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18. Submit the manuscript to the editor
Follow the Instructions to Authors to determine what items you need to submit, how tosubmit them, and to whom you should send them. Note that some journals permit (oreven require) a “prereview,”i.e., a letter indicating the content of the article so that theeditor can determine whether they will accept the manuscript for a full review. At thispoint you may wish to list possible reviewers (or individuals to be avoided). If necessary,contact the editor to be sure that the manuscript was received. And if after a month youhave not received a response concerning the acceptability of your manuscript forpublication you may wish to contact the editor about this, too.
19. Deal with reviewers' comments
Most manuscripts are not accepted on the first submission. However, you may well beinvited to resubmit a revised manuscript. If you chose to do so, you will need to respondto the reviewer comments. Do this with tact. Answer every concern of the reviewers, andindicate where the corresponding changes were made in the manuscript if they were,indeed, made. You do not need to make all of the changes that the reviewerrecommended, but you do need to provide a convincing rationale for any changes thatyou did not make. When you resubmit the manuscript, indicate in your cover letter thatthis is a revised version.
An alternative is to submit the manuscript to another journal. However, if you do so, itmay still be best to take the reviewer comments into consideration. Even if you feel thatthe reviewers have misunderstood something in your paper, others might do the same. Ofcourse, if you submit to another journal you probably will need to modify the format.And please note: You may not submit your manuscript to more than one journal at atime!
20. Check the proofs
Once the manuscript is accepted and prepared for print, the publisher will send thecorresponding author page proofs of the article. This may be accompanied by a list ofqueries, such as missing information regarding a reference. The proofs may be sent viaemail or as hard copy. If there is a chance that you will be away when the proofs arrive,have a plan for making certain that they are received and you are notified. You may onlyhave 2448hr to return the proofs.Carefully correct any typos and factual errors. And read the manuscript for clarity – thisis your last chance! However, try to limit changes to editorial queries plus minormodifications. If you think anything more major is required, you must first getpermission from the journal editor and be prepared for additional costs and publicationdelays.
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