Authors corresponding author

Corresponding author

When submitting your paper, you will be asked to assign a corresponding author. Please make sure you are familiar with the responsibilities of the corresponding author. The author assigned must be able to carry out these responsibilities on behalf of any co-authors, and the corresponding author must meet authorship criteria for the article.

Corresponding author FAQs

Can the corresponding author change once assigned?

Do all journals use corresponding authors?

Do I have to check with my institution before declaring who corresponding author is?

How does the designated corresponding author affect eligibility for open access funding support?

Further help

If you are unsure about your eligibility for open access funding support, please first refer to our eligibility checker. Individual journals also have detailed information about funding support on their home pages; this can be found in each journal’s information area, under ‘Journal policies’ and ‘Open access options’.

If you have questions about authorship or corrections policies, please read our publishing ethics policy or contact publishingethics@cambridge.org .