Submit manuscript
The following pages will support you if you would like to submit your manuscript. We are committed to providing you with the guidance and resources you need to navigate the submission process smoothly and efficiently, ensuring your work is prepared and delivered in the best possible way.
- •Make sure you follow the submission guidelines for that journal. Search for a journal.
- •Get permission to use any images.
- •Check that your data is easy to reproduce.
- •State clearly if you're reusing any data that has been used elsewhere.
- •Follow our policies on plagiarism and ethics.
- •Use our services to get help with English translation, scientific assessment and formatting. Find out what support you can get.
Open access vs subscription publishing
Each of our journals has its own policies, options, and fees for publishing.
Over 600 of our journals are fully open access. Others use a hybrid model, with readers paying to access some articles.
Publishing your article open access has a number of benefits:
- •Free to access and download
- •Reaches a wider global audience
- •1.6x more citations
- •6x more downloads
- •4.9 average Altmetric attention (vs 2.1 subscription)
It's free to publish your article in a subscription journal, but there are fees for publishing open access articles. You'll need to check the open access fees for the journal you choose.