The author who submits the manuscript to the journal is known as the submitting author. The submitting author is responsible for adding their co-authors and their co-authors’ affiliations to the submission.

The submitting author is often also the corresponding author, but this is not always the case. The submitting author can mark a co-author as the corresponding author.

ScholarOne and Editorial Manager

Before you begin a submission, please ensure that the institutions listed in all authors’ ScholarOne or Editorial Manager user accounts are correct.
The affiliated institution for each author must be correct when the manuscript is submitted.

If you are the submitting author, you may add yourself to the author list for a manuscript by inputting your email address when prompted.

If your email address is associated with a user account, the institution in your user account is transferred into the submission. If your user account institution is incorrect, you must change this in your user account before proceeding with the submission.

If your email address is not associated with a user account, you will be prompted to create one via email and must input 1 institution.

If you are the submitting author, you may add a co-author to the author list for a manuscript by inputting their email address when prompted.

If your co-author’s email address is associated with a user account, the institution in their user account is transferred into the submission. If your co-author’s user account institution is incorrect, they must change this in their user account before you proceed with the submission.

If your co-author does not have a user account, they will be prompted to create one via email and must input 1 institution.

Yes, you can add more than one affiliation in both ScholarOne and Editorial Manager. These affiliations should all be in accordance with our affiliation policy.

For any institutions you add to the manuscript file or title page, please provide the Institution Name and Country.All affiliated institutions for each author must be listed on the manuscript in its own discrete section, in a clear, consistent manner free of prose, and must be clearly attributed to the relevant author(s). Affiliations are not required or desired to be presented in an ‘address’ format.

Email Submissions

Before you begin a submission, please ensure that the institutions listed for all authors are correct.
The affiliated institution for each author must be correct when the manuscript is submitted.

If you are the submitting author, please add your affiliations to the content of the main manuscript file OR title page.

Please see individual journals’ Instructions for Authors pages for further information on placement.

If you are the submitting author, you are responsible for adding your co-authors’ affiliations to the content of the main manuscript file OR title page. Please see individual journals’ Instructions for Authors pages for further information on placement.

If you require more than 1 institution per author, please add these to the content of the main manuscript file OR title page. Please see individual journals’ Instructions for Authors pages for further information on placement

For any institutions you add to the manuscript file or title page, please provide the Institution Name and Country.

All affiliated institutions for each author must be listed on the manuscript in its own discrete section, in a clear, consistent manner free of prose, and must be clearly attributed to the relevant author(s). Affiliations are not required or desired to be presented in an ‘address’ format.

We are able to support group affiliations such as consortia on our manuscripts. However, please note that not all journals and indexing services have a mechanism for handling this form of affiliation. We recommend referring to the CSE guidance for Group Authorship  for guidance. Please email [email protected]  if you require further advice.

Where no institution provided direct support by means of funding, resources, oversight or other any other support to the work carried out, please input 'Independent Scholar' in the main manuscript file and in your user account if applicable.

Please input ‘Professor Emeritus’ ahead of the relevant affiliation in the main manuscript file and in your user account if applicable.

We do not support the inclusion of job titles or degrees in affiliations. Please include these in the author name section instead.

For any institutions you add to the manuscript file or title page, please provide the Institution Name and Country.

We ask that you do not include your mailing address in your affiliation as this can cause confusion during the production process.

Your affiliations will appear in the order provided in the accepted manuscript. If you have two or more affiliations and want your ‘primary institution’ to be officially conveyed in the manuscript, this institution should be listed first at submission and checked by the corresponding author during proofing.

Your affiliations will appear with your name in the HTML version of the article on Cambridge Core, in an 'author details' section between the title and article content.

In the published PDF, your affiliations will usually appear below your name on the first page. Journal-specific layouts dictate exactly where author affiliations appear in the published PDF.