Diabetologia

• General information
• Editorial Board
• EASD

• What does an Editor look for?
• Instructions to Authors
• Guidelines for genetic association studies
• Clinical trials
• How to submit
• Acceptance: what next?
• Rejection: what next?

• Guidance for reviewers
• Referees 2008−2009

• View our cover gallery

• Style guide

Acceptance: what next?

• Step 1: The Editorial Office will request files and figures in the correct format, if these have not already been supplied
• Step 2: Your paper will be copyedited, and the copyeditor will contact you with any queries that arise
• Step 3: Your paper will be sent for typesetting. You will receive an email from our publisher, Springer, around this time. Failure to respond to this email will result in dispatch of your proofs being delayed
• Step 4: An electronic proof (URL) is sent to the corresponding author. Corrections should be returned within 48 h
• Step 5: Your proofs will be read by a proofreader, and the Editorial Office will contact you if any queries arise
• Step 6: Once the proofs have been corrected your paper will be published online. See Online First
• Step 7: Once papers have been published online they will be assigned to a print issue of the journal
• Step 8: Your article appears in print
• Step 9: Your offprints will be dispatched. All authors will receive 50 offprints free of charge. Authors have the option of ordering extra offprints during step 3.