CHARGES TO AUTHORS

Page Charges
The responsible author must agree to pay page charges when the manuscript is submitted for publication. Requests for waivers of the charge must be submitted to the dbier{at}nutrition.org with the original manuscript. After publication of their articles, responsible authors will be billed $75 per printed journal page (3 double-spaced manuscript pages equal ≈1 printed journal page) for the first 7 pages and $120 for each additional page (except for reviews, for which the page charges are $75 per page for all pages). This charge does not apply to reports of ASN meetings, official ASN statements, letters to the Editor, book reviews, or articles invited by the Editor-in-Chief. All checks should be drawn on a US bank; there will be a $20 charge for insufficient funds. Payment may also be made with VISA, MasterCard, or American Express. Bank transfers are accepted; there is a $20 charge per transfer. Please contact the Production Office for transfer information.

Authors whose papers are funded by NIH will be invoiced to have their papers deposited into the NIH PubMed Repository by ASN upon publication. The fee for ASN members is $20 per deposit and for non-members the fee is $45 per deposit.

Authors of NIH-funded papers can submit a request upon receipt of acceptance letter or author proof. Requests for waivers must be submitted by the corresponding author and cosigned by an appropriate institutional official to verify that no institutional or grant funds are available for the payment of deposit charges. Waiver requests should be sent to: American Society for Nutrition, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814. Tel: 301-634-7052; Fax: 301-634-7892. Please include your manuscript number. When page proofs are received, please be certain to check the following item on the reprint order/page charge billing form:
[ ]A request for waiver of desposition charges has been submitted.

Page charges may be waived by the Society for acceptable reasons such as the lack of funding from grant or institutional sources as verified by an institutional official. Requests for waivers will not affect the review of the manuscript or delay publication. Waivers should be requested when the acceptance letter is received or when author proofs are returned. Requests for waivers must be submitted by the corresponding author and cosigned by an appropriate institutional official to verify that no institutional or grant funds are available for the payment of page charges. Waiver requests should be sent to: American Society for Nutrition, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814. Tel: 301-634-7052; Fax: 301-634-7892. Please include the journal name and manuscript number. When page proofs are received, the following item should be checked on the reprint order/page charge billing form:
[ ] A request for waiver of page charges has been submitted.

Free access publication option

Page proofs
The cost of changes for correction of composition, typographic, editorial, and minor author errors will be absorbed by the AJCN. Major author changes will be billed to authors at the rate of $10 per occurrence.

Reprints
Order forms for reprints are sent with page proofs. Please follow the instructions on the form to order reprints.

Supplements
After a supplement has been found appropriate for publication, the guest editor must contact the AJCN to make financial arrangements. Write to:

The Managing Editor
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3998.
ajcnproofs{at}nutrition.org.

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