Submission Guidelines | Nature Cardiovascular Research

When submitting your manuscript, please read the following guidelines, which will help you through the submission and publication process.

Make sure Nature Cardiovascular Research is the most suitable journal for your work – Aims and scope 

Check that Nature Cardiovascular Research accepts the content type you are working on – Content types 

Understand our publishing models and costs – Publishing options 

Does Nature Cardiovascular Research accept Presubmission enquiries? – Presubmission enquiries

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Make sure your submission is complete – Preparing your material

Understand the initial formatting requirements – Formatting for initial submission

Make sure your manuscript is accurate and readable – Writing and language

Do you want to participate in Double-blind Peer Review? – Double-blind Peer review requirements

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Once you have submitted your manuscript, it goes through our editorial process.

If your manuscript is sent out for peer review, you will receive an email asking you to read and sign our Editorial Policies.

To appeal against a decision, or transfer your submission to another journal – Appeals and Transfers.

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If your article is accepted for publication (known as Acceptance in Principle), you will need to follow the formatting guidelines.

Before final acceptance, we request that corresponding authors of accepted papers link their Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) to their manuscript tracking system account – 

ORCID instructions.

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Once your manuscript is formally accepted, it is sent to Production to prepare for publication – production process.