Tuesday, March 26, 2013

*Revised schedule for MEM4*


                                         SCHEDULE FOR MEM4  revised March 2013

Publication date: March 2015


Volume Editors (VEs) and Section Editors (SEs) in place:              30 April 2012

Authors chosen by:                                                                             1 June 2012

Page limits and schedule to authors by:                                            8 June 2012

Editors meeting at ASM 2012                                                         16 June 2012

TOC final:                                                                                          1 April 2013

Deadline for authors to send chapter outlines to SEs:                      29 April 2013

SEs touch base with authors about deadline for submission of

            manuscripts:                                                                           6 May 2013

VEs hold conference calls with SEs to assess status of chapters:    May/June 2013

 Online system begins accepting manuscript submissions                1 September 2012

Conference call among Editor in Chief, VEs, and ASM Press:        early July 2013

 
Deadline for submission of manuscripts to online system for review:        29 July 2013

 
Turnaround time for revision and return of final manuscripts to SEs

(once author receives reviews from SE):                              2-4 weeks*

SEs send their reviews to authors:                                                     by 26 August 2013

Authors get their revised mss. back to SEs by:                                 30 September 2013

 
LAST of the final accepted manuscripts to ASM:                           4 November 2013

 
*Can be extended for chapters where major revisions are needed.

Significant benchmark dates are highlighted.



Notes on the production schedule:

·       These are the general time frames for tasks after manuscripts are accepted.

·       Tasks are coordinated by Production Editor (PE) John Bell, who will be working on multiple books in addition to MEM4.

·       Chapters will be processed on a continuous basis; some chapters will be in proof while others are being copyedited or aren’t even final.

·       Chapters will not be typeset in numerical order.

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