Final Submission and Editorial Procedure
Once a paper has been accepted in principle, the author will be asked to submit a final draft accompanied by high resolution via digital file transfer. Evidence that any necessary permissions have been obtained for copyrighted material may be requested. All ‘final’ articles are dealt with on a firstcome-first-served basis and the Editor will not guarantee to make space available in any specific issue.
The Editor will review the article against the referees’ comments on the original text and indicate to the author if there are any outstanding queries. Where a major rewrite has been requested, a resubmitted article may, at the Editor’s discretion, be returned to one of the original referees for further comment and reassessment and further modification may be requested. Whilst the reworking of any article should involve an iterative discourse with the Editor, it is possible that the article may be rejected at this stage.
The text will be edited for clarity of expression, syntax, grammar, and consistency. If changes are minor the Editor will not consult with the author but any substantial changes, or queries regarding, for instance, incomplete bibliographical references, will be discussed and agreed. The images will be checked for size and resolution and any problems notified.
Once queries have been answered, the copy-edited text will be sent to the typesetter. Page proofs are sent to authors as a PDF file which will be downloadable from a URL link. The author will be asked to return any corrections to the Editor within seven working days. It is for the author to decide whether or not fellow contributors receive proofs but all corrections must be collated and returned by the due date by the corresponding author. If nothing is heard from the author by that date it will be assumed that there are no corrections to be made. All corrections must be kept to a minimum, and no rewriting or addition of tables or figures will be allowed. The author may be charged for any rewriting and all changes are at the Editor’s discretion. Any likely charges will be notifified on receipt of proof correcrtions and discussed with the author.
On publication the author will receive code providing digital access to their article.
Funding open access
Multiple funding routes are available for Gold Open Access articles. Please see this journal's open access options for details.
Production
Once an article has been accepted, the process of copyediting, proofing, typesetting and publishing the article will begin. On acceptance, the editorial team will be in contact with the corresponding author to provide specific instructions about how to prepare the accepted manuscript for copyediting and typesetting.
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.
Corrections
Changes cannot be made to articles once published either online in FirstView or as part of an issue. Any changes must be made via the standard process of issuing a correction notice. Please contact the Editorial Office and Content Manager for the journal if any error has been identified. The final decision on whether a correction notice should be published will be taken by the Publisher in consultation with the Editorial Team. For more information please refer to our FAQs.