Author Guidelines

Authors are encouraged to complete their licence to publish form and any appropriate charges online.

Scope of Journal of Petrology
Manuscript Types
Submission and Review of Manuscripts
Preparation of Manuscripts
How To Submit Your Manuscript On-line
Availability of Data and Other Supporting Materials
Revising Your Manuscript
Accepted Manuscripts
Advance Access
Proofs
Licence to Publish
Author Self-Archiving/Public Access Policy

Please read ALL of these carefully before you start manuscript preparation. A short introductory video is also available to assist with the submissions process. Strict adherence to these instructions will ensure that preparation, review and publication of your paper will be as efficient as possible.

Scope of Journal of Petrology

Journal of Petrology publishes peer-reviewed Earth and planetary science articles that are of international interest and significantly advance our understanding of igneous and metamorphic processes, as well as their causes and consequences. The journal covers a broad range of topics, including:

• major element, trace element and isotope geochemistry or cosmochemistry applied to petrogenesis and conditions of formation
• geochronology aimed at understanding process rates in petrology
• experimental petrology addressing the genesis of Earth and Planetary materials
• processes of magma generation, differentiation and emplacement
• processes of metamorphism across all scales
• solutions to fundamental petrological problems through regional studies of igneous and metamorphic rocks
• petrology, origin, and evolution of rocky planetary bodies
• theoretical modelling of petrogenetic processes
• quantitative studies of rock-forming minerals and their paragenesis

Manuscript Types

Journal of Petrology publishes the following manuscript types:

Original Papers

The maximum length is 12,000 words excluding abstract, acknowledgments, and reference list, but including figure captions. Authors are encouraged to submit papers which are substantially shorter than the normal maximum length, with supporting material included in a supplement. Longer papers may be accepted, but authors are required to explicitly state in their cover letter why the extended length is justified by the scientific argument presented.

Letters

These are short yet still data-rich articles that reveal fundamental new findings in the field. The maximum length is 4,000 words excluding abstract, acknowledgments, and references, but including figure captions. At most four figures may be provided. Supporting material may be included in a supplement. The review of Letters will be expedited, but authors need to outline in their cover letter why the findings merit rapid publication. Letters will be freely available to all readers for six months upon publication.​

Perspectives in Petrology

These are review style articles focusing on current “hot topics” in petrology, written by leading international experts within the field. Submission is by invitation only. Authors wishing to propose a topic for a Perspectives article are encouraged to contact the Perspectives in Petrology Editor, Jörg Hermann ([email protected]).

Comments and Replies

Comments will be reviewed and if found constructive will be sent out to invite a reply. Comments and replies will undergo review before decisions are made to accept or decline.

Corrections

These provide the means to rectify factual errors in published articles. 

Submission and Review of Manuscripts

All papers must be written clearly and concisely in English. 

Papers submitted should report original and unpublished work that is not under consideration for publication elsewhere in any language.

Every paper which passes initial editorial scrutiny is reviewed by at least two independent reviewers selected by the Editors. Authors should include the names and addresses of three appropriate reviewers with their manuscript submission. Reviewers' reports are carefully considered by the Editors before making decisions concerning publication, major or minor revision or rejection.

Manuscripts must be submitted online. Please provide a covering letter with your manuscript.

Preparation of Manuscripts

Journal of Petrology has a minimal formatting policy for initial and revised manuscripts. Authors may submit their papers using any scholarly format or layout, with exception of the following points to ensure ease of review and rapid final formatting if a submission is accepted. Once accepted, authors are expected to provide their paper in a format conforming fully to the Journal of Petrology formatting guidelines outlined at: https://academic.oup.com/petrology/pages/required-formatting-for-accepted-manuscripts

1. Word count. For Letters, the maximum length is 4,000 words excluding abstract, acknowledgments, and references, but including figure captions, and abstracts should be no longer than 250 words. For other manuscript categories, the maximum length is normally 12,000 words excluding abstract, acknowledgments, and reference list, but including figure captions, and abstracts should be no longer than 500 words, ideally shorter. Longer papers may be accepted, but authors are required to explicitly state in their cover letter why the extended length is justified by the scientific argument presented.
2. Section and subsection headings. Headings should not be numbered. Up to four levels of section headings may be used. At level four, sections should be no longer than one paragraph per heading.
3. Text. The manuscript should be formatted in a single column, with double line spacing, and continuous line numbering. Font choice should follow APA style guidelines (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines).
4. Citations and references. Citations should follow APA style guidelines https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines). All works cited in the manuscript must appear in the references list.
5. Footnotes. Footnotes are not supported.
6. Figures and figure captions. All figures must be consecutively cited and presented in high enough resolution that details are easily recognized. The Journal prefers figures placed at the end of the document, each with its respective caption. However, within-text figures are also supported.
7. Tables and table headers. All tables must be consecutively cited. If figures are placed at the end of the document, the journal prefers tables and their headers to be placed before the figures. However, within-text tables are also supported.
8. Units, abbreviations, and acronyms. Système Internationale (SI) units and their standard abbreviations must normally be used. Use of ‘ppm’ should be avoided and restricted to analytical reproducibility. If used, it needs to be clearly explained. Mass-based trace element concentrations must be quoted in SI-conforming units (e.g. ‘mg/g’ or ‘ng/g’). The standard unit for major and minor oxide concentrations is weight percent (wt.%), but authors may also use SI-conforming units of centigrams per gram (cg/g). Pressures should be quoted in ‘Pa’ (or ‘kPa’, ‘MPa’ or ‘GPa’), instead of using ‘bar’ (or ‘kbar’). Common rock-forming minerals should be abbreviated following the scheme of Warr, LN (2021, Mineralogical Magazine 85, 291-320) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Acronyms are allowed but must be defined in full at first usage.
9. Other guidelines. Please pay attention to the guidelines for reporting geochemical analytical data and for the classification of minerals, rocks, and rock suites, available here: https://academic.oup.com/petrology/pages/General_Instructions#Availability%20of%20Data%20and%20Other%20Supporting%20Materials
10. Data availability statement. This statement should be titled as such and placed before the reference section. If the manuscript presents new geochemical or cosmochemical data, it should state that the data in the article are available in the article and/or in its online supplementary material, and that they have also been submitted to a FAIR data repository, stating its name. Supported repositories are listed here: https://academic.oup.com/petrology/pages/General_Instructions#Availability%20of%20Data%20and%20Other%20Supporting%20Materials. From Revision 1 (R1) onwards, a DOI link to the dataset must be provided in this statement. If there is no new data, the statement should make this explicit. If applicable, information on the availability of new software code should also be provided, again requiring a DOI link from R1 onwards.

LaTeX template

For creating manuscripts in LaTeX, the Journal recommends the use of the OUP LaTeX template. The template is available online at Overleaf and also as a downloadable package: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/oup-general-template/ybpypwncdxyb. Please use the Contemporary Large design.  

Overleaf is a free, collaborative online LaTeX editor that allows you to write your manuscript in a TeX or rich text environment, to generate PDF outputs as you write, and to share your manuscript with co-authors and collaborators.  

Title Page

The title must be short, specific and informative. The surname (family name) and initials (or given names, where appropriate) of each author should be followed by their department, institution, and city with postal code and country. Any change of address can be given in numbered footnotes. The author to whom required revisions and/or proofs are to be addressed (the corresponding author) should be indicated and their telephone and e-mail address given.

Keywords

List below the abstract up to five key words, which might or might not appear in the title, in alphabetical order and with each word separated by a semi-colon.

Abstract

The paper must be preceded by an Abstract, which must be written on a separate page. Abstracts must be without abbreviations and reference citations. Abstracts of 200-300 words length are preferred.  For Letters, they are limited to 250 words, for other manuscripts to 500 words. Please abide strictly by these limitations of length. The Abstract should be comprehensible to readers before they have read the paper.

Acknowledgements

These must be included at the end of the text and not in footnotes. Personal acknowledgements should precede those of institutions or agencies.

Figure accessibility and alt text

Incorporating alt text (alternative text) when submitting your paper helps to foster inclusivity and accessibility. Good alt text ensures that individuals with visual impairments or those using screen readers can comprehend the content and context of your figures. The aim of alt text is to provide concise and informative descriptions of your figure so that all readers have access to the same level of information and understanding, and that all can engage with and benefit from the visual elements integral to scholarly content. Including alt text demonstrates a commitment to accessibility and enhances the overall impact and reach of your work.  

Alt text is applicable to all images, figures, illustrations, and photographs. 

Alt text is only accessible via e-reader and so it won’t appear as part of the typeset article. 

Detailed guidance on how to draft and submit alt text. 

Colour Illustrations

Colour illustrations are welcome when use of colour is required for clear understanding of the information presented. There is no charge to authors for colour reproduction.

Units, Abbreviations and Acronyms

Système Internationale (SI) units and their standard abbreviations must normally be used. Use of ‘ppm’ should be avoided and restricted to analytical reproducibility. If used, it needs to be clearly explained. Mass-based trace element concentrations must be quoted in SI-conforming units (e.g. ‘mg/g’ or ‘ng/g’). The standard unit for major and minor oxide concentrations is weight percent (wt.%), but authors may also use SI-conforming units of centigrams per gram (cg/g). Pressures should be quoted in ‘Pa’ (or ‘kPa’, ‘MPa’ or ‘GPa’), instead of using ‘bar’ (or ‘kbar’).

Common rock-forming minerals should be abbreviated following the scheme of Warr, LN (2021, Mineralogical Magazine 85, 291-320) available at https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2021.43.

Acronyms are allowed but must be defined in full at first usage.

Reusing copyrighted material

As an author, you must obtain permission for any material used within your manuscript for which you are not the rightsholder, including quotations, tables, figures, or images. In seeking permissions for published materials, first contact the publisher rather than the author. For unpublished materials, start by contacting the creator. Copies of each grant of permission should be provided to the editorial office of the Journal. The permissions agreement must include the following:

• nonexclusive rights to reproduce the material in your paper in Journal of Petrology
• rights for use in print and electronic format at a minimum, and preferably for use in any form or medium
• lifetime rights to use the material
• worldwide English-language rights

Our publisher, Oxford University Press, provides detailed Copyright and Permissions Guidelines, and a summary of the fundamental information. Do be sure to find the original rights holder for each image, particularly by avoiding Google Images, Wikimedia Commons, etc, and also blogs in many cases (unless there is a credit line pointing to the rights holder).

Guidelines for reporting geochemical analytical data

All geochemical data for unknown and standard materials analysed for the study should be included with the submitted data tables, and all data should also be reported using an appropriate number of significant figures. Precision and accuracy of the data must be clearly stated.

Analytical descriptions should follow established best practice for the individual techniques involved, and all protocols should be described in sufficient detail that the analysis could be repeated. Descriptions should also include the laboratories where analyses were performed, and the analytical instruments used. All metadata required for meaningful comparison with other studies should also be reported in the methods section. Depending on the analytical technique involved such metadata could include:

• Reproducibility of results based on duplicate analyses, where applicable, and any duplicate analyses should be included with reported data.
• Results from the analyses of international standard and reference materials, as well as the accepted values of any reference materials. All such standard data should be included with reported data.
• Any calibration or normalization methods employed.
• Estimates of minimum detection limits or limits of quantification for concentration measurements.
• Uncertainties in the reported data, and how these were derived. Where the standard deviation or standard error is used to describe uncertainties, it should be clearly stated how many standard deviations or standard errors the reported uncertainty represents. Authors should use the abbreviations “1s” and “2s” for one or two standard deviations, and “1se” and “2se” for one or two standard errors.
• Decay constants used in the calculation of radiogenic ages and initial isotope ratios.
• Total procedure blanks, where applicable.

Guidelines for the classification of minerals, rocks and rock suites

For the classification of minerals, authors should follow the guidelines of the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA), available on the International Mineralogical Association page. Specifically, the classification of the amphibole supergroup should use the scheme of Hawthorne et al. (2012, doi: 10.2138/am.2012.4276) instead of the older scheme of Leake et al (1997). The former is easily implemented using the Excel spreadsheet of Locock (2014, doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2013.09.011).

Journal of Petrology endorses the notion of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks that rock classification should be descriptive and use modal mineralogy if sensible, or else chemistry. For example, the geochemical classification for granitoid rocks is preferable over genetic (alphabet) or tectonic classifications. Authors may retain reference to genetically and tectonically classified granitoids in the introduction and discussion sections of their manuscripts, in order to provide appropriate context for their new data in the terms that have generally been used in the published literature.

Following the same principle, authors should employ terms for differentiation trends, e.g. “tholeiitic” and “calcalkaline”, in a descriptive manner and not to imply specific petrogenetic processes.

Where multiple chemical classification schemes for rocks or rock suites exist, authors should clearly reference the classification scheme used.

Availability of data and materials

Journal of Petrology requires all authors to provide access to all unpublished data and software code underlying the results presented in their article at first submission. Data and software code must be made available to reviewers and will undergo peer review along with the manuscript as part of the acceptance process. All data and software must be made publicly available if the article is accepted for publication.

Deposition of geochemical and cosmochemical research data

For all new submissions, Journal of Petrology requires that, prior to submission, all underlying new geochemical and cosmochemical research data be deposited in one of the recognized domain repositories listed below in addition to being submitted as supplementary data (given that it can sometimes take time for the repositories to process your data and provide a DOI). Please use the templates provided by the data repositories to submit your supplementary data. Alternative data repositories are only acceptable if their use is stipulated by any of the funding agencies that supported the work, and this stipulation must then be clearly stated in the cover letter.

From Revision 1 (R1) onwards, authors must include a DOI link to the repository location in their data availability statement. It will be the author’s responsibility to release their data publicly if the article is accepted for publication.

Recognized domain repositories

*Non NOAA-funded data will be subject to scientific appraisal and approval before it can be deposited in the NOAA Data Access Portal.

Deposition of software and source code

Previously unpublished software and source code must be deposited in a public repository such as Zenodo or Figshare. For software that’s available in a GitHub repository, authors are required to archive a version of their repository and obtain a DOI that needs to be cited in their data availability statement and reference list from Revision 1 (R1) onwards.

Learn how to archive a GitHub repository in Zenodo or Figshare.

Please note that Figshare, Zenodo, and other public databases that do not adhere to FAIR data principles are only suitable for new software code, not for new data.

Data Availability Statement

The inclusion of a data availability statement is a requirement for papers published in the Journal. Data availability statements provide a standardized format for readers to understand the availability of original and third-party data underlying the research results described in the paper. The statement should refer to the supplementary files for the underlying data and software code associated with the article AND provide a citation to the data repository location. From Revision 1 (R1) onwards, this citation must include a live DOI link and your paper should have a full citation in the reference list to all data and software that are available in an online source. For details of the minimum information to be included in data and software citations see the OUP guidance on citing research data and software.

More information and example data availability statements.

Exceptions to data availability

Authors may request an exception to the policy due to legal, privacy, ethical, or other limitations or restrictions. Exceptions will be granted at the discretion of the Journal. Please notify the editorial office at [email protected] when submitting your manuscript if you wish to request an exception. If an exception is granted, a data availability statement must still be included in your paper specifying what cannot be shared and explaining why.

Pre-submission language editing 

You may wish to use a language-editing service before submitting to ensure that editors and reviewers understand your manuscript. As an author you are under no obligation to have your manuscript language edited; language editing is optional and does not guarantee that your manuscript will be accepted. Edited manuscripts will undergo the regular review process of the journal. For more details and a list of additional resources, please visit OUP’s page on language services.

How to Submit Your Manuscript On-line

All material to be considered for publication should be submitted in electronic form via the Journal's online submission system.

You need only the following items to access and use the system: access to the website via a web browser, Adobe Acrobat Reader (which can be downloaded free of charge from http://www.adobe.com/) and an e-mail account.

Please note that there is an Online User Guide (a comprehensive online help system that provides detailed descriptions of every feature and function in Manuscript Central). This also contains printable versions of the user guide, search and index capability, and movie tutorials for basic tasks). It is available from the Get Help Now button on the Manuscript Central site.

Preparing Your Manuscript Files

Prepare your manuscript using a word processing program (please see the PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS section, above). The system preference is for all manuscripts submitted online to be Microsoft Word files (.doc or .docx), but LaTeX files are also accepted. Please ensure that continuous line numbering is used to facilitate the review process.

Figure files should be saved in Encapsulated PostScript (.eps) to ensure accurate colour presentation and sufficiently high resolution. All figures should be uploaded separately. Further information can be obtained from the User Tutorial at the Journal's manuscript central page. Note that the uploading of PowerPoint files is barred because of their large size.

Please use short, simple filenames when saving all your documents, and avoid special characters (such as brackets), punctuation marks and symbols (such as &). Also avoid spaces in your filenames. If you are a Macintosh user, in addition to using simple, short filenames when saving your documents, you must type the extension at the end of the file name you choose (e.g. .doc, .rtf, .xls, .pdf, .eps) if it is not already there.

During the online manuscript submission process you can also upload any other files to which you might want the Editor/reviewers to have access, including in-press and submitted papers.

Microsoft Excel spreadsheets intended as electronic appendices should be uploaded as "Supplementary files for review". These will not be converted into .pdf format but will be available to the reviewers.

Before you start

Before starting the online submission process please make sure you have the following available:

• A Word file with the complete text of your manuscript. All figure captions should be listed at the end of this document, behind the reference list.
• A separate file for each table.
• A separate file for each figure, saved as eps.
• The files for any other supplementary material you wish to submit with your manuscript.
• The text of your abstract (which can be copied and pasted into the system from your word processor file).
• The names and e-mail addresses of all contributing authors and of three potential reviewers.

To submit your manuscript

• Go to the Journal's ManuscriptCentral website.

• If you already have a User ID and password (an “account”) for the site, log-in. If you are unsure about whether you have an account, or have forgotten your password, enter your e-mail address into the Password Help section on the right-hand side of the log-in screen. If you do not have an account, you can create one by clicking on the Create Account link at the top of the log-in screen and following the on-screen instructions. If you have problems with your existing account, please do not create another new account. Contact Ceri Pedrick ([email protected])  at the Journal of Petrology Editorial Office if you need help. Please note that manuscripts submitted via Manuscript Central must be submitted through the account of the corresponding author nominated on the manuscript, not through the account of one of the other authors or the account of a third party who is not a co-author.

• Once you have logged in, click on the Author Centre button (as an author, you will use the Author Centre to start the manuscript submission process as well as to track the status of your submitted manuscripts. You can also read here recent e-mail communications regarding your submission.

• On the left-hand side of the Author Centre Dashboard you will see links to all your manuscripts and their current status. The number indicates the number of manuscripts that fall into each status category. Clicking on the name of any of these status categories will refresh the page to show the detailed list for that category at the bottom of the screen. On the right-hand side of the Author Centre Dashboard is the Author Resources area. This section allows you to begin the submission process for a new manuscript as well as view the 10 most recent emails sent to you from the Manuscript Central site.

• Click on Click Here to create a new manuscript link in the Author Resources area. Clicking on this link will take you to step 1 of the seven-step process of submitting a manuscript. The progress bar on the left-hand side of the screen will help you navigate the process.

• At any stage you can stop the submission process - everything you have typed into the system will be saved for 30 days. To continue a submission, click on the Continue Submission icon.

• The penultimate step in the submission process is to upload your manuscript files:

• Step 1. Select individual manuscript files using the "Browse" button and choose the appropriate "File designation".
• Step 2. Upload your files by clicking on the "Upload files" button. This converts your files to PDFs and may take some time. Repeat these steps if you have more than 3 files to upload.
• Step 3. Once you have uploaded all your manuscript files, use the pull-down menus to indicate the order in which they should appear in your paper.
• Step 4. Inspect the PDF by clicking on the PDF button and if acceptable click "Next". If the files have not been uploaded to your satisfaction you can delete the files you do not want and repeat the upload/ordering process.

The final step in the manuscript submission process is to review all of the information you have entered up to this point and view the PDF proof of the manuscript (if you have not already done so). My Manuscript Information lists each step with its filled-in values. If a step is complete, there will be a green tick next to the step. If it is incomplete, there will be a red cross along with a message indicating exactly what is incomplete. Once you have completed the submission process to your satisfaction click on the Submit button. It is not until this button is clicked that the manuscript and all associated information (i.e. contributing authors, institutions, etc.) is linked together and the manuscript is given a manuscript number.

If your manuscript has been successfully submitted to the Journal you will see a confirmation screen showing your manuscript ID. Please make a note of your manuscript ID and use it in all correspondence. You will also receive an e-mail confirming the submission. If you do not receive both of these, your manuscript will not have been successfully submitted to the Journal and it cannot be progressed through to peer review. If this is the case your manuscript will still be sitting in the Unsubmitted Manuscripts section of your Author Centre awaiting your attention. Once the manuscript submission is complete, you can follow its progress through the peer review process from your Author Centre.

Funding

Details of all funding sources for the work in question should be given in a separate section entitled 'Funding'. This should appear before the 'Acknowledgements' section.

The following rules should be followed:

• The sentence should begin: ‘This work was supported by …'
• The full official funding agency name should be given, i.e. ‘National Institutes of Health', not ‘NIH' (full RIN-approved list of UK funding agencies) Grant numbers should be given in brackets as follows: ‘[grant number xxxx]'
• Multiple grant numbers should be separated by a comma as follows: ‘[grant numbers xxxx, yyyy]'
• Agencies should be separated by a semi-colon (plus ‘and' before the last funding agency)
• Where individuals need to be specified for certain sources of funding the following text should be added after the relevant agency or grant number 'to [author initials]'.

An example is given here: ‘This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health [AA123456 to C.S., BB765432 to M.H.] and the Alcohol & Education Research Council [hfygr667789].

Crossref Funding Data Registry:

In order to meet your funding requirements authors are required to name their funding sources, or state if there are none, during the submission process. For further information on this process or to find out more about CHORUS, visit the CHORUS initiative.

Revising Your Manuscript

1. As with all other decisions, you will be notified of a revision decision by e-mail. Please address all the Editor's and reviewers' comments in your revised manuscript.
2. Log-in to the Manuscript Central web site as before and, in the Author Centre, click on the “create a revision link” in the Manuscripts with Decisions list. This will create a new manuscript record with the same manuscript ID and ".R1" appended at the end. If a revision is started, the “create a revision” link will no longer appear in the "Manuscripts with Decisions" list, and the list will display the fact that a revision exists and show the Manuscript ID of the revised version. The option will reappear if you delete the revision before it is actually submitted. The draft of the revised manuscript is located in the Revised Manuscripts in Draft list. Once you click the “create a revision” link, you will receive a confirmation asking you if you are sure you want to create a new revised manuscript. If you click Cancel, the action will be aborted. If you click OK, you will be taken to the first step in the revision submission process, the View & Respond to Comments step.
3. Please enter your detailed response to the decision letter in the box provided, or in a single response file prepared in Microsoft Word format. Repeat each comment of the reviewers and provide your response beneath each comment. . In the case that reviewers have annotated your manuscript or compiled pdf file, do not use the reply functions, but extract these comments into your single response document. Minor comments addressing language and grammar issues do not need to be repeated, but you should state that you have rectified them and provide details for those for which no emendations were made.
4. Proceed through the remaining submission screens (altering any necessary information along the way, such as manuscript type). When you reach the File Upload step, revised manuscripts are automatically populated with the latest version of the files you originally uploaded. PLEASE CHECK VERY CAREFULLY AND DELETE AND REPLACE ANY FILES THAT HAVE CHANGED IN THE REVISION. IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT IT IS BEST TO DELETE ALL THE FILES AND UPLOAD NEW ONES. Once you have completed the submission process to your satisfaction, click on the Submit button. If your revised manuscript is successfully submitted, you will receive a confirmatory e-mail.
5. It is essential that authors submitting FINAL REVISED manuscripts upload high-resolution versions of ALL their figures in order for proofs to be produced as quickly and efficiently as possible.

If you experience any problems during the online submission please consult the Online User Guide (available from the Get Help Now button on the Manuscript Central site) or contact Ceri Pedrick  in the Journal of Petrology Editorial Office ([email protected]).

Revised manuscripts must be resubmitted via Manuscript Central within three months of the author's receipt of reviewers' reports in case of minor revisions, and within six months in case of major revisions. Exceptions may only be made with permission of the Editor. Normally, only one opportunity for revision will be allowed. Revised manuscripts are subject to re-review at the discretion of the Editor.

Accepted Manuscripts

The Executive Editor (Editorial Office) will, via Manuscript Central, inform the corresponding author when his/her manuscript is approved for publication. 

Final acceptance of your manuscript for publication in the Journal of Petrology will not be confirmed until your electronic submission is complete and in the correct format(s).

Advance Access

Advance Access articles are published online soon after they have been accepted for publication, in advance of their appearance in the main journal. Appearance in Advance Access constitutes official publication, and the Advance Access version can be cited by a unique DOI (Digital Object Identifier). When an article appears in an issue, it is removed from the Advance Access page.

Articles posted for Advance Access are first published online as they have been submitted. This is before they have been copy edited, paginated and published online in a specific issue of the journal. When the production process is complete the accepted manuscript is replaced with the finalised version of the article, however, the article retains the same DOI.

Proofs

Authors will be sent page proofs electronically, together with instructions. Proofs must be checked immediately for typographical and other errors and corrections returned following the instructions provided. 

Licence to Publish

Upon receipt of accepted manuscripts at Oxford Journals authors will be invited to complete an online copyright licence to publish form.

Please note that by submitting an article for publication you confirm that you are the corresponding/submitting author and that Oxford University Press ("OUP") may retain your email address for the purpose of communicating with you about the article. You agree to notify OUP immediately if your details change. If your article is accepted for publication, OUP will contact you using the email address you have used in the registration process. Please note that OUP does not retain copies of rejected articles.

Open Access Option for Authors

Journal of Petrology offers the option of publishing under either a standard licence or an open access licence. Please note that some funders require open access publication as a condition of funding. If you are unsure whether you are required to publish open access, please do clarify any such requirements with your funder or institution.

Should you wish to publish your article open access, you should select your choice of open access licence in our online system after your article has been accepted for publication. You will need to pay an open access charge to publish under an open access licence.

Details of the open access licences and open access charges. 

OUP has a growing number of Read and Publish agreements with institutions and consortia which provide funding for open access publishing. This means authors from participating institutions can publish open access, and the institution may pay the charge. Find out if your institution is participating.

Author Self-Archiving/Preprint Policy

Authors retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (preprint) available through various channels, and this does not prevent submission to the journal. For further information see our Online Licensing, Copyright and Permissions policies. If accepted, the authors are required to update the status of any preprint, including your published paper’s DOI, as described on our Author Self-Archiving Policy page.