Authors should submit manuscripts online via the Journal of British Studies Editorial Manager system at http://jbritstudies.edmgr.com. You will need to create an account if you do not have one. If you are unsure if you have an account, or if you have forgotten your password, use the password help function provided. Please contact the editorial office at jbsedit@queensu.ca if you have any questions about the procedure, or wish to make a submission by another means.
Submitting Your Manuscript Instructions
The online submission software (Editorial Manager) will automatically create a single PDF document containing your main text and reduced-resolution versions of any figures and tables you have submitted.
In addition to the main manuscript text, including tables and figures, you will be asked to provide the following items during the submission process:
- A title of not more than 30 words
- An abstract of not more than 200 words
- Name(s), affiliation(s), and contact information for the corresponding author(s)
- A statement regarding any conflicts of interest
To submit a new manuscript, go to http://jbritstudies.edmgr.com, choose “Submit New Manuscript” and then follow the on-screen instructions. You move between steps by clicking on the “Next” button on each screen or back to the previous screen by clicking on the “Previous” button. Please do not use the “Back” or “Forward” buttons on your browser, as the information you have entered will not be saved. At any stage you can stop the submission process. Everything you have typed into the system will be saved, and the partially completed submission will appear under “Incomplete Submissions” on the Homepage’s Main Menu. To return to the submission process, you will need to click on “Edit Submission” for the relevant manuscript title. You can save any partial information entered and return later to edit any or all fields, but you can only submit your manuscript once you have entered all the required information.
The submission pages will ask you to follow these steps:
- 1. Select Article Type: Original Manuscript.
- 2. Enter the title of your manuscript (up to 30 words).
- 3. Edit author details.
- 4. Enter the abstract of your manuscript. The abstract may be cut and pasted from a word- processing program; however, the formatting will be lost (up to 200 words).
- 5. Select classifications for your manuscript. Please choose a minimum of one term per category (period; geographical area; thematic and conceptual field).
- 6. Please respond to a series of additional question concerning your submission. For additional information and instructions click on the blue links labeled “instructions.”
- 7. You have the option of adding any comments to the editors.
- 8. Select the country of your current residence or academic affiliation from the drop-down menu.
- 9. Attach Files: When you come to upload your manuscript files, enter individual files by entering the item type (e.g. manuscript or figure) and a description, and choose each file by either clicking on “Choose Files” or dragging and dropping the relevant files directly to the area indicated on the screen. Repeat these steps until you have uploaded all required files. Only the manuscript is a required item; all others are optional. When you are done, click “Next.”
- 10. Click on the button, “Build PDF for my Approval.”
- 11. The next screen will ask you to go to the Submissions Waiting for Author’s Approval page, where a link to the PDF will appear once Editorial Manager has built it.
- 12. Go to “Action Links” and select “View Submission” to view the PDF.
If the files have not been uploaded correctly or you would like to make final changes, select “Edit Submission” to upload correct versions of any or all files.
When you are content with the uploaded manuscript proof, click on “Approve Submission.”
After the manuscript has been submitted, you will see a confirmation screen. If you do not see this, your manuscript has not been successfully submitted to the journal. If this is the case, please click the “Incomplete Submissions” link on the Author Main Menu where the paper will be awaiting your attention. When the editorial office has received your submission, you will receive an email confirmation.
ORCID
We require all corresponding authors to identify themselves using ORCID when submitting a manuscript to this journal. ORCID provides a unique identifier for researchers and, through integration with key research workflows such as manuscript submission and grant applications, provides the following benefits:
- Discoverability: ORCID increases the discoverability of your publications, by enabling smarter publisher systems and by helping readers to reliably find work that you have authored.
- Convenience: As more organisations use ORCID, providing your iD or using it to register for services will automatically link activities to your ORCID record, and will enable you to share this information with other systems and platforms you use, saving you re-keying information multiple times.
- Keeping track: Your ORCID record is a neat place to store and (if you choose) share validated information about your research activities and affiliations.
See our ORCID FAQs for more information.
If you don’t already have an iD, you will need to create one if you decide to submit a manuscript to this journal. You can register for one directly from your user account on Editorial Manager, or alternatively via https://ORCID.org/register.
If you already have an iD, please use this when submitting your manuscript, either by linking it to your Editorial Manager account, or by supplying it during submission.
ORCIDs can also be used if authors wish to communicate to readers up-to-date information about how they wish to be addressed or referred to (for example, they wish to include pronouns, additional titles, honorifics, name variations, etc.) alongside their published articles. We encourage authors to make use of the ORCID profile’s “Published Name” field for this purpose. This is entirely optional for authors who wish to communicate such information in connection with their article. Please note that this method is not currently recommended for author name changes: see Cambridge’s author name change policy if you want to change your name on an already published article. See our ORCID FAQs for more information.
Licence to publish
Before Cambridge can publish your manuscript, we need a signed licence to publish agreement. Under the agreement, certain rights are granted to the journal owner which allow publication of the article. The original ownership of the copyright in the article remains unchanged. For full details see the publishing agreement page.