ERAS In-Press vs Accepted and Authoring Format

[sniderwes]

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What is the difference between a manuscript that is in-press and one that is accepted? Mine was accepted today and already sent to copy-editing and production, per the editor.

Also is everyone listing the authors as Bush, G., Trump, D., Obama, B. or Bush G, Trump D, Obama B?

 

[MSTPlease]

What is the difference between a manuscript that is in-press and one that is accepted? Mine was accepted today and already sent to copy-editing and production, per the editor.

There is no difference.

Also is everyone listing the authors as Bush, G., Trump, D., Obama, B. or Bush G, Trump D, Obama B?

As long as you are consistent, it literally could not matter less. I personally think all the commas and periods of the first style are just clutter. Also, it would clearly be Bush GW, Obama B, Trump DJ, which makes the first style even more cumbersome.

 

[sniderwes]

Yeah I don't know why ERAS's example had periods in it...looks pretty bad visually.

 

[chooks]

For formatting, just put it into your reference manager (you do use one, right?) and use the same output for everything. I use Mendeley with JAMA citation format. As already stated, as long as you are consistent, no one cares.

 

[evilbooyaa]

No periods for authors. Commas only when separating names. Agree with above that whatever Mendeley (wish I had discovered this longggggggggg ago) says for a relevant journal format is good.