期刊名称：JOURNAL OF VETERINARY EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE
 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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We are pleased to announce a new partnership between Blackwell Publishing and the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society. From January 2002, Blackwells will be publishing the Journal of Veterinary and Emergency Critical Care on behalf of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care.
The Journal continues to bring you the best in basic, applied and clinical research articles that address emergency treatment and management of veterinary patients. Added to that are several significant new benefits for subscribers:
- Improved quality of content;
- Broader international appeal;
- And most importantly, the Journal is now available online!
All great advantages for those who want to improve their core knowledge of seriously ill or injured animals.
The Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care is a peer-reviewed publication that seeks basic, applied and clinical research articles that address the emergency treatment and critical management of veterinary patients. Prospective and retrospective clinical studies, case reports, brief clinical communications and letters to the Editor will also be accepted. Review articles (state of the art and clinical practice reviews) will be accepted on a limited basis. All manuscripts and letters are subject to editing before publication. |
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Instructions to Authors
Original plus two copies of the manuscript, tables, and figures, the diskette and copyright form* should be mailed to:
Ms. Sharon Ward
Department of Clinical Studies-Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania, School of Vet Med
3900 Delancey St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010
USA
*Papers are accepted on the understanding that they have not been and will not be published elsewhere. On acceptance, papers become the copyright of the Journal and all accepted papers should be accompanied by a copyright assignment form. To access this form please click here.
For general information on submissions or questions regarding manuscript status contact Dr. Cindy Otto at:
Phone: (215) 898-3390
Alternate #: (215) 898-2210 (Ms. Sharon Ward)
Fax: (215) 573-6050
Email: cmotto@vet.upenn.edu
Electronic Submissions
In order to expedite publication of your manuscript, we now require that all manuscripts also be submitted on a computer diskette. Manuscripts should be submitted on a 3.5-inch computer disk in Microsoft Word (version 6 or earlier); WordPerfect (version 6 or earlier) for Windows is acceptable but Microsoft Word is preferred. Please do not submit in Macintosh format. Please clearly label the disk with the authors' names, an abbreviated manuscript title, and the format and name of the file(s) containing the electronic version of the manuscript.
The Journal will feature the following sections:
Original Studies. These include randomized controlled trials, intervention studies, laboratory and animal research, outcome studies, cost-effectiveness analyses, and case-control series. The objective and hypothesis should be clearly stated. Include information about study design and methodology, including study setting and time setting; participants, including inclusion and exclusion criteria; any interventions; main outcome measures; main study results; discussion, which puts the results in the context of other published literature; and conclusions. The Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care will publish studies with negative results, provided that the study design, statistical analysis and interpretation are valid.
Review Articles
State-of-the-art review. Critical assessment of literature and data pertaining to clinical topics. State of the Art Reviews should follow the following format: introduction, current published human research information and data, current published veterinary information (research, case reports, etc), application to veterinary emergency and critical care, recommendations for future studies/change in current practices, references must include, but need not be limited to, the last three years of literature.
Review articles, which may be solicited by the editorial board or submitted unsolicited by the authors, are meant to provide the reader with an overview of the state of the art in a specialized area of veterinary emergency and critical care. They should be submitted by individuals who are actively working in the area and not by individuals who have reviewed the literature as a prelude to beginning a project in the area. The review should be informative and appreciated by the generalists as well as the specialists. Outlines of the unsolicited review articles should be submitted to the editors for approval before extensive writing is done.
Clinical practice review. A review of management of common emergencies and critical conditions may be submitted. The review should be organized in the following manner: introduction, current published veterinary information (including original case studies, previous reviews, and case reports), etiology, diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis. If applicable, recommendations for future studies/change in current practices may be reported.
Case reports. Detailed descriptions of unique emergency case presentations and management are highly encouraged and highly valuable to clinical practice. Case reports can be of single patients or a series of patients with a unique perspective to emergency and critical care. The case presentation, complete laboratory investigation, therapy and outcome should be presented in complete detail. The authors are encouraged to offer his/her opinion on the reason for the unique presentation. The discussion should be succinct and should focus on relevance of the case study, however, focused scientific and literature review should also be included. A short, structured abstract must be included.
Other Types of Short Reports
Brief clinical communications. This section will be based on good quality photographs of cytological or gross clinical specimens, recordings of electrophysiological measurements, ultrasound images, radiographs or other diagnostic data. For each feature, the author will provide concise background clinical data and pertinent descriptions of the illustrations submitted. The material should be presented as an unknown clinical entity to allow the reader to study the data and arrive at a clinical diagnosis or list of differential diagnoses. A brief discussion of the diagnostic work-up and definitive diagnosis will follow and key references will be included. Material for consideration will include interesting diagnostic problems, new clinical entities or new diagnostic methods that can be portrayed pictorially. The maximum page length for this feature will be two printed pages (approximately five double-spaced typewritten pages). Submissions to this section will be subjected to peer review.
Methods and techniques. Succinct, didactic articles offering specific methods of approach in well-defined clinical and non-clinical emergency/critical care situation, or detailing a special technique applicable to a clearly identified problem.
Letters to the Editor. Letters to the Editor are encouraged. Letters may discuss a recent Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care article or may report original research. Letters should be no more than 500 words with five references.
Preparation of Manuscripts
All manuscripts should be written conforming to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals. For additional details see The Journal of the American Medical Association 1997;277:927-934 or http://www.icmje.org/index.html.
Format
Type the manuscript on white A4 paper, 216 ?279 mm (8.5 ?11 in), with margins of at least 25 mm (1 in). Use double-spacing throughout, including for the title page, abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, individual tables and legends. Number pages consecutively beginning with the title page. Put the page number in the upper right-hand corner of each page.
Title Page
The title page should carry (1) the title of the article, which should be concise but informative; (2) the authors' full names (first name, middle initial, surname) degrees and institutional affiliation (name of the department [if any], institution, city, and state or country where the work was done); (3) disclaimers, if any; (4) the name, full postal address and email address of the author responsible for correspondence concerning the manuscript; (5) the name, full postal address and email address of the author to whom requests for offprints should be addressed or a statement that offprints will not be available from the authors; (6) sources of support in the form of grants, equipment, or drugs; and (7) a running title of no more than 30 characters (count letters and spaces).
Authorship
All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship, and all those who qualify should be listed. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. One or more authors should take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, from inception to published article. Authorship credit should be based only on (1) substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and (3) final approval of the version to be published. Conditions 1, 2, and 3 must all be met. Acquisition of funding, the collection of data or general supervision of the research group, by themselves, do not justify authorship.
Abstract and key words
Structured abstracts are required for all manuscripts (except editorials, short reports, letters, and book reviews). Abstracts should be no more than 250 words in length. For Original Studies abstracts must have the following headings: Objective, Design, Setting, Animals, Interventions, Measurements and Main Results, and Conclusions. For State of the Art Reviews abstracts must have the following headings: Objective, Data Sources, Human Data Synthesis, Veterinary Data Synthesis, Conclusions. For Clinical Practice Reviews abstracts must have the following headings: Objective, Etiology, Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis. Case Report abstracts must have the following headings: Objective, Case or Series Summary, New or Unique Information Provided. For details regarding the preparation of structured abstracts, see JAMA 1995; 273:28-30 or for examples see Critical Care Medicine (The journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine).
Include four to six key words or short phrases. These words should not repeat words used in the title of the article.
Text
The text should be organized into the following sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion. Other descriptive subheadings may be used if appropriate.
General. Avoid the use of jargon, spell out all nonstandard abbreviations and place the abbreviations in parentheses the first time they are mentioned. When referring to a drug, use the generic name approved by the US Food and Drug Administration or recognized as the US-adopted name. Trade names may be used parenthetically at the author's discretion. The manufacturer's name, city, and state abbreviation must be included as a footnote. Footnotes are then listed alphabetically at the end of the paper, e.g. enalapril (followed by superscript letter) - Enacard, Merck & Co, Whitehouse, NJ.
Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care adheres to the principles specified in Nomina Anatomica, Nomina Histologica, Nomina Embryologica, Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, and Nomina Anatomica Avium where appropriate. The Journal strictly follows The American Medical Association Manual of Style, 9th edition.
Introduction. State the purpose of the article and summarize the rationale for the study or observation. Give only strictly pertinent references and do not include data or conclusions from the work being reported.
Materials and Methods. Include a clear description of the observations or experimental subjects. Provide a concise description of the experimental and statistical methods and of the procedures in sufficient detail to allow other workers to reproduce the results. A statement of animal care must be made, i.e., animals were cared for according to the principles outlined in the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Studies with client-owned animals must include information regarding owner consent. When the methods have been extensively detailed elsewhere, there is no need to duplicate this material. Instead, list the appropriate reference. Discuss the eligibility of experimental subjects. Give details about randomization. Describe the methods for and success of any blinding of observations.
Statistical Methods. Describe statistical methods with enough detail to enable a knowledgeable reader with access to the original data to verify the reported results. When possible, quantify findings and present them with appropriate indicators of measurement error or uncertainty (such as confidence intervals). Avoid relying solely on statistical hypothesis testing, such as the use of P values, which fails to convey important quantitative information. References for the design of the study and statistical methods should be to standard works when possible (with pages stated) rather than to papers in which the designs or methods were originally reported. Specify any general-use computer programs used. In studies in which a statistical difference is not detected, the results section of the manuscript should state: (1) the magnitude of a clinically important difference (commonly called the effect size) for all major variables of interest, (2) the probability of a type I error (a), (3) the power to detect the clinically important difference, where power = 1 - ? and ?is the probability of a type II error, and (4) an estimate of the number of subjects required to detect the clinically important difference.
Results. State concisely, in logical sequence, the results of the study. Subheadings may be used for particular sections, i.e. clinical findings, radiographic findings, etc. Report complications of treatment. Give numbers of observations. Report losses to observation (such as dropouts from a clinical trial). Do not reproduce the same data in both tables and figures. Emphasize or summarize only the important observations.
Discussion. Provide a concise discussion of the investigation or study. Emphasize the new and important implications of the findings, their limitations, and how the observations relate to other relevant studies.
Acknowledgments. List all contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship, such as a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support. Financial and material support should also be acknowledged.
References. References should be prepared using the Vancouver system. Number references consecutively in the order in which they first appear in the text. Identify all references in the text, tables and legends by superscript Arabic numbers. The authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the references. Unpublished observations, personal communications, submitted papers not yet accepted and abstracts should not appear in the reference section. References with 5 or more authors may include the names of the first 3 authors followed by et al.
Reference listings should use the following style:
Journal citations
1. Powell LL, Rozanski EA, Tidwell AS, Rush JE. A retrospective analysis of pulmonary contusions secondary to motor vehicular accidents in 143 dogs: 1994-1997. J Vet Emerg Crit Care 1999; 9(3): 127-136.
Book chapter
2. Rooney DK. Clinical Nutrition. In: Reed SM, Bayly WM, editors. Equine Internal Medicine. Phildelphia: WB Saunders Co; 1998. pp.216-229.
Book
3. Ettinger SJ. Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders; 1983; pp.55-57.
Conference
4. Stamp, G. Emergency Care of Pigeons. In: Proceedings of the 42nd Symposium of Veterinery Emergency. Maldives, 4-5 October 1978. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science; 1980; pp.45-56.
Tables. Tables are a concise means of presenting large amounts of numerical data in a logical format. Tables containing raw data for a number of variables for each individual animal are not appropriate. Such data should be provided, either in a table or in the text, using summary or descriptive statistics.
Type or print out each table with double-spacing on a separate sheet of paper. Do not submit tables as photographs. Number tables consecutively in the order of their first citation in the text, and supply a brief title for each. Give each column a short or abbreviated heading. Place explanatory matter in footnotes, not in the heading. Explain in footnotes all nonstandard abbreviations that are used in each table. For footnotes use the following symbols, in this sequence: * , ?, ||, ? ** , etc. Identify statistical measures of variations such as standard deviation and standard error of the mean. Do not use internal horizontal and vertical rules. Be sure that each table is cited in the text. If you use data from another published or unpublished source, obtain permission and acknowledge them fully.
Figures. Submit three complete sets of figures. Figures should be professionally drawn and photographed; freehand or typewritten lettering is unacceptable. Instead of original drawings, X-ray films, and other material, send sharp, glossy, black-and-white photographic prints, usually 127 ?173 mm but no larger than 203 ?254 mm. Letters, numbers, and symbols should be clear and even throughout and of sufficient size that when reduced for publication each item will still be legible. Titles and detailed explanations belong in the legends for illustrations, not on the illustrations themselves. Photomicrographs must include a calibration bar of appropriate length.
It is the policy of the Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care for authors to pay the full cost for the reproduction of their color artwork. Therefore please note that if there is color artwork in your manuscript when it is accepted for publication Blackwell Publishing require you to complete and return a color work agreement form before your paper can be published. This form can be downloaded as a PDF* from the internet. The web address for the form is www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/Upw3000_x_cow.pdf.
If you are unable to access the internet or unable to download the form, please contact the Production Editor, Alison Cherrie, at alison.cherrie@edn.blackwellpublishing.com and she will email or fax a form to you. Once completed, please return the form to the address below:
Alison Cherrie
Blackwell Publishing
23 Ainslie Place
Edinburgh EH3 6AJ
UK
Any article received by Blackwell Publishing with color artwork will not be published until the form has been returned.
*To read PDF files, you must have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you do not have this program, this is available as a free download from the following address:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Each figure should have a label pasted on its back indicating the number of the figure, author's name, and top of the figure. Do not write on the back of figures or scratch or mark them by using paper clips. Do not bend figures or mount them on cardboard.
We would very much like to receive your artwork in electronic form. Please save vector graphics (e.g. line artwork) in Encapsulated Postscript Format (EPS) and bitmap files (e.g. half-tones) in Tagged Image Format (TIFF). Ideally , vector graphics that have been saved in a metafile (.wmf) or pict (.pct) should be embedded within the text file. Detailed information on our digital illustration standards in available at: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/authors/digill.asp. Always enclose a hard copy of digitally supplied figures.
Figure Size. Whenever possible, generate artwork at the size it is to appear in the journal. Original artwork and graphs should occupy one column when feasible but not more than two columns. Multi-paneled figures should be arranged in a layout that leaves the least amount of blank space and does not exceed the normal text area.
Figure Legends. Figure legends should contain enough information to understand the illustration without referring to the text, but should be concise and should not repeat information already stated in text. Legends should be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet.
Units of Measurement. Temperatures should be given in Celsius; Fahrenheit equivalents may follow in parentheses. Weights should be reported in metric units. Laboratory values should be reported in conventional (US) units. Systéme Internationale (SI) units can be used in addition to conventional units. All measurements should be in the metric system. Analyte concentrations should be expressed in conventional units (eg, mg/dL) but authors may also include Systéme International (SI) units (eg, mmol/L). If confusion could result, include other measurement systems in parentheses.
Permissions. Any submitted materials that are to be reproduced (or adapted) from copyrighted publications must be accompanied by a written letter of permission both from the author and the copyright holder (Publisher). Accepted manuscripts will be delayed if necessary permissions are not on file.
Copyright
Manuscripts will be considered for publication with the clear understanding that their contents have not been published previously (abstracts presented at scientific meetings are excepted), and have not been (and will not be) submitted or published elsewhere while acceptance by the Journal is under consideration. A separate letter that states 'The undersigned authors transfer all copyright ownership of the manuscript, [title of article] to Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society in the event the work is published, The undersigned authors warrant that the article is original, is not under consideration by another journal, and has not been published previously' must be signed by all authors and accompany all manuscripts at the time of submission.
Conflict of Interest
Authors of articles should disclose at the time of submission any financial arrangement they may have with the company whose product features prominently in the submitted manuscript, or with a company making a competing product. Such information will be held in confidence while the paper is under review and will not influence the editorial decision, but if the article is accepted for publication, the editor will usually discuss with the author the manner in which such information is to be communicated to the reader.
Review Procedure
JVECC is a refereed journal. Each article will be reviewed by at least two members of the ACVECC or appropriate specialist(s). Average time from review and principal author notification of acceptance or rejection will be 8 weeks from the time of manuscript receipt. Average time for publication will be less than 12 months unless multiple revisions are required.
Proofs
Authors are responsible for ensuring that all manuscripts (whether original or revised) are accurately typed before final submission. Authors will be sent proofs in PDF format via e-mail. Corrections must be returned to the Production Editor within 3 days of receipt; authors are requested to fax corrected proofs and minor corrections can be advised by email ensuring that the journal title, paper reference number and corresponding author name are quoted in the body of the message. Authors should note that corrections should be marked as clearly as possible and kept to a minimum. The Publishers reserve the right to charge for any changes made at the proof stage (other than Typesetter's errors) since the insertion or deletion of a single word may necessitate the resetting of whole paragraphs.
Offprints
A total of 25 offprints will be sent free of charge to the corresponding author of each contribution on completion of a form which will be sent with the proofs by email. Additional reprints/reprints can be ordered at prices shown on the offprint order form.
Checklist for Authors
____Original manuscript
____Original figures
____Original tables
____2 Copies of manuscript complete with abstract, keywords, footnotes and references, figures, tables
____Copyright disclosure
____Computer diskette
____Current mailing address, phone, fax and email address
Editorial Board
Editor
Cindy Otto
Department of Clinical Studies-Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine
3900 Delancey St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010
USA
Tel: +1 (215)898-3390 (Cindy Otto)
Fax: +1 (215)573-6050
E-mail: cmotto@vet.upenn.edu
Assistant Editors
Case Reports
Tom Day, Louisville Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Services
E-mail: lvses@earthlink.net
State-of-the-art Reviews
Lisa Powell, University of Minnesota,College of Veterinary Medicine
E-mail: powel029@tc.umn.edu
Clinical Practice Reviews
Linda Barton, Animal Medical Centre, New York
E-mail: linda.barton@amcny.org
Large-Animal Assistant Editor
Pam Wilkins
European Submissions
Dez Hughes
Editorial Board
Marc Raffe
Robert Murtaugh
Gary Stamp
Karol Mathews
Dez Hughes
Managing Editor
G. Stamp
VECCS Executive Director
stamp@veccs.org
Advertising Coordinator
Jennifer M. Helms
VECCS Management Assistant, 6335 Camp Bullis Road, Suite 14, San Antonio, TX 78257, USA
veccsadmin@veccs.org
Editorial Assistant
Sharon Ward
Department of Clinical Studies - Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine
3900 Delancy Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6010
USA
E-mail: sward@vet.upenn.edu
Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society Board of Directors
President Karol Mathews
President Elect Dennis Burkett
Immediate Past President Ken Drobatz
Recorder Susan Barnes
Treasurer Harold Davis
Financial Officer James Milligan
Member-at-large Tony Mann
Member-at-large Dez Hughes
Executive Director Gary Stamp
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