The online service provides, five “centres” which are accessible to authors, referees, editors, chief editor and editorial office staff as appropriate. Access is by username and password and all users are able to set up their own accounts via the Web interface. Submissions remain confidential until peer review is completed, with manuscripts made available to the selected referees only until a final decision is made. The corresponding author may upload all tables and figures embedded within the manuscript text file saved in Microsoft® Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf). During file upload automatically generates a Portable Document Format file (.pdf) for online review. The native file format (.doc or .rtf) is also preserved and remains accessible for the editorial office staff. Upon successful submission an email confirmation containing the manuscript reference number is immediately sent to the corresponding author. If the corresponding author provides email addresses for each contributing author during submission, a confirmation of submission email will also be sent to each author. Acceptable image and figure file formats include TIFF (.tif), JPEG (.jpg), GIF (.gif) and EPS (.eps).

The Editorial Office, now based in Oxford, will continue to accept and process papers submitted as hard copy. However, we hope that authors will embrace this new service, not least because of the reduced amount of time that it takes to have their paper published in the Journals. To access the new service please click the appropriate link below. This will open a new window. For futher information about the service please contact the editors by clicking on the "Contact" button in the main navigation bar at the top of this page.

Journal of Applied Microbiology online manuscript submission information

Letters in Applied Microbiology online manuscript submission information