Manuscript processing stages

Manuscript processing, stages, 393—396 Manuscript review, 305-351, 393-394 Margins on illustrations, editorial purpose,... 

Left the planets around the piller of life, from the 16th-century French manuscript Each stage of the process had its own prescribed planetary situation, a typical linking of astrology with the alchemical tradition. 

Publishing a manuscript, whether intended for a journal or a book, is a process. It has four stages the draft manuscript, manuscript review, the final manuscript, and processing of accepted manuscripts. Along the way, responsibility for the different stages passes from the author, to the journal or book editor, back to the author, and finally to the technical editor. This chapter provides an overview of each of these stages as they evolve in scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publishing. 

Accuracy Checkers Ten professors participated in accuracy checking at each stage of the manuscript development and proof process to ensure that the end product is as error-firee as possible. 

The initial delivery and the refereeing process for ECC was done fully electronically. This allowed for fast processing of manuscripts at all stages. In essence, over 300 contributions were submitted, refereed, and delivered in their final form within 15 months. Typesetting and production only took another 6 months. 

With an endeavor which embraces so many interlocking areas of biochemistry, it is essential for the editors to turn to someone who can organize references and proofread text and reference lists, as well as expedite the thousand little aspects of the compilation process. We have been fortunate to have the services of Louise Pepe who gave so unselfishly of her free time to serve these and many other functions. Our thanks to her and to Steven Weiss, who, in the last frantic stages of manuscript preparation, have done so much in so little time. Addition-... 

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