Production
Once an article has been accepted, the process of copyediting, proofing, typesetting and publishing the article will begin. Authors will be asked to ensure all final files are submitted to ScholarOne before the article can be sent to Cambridge University Press for production.
Your point of contact with Cambridge University Press will be the content manager of the journal. For more information about how production works at Cambridge University Press, please see our information on publishing an accepted paper, which explains how an article goes from accepted manuscript to fully published. There may be small differences between journals with this process. You can also check our Journal Production FAQs.
When an article is accepted, it is scheduled for the next available regular issue of the journal (that is, not a Conference Proceedings or special-topic issue). Normally, articles are scheduled for one of the two next issues to appear following acceptance.
In some cases, articles are accepted conditional upon revision that takes into account comments and questions by the reviewer(s) and journal editors. We reserve the right to determine whether a revision adequately incorporates necessary changes.
Page charges
Each institution sponsoring research reported in an article or date list will be asked to pay a charge of US$50 per printed page. No charges will be made if the author indicates that the author's institution is unable to pay, and payment of page charges for an article will, in no case, be a condition for its acceptance.
Licence to Publish
Once your article has been accepted, but before it can proceed into production, we need a signed licence to publish form. Further information about this may be found in the publishing agreement page.
FirstView
Radiocarbon uses the FirstView system to publish articles online ahead of the print edition. For more details please see our FAQs.
Articles published online under the FirstView model are considered published, and have a DOI which can be used for citation. No further revisions can be made after FirstView publication of an article. Articles will later be assigned to an appropriate issue by the journal's Editor. Articles may appear in a different order in issues to the order they were published under FirstView.
Corrections
Changes cannot be made to articles once published either online in FirstView or as part of an issue. Any changes must be made via the standard process of issuing a correction notice. Please contact the Editorial Office and Content Manager for the journal if any error has been identified. The final decision on whether a correction notice should be published will be taken by the Publisher in consultation with the Editorial Team. For more information please refer to our FAQs.
Access to article
Once your article has been published, authors will receive a code which will provide perpetual access in both HTML and PDF formats.
Funding open access
Multiple funding routes are available for Gold Open Access articles. Please see this journal's open access options for details.