Important Information for Authors Submitting Papers or Returning Revised Papers to CHEST

CHEST Papers in Press are manuscripts that have been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication in CHEST. These manuscripts are published online within approximately two weeks of acceptance, before they have been copyedited or proofread. Authors whose manuscripts are to be posted as CHEST Papers in Press will be permitted to review the format of the manuscript to be posted, but should know that it will not be changed once posted until the final, published article is ready.

It is important to ensure that your author and title information is correct, because this will become part of the paper's record in Medline, identified by the DOI. After your paper is accepted, it will then appear in CHEST Papers in Press. No changes to authorship (addition, deletion, or the order) or to the title will be possible. The final online and print editions will show the same authors' names and order as published in in CHEST Papers in Press, and errors will need to be corrected through an Erratum. Corrections to the article may only be made by including these when you proof the typeset galleys of your article.