Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

DMID indicates a "Your Paper Your Way" initial submission process, which is great-- in theory, authors can submit and not worry about minor formatting changes prior to editorial review. However, our submission was bounced back to us twice: once because, for non-US authors, 3 of the 5 suggested reviewers (required) must be from a county other than the author's own; and a second time because the authorship contribution statement was not included "after the references." Correspondence and turnaround was timely, with initial editorial decision coming < 2 weeks after initial submission. Relatively smooth submission process; but not entirely format-free as advertised.