期刊名称：MAGNETIC RESONANCE MATERIALS IN PHYSICS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
MAGMA is a multidisciplinary international journal devoted to the publication of articles on all aspects of magnetic resonance techniques and their applications in medicine and biology. MAGMA currently publishes short communications, full-length research papers, invited reviews, commentaries, and book reviews six times a year. Short communications are intended for the rapid publication of case reports, technical and methodological notes or any important new findings of immediate interest to the community. The subject areas covered by MAGMA include
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advances in materials, hardware and software in magnetic resonance technology,
new developments and results in research and practical applications of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy related to biology and medicine,
study of animal models and intact cells,
reports of clinical trials on humans and clinical validation of magnetic resonance protocols. |
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BIOSIS, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Contents, EMBASE, Index Medicus, Medline, PubMed
Instructions to Authors
Types of Papers
MAGMA currently presents short communications, full-length research papers, invited reviews, commentaries, and book reviews.
Research papers
The main text must be divided into the following sections:
- The Introduction should define the subject matter in a few sentences and give a short review of the pertinent literature.
- The Materials and Methods section should give clear, concise descriptions of patients and/or laboratory animals concerned and specify the equipment, chemical preparations and methods used. A clear description of the statistical analysis employed should also be given.
- The Results section should describe the outcome of the study. Data should be presented as concisely as possible, if appropriate in the form of tables or figures, although very large tables should be avoided.
- The Discussion should include the analysis of the significance of the results with reference to work by other authors.
- The Conclusion section should restate the major findings of the study.
An abstract of not more than 200 words should precede the text and must be divided in sections which correspond to the sections of the text:
- Object - stating the hypothesis being tested
- Materials and Methods - brief but specific to number of subjects, how data were collected and what was done
- Results – the findings of the study with statistical significance
- Conclusion.
Three to five keywords taken from the NLM “Medical Subject Headings” should be supplied after the Abstract for indexing purposes; see:
Short communications
For Short Communications, an abstract of not more than 100 words should be submitted and should include: 1) reasons to report; 2) what was unique and urgent to be reported.
The total text should not exceed 2000 words (including abstract and references), illustrations and/or tables are limited to 3, bibliography is limited to 15 references.
Manuscript submission
Manuscript Submission
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
Permissions
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.
Online Submission
Authors should submit their manuscripts online. Electronic submission substantially reduces the editorial processing and reviewing times and shortens overall publication times. Please follow the hyperlink “Submit online” on the right and upload all of your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen.
Title page
Title page
The title page should include:
- The name(s) of the author(s)
- A concise and informative title
- The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
- The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author
- Word count of abstract and text
- Number of figures and tables
- Number of references.
Abstract
For Research Papers, an abstract of not more than 200 words should precede the text and must be divided in sections which correspond to the sections of the text.
For Short Communications, an abstract of not more than 100 words should be submitted and should include: 1) reasons to report; 2) what was unique and urgent to be reported.
Keywords
Please provide three to five keywords taken from the NLM “Medical Subject Headings” for indexing purposes; see:
Text
Text Formatting
Manuscripts should be submitted in LaTeX. Please use Springer’s LaTeX macro package and choose the formatting option “twocolumn”.
The submission should include the original source (including all style files and figures) and a PDF version of the compiled output.
Word files are also accepted. In this case, please use Springer’s Word template for preparing your manuscript.
Headings
Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings.
Abbreviations
Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
Footnotes
Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. They should not consist solely of a reference citation, and they should never include the bibliographic details of a reference. They should also not contain any figures or tables.
Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data). Footnotes to the title or the authors of the article are not given reference symbols.
Always use footnotes instead of endnotes.
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.
Scientific style
- Please always use internationally accepted signs and symbols for units (SI units).
- Nomenclature: Insofar as possible, authors should use systematic names similar to those used by Chemical Abstract Service or IUPAC.
- Genus and species names should be in italics.
- Generic names of drugs and pesticides are preferred; if trade names are used, the generic name should be given at first mention.
- Please use the standard mathematical notation for formulae, symbols, etc.:
Italic for single letters that denote mathematical constants, variables, and unknown quantities
Roman/upright for numerals, operators, and punctuation, and commonly defined functions or abbreviations, e.g., cos, det, e or exp, lim, log, max, min, sin, tan, d (for derivative)
Bold for vectors, tensors, and matrices.
- Laboratory slang, clinical jargon and uncommon abbreviations should be avoided.
- Radiation measurements and laboratory values should be given using the International System of Units (SI) (source: SI Units in Radiation Protection and Measurements, NCRP Report no. 82 (August 1985): ‘‘Now Read This: The SI Units Are Here.’’ JAMA 1986; 255:2329-2339). Blood pressure should be given in millimeters of mercury.
References
Citation
Reference citations in the text should be identified by numbers in square brackets. Some examples:
1. Negotiation research spans many disciplines [3].
2. This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman [5].
3. This effect has been widely studied [1-3, 7].
Reference list
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list.
The entries in the list should be numbered consecutively.
- Journal article
Gamelin FX, Baquet G, Berthoin S, Thevenet D, Nourry C, Nottin S, Bosquet L (2009) Effect of high intensity intermittent training on heart rate variability in prepubescent children. Eur J Appl Physiol 105:731-738. doi: 10.1007/s00421-008-0955-8
Ideally, the names of all authors should be provided, but the usage of “et al” in long author lists will also be accepted:
Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L et al (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329
- Article by DOI
Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med. doi:10.1007/s001090000086
- Book
South J, Blass B (2001) The future of modern genomics. Blackwell, London
- Book chapter
Brown B, Aaron M (2001) The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York, pp 230-257
- Online document
Cartwright J (2007) Big stars have weather too. IOP Publishing PhysicsWeb. http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/11/6/16/1. Accessed 26 June 2007
- Dissertation
Trent JW (1975) Experimental acute renal failure. Dissertation, University of California
Always use the standard abbreviation of a journal’s name according to the ISSN List of Title Word Abbreviations, see
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For authors using EndNote, Springer provides an output style that supports the formatting of in-text citations and reference list.
Specific remarks
References
(1) References with correct punctuation can be found in EndNoteX1 (Windows 2000 SP3, XP [SP2] and Vista, Mac OS X). Please use the output style of the journal Pediatric Radiology.
(2) References should be arranged in the order in which they are cited in the manuscript.
(3) The DOI of a reference should be given only if the article concerned has not yet been published in print.
MAGMA abbreviation
In order to have all citations to the journal taken into account in the calculation of the Thomson-ISI impact factor and citation index, please always refer to MAGMA as Magn Reson Mater Phy in all your publications. Magn Reson Mater Phy is the only official abbreviation of the journal.
Tables
- All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
- Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
- For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table.
- Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table caption.
- Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.
Artwork
For the best quality final product, it is highly recommended that you submit all of your artwork – photographs, line drawings, etc. – in an electronic format. Your art will then be produced to the highest standards with the greatest accuracy to detail. The published work will directly reflect the quality of the artwork provided.
Electronic Figure Submission
- Supply all figures electronically.
- Indicate what graphics program was used to create the artwork.
- For vector graphics, the preferred format is EPS; for halftones, please use TIFF format. MS Office files are also acceptable.
- Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
- Name your figure files with "Fig" and the figure number, e.g., Fig1.eps.
Line Art
- Definition: Black and white graphic with no shading.
- Do not use faint lines and/or lettering and check that all lines and lettering within the figures are legible at final size.
- All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide.
- Scanned line drawings and line drawings in bitmap format should have a minimum resolution of 1200 dpi.
- Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
Halftone Art
- Definition: Photographs, drawings, or paintings with fine shading, etc.
- If any magnification is used in the photographs, indicate this by using scale bars within the figures themselves.
- Halftones should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
Combination Art
- Definition: a combination of halftone and line art, e.g., halftones containing line drawing, extensive lettering, color diagrams, etc.
- Combination artwork should have a minimum resolution of 600 dpi.
Color Art
- Color art is free of charge for online publication.
- If black and white will be shown in the print version, make sure that the main information will still be visible. Many colors are not distinguishable from one another when converted to black and white. A simple way to check this is to make a xerographic copy to see if the necessary distinctions between the different colors are still apparent.
- If the figures will be printed in black and white, do not refer to color in the captions.
- Color illustrations should be submitted as RGB (8 bits per channel).
Figure Lettering
- To add lettering, it is best to use Helvetica or Arial (sans serif fonts).
- Keep lettering consistently sized throughout your final-sized artwork, usually about 2–3 mm (8–12 pt).
- Variance of type size within an illustration should be minimal, e.g., do not use 8-pt type on an axis and 20-pt type for the axis label.
- Avoid effects such as shading, outline letters, etc.
- Do not include titles or captions within your illustrations.
Figure Numbering
- All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
- Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
- Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.).
- If an appendix appears in your article and it contains one or more figures, continue the consecutive numbering of the main text. Do not number the appendix figures, "A1, A2, A3, etc." Figures in online appendices (Electronic Supplementary Material) should, however, be numbered separately.
Figure Captions
- Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file.
- Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure number, also in bold type.
- No punctuation is to be included after the number, nor is any punctuation to be placed at the end of the caption.
- Identify all elements found in the figure in the figure caption; and use boxes, circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs.
- Identify previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference citation at the end of the figure caption.
Figure Placement and Size
- When preparing your figures, size figures to fit in the column width.
- For most journals the figures should be 39 mm, 84 mm, 129 mm, or 174 mm wide and not higher than 234 mm.
- For books and book-sized journals, the figures should be 80 mm or 122 mm wide and not higher than 198 mm.
Permissions
If you include figures that have already been published elsewhere, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format. Please be aware that some publishers do not grant electronic rights for free and that Springer will not be able to refund any costs that may have occurred to receive these permissions. In such cases, material from other sources should be used.
Accessibility
In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to the content of your figures, please make sure that
- All figures have descriptive captions (blind users could then use a text-to-speech software or a text-to-Braille hardware)
- Patterns are used instead of or in addition to colors for conveying information (color-blind users would then be able to distinguish the visual elements)
- Any figure lettering has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1
Electronic Supplementary Material
Springer accepts electronic multimedia files (animations, movies, audio, etc.) and other supplementary files to be published online along with an article or a book chapter. This feature can add dimension to the author's article, as certain information cannot be printed or is more convenient in electronic form.
Submission
- Supply all supplementary material in standard file formats.
- Please include in each file the following information: article title, journal name, author names; affiliation and e-mail address of the corresponding author.
- To accommodate user downloads, please keep in mind that larger-sized files may require very long download times and that some users may experience other problems during downloading.
Audio, Video, and Animations
- Always use MPEG-1 (.mpg) format.
Text and Presentations
- Submit your material in PDF format; .doc or .ppt files are not suitable for long-term viability.
- A collection of figures may also be combined in a PDF file.
Spreadsheets
- Spreadsheets should be converted to PDF if no interaction with the data is intended.
- If the readers should be encouraged to make their own calculations, spreadsheets should be submitted as .xls files (MS Excel).
Specialized Formats
- Specialized format such as .pdb (chemical), .wrl (VRML), .nb (Mathematica notebook), and .tex can also be supplied.
Collecting Multiple Files
- It is possible to collect multiple files in a .zip or .gz file.
Numbering
- If supplying any supplementary material, the text must make specific mention of the material as a citation, similar to that of figures and tables.
- Refer to the supplementary files as “Online Resource”, e.g., "... as shown in the animation (Online Resource 3)", “... additional data are given in Online Resource 4”.
- Name the files consecutively, e.g. “ESM_3.mpg”, “ESM_4.pdf”.
Captions
- For each supplementary material, please supply a concise caption describing the content of the file.
Processing of supplementary files
- Electronic supplementary material will be published as received from the author without any conversion, editing, or reformatting.
Accessibility
In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to the content of your supplementary files, please make sure that
- The manuscript contains a descriptive caption for each supplementary material
- Video files do not contain anything that flashes more than three times per second (so that users prone to seizures caused by such effects are not put at risk)
Conflict of interest and authors' agreement
Conflict of interest
Authors must indicate whether or not they have a financial relationship with the organization that sponsored the research. They should also state that they have full control of all primary data and that they agree to allow the journal to review their data if requested.
Therefore the manuscript must be accompanied by the “Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form”. To download this form, please follow the hyperlink on the right.
Authors' agreement
The manuscript must also be accompanied by a letter signed by all authors stating that they agree with the contents of the article.
To download the “Authors’ agreement“, please follow the hyperlink on the right.
After acceptance
Upon acceptance of your article you will receive a link to the special Author Query Application at Springer’s web page where you can sign the Copyright Transfer Statement online and indicate whether you wish to order OpenChoice and offprints.
Once the Author Query Application has been completed, your article will be processed and you will receive the proofs.
Open Choice
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Copyright transfer
Authors will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher (or grant the Publisher exclusive publication and dissemination rights). This will ensure the widest possible protection and dissemination of information under copyright laws.
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, they agree to the Springer Open Choice Licence.
Offprints
Offprints can be ordered by the corresponding author.
Color illustrations
Publication of color illustrations is free of charge.
Proof reading
The purpose of the proof is to check for typesetting or conversion errors and the completeness and accuracy of the text, tables and figures. Substantial changes in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, title and authorship, are not allowed without the approval of the Editor.
After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an Erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article.
Online First
The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs. This is the official first publication citable with the DOI. After release of the printed version, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.
Instructions to Authors
1352-8661.pdf
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Patrick J. Cozzone, Ph.D.
CRMBM-CNRS
Faculté de Médecine
27, Boulevard Jean Moulin
13005 Marseille, France
Fax: (33) - 491 25 65 39
e-mail: magma.office@medecine.univ-mrs.fr Co-Editors
Isabelle Berry, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Nuclear Medicine
Rangueil University Hospital
Toulouse, France
Georg Bongartz, M.D.
Division of General Radiology
University Hospital
Basel, Switzerland
Axel Haase, Ph.D.
Institute of Advanced Study
Technische Universität München
München, Germany
Stefan Neubauer, M.D.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford, United Kingdom Editorial Board
Carles Arús
Barcelona, Spain
Dorotheé Auer
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Paul A. Bottomley
Baltimore, USA
Roxanne Deslauriers
Winnipeg, Canada
Rolf Gruetter
Lausanne, Switzerland
Arend Heerschap
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Jürgen Hennig
Freiburg, Germany
Hedvig Hricak
New York, USA
Naranamangalam R. Jagannathan
New Delhi, India
Derek K. Jones
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Gabriel-Paul Krestin
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dieter Leibfritz
Bremen, Germany
Luis Marti-Bonmati
Valencia, Spain
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Göttingen, Germany
Peter Morris
Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Vienna, Austria
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Boston, USA
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Mons, Belgium
David G. Norris
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Zurich, Switzerland
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London, United Kingdom
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Clichy, France
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