{"id":3634,"date":"2022-03-04T12:39:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T12:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarpublishing.org\/sse\/?page_id=3634"},"modified":"2026-04-03T01:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:16:00","slug":"online-first","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scholarpublishing.org\/sse\/online-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Online First"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3634\" class=\"elementor elementor-3634\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c08a0ad elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c08a0ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-616460d\" data-id=\"616460d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a660fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1a660fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\r\n    \/* ========================================================\r\n       Unique Scoped CSS for ScholarPublishing \"Online First\"\r\n       ======================================================== *\/\r\n    .sp-of-wrapper {\r\n        font-family: 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\r\n        background-color: #ffffff; 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This feature is commonly referred to as <em>publish ahead of print, publish before print, or continuous publishing.<\/em>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"sp-of-container\">\r\n        \r\n        <div class=\"sp-of-card\">\r\n            <div class=\"sp-of-card-header\">\r\n                <div class=\"sp-of-icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-bolt\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n                <h3>Benefits of OnlineFirst<\/h3>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <p>\r\n                OnlineFirst provides clear benefits to all researchers and users of the journal\u2019s online content. The feature allows access to the very latest papers in the field. Authors also benefit from greatly reduced lead times between submission and publication of articles. An author\u2019s research will therefore reach its audience more quickly, enabling an article to receive greater usage and exposure, including earlier citation opportunities by related work.\r\n            <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"sp-of-card\">\r\n            <div class=\"sp-of-card-header\">\r\n                <div class=\"sp-of-icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-quote-right\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n                <h3>Citations to OnlineFirst Articles<\/h3>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <p>\r\n                Each OnlineFirst manuscript is citeable using the date of the manuscript\u2019s first online posting and the DOI. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sp-of-link\">Digital Object Identifiers<\/a> (DOI) are assigned to all Scholar Publishing UK journal articles for use on digital networks, and the metadata associated with that content is registered with the DOI Foundation. \r\n            <\/p>\r\n            <p>\r\n                DOIs provide a persistent, permanent way to identify manuscripts published in the online environment, even after they are assigned to a print issue. Because information such as volume, issue, and page numbers are not allocated to OnlineFirst articles (as that information is not known until the issue is completed), these manuscripts should be cited as follows:\r\n            <\/p>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"sp-of-citation-label\">Before Issue Assignment<\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"sp-of-citation-block\">\r\n                JR Jones, AB Smith. Article title. Journal Title. Prepublished Month, day, year, DOI: <strong>10.1177\/0123456789123456<\/strong>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <p>\r\n                After the article is assigned to a specific issue, new citations can be made using volume and page number information, while still maintaining the same DOI:\r\n            <\/p>\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"sp-of-citation-label\">After Issue Assignment<\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"sp-of-citation-block\">\r\n                JR Jones, AB Smith. Article title. Journal Title. 33(4) 2013, PP 211-217 DOI: <strong>10.1177\/0123456789123456<\/strong>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\r\n            <p>\r\n                Each article DOI is registered with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossref.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sp-of-link\">CrossRef<\/a>, allowing permanent resolution to each article and giving publishers the ability to link their references to articles whenever they are cited.\r\n            <\/p>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"sp-of-card\">\r\n            <div class=\"sp-of-card-header\">\r\n                <div class=\"sp-of-icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-exchange-alt\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n                <h3>Transition to a Final Issue<\/h3>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <p>\r\n                Once an OnlineFirst article is assigned to its final issue and given its bibliographic data, such as volume, issue, year, and page numbers, the hosting of the article on-line transitions from the OnlineFirst listing to that of the completed issue. 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