How to Get Published

European Journal of Human Genetics

www.nature.com/ejhg

Academic Journals

Large and expanding array of subject areas Journals published both independently and on

behalf of society partners External editors and independent review process Offer open access option 7 online only titles

EJHG – Key Facts

•Approximately 800 submissions received each year

•More than 50,000 full-text papers downloaded each month

•Table of Contents alert is sent to 99,000 registrants

•International readership = 36% of subscribers are North American with 44% European

How much should you worry about journal impact factors?

IFs are important and currently is the only way to rank journals in terms of quality that is accepted by all (EJHG 2009 = 3.564)

As well as impact, it is equally important to think about the reach of the journal promotion of your article post publication the service delivered to you as an author by the

Publisher

Open Access

At acceptance stage you can also choose to pay a one off article processing charge to have your final

published version available open access immediately upon

publication and have it deposited into PubMed Central

Fee varies from journal to journal and depend on rejection rate and subject area

Original research only Already compliant with major funding agencies Choose one of two creative commons licences

The production process Accepted manuscripts are passed to the production department

A production editor will ensure paper meets the journal’s house style: Check punctuation, grammar, and consistency of terminology Check any names and abbreviations Check references Figures and tables are formatted and the manuscript is typeset

Reasons for delays to starting work on a paper: Artwork in wrong format Colour costs aren’t properly settled. Licence To Publish form not complete (NB YOU retain the copyright of the text, the Publisher that of the

layout!)

Page proofs are e-mailed to the corresponding author within 5 weeks of acceptance – corrections to a pdf version

Advanced online publication (AOP)

Your AOP version should appear online within 25 days. It now has a ‘Digital Object Identifier’ (DOI) number and date online and can now be cited.

Your paper is recorded in any relevant databases with which we have agreements as soon as it is published online, ensuring more people see your article over a longer amount of time

The print version of your paper ideally will appear around 3-4 months after acceptance

Once published: promotion & visibility

Selected articles are press-released

Electronic table of contents (e-ToC alerts)

Selected articles appear on www.nature.com homepage and NPG’s community and subject based platforms

All articles are included in key abstracting, indexing and linking services

We also look to cross promote with other relevant NPG titles and across www.nature.com

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