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Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
Editorial(s)
1000 words max, no Abstract required, 1 figure and/or table, 10 references max. Editorials are short, invited opinion pieces that discuss an issue of immediate importance to the research community.
Original Articles
3500 words max, abstract 180 words max, 30 references max, 3/5 tables and/or figures. In general, this kind of publication should be divided into an Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and References. A maximum of 10 authors is permitted and additional authors should be listed in an ad hoc Appendix.
Reviews
4000 words max, abstract 250 words max, minimum 40 references, 3/5 tables and/or figures: They should be introduced by a general summary of content in the form of an Abstract. Following a short introduction, putting the study into context and defining the aim, reviews will concentrate on the most recent developments in the field. A review should clearly describe the search strategy followed (key words, inclusion, exclusion criteria, search engines, ...). No particular format is required; headings should be used to designate the major divisions of the paper.
Case Reports
About 2000 words, abstract 150 words max, 20 references max, 3 tables and/or figures. Reports describing observations on clinical cases that can be educational, including adverse effects of drugs or outcomes of a specific treatment.
Only Case Reports presenting unusual features or new observations and accompanied by a literature review will be considered for peer review. They should be divided into: Abstract, Introduction, Case Report(s), Discussion, Conclusions, and References.
Commentaries
About 2000 words, abstract 150 words max, 20 references max, 3 tables and/or figures. This section allows the authors to synthetically address a problem that has not been addressed in depth in the scientific literature or a topic that is undergoing a new development. The text should include a rapid literature review to accompany the author's point of view. A maximum of 5 authors is permitted.
Letters to the Editor
800 words max. These are written on invitation, short essays that express the authors’ viewpoint, may respond to published manuscripts in our journals, or deliver information or news regarding an issue related to the Journal's scope. If the letter relates to a published manuscript, the authors of the original manuscript will be given the opportunity to provide a response. Authors of Letters to the Editor should provide a short title.
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