Online First and Proofs
Proofs are prepared by our typesetters and will be sent to the authors a few weeks after acceptance (typically 3 weeks). The corrected proofs will be placed in our online contents and indexed in PubMed as "Epub ahead of print" articles after corrections are received from the authors. The Online First article is fully citable by using the DOI number. This is not the final version. When the article is published in an issue, the final, updated version replaces the Online First version.

The corresponding author will receive a PDF of the proofs and is asked to check the proofs carefully (the publisher will execute a cursory check only). Corrections other than printer's errors, however, should be avoided. Costs arising from such corrections will be charged to the authors. Please be sure to return your corrections as quickly as possible.

Important Note: After acceptance, any additions or deletions to the list of authors MUST be approved by the Editor-in-Chief, and all authors on the manuscript must also sign off on the changes.

Author Copy
The corresponding author of a contribution to the journal receives a complimentary pdf of their published article. The pdf is automatically sent to the corresponding author after the article is published in an issue. The link to the article can be freely shared, as well as the PDF of articles published with a CC BY-4.0 license. Articles published under a CC BY-NC license cannot be shared commercially without permission.