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 JCP homepage
• topic collections
• standard author and keyword searches on JCP
• 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:
Tse GMK, Tan PH, Putti TC, Lui PCW, Chaiwun B, Law BKB. Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast: a clinico-pathological review. J Clin Pathol. Published Online First: 7 February 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.030536

AFTER the article has appeared in an issue
Use the citation format:
Tse GMK, Tan PH, Putti TC, Lui PCW, Chaiwun B, Law BKB. Metaplastic carcinoma of the breast: a clinico-pathological review. J Clin Pathol. 2006; 59:130-137 doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.030536 [published Online First: 7 February 2006].

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:
J Clin Pathol. Published Online First: 7 February 2006. doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.030536

Permissions

As most of the Online First articles are published as unedited manuscripts we are not in a position to grant permission to reuse this material as it may change during the editing and typesetting process (this applies to text, tables and figures). When final versions are published please use the [Request Permissions] link that will appear in the article. For further information please contact permissions{at}bmjgroup.com