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How do I subscribe to Diabetologia?

Membership of the EASD includes online access to Diabetologia. Membership is available to students, individuals holding a medical degree or scientific workers with an academic degree. To join the EASD, please visit their membership page.

Alternatively, you can subscribe to Diabetologia via our publisher, Springer:

By email: subscriptions@springer.com
Online: Springer website
By telephone: +49(6221)3454242

How do I sign up for the Table of Content alert?

Sign up to receive monthly table of contents alerts here.

Does posting in a non-commercial preprint server (such as arXiv, medRxiv or bioRxiv) preclude submission to Diabetologia?

Diabetologia encourages posting of preprints of primary research manuscripts on preprint servers, authors’ or institutional websites, and open communications between researchers whether on community preprint servers or preprint commenting platforms. Such posting does not preclude submission to Diabetologia. Authors who choose to post their work on a preprint server should choose one that clearly identifies preprints as not peer-reviewed work and includes disclosures of authors’ relationships and activities. Authors should disclose details of preprint posting, including DOI and licensing terms, upon submission of the manuscript or at any other point during the peer-review process. If the article is accepted for publication it is the author’s responsibility to ensure that the preprint record is updated with a publication reference, including the DOI and a URL link to the published version of the article on the journal website.

For Springer Nature’s preprint policy see https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/journal-author/journal-author-helpdesk/submission/1302#c16721550

Does posting an electronic copy of a PhD thesis in an open access repository violate Diabetologia's exclusivity policy and preclude publication in Diabetologia?

No.

Is Diabetologia compliant with my funder's open access policy?

Diabetologia is a transformative journal and is able to comply with all funder and institutional open access (OA) policies: see ‘FAQs: complying with funder OA article policies’. Where it is not possible for authors to meet the funders’ policy requirements by selecting the subscription route (for example, if articles must be made freely available less than 12 months after publication), authors may need to select the immediate open access option: Open Choice. Corresponding authors at institutions covered by ‘Transformative Agreements‘ may publish their article open access with fees covered.

Springer Nature’s OA funding and policy support service (email: OAfundingpolicy@springernature.com) can provide personalised advice about meeting OA policy requirements.

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My study was funded in whole or in part by one of the UK's Research Councils (RCUK). Is Diabetologia compliant with the Research Councils' Open Access policy?

Yes. Authors must select Springer’s Open Choice program. If the corresponding author on the paper is based at an institution covered by a ‘Transformative Agreement’ and the article type is covered by this agreement, your paper will qualify for free open access. Otherwise, you will be charged an ‘Article Processing Charge’ (click here for rates). In both cases, the cost of having your article published with open access is covered by RCUK. Springer will immediately deposit the final published article in PubMed Central where it will be available at once. In line with RCUK policy, the paper will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license which lets others modify, build upon and/or distribute the licensed work (including for commercial purposes) as long as the original author and source are credited, a link to the Creative Commons license is provided and any changes are indicated. For further information see Funder compliance.

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My study was funded by Wellcome Trust. The Trust requires papers to be made available on PubMed Central as soon as possible after publication, and certainly within six months of the publication date. How do I do this?

Please select Springer’s Open Choice program. If the corresponding author on the paper is based at an institution covered by a ‘Transformative Agreement’ and the article type is covered by this agreement, your paper will qualify for free open access. Otherwise, you will be charged an ‘Article Processing Charge’ (click here for rates). For guidance on complying with Wellcome’s open access policy please see here. Springer will immediately deposit the final published article in PubMed Central where it will be available at once. For further information see Springer Nature’s FAQs: complying with funder OA article policies.

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My study was funded by the NIH or another US Government body and I have to submit my accepted article to PubMed Central. How do I do this?

Research funded by NIH must be made freely available in PubMed Central within 12 months of publication. This can be done via two routes:

  1. If you choose to publish your article as open access  within Springer’s Open Choice program then Springer will deposit the final published article in PubMed Central where it will be available at once.
  2. If you choose to publish your article without open access under the traditional subscription-based model, you can self-archive the accepted manuscript of your article into the NIH Manuscript Submission System (https://www.nihms.nih.gov/login/?next=/submission/), from where it will be sent to PubMed Central and made publicly available 12 months after publication.

For further information about depositing articles into Pub Med Central see https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/journal-policies

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Is my study covered by Crown copyright?

You may be asked during the ‘Next steps for publishing your article’ procedure (once your article has been copy-edited and typeset) whether you are an employee of the Government of the United Kingdom, Canada or Australia. Note that the majority of university staff in these countries are not government employees for this purpose, even if your university is in the public sector. Checking this box in error can give rise to incorrect attribution of Crown copyright so if you are unsure, please check with the Editorial Office first. See https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/ for more details about Crown copyright.

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Can I self-archive my manuscript?

Yes. For further details please see Springer Nature’s policy

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Can I include my Diabetologia article in my PhD thesis?

Authors have the right to reuse their article’s Version of Record, in whole or in part, in their own thesis. Additionally, they may reproduce and make available their thesis, including Springer Nature content, as required by their awarding academic institution. Authors must properly cite the published article in their thesis according to current citation standards and state that it is ‘Reproduced with permission from Springer Nature’. For further details see https://www.springer.com/gp/rights-permissions/obtaining-permissions/882

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How do I request permission to reproduce material published in Diabetologia?

All permission requests are handled via RightsLink. Please locate the article you are interested in on SpringerLink. Click on the ‘Reprints & Permissions’ button within ‘About this article’. Simply answer the on-screen questions to request the permission you require. For further information please see https://www.springer.com/gp/rights-permissions/obtaining-permissions/882.

If you have problems completing the permission online, please email Journalpermissions@springernature.com.

How do I order reprints of an article published in Diabetologia?

All reprint orders are handled by our publisher. To receive a quote or order reprints of Diabetologia content please contact Springer by email: customerservice@springernature.com

Does Diabetologia publish supplements?

The only supplement published is the Abstract volume of the annual EASD meeting.

How do I advertise in Diabetologia?

Please contact Springer’s advertising department: tel: +49 (0)30 82 787 5731; e-mail raina.chandler@springer.com.

Does Diabetologia endorse conferences?

Please forward requests for endorsement of conferences directly to the EASD: e-mail secretariat@easd.org.

How do I become a referee for Diabetologia?

As a first step please ensure that we have an accurate record of your areas of interest on our database. Please go to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/diabetologia and update your account, or create a new account if necessary. Select only the keywords that best describe your main research interests.

Please be aware that even after you have created an account you may not be asked to serve as a referee as we have a very large pool of expert reviewers and our Associate Editors strive to find a good match between the referees’ expertise and the paper under review.

We are often contacted by scientists keen to review for us and are sorry not to be able to make any guarantees.

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