Online First
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Online First allows publication of
selected articles ~2 weeks after final acceptance, months ahead of its publication in a journal issue. Advanced publication establishes primacy for the work, with the initial online publication date included on the final version.
Articles are only available as unedited manuscripts* PDFs, together with an abstract/extract until the final version appears in the journal [Read our disclaimer]. The publication date, stated on the PDF, is the day the article became available online. The inital version is indexed by PubMed and the article is fully citable, [see how to cite].
* edited, typeset versions may be added as they become available
Articles are available from:
- the BJSM homepage
- topic collections
- standard author and keyword searches on BJSM
- standard searches on search engines including PubMed and Google
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How to cite online first articles
Each Online First article has a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI). This should be included in all citations.
BEFORE
the article has appeared in an issue
Use
the citation format:
Brice G, Child AH, Evans A, Bell R. Milroy disease
and the VEGFR-3 mutation phenotype. Br J Sports Med.
Published Online First: 5 February 2005. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2004.001234
AFTER the article has appeared in an issue
Use the citation format:
Brice G, Child AH, Evans A, Bell R. Milroy disease
and the VEGFR-3 mutation phenotype. Br J Sports Med 2005;42:98-102 doi:10.1136/bjsm.2004.001234
[published Online First: 5 February 2004].
Digital Object Identifiers
Digital Object Identifier (DOIs) are global and persistent values that are uniquely related to a single electronic entity.
Each Online First article has a unique DOI which is the permanent identifier of all versions (unedited manuscript, edited proof, published article). The DOI appears on every version and should always be included in the citation even if you want to cite a print version of an article.
The DOI can be found at the top of each article with the date of publication. For example:
Br J Sports Med. Published Online First:16 February 2005. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2003.012345
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