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. Gold Open Access is available free to participating Institutions or at a charge. Details 

You can submit original research in two formats: Full Paper or Research Communication, all published as Research Articles
Both categories have equal merit and equivalent indexing: they are all published as Research Articles.  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 data-less 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)  

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.

Submitting a new Manuscript

Thank 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 read our Instructions for Contributors or, better still, 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. 

Tracking and updating your submitted Manuscript

These will have a DAR/year/number reference eg DAR-2025-0051
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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.
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 
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.
Special Issue submissions
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 
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