Clinical Chemistry - IFA - Submitting a Revised Manuscript

Submitting a Revised Manuscript

Authors whose manuscripts have received a revision decision are given 30 days to submit their revised manuscript. The corresponding author will receive only ONE email reminder during this time.

At the end of the 30 day period, the author will be notified and the manuscript will close.

To submit the revised paper after such closure, authors must submit it through the ‘Submit a New Manuscript’ queue as a new paper, linking it to the previous manuscript number. This linking is indicated on the first Manuscript Metadata page.

At this point the paper becomes a ‘Resubmission’ and will be returned to the same editor.

Please do not begin the submission of your revised manuscript until all parts of your manuscript are ready for upload.

Please note: If you do any work in the ‘Create a Revision When Absolutely Ready’ queue, even just opening it, the system will move your paper into the ‘Submissions/Revisions In Progress’ queue in your Author Area.

See the Manuscript Preparation section of our Information for Authors link on the upper left corner of each submission page at http://submit.clinchem.org/ for help with formatting.

Please pay special attention to our Checklist regarding requirements for submission which can be found in the ‘Checklist-Print and Check’ link at the top of each submission page at http://submit.clinchem.org/.

Important: When uploading the revised version, please be sure to include in the ‘Response to Reviews’ Metadata field a point-by-point list of all changes made, or your rebuttal, in response to each of the reviewer suggestions. Failure to do so will delay review of your manuscript.

Remember, figures must be uploaded separately as Image files in .eps or .tif format files at 600 DPI resolution. Alternatively you may use PowerPoint files with embedded fonts and one image per slide, one slide per file.

Please do not upload your figures embedded in the Word document.

Source files should be uploaded separately:

Manuscript (with Tables included) as a Word file

Figures as .eps, .tif or .ppt files

Supplemental Data as PDF, Word, Excel, and most other graphic format files

Revision Instructions

Open your web browser and type in http://submit.clinchem.org/ Log in with your email address and password.

Click on Author Area and choose ‘Submit a Revision.’ Click on this and you should find your manuscript there.

Fill in or check the page of manuscript metadata. Items highlighted in red are mandatory but the more information, the better. Click Save/Continue.

Fill in or check the next page of author metadata. Click Save/Continue.

Enter the correct number of image files you need to upload. The manuscript has already been designated as one file.

Only .eps and .tif image formats, resolution 600 dpi, are acceptable. You may use PowerPoint (ppt) files if the fonts are embedded and there is only one image per slide, one slide per file.

You will need to upload your manuscript (with Tables) as a Word document (or whatever software package you use). All figures, however, must be uploaded as Image files in .eps, .tif or .ppt formats.

Please do not upload PDF files, except for Supplemental Data.

Click Save/Continue.

The system will then offer a browse button for the manuscript and each image. Click each browse button and find the corresponding file on your computer, each in turn. When all are completed, click upload (if files are large, you may upload them one at a time)..

At this point the system will ask you to close your browser and wait for an email acknowledgment that your revised manuscript and images have been converted into a PDF for review purposes. When the email comes to the email account you registered with, you will be asked to return to your Author Area and approve all parts of the uploaded manuscript (Manuscripts Ready for you to Proof).

Items to check thoroughly include the PDF file and the references html page. This reference linking to Medline is a valuable tool for both editors and reviewers, so you will need to make sure your Reference section uploaded to the Clinical Chemistry site correctly. If not, our Information for Authors page will offer assistance in properly formatting references. It can be found at http://www.aacc.org/ccj/infoauth.stm .

Even though you uploaded your manuscript and images separately, your PDF file should include all parts of your manuscript: your title page, your structured abstract, your manuscript body, references, tables, figure legends, and figures.

The abstract and cover letter and response to reviewers should appear in the manuscript metadata windows.

You may still edit your paper at this stage but if edited, it will have to go through another conversion process and will appear in the Manuscripts Ready for you to Proof queue again.

You can repeat this process as many times as you like until you are satisfied your submission is the way you wish it to be.

Please edit as many times as necessary or approve until all boxes are filled. Click Approve.

You are finished and will receive a confirmation email that your revised manuscript has been received in the Clinical Chemistry editorial office.