There are two types of accept decisions: editorial accept and formal accept.

In Editorial acceptance the manuscript is provisionally accepted until final checks related to formatting and technical requirements are satisfied. The author will be notified of these requirements by email. The editorial acceptance date is the acceptance date that will appear on the published article.

The Formal acceptance is issued when the final checks are complete. At this time, the manuscript will be sent to our production process.

All communication about editorial accept decisions and final checks will be sent to the corresponding author.

When a manuscript is editorially accepted, it will go through a final round of checks to ensure the formatting and content meet our technical requirements. Some of the manuscript elements checked at this stage include:

1. Author names and affiliations
2. Funding statement
3. Competing interests statement
4. Data availability statement
5. Figure and table formatting
6. File names for figures, tables, and supporting information

 When you receive a decision of editorial accept, this will be your last opportunity to correct any errors in your manuscript. Please check your files very carefully, because you will not be able to check or change anything after this point.