

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Ifneeded,youcouldattacharevision,butforthisexamplewewillsimplyapprovethechangesandhitOK.

Onyourdashboard,youcanseethatyouwerethelastpersontoreplytothemessage.

Yourroleinthecopyeditingprocessisnowcompleteandyoucanwaitfortherequesttoproofreadthefinalgalleys(e.g.,PDFs,HTML,etc.)beforepublication.

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RespondingtoaProofreadingRequestThenextstepintheworkflowistoinspectyoursubmissionfilesthathavebeenconvertedintogalleys(e.g.,PDF,HTML,etc.).

Youwillreceiveanemailindicatingthatfilesareavailable.Toseethem,logintothejournalandgotoyourdashboard.

YoucanseeyourentryintheMyAuthoredpanel.SelecttheProductionlinktogotothefullsubmissionrecord,includingthenotificationintheProductionDiscussionspanel.

Clickonthelinkeddiscussiontoopenit,readthemessage,andopentheattachedfile.

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Onceyouhavereadtheattachedfile,youcanrespondtotheLayoutEditorindicatinganyrequiredchangesoryourapproval.

That'sit!Yourroleintheeditorialworkflowisnowcompleted.

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