Accepted manuscripts are received by the Editorial Office where they enter the production queue to undergo copy-editing, layout and proofing. Research Articles are produced for publication in the date order of acceptance, but can, at the discretion of the editors and for compelling reasons, be assigned to a particular issue.
Manuscripts undergo copy-editing to ensure, inter alia, that the language is clear and suitable for a non-specialist reader, that the text conforms to the house style, that the figures are presentable and that the referencing is correct. Edited manuscripts then undergo Layout.
Galley Proofs are checked first by the Editorial Office and then sent to Authors for correction. Only minor corrections such as typos and corrections to layout can be made at this stage. Figures should be carefully checked as they may have been redrawn or relabeled. Final corrected proofs are not returned to authors unless requested. No changes can be made after the proof has been approved for publication.
Authors will be informed as soon as their articles are published online. Articles are openly accessible from the website and may be distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License and so reprints are not provided. Authors are welcome to deposit the final published version in institutional repositories or personal archives.
