Brain, Vol. 126, No. 6, 1249,
June 2003
© 2003 Guarantors of Brain
doi: 10.1093/brain/awg164
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A message from the Editor
Brain Advance AccessWe are pleased to announce that on April 8, 2003, Brain launched ‘Brain Advance Access’, which will enable us to publish papers online in their final form just 6–8 weeks post-acceptance. This is compared with the previous time from acceptance to issue publication of about 3–4 months.
What is Advance Access?
All papers will still be copyedited, typeset and proofed to the same high standards associated with Brain. Once the authors’ corrections have been incorporated into the proofs, papers will be put into Advance Access at fortnightly intervals and then taken off the Advance Access page once they have been paginated and incorporated into an issue. Importantly, the version of the article that appears in Advance Access and in the final issue will be identical; no changes will be made between it appearing in Advance Access and as part of an issue.
Advance Access papers are fully integrated into the journal’s online system. Abstracts and titles are searchable and accessible within the journal’s web pages, the entire HighWire archive, and PubMed.
The full text of articles will only be accessible by subscribers.
When does a paper count as published?
Appearance in Advance Access constitutes publication and establishes publication precedence. The official publication date appears beneath the title of each article just before its Digital Object Identifier (DOI).
What is a DOI?
The DOI is an automatically generated unique identifier for intellectual property in the digital environment (‘10.1093/brain/awg125’ is an example of a DOI). The DOI is attached to the item once it is accepted for publication and remains the same even if different versions of recognisably the same item appear successively. It appears on every version of the manuscript, including the final versions in print and online, and reprints.
How do I cite papers that appear in Advance Access?
Papers published in Advance Access are citeable using the DOI and publication date. An example of an Advance Access citation is given below:
Hill AF, Joiner S, Wadsworth JDF, Sidle KCL, Bell JE, Budka H, et al. Molecular classification of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Brain Advance Access published April 8, 2003, 10.1093/brain/awg125.
The same paper in its final form would be cited:
Hill AF, Joiner S, Wadsworth JDF, Sidle KCL, Bell JE, Budka H, et al. Molecular classification of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Brain 2003; 126: 1333–46. First published April 8, 2003: 10.1093/brain/awg125.
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