Please note, these guidelines are relevant to all of our journals. Make sure that you check your chosen journal’s web pages for specific guidelines too.
Proof Central
Authors of articles accepted for publication will receive their proofs through Proof Central, a user-friendly interface to help authors manage their proofs and corrections. Proof Central allows authors to carry out the following:
- Apply corrections directly to the text of the HTML version of their article
- Directly edit table contents and footnotes
- Provide instructions on any corrections required to figures, schemes, MathType equations and table formats
- Upload revised figures and schemes with comments
- View and answer the editor’s queries in context
- Download a PDF version of the proof
- Download a summary of all the corrections made or requested
- Save progress and return later to complete their corrections
The corresponding author will receive a link to access the proof; they are strongly encouraged to share the proof with their co-authors using the "Invite Collaborators" feature in Proof Central. This gives each author a unique link so their changes are tracked, and with our new concurrent editing feature all authors can work on corrections at the same time. The corresponding author can review and approve all changes before submitting the final corrections.
Alternatively, if authors prefer to supply proof corrections by annotating the PDF, this can also be done through Proof Central and an editor will apply the corrections on their behalf.
There is a full guide on how to use Proof Central available via the help button in the top right-hand corner of the interface. After submitting corrections, it will not be possible to re-access the system to make any further changes.