How does the author manuscript in PMC Canada differ from the article published in the journal?

Though specific procedures vary from journal to journal, the publication process outlined here is typical for most research articles.

When an author submits an article to a journal, it is reviewed by one or more independent peer reviewers and the journal’s editors, who decide whether to accept it for publication. As part of this process, the author may be asked to revise the article to meet the journal's standards for acceptance. The final manuscript supplied to PMC Canada is the version that the journal accepted for publication, including any revisions that the author made during the peer review process.

The published version of the article usually includes additional changes made by the journal's editorial staff after acceptance of the author's final manuscript. These edits may be limited to matters of style and format or they could include more substantive changes made with the concurrence of the author.

How does PMC Canada link an author manuscript with the corresoponding published article?

When PMC Canada displays the author manuscript version of an article, the source data preceding the article title includes a reference to the published article, as in the illustration below.

J Biol Chem. Author manuscript; deposited in PMC 2005 May 5.

Published in final edited form as:

J Biol Chem. 2005 May 27; 280(21): 20775–20784.
Published online 2005 March 23. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M501986200.
Solution NMR structure of the 48-kDa IIA^Mannose-HPr complex of the Escherichia coli mannose phosphotransferase system.

If the journal participates in NCBI's LinkOut service (as is frequently the case), the reference to the published article also provides a direct link to the full text of the article at the journal site.