Newsdesk - Articles in this section are generally written by professional journalists, but if you know of an event that might be of wider interest to the infectious diseases community please contact the Editor with your ideas.
Reportage--These 1500-1750 word essays (with two or three pictures) are written in a journalistic style and provide a thorough overview of infectious diseases services in a particular country or region. Our aim is to draw attention to less developed countries, but reports from developed countries that receive little coverage are also welcome. As with the
Newsdesk, these articles are usually written by commissioned professional journalists, but if you have an idea for inclusion please contact the Editor.
Reflection and reaction--This section has a dual function. First, it contains commentaries on either recent research papers or topical issues in infectious diseases. Most commentaries are commissioned, but unsolicited ones (no more than 1000 words, 15 references, and one figure) are also welcome. Unsolicited commentaries will be peer reviewed. Second, this section is the home of correspondence letters, written in response to previous content published in
The Lancet Infectious Diseases or on any topic of general interest or concern.
Reviews--These may be commissioned by in-house editors or submitted unsolicited, although in the latter case it would be wise to send the Editor a one-page outline first, to ensure that a review on the same subject has not already been commissioned. Articles will be peer reviewed before an editorial decision is made.
Reviews should either be definitive overviews of a major topic connected with infectious diseases or updates of knowledge in a somewhat narrower field of current interest. The word count should be between 3000 and 5000 words, depending on the breadth of the topic, and should include a maximum of 150 references. References selected for publication in the journal should be chosen for their importance, ease of access, and for the "further reading" opportunities they provide. Following the references, authors should consider supplying a short list of useful websites where readers can find further information on the subject.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases welcomes systematic reviews, prepared according to the Cochrane Collaboration guidelines. However, when conducting any literature review, it is important that there is complete transparency concerning the choice of material included. All
Reviews submitted for publication in
The Lancet Infectious Diseases must therefore contain a brief section entitled
Search strategy and selection criteria. This should state clearly the sources (databases, journals, or book reference lists, etc) of the material covered and the criteria used to include or exclude studies; for example, English language only or studies conducted after a specific date.
Example:
| Search strategy and selection criteria |
| Data for this review were identified by searches of Medline, Current Contents, and references from relevant articles; numerous articles were identified through searches of the extensive files of the authors. Search terms were "hand hygiene", "handwashing", "hygienic handwash", "hand disinfection", "handrub", "cross infection", "epidemiology", "healthcare worker", and "behaviour". English and French language papers were reviewed. |
Historical reviews--These should follow the same rules and guidelines as for
Reviews, but should cover the chronological developments in an important or interesting area of infectious diseases.
Personal views--These should be around 2000-4500 words in length, with a maximum of 75 references. These opinion pieces are thought-provoking essays on an infection-related subject and may reflect an individual perception, involvement, or contribution to infectious diseases, but must be prepared in a similar way to a
Review article. See submission requirements for
Reviews for further details. Unsolicited contributions are welcome, although as with
Reviews it is best to contact the Editor before submission to ensure that the proposed topic is within the remit of the journal. Articles will be peer reviewed before an editorial decision is made.
Clinical pictures--These should feature interesting or unusual clinical photographs, accompanied by a brief text (maximum 300 words) describing the picture, explaining the context, and either describing the outcome or drawing attention to the features of interest, as appropriate. There should be no references. There should be no more than five authors, and at least one of the authors should have been clinically responsible for the patient. Consent for publication in print and electronically must be obtained from the patient before submission or, if this is not possible, from their next of kin. A consent form is available at http://image.thelancet.com/extras/consentform.pdf.
Forums--These are a platform for discussing controversies in infectious diseases. Each
Forum contains three or more 800-word opinion pieces written by infectious diseases specialists, researchers, nurses, patients, and others with an interest in the topic under discussion. While in-house editors commission these, suggestions for topics from the journal's readers are very welcome.
Debates--These provide an opportunity for infectious diseases specialists or researchers with opposing views to discuss developments in infectious diseases that have challenged conventional thinking. Each debate normally contains two opinion pieces of 1000 words (plus up to 15 references and one figure). When a debate centres around a recent research article one of the two opinion pieces will feature the authors' right of reply. At the discretion of the Editor, contributors may be allowed short rejoinders of up to 400 words. As with
Forums, these articles are normally commissioned in-house but suggestions for topics are always welcome.
De libris/Where on the web--Readers with an interest in contributing book and/or web reviews should contact the Editor. In general, these submissions should be between 350 and 400 words.
Errata--Any substantial error in a published article will be corrected as soon as possible. Blame is not apportioned; the important thing is to set the record straight. If errors are spotted quickly, any reprints that have been ordered can usually be amended. Please contact the editorial team if you spot a major error in the journal.
Title page--A brief imaginative title, not exceeding 100 characters, a short running title, not exceeding 50 characters, and name(s), affiliation(s), current position(s), and full address(es) of the authors. The name and address of the corresponding author should be separately and clearly indicated, together with his/her telephone, fax, and email details.
Authors' contributions and signatures--The Lancet Infectious Diseases will not publish a
Reflection and Reaction,
Review,
Historical review,
Personal view, or
Clinical picture unless it receives the signatures of all authors with the initial submission.
Conflict of interest and source of funding--A conflict of interest exists when an author or the author's institution has financial or personal relationships with other people or organisations that inappropriately influence (bias) his or her actions. Financial relationships are easily identifiable, but conflicts can also occur because of personal relationships, academic competition, or intellectual passion. A conflict can be actual or potential, and full disclosure to the Editor is the safest course. All submissions to
The Lancet Infectious Diseases must include disclosure of all relationships that could be viewed as presenting a potential conflict of interest (see
Lancet 2001;
358: 854-56). The Editor may use such information as a basis for editorial decisions, and will publish such disclosures if they are believed to be important to readers in judging the manuscript. At the end of the text, under a subheading
Conflict of interest, all authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organisations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of financial conflicts include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications, and travel grants, all within 3 years of beginning the work submitted. If there are no conflicts of interest, authors should state that there are none.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases may decide not to publish an article on the basis of a declared financial interest of an author in a company (or its competitors) that makes a product discussed in the paper. However, we would much prefer such matters to be resolved earlier, at the commissioning stage.
Main text--For
Reviews,
Historical reviews, and
Personal views this should begin with a summary of no more than 150 words, which briefly covers the content of the article. Use subheadings to break up the text in the main body of the article, and try to distribute references to the figures and tables evenly throughout the manuscript. Please include a short paragraph at the beginning, giving brief author(s) information (current position[s] and affiliations).
Permissions--A statement indicating permission to reproduce previously published material, to use illustrations or report information about identifiable people, or to name people for their contributions (personal communications, etc) should be included.
References--These should be in the "Vancouver" style, numbered in the order in which they first appear in the article. Maintain the sequence of citation for references first mentioned in tables or figures. Titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the
Index Medicus style (see http://www.nlm.nih.gov). Please ensure that reference numbering is not inserted with referencing software, such as Endnote, because this can cause problems editing the article for publication. All references must be verified by the author(s) against original documents.
Manuscripts--Manuscripts can be submitted either electronically via email or as a paper copy, together with one set of original/high-resolution illustrations and two low-resolution copies. Text should be printed double-spaced on one side of A4/Letter-size paper, with wide margins. Please include a copy of the manuscript on a 3¡¤5" computer disk in Word (up to version 97), WordPerfect, rtf (rich text), or text (ASCII) formats. The disk must be marked with the names of the authors, and the format and wordprocessor program used. Separate files should be used for the main text (plus references), the figure legends, and tables. The electronic version of the paper will be used, so this must match the paper version of the manuscript exactly. Note: please use protective packaging (cardboard, bubblewrap, etc) when sending original artwork, photographs, slides, and computer disks by mail. No responsibility will be taken for damaged material. Please keep copies of everything submitted.
Artwork--Inclusion of illustrations (slides, photographs, and good quality artwork) is strongly encouraged. The first figure for all
Reviews,
Historical reviews, and
Personal views should be an eyecatching image that captures the general theme of the paper. We can accept original files of graphs, diagrams, etc (not photographs, see below), created in Adobe Illustrator, FreeHand, CorelDraw, Microsoft Word, or Excel. Please do not import illustrations into PowerPoint or Word if they have originally been created in other software. Do not send graphs as bitmaps. Photographs can be accepted as original Photoshop files or in TIFF, JPEG, EPS, PDF, or PowerPoint formats. Photographs should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi. All illustrations should be created to final size or slightly larger. A single column is 81 mm wide and a double column is 168 mm. Please submit your artwork on 3¡¤5", Zip, or Jaz disks, CD-ROM, or email. If artwork is compressed use only Stuffit or SEA software. Photographs can also be accepted as good-quality prints or slides. If required, further assistance can obtained from the editorial team.
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