AUTHOR GUIDELINES

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1. SUBMISSION

Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pce. Full instructions and support are available on the site and a user ID and password can be obtained on the first visit. If you require assistance, then select ‘Help’ link which appears at the top right of every ScholarOne Manuscripts page. If you cannot submit online, please contact the Editorial Office (PCEoffice@wiley.com).

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.

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2. AIMS AND SCOPE

Publishing only the best work, Plant, Cell & Environment publishes original research, either theoretical or experimental, that provides novel insights into the ways that plants respond to their environment. Thus the journal covers plant biochemistry, molecular biology, biophysics, cell physiology, whole plant physiology, crop physiology and physiological ecology, together with structural, genetic, pathological and meteorological aspects as related to plant function. Work at any scale, from the molecular to the community level, is welcomed.

3. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Plant, Cell and Environment will consider manuscripts in the following categories:

      • Original articles are up to 8000 words in length and present the results of a substantial research project. The results should provide fundamental new insights into the ways that plants respond to their environment.
      • Opinions are a platform for objectively argued alternative viewpoints based on different and clearly plausible interpretations of data/models on widely accepted contemporary concepts about plant – environment interactions. Authors are encouraged to make pre-submission inquiries that outline to the Editors the basis of their proposed article and argument.
      • Technical Reports should be no more than 4000 words. They should present new methods that are likely to be of interest to a broad readership and include evidence that the method can generate new insights into plant biology. Alternatively, new methods that have generated a large body of results can be published as part of an Original Article.
      • Commentaries are invited short contributions, which highlight the context and new findings of a particular paper published in the same or a recent issue of Plant, Cell and Environment.
      • Reviews are invited contributions from experts, which comprehensively summarise and critically discuss the current state of knowledge in a particular area of plant biology. Plant, Cell and Environment occasionally publishes unsolicited Reviews, but authors should contact the Editor-in-Chief in advance. The pre-submission enquiry needs to include an outline of the planned review consisting of a title, list of headers, figures and tables and a preliminary reference list, as well as a list of publications of the main author.

Plant, Cell & Environment does not publish Short Communications or papers that report preliminary information in a brief format.

Recommendations for good practice
For controls in genetic studies Plant, Cell & Environment strongly recommends the use of wildtype seed batches that are generated at the same time as the transgenic seed lines or, even better, wild-type plants in segregating populations derived from selfing or backcrossing of heterozygous plants (or in the case of a transgene, hemizygous plants). These seeds should be collected and stored in the same conditions as the mutant seed. We recognize that this is not always possible, but it is especially important for studies addressing phenotypic traits that are known, or are likely, to be affected by seed quality.

Plant, Cell & Environment now collaborates with The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) to collect data about Arabidopsis genes. Authors whose manuscripts are accepted for publication are encouraged to provide functional annotation data about Arabidopsis genes that are described in their study. This includes molecular function, physiological role, subcellular location, expression patterns, and interactions. Authors are directed to the TAIR submission website (http://www.arabidopsis.org/doc/submit/functional_annotation/123) for more information or to submit their information. Similar support should be given to databases curating data for other plant models.

4. PREPARING THE SUBMISSION

Manuscripts may be submitted in the following formats: Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, or Corel WordPerfect. Manuscripts submitted in Word or WordPerfect formats will be converted to PDF format and sent to the authors to check the accuracy of conversion. Only the PDF file will be used for peer review. Embed all tables, figures and other graphic elements into a single file wherever possible. Manuscripts should be double-spaced with margins of at least 2.5 cm. All pages should be numbered consecutively including those containing acknowledgements, references, tables and figure legends. Line numbers are mandatory. English spelling should conform to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English.

Wiley Author Resources
Manuscript Preparation Tips: Wiley has a range of resources for authors preparing manuscripts for submission available here. 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 can greatly improve the chances of a manuscript being accepted. Offering expert help in English language editing, translation, manuscript formatting, and figure preparation, Wiley Editing Services ensures that the manuscript is ready for submission.
Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission to improve the English. A list of independent suppliers of editing services can be found at www.authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/english_language.asp. All services are paid for and arranged by the author and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.

Parts of the Manuscript
The manuscript should be submitted in separate files: main text file (including title page) and then figures.

Title Page
Manuscript format
The following format is designed for Original Articles, and should be modified appropriately for manuscripts in other categories. The manuscript should be arranged as follows, with the Introduction beginning on a separate page.
The title page should contain:
i. Title: A short informative title not exceeding 150 characters (with spaces). Please do not include the plant/species name in the title unless the novelty of the findings is primarily related to the particular plant/species. The title should not contain abbreviations (see Wiley's best practice SEO tips);
ii. Authors: The full names of the authors;
iii. Contact Information: The author's institutional affiliations where the work was conducted, with a footnote for the author’s present address if different from where the work was conducted;
iv. Funding: Information on funding sources
v. Abstract: no more than 200 words containing the major keywords. This should provide a concise statement of the question(s) motivating the work done, the scope of the work and the principal findings...name the plant species here
vi. Keywords: Please provide 5-10 keywords. Keywords should be taken from those recommended by the US National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) browser list at www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh. This is to contain ‘keywords’ or phrases to enable retrieval and indexing by modern searching techniques. The list should not exceed 10 words.
vii. Acknowledgments

Cover letter

If you are submitting to a Special Issue, please state the name of the Special Issue in the cover letter.

The cover letter is only seen by the editors and needs to contain the following:

      • A short paragraph (3-4 sentences) highlighting the importance of the work. Please include the main question addressed, the main answer obtained and why this new knowledge progresses science. Please focus on the most important parts of your study and do not copy the abstract here.
      • The names of at least two suggested referees, one of whom should be a member of the Editorial Review board.
      • Any scientists you want to exclude from the review process with a justification.

Summary statement
A 1-2 sentence summary of the main finding of your paper (max. 300 characters with spaces). Please include the name of the plant species here rather than in the title unless the novelty of the paper specifically relates to the species. This statement will be published online only.

Responses to Reviewers
If the manuscript is a re-submission, a file needs to be submitted containing responses to the reviewer comments received for the first submission. This a complete list of all changes made keyed to the comments of the reviewers and editor. Changes made need to be accompanied with line numbers referring to the re-submitted manuscript.

Cover Image Submissions
This journal accepts artwork submissions for Cover Images. This is an optional service you can use to help increase article exposure and showcase your research. For more information, including artwork guidelines, pricing, and submission details, please visit the Journal Cover Image page.

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:

      • Have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data;
      • Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content;
      • 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
      • 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.’

Acknowledgments
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.

Main Text File
As papers are single-blind peer reviewed, it is fine to include information about the authors in the main text file.

The main text file should be presented in the following order:
i. Title: A short informative title not exceeding 150 characters (with spaces). Please do not include the plant/species name in the title unless the novelty of the findings is primarily related to the particular plant/species. The title should not contain abbreviations (see Wiley's best practice SEO tips);
ii. Abstract: no more than 200 words containing the major keywords. This should provide a concise statement of the question(s) motivating the work done, the scope of the work and the principal findings...name the plant species here.
iii. Keywords: Please provide ten keywords. Keywords should be taken from those recommended by the US National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) browser list at www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh.
iv. Main text:
Introduction: This should argue the case for your study, outlining essential background. It should not be a full review of the subject area but provide enough information on previously published evidence to lead to a clear statement of the open question(s) addressed. Note that the importance of question should be argued on scientific grounds. Purely applied value (e.g. improved product quality) is outside the remit of Plant, Cell and Environment. Simply stating that the question has not yet been addressed in the particular species is not sufficient unless it is clear why answers are expected to differ for this species.
iv. a. Materials and methods: this should provide sufficient details of the techniques used to allow them to be repeated. This part also needs to include a clear description of the experimental design including information on times, sample sizes and replication, as well as a description of the statistical analyses carried out.
iv. b. Results: this should include a precise description of the obtained results supported by the provided tables and figures. It should not include interpretation or discussion of the results beyond the provided evidence.
iv. c. Discussion: This should highlight the significance of the results and place them in the context of other work. It should not introduce new material, be over-speculative, reiterate the results, or exceed 20% of the total length. The Results and Discussion sections may be amalgamated in particular cases, but the reason for this must be justified in the Cover Letter. In this case, the final paragraph ought to provide a resume of the main conclusions.
v. Acknowledgements: All sources of institutional, private and corporate financial support for the work within the manuscript must be fully acknowledged, and any potential conflicts of interest noted.
vi. References: Authors are strongly encouraged to cite primary research papers. References should be cited using the APA reference format. In-text citations include the author and date, either both inside parentheses or with the author names in running text and the date in parentheses. For multiple citations within parentheses, alphabetize the studies as they would appear in the reference list and separate them by semicolons. For articles with one or two authors all names should be included in every in-text citation; articles with three, four, or five authors all names in the first in-text citation should be included but then abbreviated to the first author name plus et al. upon subsequent citations; and articles with six or more authors should be abbreviated to the first author name plus et al. for all in-text citations. Items should only include articles that have been published or are currently in press. ‘In press’ manuscripts that are necessary to understand and evaluate the submitted manuscript must be included at the time of submission.
Citing a Journal Article
1. Atkin O.K., Botman B. & Lambers H. (1996). The relationship between the relative growth rate and nitrogen economy of alpine and lowland Poa species. Plant, Cell and Environment, 19(11), 1324-1330.
Citing a Journal Article by DOI
2. Atkin O.K., Botman B. & Lambers H. (1996). The relationship between the relative growth rate and nitrogen economy of alpine and lowland Poa species. Plant, Cell and Environment. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00011.x
Citing a Chapter in a Book
3. Schjoerring J.K. (1991). Ammonia emission from the foliage of growing plants. In Trace Gas Emissions by Plants (eds T. D. Sharkey, E. A. Holland & H. A. Mooney), pp. 267-292. Academic Press, San Diego.
Citing a Complete Book
4. Segel, I.H. (1968). Biochemical Calculations. USA: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
vii. Tables: Each table should be on a separate page, numbered, and accompanied by a title and explanatory caption at the top. Each table must be referred to in the text, and an indication of preferred position in the text should be given. Data must not be presented in both tabular and graphical form. 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.
viii. Figure legends: Legends should be typed on a separate sheet and contain the minimum amount of information that is necessary to understand the figure without reference to the main text (self-explanatory). Essential explanatory material should be placed in the legend and not in the figure although labels can also be included in the figure if it is helpful for the reader. In the full text online edition of the journal, figure legends may be truncated in abbreviated links to the full screen vision. Therefore, the first 100 characters of any legend should inform the reader of key aspects of the figure.

Figures and supplemental materials should be supplied as separate files.

ix. 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.

Plant, Cell and Environment will publish one colour figure free of charge in print (all colour figures are published in full colour online free of charge) providing the colour is deemed necessary by the editor. Please note, however, that it is preferable that line figures (e.g. graphs and charts) are supplied in black and white so that they are legible if printed by a reader in black and white.

Additional Files

Supporting Information
Supporting Information can be a useful way for an author to include important but ancillary information with the online version of an article. Examples of Supporting Information include additional tables, data sets, figures, movie files, audio clips, 3D structures, and other related nonessential multimedia files. Supporting Information should be cited within the article text, and a descriptive legend should be included. It is published as supplied by the author, and a proof is not made available prior to publication; for these reasons, authors should provide any Supporting Information in the desired final format. 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 are spelt out, except for: measurements with a unit (8mmol/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.
      • Scientific names: The complete scientific name (genus, species, authority and cultivar, if appropriate) should be cited for every organism when first mentioned. Subsequently, the generic name may be abbreviated to initials except where intervening references to other genera would cause confusion. Common names of organisms, if used, must be accompanied by the correct scientific name on first mention. Latin names should be underlined.
      • Mathematical formulae: Mathematical formulae should be indented and adequate spacing should be allowed above and below displayed equations. When a manuscript contains several mathematical equations, each principal equation should be identified by a number in parentheses (e.g., Eqn 1).

Resource Identification Initiative
The journal supports the Resource Identification Initiative, which aims to promote research resource identification, discovery, and reuse. This initiative, led by the Neuroscience Information Framework and the Oregon Health & Science University Library, provides unique identifiers for antibodies, model organisms, cell lines, and tools including software and databases. These IDs, called Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs), are machine-readable and can be used to search for all papers where a particular resource was used and to increase access to critical data to help researchers identify suitable reagents and tools.
Authors are asked to use RRIDs to cite the resources used in their research where applicable in the text, similar to a regular citation or Genbank Accession number. For antibodies, authors should include in the citation the vendor, catalogue number, and RRID both in the text upon first mention in the Methods section. For software tools and databases, please provide the name of the resource followed by the resource website, if available, and the RRID. For model organisms, the RRID alone is sufficient.
Additionally, authors must include the RIIDs in the list of keywords associated with the manuscript.

To Obtain Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs):
1) Use the Resource Identification Portal, created by the Resource Identification Initiative Working Group.
2) Search for the research resource (please see the section titled “Search Features and Tips” for more information).
3) Click on the “Cite This” button to obtain the citation and insert the citation into the manuscript text.
If there is a resource that is not found within the Portal, authors are asked to register the resource with the appropriate resource authority. Information on how to do this is provided in the “Resource Citation Guidelines” section of the Portal.
If any difficulties in obtaining identifiers arise, please contact rii-help@scicrunch.org for assistance.

Example Citations:
Antibodies: "Wnt3 was localized using a rabbit polyclonal antibody C64F2 against Wnt3 (Cell Signaling Technology, Cat# 2721S, RRID: AB_2215411)"

Model Organisms: "Experiments were conducted in c. elegans strain SP304 (RRID:CGC_SP304)"

Cell lines: "Experiments were conducted in PC12 CLS cells (CLS Cat# 500311/p701_PC-12, RRID:CVCL_0481)"

Tools, Software, and Databases: "Image analysis was conducted with CellProfiler Image Analysis Software, V2.0 (http://www.cellprofiler.org, RRID:nif-0000-00280)" 

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 Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here.

Manuscript transfer
This journal works together with one of Wiley’s Open Access journals, Ecology and Evolution, to enable rapid publication of good quality research that is unable to be accepted for publication by our journal. Authors will be offered the option of having the paper, along with any related reviews, automatically transferred for consideration by the Editor of Ecology and Evolution. Authors will not need to reformat or rewrite their manuscript at this stage, and publication decisions will be made a short time after the transfer takes place. The Editor of Ecology and Evolution will accept submissions that report well-conducted research which reaches the standard acceptable for publication. Accepted papers can be published rapidly, typically within 15 days of acceptance. Ecology and Evolution is a Wiley Open Access journal and article publication fees apply. More information can be found here.

Preprint servers
Subscription/hybrid journals
This journal will consider for review articles previously available as preprints on non-commercial servers such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, psyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, etc. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to non-commercial servers at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.

Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
The journal encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper 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. Manuscripts based on large datasets (e.g. RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq) should include provisional links to public databases where the raw data will be deposited. Once the paper has been accepted in principle this link should be finalised. We expect the data to be deposited and fully accessible to the readers upon publication.
Manuscripts describing mathematical models must conform to Plant, Cell & Environment policies concerning equation and parameter sets. A description of these policies can be found here.

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 guidelinesfor 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:

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

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

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
Sequence variants should be described in the text and tables using both DNA and protein designations whenever appropriate. Sequence variant nomenclature must follow the current HGVS guidelines; see varnomen.hgvs.org, where examples of acceptable nomenclature are provided.

Sequence Data
Nucleotide sequence datacan 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:

Proteins sequence datashould be submitted to either of the following repositories:

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: https://www.crossref.org/services/funder-registry/

Publication Ethics
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley’s Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.

ORCID
As part of the journal’s commitment to supporting authors at every step of the publishing process, the journal requires the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript. This takes around 2 minutes to complete. Find more information here.

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. Authors may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or OnlineOpen under the terms of a Creative Commons License.

General information regarding licensing and copyright is available here. To review the Creative Commons License options offered under OnlineOpen, please click here. (Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used; to check this please click here.)

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.

Open Access fees: Authors who choose to publish using OnlineOpen will be charged a fee. A list of Article Publication Charges for Wiley journals is available here.

Funder Open Access: Please click here for more information on Wiley’s compliance with specific Funder Open Access Policies.

7. PUBLICATION PROCESS AFTER ACCEPTANCE

Accepted Article Received in Production
When an accepted article is received by Wiley’s production team, the corresponding author will receive an email asking them to login or register with Wiley Author Services. The author will be asked to sign a publication license at this point.

Accepted Articles
The journal offers Wiley’s Accepted Articles service for all manuscripts. This service ensures that accepted ‘in press’ manuscripts are published online shortly after acceptance, prior to copy-editing or typesetting. Accepted Articles are published online a few days after final acceptance and appear in PDF format only. They are given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows them to be cited and tracked and are indexed by PubMed. After the final version article is published (the article of record), the DOI remains valid and can still be used to cite and access the article.

Accepted Articles will be indexed by PubMed; submitting authors should therefore carefully check the names and affiliations of all authors provided in the cover page of the manuscript so it is accurate for indexing. Subsequently, the final copyedited and proofed articles will appear in an issue on Wiley Online Library; the link to the article in PubMed will update automatically.

Proofs
Authors will receive an e-mail notification with a link and instructions for accessing HTML page proofs online. Page proofs should be carefully proofread for any copyediting or typesetting errors. Online guidelines are provided within the system. No special software is required, all common browsers are supported. Authors should also make sure that any renumbered tables, figures, or references match text citations and that figure legends correspond with text citations and actual figures. Proofs must be returned within 48 hours of receipt of the email. Return of proofs via e-mail is possible in the event that the online system cannot be used or accessed.

Publication Charges
Colour figures may be published online free of charge; however, the journal charges for publishing figures in colour in print. If the author supplies colour figures at Early View publication, they will be invited to complete a colour charge agreement in RightsLink for Author Services. The author will have the option of paying immediately with a credit or debit card, or they can request an invoice. If the author chooses not to purchase colour printing, the figures will be converted to black and white for the print issue of the journal.

Please contact the Production Editor if you have any queries regarding this.

Early View
The journal offers rapid publication via Wiley’s Early View service. Early View (Online Version of Record) articles are published on Wiley Online Library before inclusion in an issue. Note there may be a delay after corrections are received before the article appears online, as Editors also need to review proofs. Once the article is published on Early View, no further changes to the article are possible. The Early View article is fully citable and carries an online publication date and DOI for citations.

Citing this Article: eLocators
This journal now uses eLocators. eLocators are unique identifies for an article that service the same function page numbers have traditionally served in the print world. When citing this article, please insert the eLocator in place of the page number. For more information, please visit the Author Services eLocator page here.

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.

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

Measuring the Impact of an Article
Wiley also helps authors measure the impact of their research through specialist partnerships with Kudos and Altmetric.

9. EDITORIAL OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS

PCEoffice@wiley.com

Author Guidelines updated 7th January 2019