Production
Once an article has been accepted, the process of copyediting, proofing, typesetting and publishing the article will begin. Authors will be asked to ensure all final files are submitted to ScholarOne before the article can be sent to Cambridge University Press for production.
Your point of contact with Cambridge University Press will be the content manager of the journal. For more information about how production works at Cambridge University Press, please see our information on publishing an accepted paper, which explains how an article goes from accepted manuscript to fully published. There may be small differences between journals with this process. You can also check our Journal Production FAQs.
Copyright in your contribution
Modern American History authors retain their copyright and do not transfer ownership of their contributions to either the journal or the publisher. The only requirement in regard to copyright will be the digital signing of a license to publish form, upon acceptance, that establishes the author’s and publisher’s rights in respect to the published article. A copy of this form will be sent to you, via the Ironclad system, with instructions explaining how to return it. More information can be found here.
First View online ahead of issue publishing
Articles are published online as individual, standalone items with static digital object identifiers (DOIs) as soon as they have been through the production and proofing process. We do not wait for the next edition. When an issue is published, the appropriate articles are gathered together, repaginated, reorganized online, and printed as a conventional issue. This approach to publishing reduces the time authors are required to wait before publication and delivers citable research to the community without delay.
Digital offprints
Authors of articles will receive a PDF of the final version of their article upon publication. Please note that print offprints are not supplied.
Funding open access
Multiple funding routes are available for Gold Open Access articles. Please see this journal's open access options for details.