How to make sure if the journal accepts my pictures - before submitting my manuscript (Nov/08/2008 )
I have some confocal microscopy pictures but they are not very clear and unfortunately I have no access to any confocal microscope at the moment to take new pictures.
I need to publish my results ASAP but I want to make sure if the journal that I want to send my manuscript to accepts the pictures.
I don't want them to have my full article if they don't accept my manuscript. can I just send a couple of the pics to the editor and explain what they are and ask if the quality is ok? does it work like that?
Not sure how this would work -- how could the journal make a decision to accept or reject your submission if they don't have the whole thing?
If the pictures you have are the only ones you can use, and you can't take new ones, what choice do you have but to submit your manuscript with the ones you have?
There will likely be a good amount of time between the initial submission, the article going out for review, getting and responding to the reviewer's comments, and getting and responding to the editor's proofs. You can work with the editor during the final stages to try and improve your pictures.
Not sure how this would work -- how could the journal make a decision to accept or reject your submission if they don't have the whole thing?
If the pictures you have are the only ones you can use, and you can't take new ones, what choice do you have but to submit your manuscript with the ones you have?
There will likely be a good amount of time between the initial submission, the article going out for review, getting and responding to the reviewer's comments, and getting and responding to the editor's proofs. You can work with the editor during the final stages to try and improve your pictures.
ok, thanks. the pictures are a little blurred but we know our protein is activated. I just don't know if the journal accepts them or not. hope everything goes ok.
I would submit the manuscript with the pictures you have, and immediately get to work generating new pictures that are clear, assuming you'll again have access to a confocal microscope in the not-too-distant future. Then, when the reviewer's inevitably suggest you use better pictures (assuming the manuscript goes out for review), you'll be ready.