Production
Once an article has been accepted, the process of copyediting, proofing, typesetting and publishing the article will begin. Authors will be asked to ensure all final files are submitted to ScholarOne before the article can be sent to Cambridge University Press for production.
Your point of contact with Cambridge University Press will be the content manager of the journal. For more information about how production works at Cambridge University Press, please see our information on publishing an accepted paper, which explains how an article goes from accepted manuscript to fully published. There may be small differences between journals with this process. You can also check our Journal Production FAQs.
Accepted Manuscripts: Accepted Manuscripts are published online (before copyediting or typesetting) within approximately a week of final acceptance, provided Cambridge have received all final files and a completed License to Publish form. At this point, the article will be assigned its final DOI and be considered published and citable. The corresponding author will subsequently receive a proof of your typeset, edited article, which will eventually replace the accepted manuscript online and be considered the final Version of Record. For more information, please see the information below.
First proofs: First proofs will be emailed to the corresponding author after acceptance. Contributors should ensure that they are available to check their first proofs and answer any queries that have arisen during copyediting and typesetting.
Supplying corrections: Authors should mark up the corrections to their article by using the online proofing interface. Full details on how to send corrections will be given in the first proof email. Please note that it is the author's responsibility to check the proof carefully; errors not found may appear in the published article. Authors will receive a link to the PDF of their final article, along with a shareable link.
For more details on the Cambridge production process see the comprehensive set of FAQs.
Accepted Manuscripts
This journal publishes Accepted Manuscripts online rapidly following acceptance (and receipt of final files and completed publishing agreements), allowing authors to make their work available to read and cite much more quickly. More information about Accepted Manuscripts can be found below.
What version of the article will be published?
The version of the article that is accepted by the Editor will be converted to PDF format and published online as is, before copy-editing or typesetting. The Accepted Manuscript will eventually be replaced with the final copy-edited and typeset Version of Record.
When will the Accepted Manuscript be published?
We aim to publish the Accepted Manuscript within 48 hours of final acceptance, provided we have received all final files and a completed publishing agreement.
How can I cite my Accepted Manuscript?
Your Accepted Manuscript will be given a DOI, which can be used to cite the manuscript. Citations should indicate that the manuscript is not the final version.
Are figures or tables included in the Accepted Manuscript?
If authors wish to include figures/tables within the published Accepted Manuscript, they will need to supply a clean version of the manuscript (as one file) with these figures/tables included, for the purposes of Accepted Manuscript publication. This clean version should be clearly named and have the figures/tables placed in the appropriate places within the article.
If any figures/tables are essential for readers to understand the manuscript, authors must provide a clean version of their manuscript with these figures/tables included.
Can I opt out of Accepted Manuscript publication?
Authors wishing to opt out of Accepted Manuscript publication must contact the Editorial Office before acceptance and no later than 24 hours after acceptance.
What happens if I want to make changes to my Accepted Manuscript?
You will still be able to make corrections to typographical errors in your proofs in the usual way, which will be incorporated into the final Version of Record. Proofs will be sent to you around two weeks after acceptance.
What licence will the Accepted Manuscript be published under?
A Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND licence will be applied to all Accepted Manuscripts published in this journal. If a different licence has been chosen for the final publication, this will be applied once the Accepted Manuscript has been replaced by the Version of Record.
Funding open access
Multiple funding routes are available for Gold Open Access articles. Please see this journal's open access options for details.