# Submitting to publishers

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If you're looking for information on how to submit your project to the [Overleaf template gallery](https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates), you can find that in [Submitting to the Overleaf template gallery](/templates/submitting-to-the-overleaf-template-gallery.md).
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Overleaf works with a range of partners to streamline your publishing workflow by providing the ability to send/submit your paper (project) to those partners—using features accessible from within your Overleaf project. Those submission processes are designed to meet the requirements specified by each partner, so the actual submission workflow will show some variation according to the publisher, journal, repository or service you are submitting to.

## How to submit to a publisher

### Publisher submission links

Some publishers have opted for a full Overleaf integration which enables Overleaf to export the project (article) files and send them to the publisher's manuscript submission system—meaning you don't need to download anything.

For these partnering publishers or journals, use of their official LaTeX template, accessible from the Gallery, will create a *submission link* within the menu of your project, helping to further streamline the publishing workflow.

<figure><img src="/files/KEV99lTymXQvZAFOu5Om" alt="An example of an official submission link from a publisher, next to the Share and Layout buttons" width="328"><figcaption><p>An example of an official template's submission button</p></figcaption></figure>

### The Submit menu option

Other publishers have chosen a less-complete integration which requires you to download the project files and upload them to the publisher's manuscript submission system.

If your project is not an official template, but the publisher you want to submit to has partnered with Overleaf, you can find the **Submit** menu option located in the File menu or in the project name drop-down menu:

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From there, you will see a modal to search for any academic journals, online repositories, author services, or conference proceedings that accept submissions from Overleaf.

## Submit modal

Each publisher has their own set of actions for downloading files and submitting manuscripts. Please follow your publisher's instructions for successful submission.

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