The corresponding authors will receive an e-mail from the Co-Editor and/or the Editorial Office announcing the acceptance of their manuscript for publication. The files of the final, accepted manuscript including figures will be forwarded to the Production Office:
| Società Italiana di Fisica |
| Via Saragozza 12 • I – 40123 Bologna • Italy |
| E-mail: epl@sif.it • website: www.sif.it |
If the authors are asked to send the electronic source files to the Production Office, they must make sure that the files exactly match the accepted version.
1. Copyright
The author(s) of the accepted paper will have to fill in the copyright form electronically. A paper cannot be accepted as long as the copyright form has not been completed.
| The author(s) shall have the following rights: |
| (1) All proprietary rights other than copyright, such as patent rights. |
| (2) The right, after publication by EPLA, to use all or part of the article without revision or modification including the EPLA-formatted version, in personal compilations or other publications of the authors’ own works, including the authors’ personal home page, and to make copies of all or part of the article for the authors’ use for lecture or classroom purposes. |
| (3) In addition to the above, no sooner than 12 months from the date of first publication of the article, the authors may include the accepted manuscript (all or part), as long as files prepared and/or formatted by EPLA are not used, (a) on websites of the institution (including its repository) where the authors worked when research for the article was carried out; (b) on third-party websites, including e-print servers, but not on other publisher’s websites… Any such posting made or updated after acceptance of the article for publication shall include a link to the online abstract in EPL or to the entry page of EPL. |
| (4) To the extent that there are moral rights in the article, the authors expressly reserve and assert their moral rights to be identified as authors of the article. |
2. Production process – tracking system
After acceptance, as soon as your paper starts being edited and processed, you will receive an automatic notification about its status from the Production Office. Of course, if you need clarifications or further information, you can contact the Production Office staff at epl@sif.it
3. Proofs
Authors will receive an e-mail from the Production Office advising them on how they can promptly download the proofs. The e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author and a 48 HOURS LIMIT will have to be adhered to. In case he/she might not be available, a second e-mail address should be provided upon acceptance in order to keep the processing times as short as possible.
The proofs will have to be returned to the Production Office in Bologna either via fax (+39 051 581340) or e-mail (epl@sif.it) in .pdf format within two days. Alternatively, corrections and clarifications to signalled points can be clearly listed and identified according to paragraphs and sent by e-mail to the Production Office.
Only amendments or small corrections, not meant to modify the content, are accepted. Since modifications will be introduced into the files already in hand, revised or corrected electronic files should not be submitted at this stage.
As soon as the proofs are returned, the paper will be corrected and shortly published on-line. Please note that from then on, further changes and amendments will not be accepted unless by submission of an Erratum.
4. On-line publication
EPL articles are published on-line in their final form as soon as they have been corrected and will be fully citable immediately. Please note that the on-line publication is protected by the copyright, therefore citable (with the e-print DOI reference) and definite. Any changes will thus necessarily require an Erratum.
5. Offprints
There are no page charges and authors will receive, instead of reprints, the PDF file of their article for free as soon as it is published on-line.