Online First
Online First is an exciting new innovation which allows us to publish selected articles within approximately two weeks of final acceptance by publishing the author's raw accepted manuscript as a PDF. This will reduce the time from acceptance to publication by several months. The article will also be edited and typeset to be published in traditional fashion in due course.
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If your article has been selected for publication as an Online First publication
To expedite publication as an Online First article we require that the article is 'approved' before publishing online. This is essential for a number of reasons:
- Manuscripts posted as an Online First article will be considered published by all indexing services (including PubMed / Medline). It is vital that the manuscript metadata (title, author details, etc,) are not altered after publication.
- The data in the manuscript must be correct. The manuscript will be available to all ADC subscribers and other interested individuals. Any changes to the data after publication will require a correction to be published.
View the Online First checklist (PDF). These points must be adhered to for your article to be published Online First.
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An email will be sent to you by the Editor, informing you of the acceptance of your article and it's publication as an Online First article. You will be asked to access Bench>Press and approve your article (if you wish you may also decline to have your article published as Online First, please access Bench>Press as above, and choose the action [Decline Online First publication]).
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To approve your article access your Author Area on Bench>Press and click on the Papers Returned for Post Acceptance Approval queue. View your PDF and make sure it adheres to the points outlined in the Online First checklist. If you need to make modifications:
- Use your original submitted file to make modifications (if you require a copy of this onlinefirst{at}bmjgroup.com). Click on [Upload Approved Manuscript].
- Enter 'one' in the Edited Manuscript Files checkbox (you only need to upload your manuscript file; any images will be appended to the end of your manuscript when it is converted to a PDF by staff). Click on [Save/Continue].
- Search for you manuscript file on your PC by clicking on the [browse] button. Enter the label for your manuscript in the format: ADC/200x/xxxxxx/Approved manuscript for Online First (eg. ADC/2004/010234/Approved manuscript for Online First).
- Click on return to the queue and then take the action [Notify staff - approved ms uploaded]. This will produce an email template enabling you to inform the editorial office that your approved manuscript has been uploaded to Bench>Press.
To take full advantage of the enhanced publication time offered by this new service we ask that you return your approved/corrected manuscript within 7 days.
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We recommend that you sign up for ADC email alerts, which will inform you when new Online First articles have been posted.
For all queries please contact the Online First administrator
Email: onlinefirst{at}bmjgroup.com
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