期刊名称：JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH
 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 Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health is the official journal of the Paediatrics and Child Health Division (The Royal Australian College of Physicians) in association with the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Paediatric Research Society of Australia and the Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons, and publishes original research articles of scientific excellence in paediatrics and child health. Research Articles, Case Reports and Letters to the Editor are published, together with invited Reviews, Annotations, Editorial Comments and manuscripts of educational interest. Print ISSN: 1034-4810
Online ISSN: 1440-1754
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Instructions to Authors
Acceptance
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by two anonymous reviewers and the Editors. Editors reserve the right to refuse any material for publication and advise that authors should retain copies of submitted manuscripts and correspondence as material cannot be returned. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editors.
Submission Of Manuscripts
All articles submitted to the journal must comply with these instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication.
Manuscripts should be written so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in the particular field. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of scientific content, the Editors or the Publisher 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.
Covering Letter
Manuscripts are accepted for publication in the journal on the understanding that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. This must be stated in the covering letter.
The covering letter must contain an acknowledgement that all authors have contributed significantly, and that all authors are in agreement with the content of the manuscript.
Authors must state that the protocol for the research project has been approved by a suitably constituted Ethics Committee of the institution within which the work was undertaken and that it conforms to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki in 1995 (as revised in Edinburgh 2000).
All investigations on human subjects must include a statement that the subject(s) gave informed consent and patient anonymity should be preserved.
In general, submission of a case report should be accompanied by the written consent of the subject (or parent/guardian) prior to publication; this is particularly important where photographs are to be used or in cases where the unique nature of the incident reported makes it possible for the patient to be identified. While the Editors recognize that it might not always be possible or appropriate to seek such consent, the onus will be on the authors to demonstrate that this exception applies in their case.
Authors should declare any financial support o relationships that may pose conflict of interest.
Submission
The original manuscript and two copies, should be submitted to: The Editorial Office, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, PO Box 770, Camberwell South, Victoria 3124, Australia (email: Pamela.Handasyde@blackwellpublishingasia.com; fax: +61 3 9889 9611).
Copyright
Papers accepted for publication become copyright of the Journal and authors will be asked to sign a transfer of copyright form. In signing the transfer of copyright it is assumed that authors have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previously published material. All authors must read and agree to the conditions outlined in the Copyright Assignment Form, and must sign the Form. Articles cannot be published until a signed Copyright Assignment Form has been received.
Preparation Of The Manuscript
Submissions should be printed, doubled-spaced, on one side only of A4 paper. The top, bottom and side margins should be 30 mm. Laser or nearletter quality print is essential. All pages should be numbered consecutively in the top right-hand corner, beginning with the title page. Indent new paragraphs. Turn the hyphenation option off, including only those hyphens that are essential to the meaning.
Style
Manuscripts should follow the style of the Vancouver agreement detailed in the ‘Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals? as presented in JAMA 1997; 277: 927?4:
(www.acponline.org/journals/annals/01jan97/unifreqr.htm).
The journal uses UK spelling and authors should therefore follow the latest edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary.
All measurements must be given in SI units.
Abbreviations should be used sparingly and only where they ease the reader’s task by reducing repetition of long, technical terms. Initially use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation.
Upon its first use in the title, abstract and text, the common name of a species should be followed by the scientific name (Genus, species and authority) in parentheses. However, for well-known species, the scientific name may be omitted from the article title. If no common name exists in English, the scientific name should be used only.
At the first mention of a chemical substance, give the generic name only. Trade names should not used.
Drugs should be referred to by their generic names, rather than brand names.
Equations
Equations should be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals; these should be ranged right in parentheses. All variables should appear in italics. Use the simplest possible form for all mathematical symbols.
Parts Of The Manuscript
Manuscripts should be presented in the following order:
- title page
- abstract and keywords
- text
- acknowledgements
- references
- appendices
- figure legends
- tables (each table complete with title and footnotes)
- figures
Footnotes to the text are not allowed and any such material should be incorporated into the text as parenthetical matter.
Title page
The title page should contain (i) the title of the paper, (ii) a short running title, (iii) the full names of the authors and (iv) the addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out together with (v) the full postal and email address, plus facsimile and telephone numbers, of the author to whom correspondence about the manuscript, proofs and requests for offprints should be sent. The present address of any author, if different from that where the work was carried out, should be supplied in a footnote.
The title should be short (less than 80 characters, including spaces), informative and contain the major key words. A short running title (less than 40 characters, including spaces) should also be provided.
Abstract and key words
All Original Articles must have a structured abstract that states in 250 words or fewer the purpose, basic procedures, main findings and principal conclusions of the study. Divide the abstract with the headings: Aim, Methods, Results, Conclusions. Case Reports, Annotations and Review Articles should have an unstructured abstract of 150 words or fewer. The abstract should not contain abbreviations or references. Instructive Cases do not have abstracts.
Five key words (for the purposes of indexing) should be supplied below the abstract, in alphabetical order, and should be taken from those recommended by the Index Medicus Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) browser list (www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html).
Text
Authors should use subheadings to divide the sections of their manuscript: Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References.
Acknowledgements
The source of financial grants and other funding should be acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors?industrial links and affiliations. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not allowed.
References
The Vancouver system of referencing should be used. In the text, references should be cited using superscript Arabic numerals in the order in which they appear. If cited only in tables or figure legends, number them according to the first identification of the table or figure in the text. In the reference list, the references should be numbered and listed in order of appearance in the text.
Cite the names of all authors when there are six or fewer; when there are seven or more list the first three followed by et al.
Names of journals should be abbreviated in the style used in Index Medicus.
Reference to unpublished data and personal communications should not appear in the list but should be cited in the text only (e.g. A Smith, unpubl. data, 2000).
Journal article
1 Soter NA, Wasserman SI, Austen KF. Cold urticaria: release into the circulation of histamine and eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis during cold challenge. N. Engl. J. Med. 1976; 294: 687?0.
Book
2 Kaufmann HE, Baron BA, McDonald MB, Waltman SR, eds. The Cornea. Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1988.
Chapter in a Book
3 McEwen WK, Goodner IK. Secretion of tears and blinking. In: Davson H, ed. The Eye, Vol. 3, 2nd edn. Academic Press, New York, 1969; 34?8.
Appendices
These should be placed at the end of the paper, numbered in Roman numerals and referred to in the text. If written by a person other than the author of the main text, the writer’s name should be included below the title.
Tables
Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. Each table should be presented on a separate sheet of A4 paper with a comprehensive but concise legend above the table. Tables should be double-spaced and vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Column headings should be brief, with units of measurement in parentheses; all abbreviations should be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: ? ? ? ?/FONT> should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings. The table and its legend/footnotes should be understandable without reference to the text.
Figures
All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) are classified as figures. Figures should be cited in consecutive order in the text. Each figure should be labeled on the back in very soft marker or chinagraph pencil, indicating name(s) of author(s), figure number and orientation. (Do not use an adhesive label as this prohibits electronic scanning.) Figures should be sized to fit within the column (80 mm), intermediate (120 mm) or the full text width (168 mm).
Line figures should be supplied as sharp, black and white graphs or diagrams, drawn professionally or with a computer graphics package; lettering should be included.
Photographs should be supplied as sharp, glossy, black and white photographic prints and must be unmounted. Individual photographs forming a composite figure should be of equal contrast, to facilitate printing, and should be accurately squared.
Photographs need to be cropped sufficiently to prevent the subject being recognized, or an eye bar used.
Magnifications should be indicated using a scale bar on the illustration.
If supplied electronically, graphics should be supplied as high resolution (at least 300 d.p.i.) files, saved as .eps or .tif format. A high-resolution printout must also be provided. Digital images supplied only as low-resolution print-outs and/or files cannot be used.
Colour figures
Colour photographs should be submitted as good quality, glossy colour prints. A charge of Au$1000 for the first three colour figures and Au$500 for each extra colour figure thereafter will be charged to the author.
Figure legends
Legends should be self-explanatory and typed on a separate page. The legend should incorporate definitions of any symbols used and all abbreviations and units of measurement should be explained so that the figure and its legend are understandable without reference to the text. (Provide a letter stating copyright authorisation if figures have been reproduced from another source.)
Manuscripts On Disk
Authors are required to provide their manuscripts on disk; however, disks should not be sent until the manuscript has been accepted.
Use a new disk rather than a reformatted disk; the disk must contain the relevant file(s) only. Authors should supply their accepted paper as formatted text. It is essential that the hardware and the word processing package are specified on the disk (e.g. IBM, Word 2000 or Mac, Word 5.1), as well as the first author’s surname, the journal title and the manuscript number.
The entire article (including tables and figure legends) should be supplied as 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 accepted manuscript and the file saved on disk are identical.
- Do not use the carriage return (enter) at the end of lines within a paragraph.
- Turn the hyphenation option off.
- Specify any special characters used to represent non-keyboard characters.
- Take care not to use l (ell) for 1 (one), O (capital o) for 0 (zero) or ?(German esszett) for b (Greek beta).
- 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, i.e. do not use carriage returns within cells
- Digital figures must be supplied as .tif or .eps files at a resolution of at least 300 d.p.i. (high-resolution print-outs are also required)
Proofs
Proofs will be sent via e-mail as an Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) file and should be returned within 3 days of receipt. Alterations to the text and figures (other than the essential correction of errors) are unacceptable at proof stage and authors may be charged for excessive alterations.
Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read the PDF. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following Web site: www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Acrobat Reader will enable the file to be opened, read on screen, and printed out in order for any corrections to be added. Further instructions will be sent with the proof.
Authors should supply an email address to which PDF page proofs can be emailed. Proofs will be faxed if no email address is available. If absent, authors should arrange for a colleague to access their email, retrieve the PDF page proof and check and return them to the publisher on their behalf.
Offprints
A minimum of 50 offprints will be provided upon request, at the author’s expense. An Offprint Order Form outlining the cost of offprints will be sent to the corresponding author with the PDF page proofs. Offprints will be provided only if a completed Offprint Order Form is returned to the publisher by mail by the specified date.
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Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
Frank Oberklaid, Melbourne
Don M. Roberton, Adelaide
Emeritus Editor-in-Chief
John M. Court, Melbourne
Editors
Spencer W. Beasley, Christchurch
Lex W. Doyle, Melbourne
David Isaacs, Sydney
David Tudehope, Brisbane
Editorial Office
The Editorial Office
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
PO Box 770
Camberwell South Vic. 3124
Australia
Fax: 61 3 9889 9611
Email: Pamela.Handasyde@blackwellpublishingasia.com
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