Funded Supplements in the Nutrition Society Journals

Submit a Supplement proposal

Publishing your research as a supplementary issue to one of Cambridge University Press's journals enables you to get your clinical findings, conference proceedings and symposia reports quickly and directly to your target audience.

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Supplement FAQs

What is a funded supplement?

A funded supplement is a group of papers whose publication in a journal is supported by external funding. This funding could come from industry-specific businesses, not-for-profit organisations, government agencies, educational institutions, and hospitals. The supplement papers are published outside of a journal’s budgeted issue/article budget for the year, and so are they are in addition to the journal’s regular content. Like with all articles, funded supplement papers must go through the journal’s peer review process to be eligible for publication in the journal.

Why might I want to publish the outcome of a conference/working group as a supplement?

There are a few reasons why you might wish to publish your research as a supplement:

Dedicated account managers
Faster publication for issue-based journals, as the timeline for a supplement lies outside of the traditional issue workflow
Getting the research published in a quality, peer reviewed journal
To communicate the research directly to the target audience
To benefit from marketing activity following final publication of the supplement, generating additional visibility.

What are the timelines (e.g. should I plan the supplement before the conference/working group, or can this be arranged after the event)?

It is best to plan in advance if possible, as you can then approach authors and make everyone aware of the timeline for papers to be produced. This is particularly helpful if you have a deadline for publishing the content. However, supplements can also be arranged after an event – in that case funders usually have a better sense of how many papers are likely to come from a group/conference/ body of work which enables us to provide a more accurate quote.

How are supplements priced?

Supplement pricing is done on a case-by-case basis depending on a funders' requirements. For example non-OA publication versus OA publication have different costs. Cambridge will be able to provide a quote for supplement pricing to help you manage your budget. (Please note that these requirements must fall in line with a journal’s publishing model).

What happens after final publication?

After the final paper is published, a supplement issue or collection (see below for more information) is created. This will be promoted on the journal homepage and on the journal’s social media accounts for greater visibility. We can work with you to support any additional promotions you or your team may be doing.

What happens if I publish a supplement in a continuously published journal I.e. it doesn’t have issues?

There are two options available for funders wanting to publish their work as a supplement.

Papers go through the peer review process and are held back until all are ready. They are then published as a standalone issue (this applies even if a journal is continuously published). Benefits of this approach are that articles will be curated in a standalone issue, although it means that authors may be kept waiting as other papers go through peer review.
Papers are published online as and when they are ready into the open volume. They are tagged appropriately as belonging to the supplement. Meanwhile, a collection is created purely for the supplement and is hosted on the collections page (example here). Whilst the papers are not curated in the open volume, anyone clicking on the tag will be taken straight to the collection of full papers. There is also space to include a short introduction for anyone visiting the page. Benefits of this approach include that authors are not waiting for their research to be published online.

The approach should be decided upon before acceptance of the first article.

Can I see examples of previous supplementary issues?

You can – please see above. For examples of article collections (these are not necessarily supplements, but will help to show you what it will look like) you can see this here.

I’d like to submit a proposal for a funded supplement. How do I do this?

You can fill in the form here with details of the supplement which will come through to the team at Cambridge. This then needs to be approved by the Editor in Chief. Once approved, we will be in touch to discuss your requirements and provide you with a quotation.