Submission of manuscripts
Papers must be submitted as a PDF via the following online submission system:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.co...
After a paper has been accepted for publication, authors should also use this system to upload the final pdf of the accepted version of their paper and the source files that were used to create it.
The paper should be accompanied by the author’s address, telephone, fax number, and email address.
Submission of a paper is taken to imply that it has not been previously published and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Upon acceptance of a paper, the author will be asked to sign a license to publish with the publisher.
If the author has not included a LaTeX version of their paper at the point of submission, this must be uploaded through the online submission system at the point of acceptance.
The publisher requires submission of papers written in LaTeX, possibly using the MSCS LaTeX style file which can be found here.
This zip file contains readme.txt, mscs.sty, mscguid.tex, and a concatenated file called mscs.all containing the other three files. If you Tex mscguid.tex you will get a full set of instructions for using the style file. In case of difficulties obtaining these files, there is a help-line available via e-mail; please contact [email protected]. While use of the MSCS LaTeX style file is preferred, ordinary LaTeX or plain TeX files can also be accepted.
ORCID
We require all corresponding authors to identify themselves using ORCID when submitting a manuscript to this journal. ORCID provides a unique identifier for researchers and, through integration with key research workflows such as manuscript submission and grant applications, provides the following benefits:
- Discoverability: ORCID increases the discoverability of your publications, by enabling smarter publisher systems and by helping readers to reliably find work that you have authored.
- Convenience: As more organisations use ORCID, providing your iD or using it to register for services will automatically link activities to your ORCID record, and will enable you to share this information with other systems and platforms you use, saving you re-keying information multiple times.
- Keeping track: Your ORCID record is a neat place to store and (if you choose) share validated information about your research activities and affiliations.
See our ORCID FAQs for more information.
If you don’t already have an iD, you will need to create one if you decide to submit a manuscript to this journal. You can register for one directly from your user account on ScholarOne, or alternatively via https://ORCID.org/register.
If you already have an iD, please use this when submitting your manuscript, either by linking it to your ScholarOne account, or by supplying it during submission using the "Associate your existing ORCID iD" button.
ORCIDs can also be used if authors wish to communicate to readers up-to-date information about how they wish to be addressed or referred to (for example, they wish to include pronouns, additional titles, honorifics, name variations, etc.) alongside their published articles. We encourage authors to make use of the ORCID profile’s “Published Name” field for this purpose. This is entirely optional for authors who wish to communicate such information in connection with their article. Please note that this method is not currently recommended for author name changes: see Cambridge’s author name change policy if you want to change your name on an already published article. See our ORCID FAQs for more information.
Licence to publish
Before Cambridge can publish your manuscript, we need a signed licence to publish agreement. Under the agreement, certain rights are granted to the journal owner which allow publication of the article. The original ownership of the copyright in the article remains unchanged. For full details see the publishing agreement page.