Submitting your Article

Authors will be able to submit their manuscripts to the Editor via this website from 4th October 2007.

To gain access to the relevant areas of the submission site you will need to login with your Email address and a password. You will receive an automated email containing your login details when you have been assigned to a specific headword within the submission site by the Editor (4th October 2007).

Once logged in you should locate/select your headword within the list of headwords which will take you to a page containing:

• general information about the headword (including progress tracking),
• contact information for the Editor as well as Technical Support,
• your contact details, with an option to change them and your password (please check that the spelling/display of your name is correct),
• an area where you will be able to upload versions of your manuscript (and artwork).

You will be able to upload text and images for two versions of your manuscript:

• First Draft
• Final Draft

Please note that if you are responsible for multiple entries you will only be able to upload one entry at a time and that all your entries must be submitted as separate documents.

If your entry has already been approved by the Editor prior to this website being available there is no need for you to upload it to the website - this will be done for you.

If you are amending your entry based on feedback already provided by the Editor prior to this site being available please DO NOT send it to the Editor, instead please upload it to the website as a Final Draft.

First Draft
Once you have written your article you will be required to submit a First Draft to the Editor. Upon submission the First Draft will become locked while the Editor reviews it. The Editor will add their feedback to your Word document (using the Add Comment or Track Changes facilities of Microsoft Word*) and will upload this version to the website. This will trigger an email alert asking you to download the reviewed version of your First draft - which will include the Editor's comments within the document - and to create and submit a Final Draft.

The deadline for the submission of first drafts is 31st October 2007 unless you have agreed a different deadline with the Editor.

Final Draft
The Final Draft will be reviewed by the Editor. If minor modificatons are required the Editor will make these and upload your entry as approved. If there are still major changes to be made you will be asked to modify and upload as a Final Draft once more. This process will repeat until your entry is approved. When approved by the editor it will be passed to the Publisher for typesetting. You will receive confirmation by email that your entry has been approved.

Some entries will require fewer revisions than others.

You will be able to upload content for subsequent drafts (if applicable) at any point but you should only do this when you have received and implemented any feedback for the previous draft version.

If you want to upload corrected content for a previously submitted draft version that is locked you should contact the Editor via email.

*If you don't have Microsoft Word or a version of Word that is compatible with the Add Comments/Track Changes feature please refer to the Help section.

Schematic of the Submission--Review Process

Post-Delivery

Review of First Drafts will commence Autumn 2007.

Upon approval as a Final Draft, entries will be passed to the Publisher for copy-editing and proofreading.