Manuscript submission
All manuscripts must be submitted online via the website:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dohad
Detailed instructions for submitting your manuscript online can be found at the submission website by clicking on the ‘Instructions and Forms’ link in the top right of the screen; and then clicking on the ‘Author Submission Instructions’ icon on the following page.
The Editor-in-Chief will acknowledge receipt of the manuscript, provide it with a manuscript reference number and assign it to an Associate Editor and to reviewers. The reference number of the manuscript should be quoted in all correspondence with the J DOHaD Office and Publisher.
Initial Submission
The following instructions must be followed carefully:
- The preferred file format for submission is Microsoft Word; however you can also submit Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files readable with Acrobat Reader. The tables and figures should be included in the same file.
- Word Perfect or other word-processor files or Macintosh-based files are not acceptable.
- Tables should be placed at the end of the document and not within the text.
- Do not use "enter" in order to start a new page. "Hard" page or section breaks must be used.
- A cover letter should be attached as a separate file. In the cover letter, the category under which the manuscript is submitted should be indicated and the corresponding author identified, including phone number, fax number and electronic mail address. The cover letter must include a statement regarding authorship (see Authorship section above).
- File-names should indicate the name of the first author of the paper or an abbreviated version thereof and the content of the file (text, tables, figures).
- Printed copies of the manuscript, tables and figures are not required and should not be sent.
Please note that correspondence regarding submitted and revised manuscripts will be with the Corresponding Author only.
Revised\Final Submission
- The uploaded manuscript must be in the form of a Word for Windows file with figures (prepared as instructed below) in separate files. Word Perfect or other word-processor files or Macintosh-based files are not acceptable.
- Do not use "enter" in order to start a new page. "Hard" page or section breaks must be used.
- Figures should be prepared using appropriate formats and saved as TIFF or JPEG files. It is essential that JPEGs are greater than 320dpi. PowerPoint files or figures "pasted" intoWord files are not acceptable for revised or final submissions.
- File names should indicate the manuscript number assigned by the journal and the content of the file (text, figures).
Review process
Manuscripts submitted to J DOHaD including those for supplements will be reviewed by at least two external reviewers and evaluated by an Associate Editor. Authors are requested to suggest up to 4 reviewers who are especially qualified to referee the work and would not have a conflict of interest. Please provide the names, email addresses, fax numbers and mailing addresses of the suggested reviewers. If authors would prefer that a particular reviewer(s) not evaluate the paper, they may indicate this request with appropriate justification, which will be treated confidentially. Suggestions and requests regarding reviewers will be considered by the Editor without obligation to accept them.
Authors should note that manuscripts may be returned after initial review by the Editors if the paper is deemed unlikely to be reviewed favourably. This rapid rejection process enables the author to submit promptly for publication elsewhere.
Every effort will be made to provide the author with a review within 6 weeks of receipt of the manuscript. If the Editor requests that revisions be made to a manuscript before publication, a maximum of 3 months shall be allowed for preparation of the revision, except in unusual circumstances.
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.