Author Resources
The success of JDR and our research community relies on the publication of high quality research relevant to all aspects of the lactation sciences. We are glad to welcome you as a JDR author, and we thank you for your contribution!
JDR is a hybrid Journal
We publish standard articles completely free, without any page charges or submission fees. This includes any online colour images, although there is a fee for including colour images in the hardcopy Journal. Authors also have the option of publishing Gold Open Access. The standard fee for this is £1870. However, if your Institution has a Read and Publish Agreement with Cambridge University Press this fee will either be waived completely or discounted, depending on the individual Agreement. You can check your eligibility for free Gold Open Access here
We publish original research in two formats: Full Paper or Research Communication
Both categories have equal merit and equivalent indexing and we encourage you to choose the most appropriate for your research. We also welcome submissions of Research Reflections, which are short reviews, opinion papers or dataless papers proposing a testable hypothesis.
We also publish a variety of articles intended to add "impact beyond data"
Reviews and Editorials are published by invitation only (you are welcome to propose a topic) and we also publish a range of other submitted short articles (Research Reflections, Invited Reviews and Editorials, Special Issue manuscripts, Book Reviews, Letters to the Editor, Foreign Language Abstracts, PhD Thesis Abstracts)
There are four sections to this page:
Please be sure to refer to the correct section and use the correct form.
All of the materials that you will need as an author can be accessed from here without logging in, apart from your manuscript. To maintain confidentiality, manuscripts themselves can only be accessed from individual accounts. Once your submitted manuscript is online, you can access it ONLY from your "My Account" menu. You must be logged in to do this. If you do not already have an account, you can create one by joining JDR, or we will create one for you when you submit for the first time.
JDR is a hybrid Journal
We publish standard articles completely free, without any page charges or submission fees. This includes any online colour images, although there is a fee for including colour images in the hardcopy Journal. Authors also have the option of publishing Gold Open Access. The standard fee for this is £1870. However, if your Institution has a Read and Publish Agreement with Cambridge University Press this fee will either be waived completely or discounted, depending on the individual Agreement. You can check your eligibility for free Gold Open Access here
We publish original research in two formats: Full Paper or Research Communication
Both categories have equal merit and equivalent indexing and we encourage you to choose the most appropriate for your research. We also welcome submissions of Research Reflections, which are short reviews, opinion papers or dataless papers proposing a testable hypothesis.
We also publish a variety of articles intended to add "impact beyond data"
Reviews and Editorials are published by invitation only (you are welcome to propose a topic) and we also publish a range of other submitted short articles (Research Reflections, Invited Reviews and Editorials, Special Issue manuscripts, Book Reviews, Letters to the Editor, Foreign Language Abstracts, PhD Thesis Abstracts)
There are four sections to this page:
- Submitting a new Full Paper or Research Communication manuscript
- Tracking and updating your submitted Manuscript
- Progressing your Accepted Manuscript
- Submitting another type of article
Please be sure to refer to the correct section and use the correct form.
All of the materials that you will need as an author can be accessed from here without logging in, apart from your manuscript. To maintain confidentiality, manuscripts themselves can only be accessed from individual accounts. Once your submitted manuscript is online, you can access it ONLY from your "My Account" menu. You must be logged in to do this. If you do not already have an account, you can create one by joining JDR, or we will create one for you when you submit for the first time.
Submitting a new ManuscriptThank you for considering JDR for the publication of your research. For guidance on our research scope and other important information about publishing in JDR, including how to submit through Scholar One, please first visit our Prepare your Manuscript page. We strongly recommend that you do this before preparing or submitting your paper, even if you have published with us before. To increase your chances of publication, it is very important that you read our Policy Statement, which gives clear guidance on our preferred types of manuscript.
We have a help file that describes the Scholar One submission procedure. View here. If you have read the guidance page and are ready to submit, please use the Submit your Manuscript link to go to the Our JDR Scholar One account. Please remember that we now accept either Word or PDF manuscript files, but figures should now be submitted as separate JPEG, PNG or TIFF files. |
Tracking and updating your submitted Manuscript
Manuscripts submitted before March 2024
These will have a letter/number reference, eg smith1234.
They will progress through our in-house Peer Review system. You will able to access the manuscript and view its progress from your personal account on this JDR Community site (choose login from main menu). You will receive regular email updates from us. If you are asked to revise your manuscript, you MUST use the SUBMIT YOUR REVISION form to send us the revised version. |
Manuscripts submitted after February 2024
These will have a DAR/year/number reference eg DAR-2024-0051
Your submitted manuscript will be available in your Our JDR Scholar One account (login will be required). You will be able to view its progress through Peer Review and you will receive regular email updates. If you are asked to revise it you will do this through Scholar One. |
Progressing your accepted Manuscript
Congratulations! Once your manuscript has been accepted for publication, we send it to Cambridge University Press. Once copy-editing is complete you will receive the Proof Copy from CUP as a PDF file. You are asked to correct the Proof within three days if possible. Instructions will be sent with the Proof. You MUST then submit your corrected Proof to us using the Submit your Proof form.
Copyright. Before your article can be published you must complete the online Copyright Release Form. You will receive details from CUP,
Submitting another type of article
Research Reflections
We welcome submissions of Research Reflections, which can be either shorter Review Articles, Opinion/Position Papers or Hypothesis (dataless) Papers. We also invite Research Reflections on specific topics from selected authors. Click the Research Reflections link for more information. Submission is via Our JDR Scholar One.
We welcome submissions of Research Reflections, which can be either shorter Review Articles, Opinion/Position Papers or Hypothesis (dataless) Papers. We also invite Research Reflections on specific topics from selected authors. Click the Research Reflections link for more information. Submission is via Our JDR Scholar One.
Invited Review Articles
JDR publishes Research Reviews by invitation only. If you would like to propose a topic for a Review please use the Contact Form to make your suggestion. If you have already been invited to submit a Review Article, submit your Review through Our JDR Scholar One
JDR publishes Research Reviews by invitation only. If you would like to propose a topic for a Review please use the Contact Form to make your suggestion. If you have already been invited to submit a Review Article, submit your Review through Our JDR Scholar One
Invited Editorials
We invite Editorials from members of the Editorial Team, and we also welcome offers from members of the Peer Review Pool. Use the Contact Form to make an offer.
We invite Editorials from members of the Editorial Team, and we also welcome offers from members of the Peer Review Pool. Use the Contact Form to make an offer.
Special Issue submissions
JDR publishes occasional Special Issues. Information will be posted here when this happens
JDR publishes occasional Special Issues. Information will be posted here when this happens
Letters to the Editor
JDR publishes Letters to the Editor. Write to the Editor if you wish to comment on a published article, make an announcement or simply have something to say that will be of interest to the JDR readership. If your Letter concerns a published article, the author of that article will be contacted and invited to respond. Submission is through Our JDR Scholar One
JDR publishes Letters to the Editor. Write to the Editor if you wish to comment on a published article, make an announcement or simply have something to say that will be of interest to the JDR readership. If your Letter concerns a published article, the author of that article will be contacted and invited to respond. Submission is through Our JDR Scholar One
Book Reviews
JDR welcomes submission of short reviews of books or other substantial publications on topics relevant to the dairy sciences. Submission is through Our JDR Scholar One
JDR welcomes submission of short reviews of books or other substantial publications on topics relevant to the dairy sciences. Submission is through Our JDR Scholar One
Foreign Language Abstracts
As a service to the JDR Community, a non-English language version of the Abstract section of your published manuscript can be made freely available as a pdf file on this JDR Community website. Submission is from the Community site using the link below.
As a service to the JDR Community, a non-English language version of the Abstract section of your published manuscript can be made freely available as a pdf file on this JDR Community website. Submission is from the Community site using the link below.
PhD Thesis Abstracts
To support PhD students and help them become better known to the JDR Community, Thesis Abstracts can be made freely available as a pdf file on this JDR Community website. Submission is from the Community site using the link below.
To support PhD students and help them become better known to the JDR Community, Thesis Abstracts can be made freely available as a pdf file on this JDR Community website. Submission is from the Community site using the link below.