Following are the most frequent reasons initial manuscript submissions and revised manuscript submissions are returned to authors for attention:

Initial Manuscript Submissions:

1. Line numbers are missing (see JN Instructions for Authors, Manuscript Preparation section)
2. Missing information (title page, abstract page, figures, tables)
3. OSM not included at end of text file
4. OSM footnote missing from title page (see JN Instructions for Authors, Online Supporting Material section)
5. Tables/figures labeled incorrectly

Revised Manuscript Submissions:

1. Line numbers are missing
2. Source file format (text file must be a Word document; figure files must be in PDF, JPEG, TIFF, EPS, Word or PPT format)
3. Online Supporting Material problems (see JN Instructions for Authors, Online Supporting Material section)
   1. not in text file
   2. supplemental file not a pdf
   3. footnote on title page missing or incorrect format
   4. OSM figure or table labeled incorrectly
   5. OSM page header missing
4. Figures embedded in text source file
5. Figures uploaded in single source file
6. Tables uploaded separately from text source file
7. Requested highlighting that indicates new material/changes missing from text file (The JN conversion system does not always retain the requested yellow highlighting during conversion when the text source file is a Word document resulting in the highlighting not being visible in the system generated pdf. If this occurs, please insure that the highlighting is present in the uploaded text source file)
8. Response to Reviewers not provided

PLEASE NOTE:

If the HTML reference page is completely blank:

1. Make sure your Literature Cited section includes a recognized heading and that the heading is not set in all caps (use upper and lower case letters, as shown below). Recognized headings include the following:

   References

   Reference List

   Literature Cited

   References and further reading

   Bibliography

   Literature

2. When a pdf text source file is uploaded the references are not always successfully extracted. Use the ‘edit references’ link and copy/paste the reference list.