期刊名称：BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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The BJOG is an editorially independent publication owned by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. The Journal publishes original, peer reviewed work in all areas of obstetrics and gynaecology, including contraception, uro-gynaecology, fertility, oncology and clinical practice. Its aim is to publish the highest quality of medical research in women's health worldwide.
In 2000 the journal's cover name changed to BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, to reflect the editorial commitment to a truly international publication. The Journal is covered by Current Contents, ISI/Biomed, Science Citation Index, Index Medicus, CABS, Chemical Abstracts, Current Clinical Cancer and the ADONIS Service. The citation line for BJOG remains Br J Obstet Gynaecol.
Online access to the BJOG full text is included in the subscription price for all RCOG Fellows and Members and for personal subscribers.
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Instructions to Authors
Please read and follow these instructions carefully to ensure that the review and publication of your paper can be undertaken as quickly and as efficiently as possible. The Editors reserve the right to return any manuscript or letter which is not submitted in accordance with these instructions.
A manuscript is considered for publication on the understanding that it has been submitted exclusively to the BJOG and is not under simultaneous consideration elsewhere; it is also considered on the understanding that the data presented have not already been published elsewhere, although a paper presented at a scientific meeting may be considered if it has not been published in full in a proceedings or similar publication. The Editors will consider manuscripts which have been rejected for publication by other journals, and authors are free to submit papers rejected by this Journal elsewhere. It is the responsibility of authors to inform the editor about potential conflicts of interest and any previous reports that might be regarded as prior or duplicate publications of the same data. If the editors feel that it is necessary to view the raw data contained in a paper, the authors will be expected to provide these data on request. It is the policy of Editors to destroy all copies of rejected papers and all correspondence relating to them; should an author wish to appeal against rejection or re-submit a rejected paper in line with a referee's report, this should be done in all cases within four weeks of receiving the letter of rejection. All re-submitted papers will be regarded as new submissions, assigned new reference numbers and will undergo the peer review process anew.
The requirements for authorship and for preparation of manuscripts submitted to the BJOG are in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, JAMA 1993; 269; 2282-2286); copies are available free of charge from the Secretariat Office, American College of Physicians, Independence Mall West, Sixth Street at Race, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106-1572, Tel.: +1-800- 523-1546, ext 2631.
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS In the interest of speed and efficiency for reviewing manuscripts and of avoiding unnecessary delay of publication, authors are advised to read carefully and adhere rigorously to the following instructions before submitting their manuscripts for consideration. It is extremely important that the corresponding author provide both an e-mail address and fax number.
Authors should provide a completed copy of the Author(s) Guarantee Form (printable version here or also found in the journal) signed by all the co-authors, when submitting a manuscript for consideration. The BJOG prefers there should be no more than six (6) authors. Papers that have more than nine authors and which are not multicentre studies will be restricted to the names of only those persons who wrote the paper appearing as authors on the title page; all others will be listed in the Acknowledgements with their contribution to the work.
Three copies of the manuscript should be sent, addressed to Dr. Jim G. Thornton, Editor-in-Chief, BJOG, 27 Sussex Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RG, UK. The original submission should be hard copy (i.e. paper) only; the authors whose papers require amendments will be asked to provide their revised versions on electronic disk, formatted in Word for Windows, version 6.0.
Manuscripts will be returned unassessed for the following reasons: 1. manuscript not double-spaced; 2. lack of abstract where appropriate; 3. references not in the numbered 'Vancouver' style; 4. lack of figures if there is a figure caption list.
All manuscripts should be typed double-spaced on plain white A4 (8" X 11" ) paper with a 25 mm margin at the top, bottom and sides. Manuscripts must be numbered consecutively in the following sequence: Title Page (as page 1); Abstract, if required (as page 2); Main Body of Text (beginning on page 3); Acknowledgement if any or the names of those involved in a corporate work on a separate page from the last page of text; the Reference List, beginning and ending on separate pages. Tables with their headings and the Figure Caption List should appear on separate pages from the text. The references, captions and acknowledgements should be typed double-spaced in the same type as the text. Any paper reporting the results of a questionnaire survey should include 3 copies of the questionnaire used, together with the manuscript.
1. Title Page
The title page should contain the following information in the following order of appearance on the page: 1. Full title of the paper (the Editors reserve the right to shorten any title which they feel is excessively or unnecessarily long); 2. the names of all co-authors, with their address clearly identified, translated, if necessary, into English language; listed one below the other; 3. the name and address of the person designated as the author responsible for correspondence, proofs and distribution of offprints; 4. a short headline, derived from the title, of no more than 60 characters; 5. the telephone and fax numbers and the e-mail address of the corresponding author.
2. Abstracts
A structured abstract of no more than 250 words is required only for main articles, subdivided into the following sequential sections: Objective; Design; Setting; Population or Sample; Methods; Main Outcome Measures; Results; Conclusions. Studies which do not easily conform to this subdivision must still be structured, but the headings may be amended as appropriate to the study with approval of the Editor. Short Communications or Surgical Techniques require 100-word 'block' style, non-structured abstracts. Commentaries, Reviews and Case Reports do not require abstracts.
3. Main Body of Text
General Guidelines
The text of main articles and short communications should be subdivided sequentially under the headings Introductions, Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion. Case Reports should be in sections under the headings Case Report and Discussion. Commentaries and Reviews should have headings appropriate to the article. Excessive use of abbreviations is discouraged and are not permitted in titles. Any acronyms used by an author must be defined at first usage in the main body of the article; well-known acronyms commonly used in obstetrics and gynaecology (e.g. IUGR, CIN, HELLP) are acceptable for use throughout a manuscript, but the Editors may exercise their discretion to request that authors modify their use of abbreviations and acronyms before a revised version of their manuscript is considered further. Acronyms are never accepted in titles of manuscripts.
Authors should always use the generic names of drugs unless its trade name is directly relevant. Any specialised equipment, chemical or pharmaceutical product cited in the text must be accompanied by the name of its manufacturer, and the name of the city and country of the manufacturer.
Ethics
Any reports of studies or trials involving human or animal subjects should contain a statement that the procedures of the study received ethical approval with the regional or institutional committee responsible for human experimentation or complied with regulations governing experimentation using animals. It must be clear that all those who participated in a study did so voluntarily, having given their informed consent.
Study Design and Statistics
The design of investigations, methods of analysis and the source of data should be described clearly to permit the study to be repeated by others, and must include specification of all statistical methods. Randomised trials must conform to CONSORT guidelines. Poor design and flawed or incorrect methods of statistical analysis are often the primary reasons that manuscripts are rejected. In order to improve the speed of acceptance, authors should ensure that both the statistical methods and presentation are appropriate to their study and that analyses have been performed accurately and correctly. For general guidelines concerning presentation and interpretation of statistical aspects of their research, contributors are referred to Statistics With Confidence edited by M. J. Gardner and D. G. Altman and published by the British Medical Journal, Tavistock Square, London.
Measurements should be expressed in SI units with the exception of haemoglobin (g/dL) and blood pressure (mmHg). Authors should follow the standard abbreviations for measurements specified by Units, Symbols and Abbreviations: A Guide for Biological and Medical Editors and Authors (1988) edited by D. N. Baron and published by the Royal Society of Medicine Services, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1M 8AE. Authors should note commonly used abbreviations including: Probability (P), number (n), standard deviation (SD), and standard error of the mean (SEM). Values expressed in tables should always be defined in the table legends.
Editorial Style
Manuscripts should be written in clear concise English. The BJOG follows British conventions of spelling, grammar and punctuation. Contributors may wish to consult Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University of Oxford, published by Oxford University Press. 'Fetus' and 'fetal' should be spelled without 'o', and the Journal prefers the 'ise' to 'ize' spelling of certain words.
When referring to less than 10 persons, objects, days, weeks, months or years, authors are advised to spell out the numbers one to nine. For 10 or more persons, objects, days, weeks, months, or years, authors should use Arabic numerals. The exception to this are instances in which a comparison is being made between less than 10 persons, objects, etc and 10 or more; for these comparisons, authors should use Arabic numerals for consistency.
Generally, the Editors prefer the use of the word 'women' for articles concerned with obstetrics to the word 'patients'. However, in papers addressing any type of disease treatment of various medical conditions, this convention need not apply. The BJOG never refers to women as 'subjects' unless it is necessary for authors reporting comparative studies and randomised trials must distinguish clearly between subjects and controls.
4. References
The BJOG follows the conventions of the Vancouver reference list system in which references are numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. References should be identified as superscripts within the text, table headings and figure captions to distinguish them from numerical data. In tabular information it is more appropriate to give the reference number in parentheses followed by the name of the author and the year of the reference (if a reference has only two authors both should be given) or the first-named author followed by et al. Information from submitted manuscripts which have not yet been accepted should be cited as 'unpublished observations' in parentheses. Unpublished observations, papers submitted (but not accepted) for publication and personal communications may not be used as numbered references. References supplied on disk should never be encoded using the 'Footnotes' function or the bullet list function. The 'Endnotes' function should always be used.
As a guideline for the citation style of the varied types of sources, contributors should consult the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals. The first six authors should always be listed, but if there are more than six authors only the first three need by given, followed by 'et al.'.
5. Tables
Each table should be double-spaced on separate sheets; there should be no internal vertical rules. The only horizontal rules should be just below the table heading, one separating the column headings from the content of the table, and one rule below the table. The presentation of data and information given in the table headings should not duplicate information already given in the text. Column headings should be very brief, abbreviated if possible with explanatory footnotes. All numerical values should be defined as specifically, briefly, and clearly as possible.
Tables should be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals, as 'Table 1' followed by the heading. Authors should take care that each table is cited in corresponding numerical sequence in the text.
6. Figures
All illustrations, whether line drawings or glossy photographs, should be designed to fit either a single column width of no more than 80 mm, or a double column width of no less than 140 mm and no greater than 170 mm. When submitting a manuscript, three copies of each illustration should accompany the paper. Slides are never accepted and will be returned. Colour photographs may be allowed, subject to prior agreement with the Editor in Chief. Contributors should take care that all illustrations are cited in numerical sequence in the text and that they have supplied the correct illustration for each citation. Illustrations of rejected manuscripts are always returned to the author; however, authors of accepted manuscripts wishing the return of their illustrations must so advise the Editorial office, otherwise these illustrations will be destroyed four months after publication.
The size of lettering in line drawings should be the same, ideally no larger than 10-point and never any smaller than 8-point. The font should be clear and easy to read. Authors are strongly discouraged from submitting computer-generated graphics and CTG traces because most have very poor definition and do not provide adequate quality for reproduction. As redrawing is expensive and introduces delay in publication, line drawings of inadequate quality will be returned to the author; therefore, in the interest of speed of publication, authors are advised to ensure that illustrations are of the highest quality before submitting their manuscripts for consideration.
Black and white photographs should be of sufficiently high contrast to withstand the loss of contrast inherent in the printing process.
On the back of each figure an adhesive label should be attached, bearing the figure number, the first-named author and an arrow indicating the top margin of the figure. NEVER mark a photograph or a line drawing with pen or pencil on the area to be reproduced.
TYPES OF ARTICLES
The BJOG publishes Commentaries, Reviews, original research as either Main Articles or Short Communications, Surgical Techniques, Case Reports and Letters to the Editor.
Commentaries and Reviews
Commentaries are invited editorials on subjects proposed by the Editor in Chief. They should be no more than 1800 words with 10 to 12 references. Reviews are also invited articles by the Editor in Chief, but these are designed to be critical assessments covering a broad range of topics of concern to those working in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology. Reviews should be 4000 to 5000 words in length.
Original Research and Surgical Techniques
Original research may be reported as main articles or as short communications. A main article of between 4000 and 5000 words may present the outcome of a large trial, case-control, observational or retrospective study undertaken by the authors; these must have a structured abstract. In contrast, short communications and surgical techniques should include a block style abstract of no more than 100 words. Short communications are usually reports of smaller studies and are only permitted one table or one illustration and no more than six (6) references. Surgical techniques are descriptions of new or innovative techniques and allow authors far more scope to illustrate their work: 10 or more illustrations may be allowed, at the Editor's discretion, accompanied by informative text of up to 1800 words.
Case Reports
Case reports do not require abstracts and should be no more than 1800 words. Case reports should describe new, unusual or innovative treatments or an unusual medical condition, neither of which has been previously reported in medical literature; these are only permitted one table or illustration. Due to the constraints of space, few case reports are published, and contributors are strongly advised to conduct thorough literature searches before submitting a case report. It is strongly advised that authors obtain the permission of those whose 'case' is being reported.
Letters to the Editor
In most cases, Letters to the Editor refer to articles published in the Journal no more than eight weeks previously, although the Editor in Chief will consider, without promise of publication, letters which may be of general interest to obstetricians and gynaecologists or those referring to articles published more than three months previously. A right of reply will be extended to the original authors at the discretion of the Editor in Chief.
The Journal does not send proofs of letters to authors. Although every effort is made to encourage a rapid response from the original author, the Journal does not advise correspondents when the letter(s) will be published. The Journal reserves the right to decide whether a letter should be published.
Letters intended for publication should be no more than 500 words, contain no more than three references, and must be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet of paper apart from the covering letter. The covering letter must contain a statement authorising a transfer of copyright to the Journal before correspondence will be considered. Those which do not meet these minimum criteria will be returned unconsidered by the editorial office. The letter should be headed by the complete precise title of the paper under discussion, and the first sentence should refer to the volume, month and year of its publication.
The covering letters of both the original letter and author-reply letter must bear the signatures of the persons who wish to be published signatories to the accompanying letter for publication; for author-reply letters, the Journal will not automatically include the names of co- authors who have not signed the letter of reply. The names and addresses of those who wish to be signatories should, however, be typed at the bottom of the letter which is intended for publication, just above the references, if any.
PROOFS
Manuscripts are not extensively copy edited. Copy editing is performed before a paper is formally accepted, and authors are required to incorporate editorial amendments of spelling, grammar, housestyle and to check minor inconsistencies in the text or reference list, together with scientific and/or statistical corrections before returning a revised manuscript for final approval by the Editors; failure to make either scientific/statistical or editorial amendments will result in delayed acceptance and publication.
The medical editors reserve the right to edit a manuscript for grammar, housestyle, scientific and statistical clarity, and overall length, while maintaining the scientific accuracy of the report.
Only one set of proofs will be sent to the corresponding author via e-mail in pdf format, together with the offprint order forms. To avoid delays of publication, these should be checked immediately and returned by Fax or by express post to Deerpark Publishing Services, Kincora Hall, Shannon Town Centre, Shannon, County Clare, Ireland; telephone corrections will not be accepted. A minimum of proofreading is undertaken at the Editorial office and authors are advised that they are responsible for proofreading of the text, references, tables and figures for absolute accuracy, including typographical errors, spelling and punctuation and numerical matter. Only defects of style, layout, inking and alignment will be checked by the editorial team. New material cannot be accepted at this stage and substantial re-writing of paragraphs may not be permitted; should authors insist in doing so, the costs of doing so will be charged to the author and the Journal will not be responsible for type- setting errors arising from these changes.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief:
J.G. Thornton,
Executive Chairman:
Peter Bowen-Simpkins,
Consulting Editor:
James Drife,
Scientific Editors:
Zarko Alfirevic,
Peter Brocklehurst,
Robert Freeman,
William Ledger,
Pat Soutter,
John Spencer,
Statistical Advisor:
Doug Altman,
Managing Editor:
Allison Laird,
Production Editor:
Ben Iyere,
Journal Admnistrator:
Amina Mhatay,
Editorial Board:
B. Br¨¦art, Paris
K. Brackley, Southampton
F. Broughton Pipkin, Nottingham
S. Cameron, Edinburgh
L. Cardozo, London
P.F.W. Chien, Dundee
J. Drife, Leeds
S. Franks, London
K. Godfrey, Southampton
K.S Khan, Birmingham
D.M. Luesley, Birmingham
Z. Penn, London
P.J. Steer, London
D. de Swiet, London
M.J. Whittle, Birmingham
International Advisory Board:
T. Baskett, Canada
M. Belfort, USA
J. Belizan, Uruguay
R. Burrows, Australia
A. Chang, Hong Kong
K. Kovacs, Hungary
J. Liljestrand, WHO
G. Macones, USA
K. Mohamed, Zimbabwe
F. Okonofua, Nigeria
S. Sheth, India
Ms. Allison Laird, Managing Editor
BJOG
27 Sussex Place, Regent's Park
London NW1 4RG, UK
TEL: +44 (0)20 7772 6235
FAX: +44 (0)20 7723 9164
Media Enquiries should be directed to the Public Relations Manager:
Ms. Rachael Collins
Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
27 Sussex Place, Regent's Park
London NW1 4RG, UK
Tel: 020 7772 6357
Fax: 020 7772 6359
Mobile: 07986 183167
Email: rcollins@rcog.org.uk
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