Review Process

The manuscript submission and peer review process is broken down into the following 4 steps.

1. The Author submits a manuscript.
2. The Editor assigns Reviewers to the manuscript.
3. The Reviewers review the manuscript.
4. The Editor makes a final decision to be sent to the Author.

Submission Process

The manuscript submission process is broken into a series of 4 screens that gather detailed information about your manuscript and allow you to upload the pertinent files. The sequence of screens is as follows:

1. A long form asking for author information, manuscript title, abstract, and file quantities. NOTE - AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SCREEN IS A BUTTON ALLOWING YOU TO SAVE WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND COME BACK LATER. IT IS RECOMMENDED, THOUGH, THAT YOU TRY TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER IN ONE SESSION IF POSSIBLE. You MUST click one of the "Save" buttons at the bottom of the screen before exiting the screen in order to save what you have entered.
2. A screen asking for the actual file locations (via an open file dialog). After completing this screen, your files will be uploaded to our server.
3. A completion screen that will provide you with a specific manuscript number for your manuscript.
4. An approval screen that will allow you to verify your manuscript has been uploaded and converted to PDF correctly.

Before submitting a manuscript, please gather the following information:

• All Authors':
  • First and last names
  • Institutional affiliations
  • E-mail addresses
    • NOTE: Please use the "Find Person" button to the right of the Contributing Author section to check if there is already an account in the system for each author. Some fields will show as "Redacted" - please leave the fields that way; you do not need to enter any information if the fields that are shown are correct.
  • Work telephone number (for Corresponding Author only)
• Manuscript title (you can copy and paste this from your manuscript)
• Abstract (you can copy and paste this from your manuscript)
• Manuscript files in PDF or DOC format. Please note that Word 2007 DOCX format is not accepted - if you are using Word 2007, please save the file as Word 2003. If your paper is accepted for publication, we will NOT be able to use PDF text files. PDF is acceptable for the initial submission and review process. A DOC file is required for all revised manuscripts.
• Tables as separate files in DOC format.
• Figures/Images as separate files, preferably in TIFF format. EPS and PDF formats are also accepted. Figures/Images should NOT be embedded in the article file. 
• NOTE: Individual files should not exceed 10 MB (most files submitted to The Journal of Immunology average less than 2 MB).  If your figure files exceed the 10MB limit, please check to make sure they are compressed with LZW compression or some other file compression format.
  
• Full manuscript preparation instructions can be found at:
•  http://www.jimmunol.org/misc/authorfulllength.shtml
  

After the manuscript is submitted, you will be taken to a page that will allow you to review your manuscript that has been converted to PDF. If the conversion is not correct, you can replace or delete your manuscript files as necessary. After you have reviewed the converted files, you will need to click on "Approve Manuscript". This link will have a red arrow next to it. Throughout the system, red arrows reflect pending action items that you should address.

If the Submitter is not the Corresponding Author, the submission will move from the Submitter's account to the Corresponding Author's account upon completion of the submission.

After the manuscript has been checked by journal staff, the Corresponding Author will receive an email acknowledging receipt of the manuscript. The email contains links to the Submission Form and Color Charges Form (if applicable). The Corresponding Author must download, sign and fax these forms to 301-634-7831 to complete the submission. The manuscript will not be sent for review until The JI Editorial Office receives these forms signed by the Corresponding Author.

Getting Help

If you need additional help, you can click on the help signs spread throughout the system. A help dialog will pop up with context sensitive help.

To contact The Journal of Immunology office, email infoji@aai.org or call 301-634-7197.

Manuscript Status

After you approve your manuscript, you are finished, except for faxing the Submission Form (and Color Charges Form, if applicable) as described above. You can get the status of your manuscript via:

1. Logging into the system with your password.
2. Clicking on the link represented by your manuscript tracking number and abbreviated title.
3. Clicking on the "Check Status" link at the bottom of the displayed page.

Starting

The manuscript submission process starts by pressing the "Submit Manuscript" link on your "Home" page. Please make sure you have gathered all the required manuscript information listed above BEFORE starting the submission process.

Please press HOME to continue.