those things about proof (related questions can be answered here, do you believe it?)

After the article is accepted by SCI, everyone will be happy and excited for a while, and then they will wait for the copyright agreement, proof and so on. It is really uncertain to say a specific time from acceptance to sending proof. The efficiency of each periodical publishing house is different, including the different manuscript handling capacity of the same magazine in different years, which will also affect this time. But as far as most journals are concerned, it takes about one month. If it is short, proof will arrive one week after accept, and if it is long, it will last for 1-3 months, and a few will take longer. Online online in the back is usually very fast. Of course, the paper version is another story, and there are also issues such as page fees, which will not be discussed here. The main purpose of posting here is to introduce the related problems of proof proof, and sort out the related old posts in the park in recent years. I hope it will be helpful to the later work of submission, and avoid low-level mistakes and mistakes as much as possible, so as to ensure that the articles that you have "racked your brains and tried your best" will be online smoothly at the last minute, and the author will face the signing of legal documents of copyright agreement after receiving the articles. The main content of the copyright agreement is the transfer of the copyright of the article. At present, they are all standard clauses, and most of them are overlord clauses, so we must agree to transfer them. It is important to point out that all authors should sign their names in person.

proof is sent by the publishing house, which is responsible for it and has nothing to do with the magazine editor. If you just receive the e-proof, you should be able to change it. If it has been proved, it will definitely not work. However, editors and publishers must be given sufficient reasons to prove that the changes are reasonable, and it is generally best not to do such things. As long as it doesn't involve academic misconduct and suspicion, just talk to the publishing house. Generally, minor revisions are accepted. Revisions only show that you are a very strict person. When proofreading, you want the author to find mistakes so that there will be fewer mistakes when publishing. But some are allowed to change, and some are not. Of course, changes are also handled within a certain range, and not all problems can be changed.

the work of p>proof usually includes two main contents: (1) completing the problems pointed out by the editorial department, such as supplementing the full name of abbreviations, supplementing the origin of reagents, correcting some grammatical errors, and agreeing or confirming a small number of revisions made by the editorial department. (2) where you find that you need to change, such as typos, punctuation errors, etc., ask the author to make a list of mistakes, the location of the names and changes. In the proofing stage, it is generally not allowed to adjust the author and change a lot of text content. Usually, proofreading requires the author to complete it within two working days, otherwise it may affect the publication.

after receiving the proof of an article, the correspondent can modify the author information, contact information, add authors, change the order of authors, and add funds. If the author is deleted or changed, especially the first author and the correspondent author, most journal editors will ask for the change explanation and signed proof. I won't go into details here. With the attachment of proof, most journals also have query and annotate files (some journals don't have annotate files).

Proof also has content modification, including the pdf annotation given to you by periodical editors when proofreading. Some periodicals have no pdf annotation, so the typeset proof will be sent directly to you for proofreading. In any case, the author can directly modify the wrong content in the proof that is edited and sent to you. Be sure to delete, add and annotate according to the requirements of proof modification. If there is no annotate file, operate according to the meaning or function indicated by each icon in the pdf toolbar. In proof, in order to distinguish the editing of your manuscript by typesetting, the author can not only delete, add and annotate the proof, but also highlight these deletions, additions and annotations in yellow. After the modification, add the word "_corrected" after the file name of the document, and then return the attachment to the editor's email. Remember to remind the editor to write back to you after receiving it.

in the query document, the content of response can be filled in at the bottom (for query, the number of modified pages and rows, modified contents and remarks are listed one by one); If it has been modified in proof (the modification information answers the Query), you can indicate the modified page, number of rows and remarks in response. After the Query document is written, print the fax to the specified fax number. Also, remember to remind the editor to write back to you.

springer can modify the proof conveniently now, and it can modify the proof online. There are many options to modify the Proof, which can be modified in pdf and then email or faxed (pay attention to the title and article number of your article). These are traditional methods. Now springer has introduced a more convenient method to modify the proof, that is, e-proof, which can be modified online. Of course, this method is also available in other publishing houses' submission systems, but springer's e-proof modification can check your proof online (like pdf, in the left column of the window), and can also make normal online modifications (such as quoting the line/formula number of the proof, listing the wrong places and giving correct modifications).

the work in the p>Proof stage refers to: proofreading some grammar or text errors, and answering and correcting some doubts raised by the editorial department of the publishing house. You can directly use the "Annotation" tool to modify articles in pdf format (this requires Acrobat Professional or Acrobat Reader 7. or above), and send them as email attachments after saving; Or you can directly modify the printed manuscript with a red pen or a highlighter, and then mail it back to the publishing house.