We are currently piloting a new web based manuscript submission system for all submissions to the BMJ. For now we are using it only for fast track submissions, but we hope soon to start commissioning articles through the system and later we will open it up for all submissions.
This will mean that authors will submit their articles by filling in a web form and uploading their article files. They will be able to track their article's progress through our decision making process, and all written communications with the journal will be done via the website.
Similarly, we will solicit reviewers by email and invite them to access the paper via the website. Reviewers will be able to update the data we hold on them and see the outcome of papers they have reviewed.
We hope that this new system will enable us to provide authors with a more streamlined and transparent service and both authors and reviewers with a set of tools to make their tasks easier.
The submission system can be accessed from the home page of bmj.com or by going to direct to http://submit.bmj.com
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Please note: for now the new manuscript submission system is only for fast track submissions.