Final submissions

Information Sheets for Downloading

• Submitting a final version (after acceptance) (pdf 89KB)
• Producing production-quality artwork (after acceptance) (pdf 566KB)
• Author checklist (after acceptance) (pdf 78KB)
• Insights and supplements author checklist (after acceptance) (pdf 104KB)

See the full list of information sheets.

Guide to preparing production-quality figures and text files

These instructions apply only if your manuscript has been accepted in principle for publication and an editor has asked you to upload production-quality material. Before your manuscript can be formally accepted for publication and passed to our subediting, art and production departments, you will need to upload electronic files of your text, figures and Supplementary Information (if any) to our server. You will also need to upload scanned copies of any forms and declarations requested by the editorial office for signing (these may be faxed if scanning is not possible, with the fax labelled clearly with the corresponding author name and manuscript reference number).

The documents below should help you in preparing the final files. They are also available, in the downloadable information sheets listed above.

• Short guide to preparing final text
• Guide to preparing final artwork (pdf 566KB)
• Guide for digital images
• Supplementary Information
• Forms and declarations

Please follow these links to be sure that your final files are complete and in the correct format. This will speed the handling of your manuscript after it is accepted, reduce delays and minimize potential errors. If you are unable to upload production-quality files to our server, you should contact Nature's London office (production_submit@nature.com) for details of how files may be sent on disk, although you should be aware that online submission is the preferred route and submission by other means may delay acceptance and/or publication of your paper.

After acceptance for publication, we will edit your manuscript to ensure that it is intelligible to our wide readership and that it conforms with house style, as explained here. Our subeditors are likely to send you the edited text for your approval before it is typeset. You will subsequently receive a proof (PDF) of the layout, including the figures, by email. When you receive your proof, we suggest you send it to your co-authors for them to check, but please coordinate these changes among the co-authors so that only one author communicates with Nature and only one set of corrections is sent. The corresponding (or other single designated) author is responsible on behalf of all co-authors for the accuracy of all content, including spelling of names and current affiliations of all your co-authors, so please ensure these are checked carefully.