期刊名称：IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Edited by:Chris R. Parish
Print ISSN: 0818-9641
Online ISSN: 1440-1711
Issues per Volume: Bi-monthly Immunology and Cell Biology is the official journal of the Australasian Society for Immunology. This leading regional journal has established an international reputation, built on more than 75 years of innovative publishing, and reflected in its current Impact Factor of 2.665. The Journal publishes peer-reviewed full papers and brief communications describing original research, methods and concepts in the broad fields of immunology and cell biology, and strongly encourages the submission of 'theoretical' articles to challenge and provoke discussion in the international scientific community.
Instructions to Authors
Immunology and Cell Biology publishes previously unpublished articles describing original research or concepts in the fields of immunology and cell biology broadly related to the immune system. The submission of Theoretical Articles is strongly encouraged. Abstracts of oral or poster presentations do not constitute previous publication. Papers devoted solely to the description of new methods will not be considered unless their biological applications are illustrated clearly. The journal now publishes 'Commentaries' and 'Reviews'. If authors wish to submit papers in these categories they should discuss the matter with the Editor-in-Chief prior to submission.
Papers are published in order of acceptance, except in the case of papers of outstanding quality and Brief Communications, which will be published as rapidly as possible. Papers are accepted under the categories 'Research Articles', 'Theoretical Articles', `Brief Communications', 'Commentaries' and 'Reviews'. The chief criteria for acceptance are quality, originality, clarity and brevity. Once accepted all papers become the copyright of the Journal and authors are required to sign a Transfer of Copyright form.
Manuscripts may be submitted to any of the following Editors:
Professor C R Parish
Editor-in-Chief
Immunology and Cell Biology
Division of Cell Biology
The John Curtin School of Medical Research
The Australian National University
PO Box 334
Canberra
ACT 2601
Australia
Fax (+61 2) 6125 2595
Dr P M Hogarth
The Austin Research Institute
Kronheimer Building
Austin Hospital
Heidelberg
Victoria 3084
Australia
Fax: (+61 3) 9287 0600
Professor G R Shellam
Department of Microbiology
University of Western Australia
Nedlands
WA 6009
Australia
Fax: (+61 8) 9346 2912
Manuscripts must be in English and spelling should conform to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Papers should be written so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in a particular field. Papers which are not concise and do not conform to the conventions of the Journal will be returned to the author for revision. In general, style should follow the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, as presented in JAMA 1997; 277: 927-34. The Editors reserve the right to modify typescripts to eliminate ambiguity and repetition and improve communication between author and reader. If extensive alterations are required the manuscript will be returned to the author for revision.
Investigations in human and animal subjects must conform to accepted ethical standards. Authors must state that the research protocol was approved by a suitably constituted ethics committee of the institution within which the work was carried out.
Theoretical Articles
Theoretical Articles not exceeding eight printed pages (including figures, tables and references) are invited for the publication of new ideas that have not been printed elsewhere. Theoretical Articles should present a logical argument based on published experimental data, but should not provide extensive reviews of the literature. A title page, abstract, key words and references should be included, but otherwise there is no set format for Theoretical Articles.
Brief Communications
Brief Communications describe completed work and should not be merely a preliminary communication. In general, they are published more rapidly than longer articles. They should not exceed 1000 words (four pages of typescript) and may include two figures and/or tables.
Manuscripts on disk
Authors are required to provide final copy in machine-readable form, but disks should not be sent until the paper has been accepted. Authors should use a new disk rather than a reformatted disk and the disk should contain the relevant file(s) only. Authors should supply their accepted paper as formatted text (most word processing formats can be handled). It is essential that the hardware and the word processing package are specified on the disk (e.g. IBM, Word 7), as well as the first author's surname, the Journal title and the manuscript number. The entire article - (i) title page, (ii) text, (iii) acknowledgements, (iv) references, (v) figure legends, (vi) tables and legends, (vii) appendices - should be saved in a single file; only electronic figures should be supplied as separate files. The following instructions should be adhered to.
- It is essential that the final, revised version of the manuscript and the file saved on disk are identical (i.e. authors should supply a new disk if the article is revised).
- Do not use the carriage return (enter) at the end of lines within a paragraph.
- Turn the hyphenation option off.
- Do not use l (ell) for 1 (one), O (upper case oh) for 0 (zero) or ©¬ (German esszett) for ©¬ (beta).
- Include all figure legends and tables with their legends, if possible.
- Use a tab, not spaces, to separate data points in tables.
- If you use a table editor function, ensure that each data point is contained within a unique cell; do not use carriage returns within cells.
Authors might want to visit the Blackwell website for authors which details further information on the preparation and submission of articles and figures and gives access to the Blackwell House Style guide.
Submission of Manuscripts
Every manuscript submitted to the Journal must conform to the Journal style. Any manuscript that is incomplete or improperly set out may be returned to the author without review.
Submit three copies of the manuscript, typed double-spaced (including references, tables, figure legends and footnotes) on A4 (30 x 21 cm) paper with 2 cm margins at the top and the left-hand side of the pages. The manuscript should be arranged as follows: title page, abstract, key words, introduction, methods, results, discussion, acknowledgements, references, tables, figure legends, figures. All pages should be hand numbered on the top right-hand corner, beginning with the title page.
Title Page
The title page should contain: (i) a concise and informative title containing all key words; (ii) a short running title (less than 40 characters); (iii) the authors' names listed as initials and/or first name then family name; (iv) the institution at which the research was undertaken; (v) the present address(es) of all author(s), if different from the institutional address; and (vi) the name, full postal address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address of the author to whom correspondence about the typescript, proofs and requests for offprints should be sent. If there is more than one author it is assumed that agreement about the author responsible for correspondence has been reached.
Abstract
The abstract should be concise and describe the purpose, basic procedures, main findings and the principal conclusions of the investigation, and should not contain references or footnotes.
Key words
Provide 3-10 key words below the abstract to assist indexers in cross-indexing the article. Use the Medical Subject Headings list from Index Medicus.
Introduction
The Introduction should summarize the rationale for the study and outline pertinent background material. The introduction should not contain either findings or conclusions.
Methods
Methods should be described in sufficient detail to allow the experimental work to be reproduced in another laboratory and leave the reader in no doubt as to how the results were derived.
Results
Results should be presented in a logical sequence in the text, tables and illustrations; repetitive presentation of the same data in different forms should be avoided. The results do not include material appropriate to the Discussion.
Discussion
The Discussion considers the results in relation to any hypotheses advanced in the Introduction. This may include an evaluation of methodology and of the relationship of new information to the existing corpus of knowledge in that field. Data given in the results section are not reiterated here.
Acknowledgements
Only persons who made a genuine contribution and who endorse the data and conclusions should be acknowledged. Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to use any copyrighted text and/or illustration.
References
References should be cited in the text, tables and legends by superscript arabic numerals in the order in which they first appear in the text. Only papers closely related to the work of the manuscript should be included (a paper of average length would normally have less than 20 references). References cited only in tables or in legends to figures should be numbered according to a sequence established by the first identification in the text of the particular table or illustration.
References should be typed double-spaced on sheets separate from the text and numbered consecutively in the order in which they appear in the text. Titles of journals should be abbreviated in the reference list according to the style used in Index Medicus. Unpublished observations and personal communications may not be listed as references. If essential, such material may be incorporated in the text.
The style and punctuation of the references must conform to the style of Immunology and Cell Biology. Examples follow:
Standard journal article
1 Lafferty KJ, Ronald GG. The maintenance of self-tolerance. Immunol. Cell Biol. 1993; 71: 209-14.
Books and other monographs
2 Roitt IM. Essential Immunology. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1991.
Chapter in a book
3 Durham SR. Eosinophils and bronchial hyper-responsiveness in bronchial asthma. In: Kay AB (ed.). Eosinophils, Allergy and Asthma. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1990; 140-3.
In all cases list all authors when six or less; when seven or more list only the first three and add et al.
Tables
Tables should be typed double spaced on a separate sheet, accompanied by an explanatory caption at the top, and numbered consecutively in arabic numerals. Each table should be referred to in the text. Explanatory matter should appear in footnotes below the tabular matter, and not in the heading; all non-standard abbreviations should be explained in the footnotes.
Footnotes should be indicated by *, +, +, ¡×. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in headings. Vertical rules and horizontal rules between entries should be omitted.
Figure legends
Legends should be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet. Figures should be numbered consecutively in arabic numerals. Symbols, arrows and numbers or letters used to identify parts of illustrations must be identified and explained in the legend.
Figures
Illustrations should be presented to fit single (81 mm) or double column (169 mm) width. Photographs should be sharp, black and white prints; line drawings should be good quality laser prints. Electrophoretic patterns and other optical patterns should be provided as photographic reproductions of the actual pattern, not as line drawings. Photomicrographs should have internal scale markers. All letters, numbers and symbols should be clear and legible (equivalent to 8 pt Univers) and titles, keys and detailed explanations should be confined to legends. Each figure must be identified clearly on the back with its number, name of the first author and an arrow indicating orientation. Authors are asked to cover the full cost of colour figure reproduction.
Units
As far as possible all units conform to SI conventions, with the exception of blood pressure (mmHg) and centrifugal force (g). Abbreviations
A list of Common Abbreviations and Acronyms is published in each issue of the Journal. Other abbreviations should be defined in the Abstract and on first mention in the text. In general, terms should not be abbreviated unless they are used repeatedly and the abbreviation is helpful to the reader. Permissible abbreviations are listed in Units, Symbols and Abbreviations: A Guide for Biological and Medical Editors and Authors (Ed. DN Baron, 1988) published by the Royal Society of Medicine, London.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Chris R Parish, Division of Immunology and Genetics, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Australia
Editors
P Mark Hogarth, The Austin Research Institute, Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Australia
Robert H Loblay, Clinical Immunology Research Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
Jacques FAP Miller, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Geoffrey R Shellam, Department of Microbiology, University of Western Australia, Perth
Editorial Office
Attn: Professor CR Parish
Division of Immunology and Genetics
The John Curtin School of Medical Research
Australian National University
PO Box 334
Canberra
ACT 2601
Australia
Fax: +612 6125 2595
e-mail: Christopher.Parish@anu.edu.au
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