Editing: All accepted manuscripts are substantively edited for content and overall presentation, not merely for grammar and correct style, so authors should be prepared for further revisions (sometimes extensive) during editing. These revisions reflect detailed critiques of presentation, completeness, clarity, and balance by the editor-in-chief, deputy editor, associate editor, and/or staff editor. Some changes are needed to make content clearer to a broad readership; others are required so that the manuscript will conform to “house style” (that is, to be consistent with rules for standardized terminology, reference style, table style, spelling, and word usage). The authors are responsible for the accuracy of the final, edited version, which the corresponding author approves on behalf of all authors, either after consulting with all co-authors or by obtaining their advance authority to approve the final version on their behalf. Once the final, approved version is typeset, the authors may not rewrite or revise content (except to correct errors in data or typesetting); therefore, the corresponding author must ensure the accuracy of the final, edited version before it is sent to the publishing house for final checking and typesetting. The corresponding author is expected to return the corrected proofs within seven days. The whole process of submission of the manuscript to final decision and sending and receiving proofs is completed online.

Proofs: Technical production is handled by the journal’s publisher, PubAcademia. PubAcademia’s production editor will send to the corresponding author an e-mail notification that the page proof is ready to download from Editorial Manager. The corresponding author will have about a week to make any corrections and upload corrected proofs to Editorial Manager or notify the PubAcademia production editor that no changes are needed. PubAcademia also coordinates the publication of the journal online and in print. The corresponding author is responsible for proofreading the typeset materials carefully, and consequently, all authors are wholly responsible for the accuracy of the final printed version based on that proof. The corresponding author may correct typographical errors and data errors but may not make discretionary or non-error-related changes to the proof.

Anti-plagiarism Check: The corresponding author should run the final proof of the article through an electronic plagiarism check and send the plagiarism report along with the proof.

Reprints: Authors may order reprints (copies of the article as it appears in the print journal) from PubAcademia. An order form for reprints is included in the PDF file with the page proofs. The corresponding author is responsible for submitting all co-authors’ reprint orders. If authors decide later that they want reprints, they may obtain them through PubAcademia.