期刊名称：DM DISEASE-A-MONTH ISSN： 0011-5029 版本： SCI-CDE 出版频率： Monthly 出版社： MOSBY-ELSEVIER, 360 PARK AVENUE SOUTH, NEW YORK, USA, NY, 10010-1710   出版社网址： http://www.elsevier.com 期刊网址： http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.authors/623292/description#description 影响因子： 3.8 主题范畴： MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal   Designed for primary care physicians, each issue of Disease-a-Month presents an in-depth review of a single topic. In this way, the publication can cover all aspects of the topic-pathophysiology, clinical features of the disease or condition, diagnostic techniques, therapeutic approaches, and prognosis. Disease-a-Month is recommended for purchase in the Brandon-Hill study, Selected List of Books and Journals for the Small Medical Library. 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Until then, we are happy to regard the list of contributors as being provisional. 4 - Sample Chapter Be prepared to produce a sample chapter (or part of a chapter), if asked, to show the level, approach and style of writing of the whole book. We, or our reviewers, may select a particular chapter we would like to see. If so, we shall ask you for this. For some books, more than one sample chapter may be needed. Please send your proposal to one of these locations: St Louis Elsevier, Health Sciences Division 11830 Westline Industrial Drive St. Louis, MO 63146 314-872-8370 800-325-4177 Fax: 314-432-1380 Philadelphia Elsevier, Health Sciences Division Editor-in-Chief (Note Discipline) The Curtis Center 625 Walnut Street Suite 300 Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-238-7800 London Mosby International Lynton House 7-12 Tavistock Sq. London WC1H 9L How to Prepare Your Manuscript and Illustrations The following instructions are provided as guidelines. Please be sure to check with your Editor as you proceed. Preparing Frontmatter Use the Front Matter & Author's Copy Information form to print and submit it to your editor for the front of your book. PC and Mac IE users can complete this form online, then print. If you're on a Mac using Netscape, please print this form, then fill it out by hand. Frontmatter & Author's Copy Information Submit biographical information to appear as the frontmatter of your book. Conventional Manuscript Preparation Authors are urged to submit their manuscripts in an electronic format. If for some reason this is not possible, please contact your editor. For an overview of the Elsevier Health Sciences' copyediting style, please refer to the section under Additional Information. ¡¤             Formatting ¡¤             Addresses ¡¤             Contents & Organization ¡¤             References Formatting These instructions apply to both manuscripts prepared conventionally and those prepared in an electronic format. Outline. Each chapter should have an outline that includes headings and indented subordinate headings. This will be used as a guide in the selection of type to indicate the relative importance of headings. Typing. Type manuscript double spaced on 8.5 x 11 paper (not erasable bond) with 1-inch top and left margins and 1.5-inch bottom and right margins. All Text, quotations, footnotes, tabular materials, legends, and references must be double spaced. Quotations. Enclose all directly quoted material in quotation marks and give credit in a footnote. Check to make sure the quotation is verbatim. Use ellipses (...) to indicate any omitted material. Paraphrasing can legally be considered a quotation, certainly if it consists of copying with a few words or phrases altered to disguise the fact. (See section on Permissions) Footnotes. Double space footnotes at the bottom of the page. They should be preceded by a short rule to separate them from the text. Expository footnotes. These expand on a point made in the text and should appear at the bottom of the page to which they refer. Citation footnotes. These give credit for quoted material and should contain the same information as references, but they are preceded by "From" and followed by the reference page number. (See the discussion of quotations in the section on Permissions) Illustration legends (captions). If the chapter contains illustrations, legends should be typed on 8.5 x 11 paper, double spaced, with the same margins as text manuscript. Begin a new sheet for legends in each chapter. For a borrowed illustration, a credit line should follow the legend; see the section on Permissions. Contents & Organization Pages. Number manuscript and reference pages consecutively in upper right-hand corner. Figures. Line or tone illustrations are called figures. Line illustrations may be simple line drawings, charts, graphs, diagrams, or maps. Tone illustrations may be photographs, ink wash, watercolor, or pencil drawings. Figures should be mentioned at least once in the text. Numbering. Figures should be numbered consecutively with each chapter, using the chapter number as a prefix: Fig. 12-1, Fig. 12-2, Fig. 12-3, etc. Grouping. If illustrations are to be grouped together, such as for a step-by-step procedure, indicate the grouping by letter designation: Fig. 12-1, A; Fig 12-1, B; Fig. 12-1, C. If you have a preference for their layout, enclose a rough sketch. Legends (captions). The legend should be a brief explanation of the illustration. Each figure must have a legend. Legend numbers should correspond with the figure numbers, but legends should not be attached to the figure. They are typed on 8.5 x 11 paper. (See the section on formatting.) Give credit for a borrowed illustration. Tables. Tables generally consist of several columns and the rows within the columns are directly related to each other. Each table should have a short title. Number tables consecutively within each chapter: Table 13-1, Table 13-2, Table 13-3, etc., using the chapter number as a prefix. Type each table double spaced on a separate sheet of paper. If you are NOT preparing the manuscript electronically, then place each table within the manuscript following the page where it is mentioned in the text and number it as a manuscript page. Boxes. If the material is to be separated from the text but it is not a table (for example, a checklist, list, or procedure), it will be placed in a box. It should be typed on a separate page and should have a short title. Indicate at the top of the page that the material is to be boxed. The page is then inserted within the manuscript pages, following the page where it is mentioned in the text, and numbered as a manuscript page. References Preferred style. We prefer an alphabetical listing of references, numbered according to that sequence rather than the order in which they are mentioned in the text. (See the samples below.) Each time a reference is cited in the text, the citation number should be typed in the text as a superscript number, not in parentheses. If your project mandates an author-date reference style, alphabetize the references. If you are not sure which reference style is being used for your project, please check with your editor. Format. Please note: Do not use color to highlight reference citations in the text. Also please type the reference numbers yourself; do not use any preformatted numbering options in your word processing program because they frequently cause formatting problems at the copy editing and composition stages. Type references double-spaced on 8.5 x 11 paper with the same margins as all other manuscript copy. The first line of each entry should be flush with the left margin; subsequent lines are indented five spaces. Most recent. Use references of recent origin and latest editions unless of historical value. Proofread carefully. Check spelling of authors' names in the text against spelling in the references. No underlining. Do not underline journal names and book titles nor volume numbers for italics or boldface. The copy editor will insert instructions for the typesetter. Abbreviation style. In citing medical, nursing, and dental journals, use the style of abbreviations recommended in the latest Cumulated Index Medicus, the Index to Dental Literature, or the International Nursing Index. Multiple authors. If a book or journal article has more than 3 authors, list the first author followed by et al. Unpublished material and personal communications. Unpublished material and personal communications should be included as numbered references. Provide specific information as follows: Jones S: Personal communication, Feb 21, 1997; Jones S: CPR, unpublished manuscript, 1997. Placement. The reference pages are placed at the end of the chapter and numbered as manuscript pages. Publication facts. References should include the full facts of publication as follows: From a book: Author(s) and/or editor(s), title, edition, city in which publisher is located, year of publication, publisher. When essential, add the volume number and page number. Book Examples 1.          Burrus TL, Spiegel HF: Earth in crisis: an introduction to earth sciences, ed 2, St Louis, 1980, Mosby. 2.          Kagan BM, Goodhart RS: The vitamins. In Wohl MG, Goodhart RS, editors: Modern nutrition in health and disease, Philadelphia, 1964, Lea & Febiger. 3.          Maher BA, editor: Progress in experimental personality research, 6 vols, New York, 1964-1972, Academic Press. 4.          Mathematics in type, Richmond, Va, 1954, Byrd Press. 5.          Strauss A, Kephart N: Psychopathology and education of the brain-injured child, vol 2, Progress in theory and clinic, New York, 1955, Grune & Stratton. 6.          Wilson RF: Shock. In A manual of practices and techniques in critical care medicine, Kalamazoo, Mich, 1976, Upjohn Co. From a journal: Author(s), title of article, name of journal (abbreviated without periods), volume number, page numbers, year of publication. (In some instances, it is desirable to include month of publication, supplement number, and other information.) Journal and periodical examples 1.          Arena JM: The clinical diagnosis of poisoning, Pediatr Clin North Am 17:477, 1970. 2.          Lovejoy FH, Berenberg W: Poisoning in children under age 5: identification and treatment, Postgrad Med 63:79, March 1978. 3.          Myrhed M: Alcohol consumption in relation to factors associated with ischemic heart disease, Acta Med Scand Suppl 567:8, 1974. 4.          Spitz P, Sweethood H: Kids in crisis. I. Bedside assessment: special considerations, J Pediatr 20(5):176-187, 1982. Conventional Illustration Preparation ¡¤             General Instructions ¡¤             Line Drawings ¡¤             Photographs General Instructions Size. Illustrations should normally be prepared for one-third off reduction (except photomicrographs and electron micrographs, which do not need to be larger than they will appear in the book). Labeling. Labels should be positioned on a photocopy of the original art because they will be edited and set in type. Lead lines and arrows may also be shown on a tissue or acetate overlay or, to ensure pinpoint accuracy, they can be applied directly to the illustration by the illustrator. Identification. Refer to the instructions for numbering figures in the section on Contents and Organization. Place a label on the back of each illustration, and write lightly with a number 1 pencil the figure number, the author name, the title of the book, and a notation locating the top of the illustration. Borrowed illustrations. Submit original illustrations. Permission must be obtained for all borrowed material and credit must be given. Please see separate Permissions instructions. Line Drawings Preparation. Line illustrations should be prepared with clear, even lines, well-defined edges, and maximum contrast. They should be protected with a tissue overlay. Quality. Submit samples to the editor if there is a question about quality of the illustrations. Photographs Slides. Slides, or transparencies, are preferred for reproducing photographs. Please mark the slide holder with the figure number and orientation as to the top and the front of the image. Glossy prints. Photographs should be original glossy prints. It is best to have slightly more contrast than is wanted in the finished book. A 5x7 print is a convenient size; larger or smaller prints are acceptable as long as they are not smaller than they will appear in the book. Care. Photographs should not be mounted, and the surface should not be marred by the use of pins, paper clips, etc. Take special precaution not to write heavily and emboss the face of photographs when placing identification on the back. The use of a gummed label is preferable to a heavy hand; write on the label before placing it on the back of the photograph. Never use rubber stamps, felt-tip markers, or ink because these will bleed or offset onto the next photograph. In preparing an overlay for labeling a photograph, do not write on the overlay while it is on the photograph. ng. If you do not wish to have all of the photograph appear in the finished illustration, indicate crop marks only in the margins with a china marking pencil, or you may carefully indicate crop marks on a photocopy of the photograph. Photo-censoring. If it's necessary to block the eyes on a photograph (when permission has not been obtained), note this on the back of the illustration. Names and patient numbers must also be blocked out, so indicate that also. Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief: Janis M. Orlowski, MD St Louis Elsevier, Health Sciences Division 11830 Westline Industrial Drive St. Louis, MO 63146 314-872-8370 800-325-4177 Fax: 314-432-1380 Philadelphia Elsevier, Health Sciences Division Editor-in-Chief (Note Discipline) The Curtis Center 625 Walnut Street Suite 300 Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-238-7800