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Instructions to Authors
Guidelines for Electronic Submission
Online Submission and Peer Review
Wiley's Journal Styles and EndNote
Format
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine is now receiving submitted manuscripts online at http://lsm-wiley.manuscriptcentral.com. Please refer to the Specific Instructions below.
Articles.
Articles describe new findings of major importance.
Reviews.
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine will publish reviews which provide an overview of therapeutic techniques and/or research in areas of interest in laser medicine and biology. Most of these reviews will be solicited, but unsolicited submissions are welcome. Authors should contact the editors prior to preparing a review article.
Reports.
Reports are shorter in length than articles and may be used to present new research results, case reports, or new instruments. Each report should be preceded by an abstract of 100 words or less. The length of the text of the paper (exclusive of title page, key words, references, and figure legends) should not exceed six typewritten pages and the number of tables and figures together should not exceed four.
Letters.
Letters may express an opinion about material previously published in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, or express views on any issue related to lasers in medicine and biology.
Specific Instructions for Authors
Note:Please read these instructions carefully--technical deficiencies must be corrected before manuscripts can be reviewed.
Submission of Manuscripts
Submit all new manuscripts online. Launch your web browser and go to http://lsm-wiley.manuscriptcentral.com. Check for an existing user account. If you are submitting for the first time, and you do not find an existing account, create a new account. Follow all instructions.
Submit manuscript and all figures as one file if possible. You do not need to mail any paper copies of your manuscript at this time.
At the end of a successful submission, a confirmation screen with manuscript number will appear and you will receive an e-mail confirming that the manuscript has been received by the journal. If this does not happen, please check your submission and/or contact tech support at edsupport@wiley.com.
Authors of manuscripts accepted for publication in the Journal will be asked, on acceptance, to mail to the Journal Office a printout of the accepted version of the manuscript along with required copyright and permissions forms and a disk(s) containing the corresponding manuscript file, figures, and tables. Accepted manuscripts should be mailed to Robert H. Ossoff, D.M.D., Editor-in-Chief, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, S-2100 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232, USA, (615) 322-7267, Facsimile (615) 343-7604.
Manuscripts should contain the following components:
Title Page.
The title page should include the complete article title; the first name, middle initial and last name of all authors, with their highest academic degree; institution(s) with which each author is affiliated, with city, state and zip code; with authors' initials in parentheses at their respective institution(s); acknowledgments of grant or other research funding; and the name, complete mailing address, telephone number, and facsimile number, cable address, or Telex number for all correspondence.
Key Words.
Key words used for indexing the article should appear in alphabetical order and should not repeat terms already in the title.
Abstract.
Provide a structured abstract (150 words maximum) in which the following sections are delineated: Background and Objective: Gives brief overview of the topic and in this context states the main objective of the study; Study Design/Materials and Methods: Describes the basic design, subjects, and scientific methods (for case reports, section title is Study Design/Patients and Methods); Results: Gives main results of the study including confidence intervals and exact level of statistical significance, whenever appropriate; Conclusion: States only those conclusions supported by the data obtained, and, whenever appropriate, the direct clinical application of the findings (avoid speculation). Include the headings Background and Objective, Study Design/Materials and Methods, Results, and Conclusions in the text of the abstract.
Introduction.
The introduction should not be an extensive review of the literature, but only of that portion which is pertinent to the purpose of the study and its relationship to work in the same field.
Materials and Methods.
Materials and methods should be written clearly and in such detail that the work can be duplicated by others. Particular care should be taken in specifying laser wavelength, pulsewidth or exposure duration, focal spot, and treatment energy, power, irradiance, or fluence.
Results.
Results must be described concisely. Text, tables and figures must be consistent and not repetitious.
Discussion.
Discussion should be concise, explaining the significance of the experimental findings and their relation to previous investigations.
References.
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List references in consecutive numerical order (not alphabetically). Number references consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Identify references in text, tables, and legends by arabic numerals (in parentheses). Once a reference is cited, all subsequent citations should use the original reference number.
Authors are responsible for bibliographic accuracy and must check every reference in the manuscript and proofread each reference in the page proofs. Abbreviations of journal titles should follow those used in Index Medicus. Do not use periods after abbreviations of journal titles. References must contain names of all authors, complete titles, and first and last page numbers. Unpublished observations and personal communications should be cited parenthetically in the text and not be included in the References.
Examples:
Journal Article:
Tan OT, Stafford TJ, Murray S, Kurban AK. Histologic comparison of the pulsed dye laser and copper vapor laser effects on pig skin. Lasers Surg Med 1990; 10:551-558.
Chapter in a Book:
Golenhofen K, Finger K, Foster B, Mandrek K, Noack T. Light-induced relaxation of smooth muscle after treatment with BAY K 8644 is related to release of nitric oxide. In: Sperelakis N, Wood J, eds. Frontiers in Smooth Muscle Research. New York: Wiley-Liss, Inc. 1990:595-604.
Legends.
Legends must be typed double-spaced, beginning on a separate sheet of paper. The legend should allow the illustration to be fully understandable without recourse to the text. Use arrows, letters, etc., for enhanced understanding of features being illustrated.
Tables.
Tables must be typed on separate pages, be numbered in order of appearance with sequential arabic numerals, have a title, and be cited in the text.
Illustrations.
Submit three complete sets of all figures, whether line drawings or photographs. Illustrations should be unmounted and untrimmed. Figures must be professionally drawn and photographed; free- hand or typewritten lettering is unacceptable. Send high-contrast, glossy prints. Figure number, name of senior author, and arrow indicating "top" should be typed on a gummed label and affixed to the back of each illustration. Any arrows and/or letters on the face of an illustration must appear on all sets of photographs. Photomicrographs must have the stain identified and contain a size bar. Figures must be collated into three identical sets, each of which contains each and every figure, in consecutive order.
Color Illustrations.
Submit one set of positive transparencies (35-mm slides) labelled as described above, and include color prints on which all arrows or letters (if needed) have been placed, in each of the three sets of figures. The current page charge for color reproduction is $950 for the first page and $500 for each additional page, up to four pages. All color figures will be reproduced in full color in the online edition of the journal at no cost to authors. Authors are requested to pay the cost of reproducing color figures in print. Authors are encouraged to submit color illustrations that highlight the text and convey essential scientific information. For best reproduction, bright clear colors should be used. Dark colors against a dark background do not reproduce well; please place your color images against a white background wherever possible. Please contact Farah Alladin at (201) 748-6353 or falladin@wiley.com for further information.
Acknowledgments.
Illustrations from other publications must be acknowledged. Include the following when applicable: author(s), title of article, title of journal or book, volume number, page(s), month and year. The publisher's and author's permission to reprint must accompany the manuscript.
Primary Data Retention.
Primary data used in the preparation of articles published in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine should be retained in readily accessible and interpretable form.
Authorship Standards.
Each author of a manuscript submitted to Lasers in Surgery and Medicine must have made a significant contribution to the research and must assume resonsibility for the content of the article. (See Huth EJ: Guidelines on authorship of medical papers. Ann Intern Med 1986; 104:269-274.)
Disclosure of Proprietary Interests.
Authors whose manuscripts are published in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine are required to disclose their commercial interests in subjects or materials discussed in their papers. The following statement is to be included in transmittal letters: "I certify that I have no affiliation with or financial involvement in any organization or entity with a direct financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript (e.g., employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria) except as discussed in an attachment."
Guidelines for Electronic Submission
The Journal strongly encourages authors to deliver the revised version of their manuscripts (text, tables, and, if possible, illustrations) on diskette.
Text
Storage medium. 3 1/2" (preferred) or 5 1/4" diskette in IBM MS-DOS, Windows, or Macintosh format.
Software and format. Microsoft Word 6.0 is preferred, although manuscripts prepared using any other microcomputer word processor are acceptable. Refrain from complex formatting; the Publisher will style your manuscript according to the Journal design specifications. Do not use desktop publishing software such as Aldus PageMaker or Quark XPress. If you prepared your manuscript using one of these programs, export the text to a word processing format. Please make sure your word processing program's "fast save" feature is turned off.
File names. Submit the text and tables of each manuscript as a single file. Name each file with your last name (up to eight letters). Text files should be given the three-letter extension that identifies the file format. Macintosh users should maintain the MS-DOS "eight dot three" file-naming convention.
Labels. Label all diskettes with your name, the file name, and the word processing program and version used.
Paper copy. A printed paper copy must accompany all files.
Illustrations
Storage medium. Submit as separate files from text files, on separate diskettes or cartridges. 3 1/2" diskettes, Iomega Zip, and 5 1/4" 44- or 88-MB SyQuest cartridges can be submitted. At authors' request, cartridges and diskettes will be returned after publication.
Software and format. The preferred formats are TIFF or EPS with PICT or TIFF preview, although any format that is in general use that is not application-specific is acceptable.
Resolution. Journal quality reproduction will require greyscale and color files at resolutions yielding approximately 300 ppi. Bitmapped line art should be submitted at resolutions yielding 600-1200 ppi. These resolutions refer to the output size of the file; if you anticipate that your images will be enlarged or reduced, resolutions should be adjusted accordingly.
File names. Illustration files should be given the 2- or 3-letter extension that identifies the file format used (i.e., TIF, EPS, RGB, etc.).
Labels. Label all diskettes and cartridges with your name, the file names, formats, sizes, and compression schemes (if any) used. Hard copy output must accompany all files.
Copyright. All manuscripts submitted to Lasers in Surgery and Medicine must be submitted solely to this journal, may not have been published in any part or form in another publication of any type, professional or lay, and become the property of the publisher. Upon acceptance of a manuscript for publication, the author will be requested to sign an agreement transferring the copyright to the publisher, who reserves copyright. No published material may be reproduced or published elsewhere without the written permission of the publisher and the author. The journal will not be responsible for the loss of manuscripts at any time.
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