期刊名称：SOMATOSENSORY AND MOTOR RESEARCH
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Aims and Scope:
Somatosensory & Motor Research publishes original, high-quality papers that encompass the entire range of investigations related to the neural bases for somatic sensation, somatic motor function, somatic motor integration, and modeling thereof. Comprising anatomical, physiological, biochemical, pharmacological, behavioral, and psychophysical studies, Somatosensory & Motor Research covers all facets of the peripheral and central processes underlying cutaneous sensation, and includes studies relating to afferent and efferent mechanisms of deep structures (e.g., viscera, muscle). Studies of motor systems at all levels of the neuraxis are covered, but reports restricted to non-neural aspects of muscle generally would belong in other journals. Experimental and descriptive studies in all animals, including humans, are emphasized; clinical case reports and neuropathological findings are encouraged when they are of general interest in elucidating somatosensory and motor mechanisms.
Submissions
Descriptions of modifications in techniques are rarely accepted and only if there is evidence of their unusual importance. Theoretical papers and critical reviews will be published occasionally; authors contemplating such contributions should consult the Editor. Periodically there are announcements of events, book reviews and news items of general interest to readers. There are no page charges in this journal.
Three copies of your manuscript, along with a disk consisting of the title page and abstract in ASCII format, should be sent to:
Thomas A. Woolsey, Editor-in-Chief
Somatosensory & Motor Research
Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery,
Washington University School of Medicine,
Campus Box 8213, 4566 Scott Avenue, St Louis
MO 63110, USA
Tel: +1 314 747 1260 Fax: +1 314 362 8359
E-mail: somore@medicine.wustl.edu
Abstracting Information
Somatosensory & Motor Research is indexed in Biological Abstracts; Chemical Abstracts; Current Contents; EMBASE/Excerpta Medica; Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences; Index Medicus/MEDLINE; Life Sciences Col.; Neuroscience Abstracts; Neuroscience Citation Index; PsycALERT; PsycINFO; Psychological Abstracts; Reference Journal of the USSR Academy of Sciences; Reference Update, Research Alert, Science Citation Index and SciSearch.
Instructions to Authors
***Note to Authors: please make sure your contact address information is clearly visible on the outside of all packages you are sending to Editors.***
Submission of a manuscript implies assurance that no similar paper has been, or will be, submitted for publication elsewhere, except for abstracts or an oral presentation. Manuscripts are evaluated on their merit by the Editors with the assistance of selected referees. Copyright is vested in the publisher.
Mail submissions to: Thomas A. Woolsey, Editor-in-Chief, Somatosensory & Motor Research, Department of Neurology and Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8213, 4566 Scott Avenue, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. Tel: (314) 747 1260; Fax: (314) 362 8359; E-mail: somore@medicine.wustl.edu.
Manuscripts should not contain material published elsewhere. Where republication of previously reported data, figures, or text is needed, the author is required to obtain written permission from the copyright holder, a copy of which must be forwarded to the Publisher. There are NO page charges.
Electronic Submission. Authors should send the final, revised version of their articles in both hard copy paper and electronic disk forms. It is essential that the hard copy (paper) version exactly matches the material on disk. Please print out the hard copy from the disk you are sending. Submit three printed copies of the final version with the disk to the journal's editorial office. Save all files on a standard 3.5 inch high-density disk. We prefer to receive disks in Microsoft Word in a PC format, but can translate from most other common word processing programs as well as Macs. Please specify which program you have used. Do not save your files as "text only" or "read only".
Three legible, double-spaced copies (including illustrations) should be submitted to the Editor. The full text should also be submitted on 3.5" disk (labelled with the first author’s name and short title of the paper) as a Word or Wordperfect document. Alternatively, this material may be forwarded by e-mail to somore@medicine.wustl.edu. Concurrence of all listed authors is assumed and is the responsibility of the individual submitting the paper. Similarly, when thanking a colleague, it is the responsibility of the authors to obtain the assent of anyone acknowledged, because the listing of names sometimes implies an imprimatur or approval that has not been explicitly tendered or intended. Concise writing in English and judicious selection of illustrative material, tables, and supplementary material facilitate the review process. Publication is anticipated within 6 months from the date of acceptance. Publication charges for articles requiring special printing, fold-outs, color reproduction, or unusual length and number of illustrations are mandatory. The Publisher will provide cost information.
Manuscripts should conform to the style in the Council of Biology Editors Style Manual. Spelling of nontechnical terms should be that recommended in Webster’s Third International Dictionary. Manuscripts should consist of the following:
1. A Title Page, should include a short running title; about six key words; name, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address of the person to whom correspondence and proofs should be sent; and the number of pages, illustrations, and tables. The title and address of the institution(s) from which the paper emanates should be listed below the author(s). When present addresses differ, indicate these in a footnote.
2. An Abstract, should not exceed 250 words, in a form acceptable to most abstracting services.
3. An Introduction should have a separate heading indicating the aim of the study and appropriate background material.
4. A Materials and Methods section, should provide information sufficient for a qualified investigator to reproduce the work. Reference to published procedures by brief summary and citation is encouraged but should not replace the methodological description. Somatosensory & Motor Research endorses the Declaration of Helsinki and the U.S. National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. It is expected that institutional animal care and use committees and granting agencies ensure proper evaluation of experiments. It is assumed that the authors have conscientiously followed the guidelines contained in the above-mentioned documents in all experiments involving human subjects and experimental animals.
5. A Results section, should be written in clear, concise language with appropriate reference to illustrations and tables. This section should provide a digested analysis of findings.
6. A Discussion should contain a summary of the main findings in relation to other published work, and a statement concerning their significance.
7. Footnotes (to be used sparingly) should be numbered consecutively throughout the text and typed on a separate sheet following the Discussion.
8. An Acknowledgements section, should include a listing of grant support and personal acknowledgements of help.
9. References, cited in the text by author(s) and date, should be listed sequentially in alphabetical order, according to the name of the first author with (a) a full list of authors, (b) date, (c) full title of paper, (d) journal title abbreviated as listed in Index Medicus and adopted by the List of Serial Title Word Abbreviations, Paris, 1985 (ISBN 2-904938-02-8), (e) volume number (underlined), and (f) first and last pages.
Examples:
ADRIAN, E. D. (1931) The messages in sensory nerve fibres and their interpretation. Proc Roy Soc B 109: 1-18.
RÉTHELYI, M., A. R. LIGHT, and E. R. PERL (1983) Synapses made by nociceptive laminae I and II neurons. In Advances in Pain Research and Therapy, Vol. 5, J. J. BONICA, U. LINDBLOOM, and A. IGGO, eds., pp. 111-118, Raven Press, New York.
10. Tables provide documentation and must be mentioned in the text. Each table should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals. The approximate location of a table should be indicated in the left margin of the manuscript. Tables follow the References. Type each table on a separate sheet or sheets and provide each with a brief descriptive title. Explanatory material necessary to the understanding of the table should be placed in footnotes immediately below the table. Superscript italicized lowercase letters should be used as footnote indices in tables. Everything is to be double-spaced: title, column headings, body of table, and footnotes. Tables should be designed to fit within the limitations of the type page. If necessary, the size of the table can be compressed by introducing arbitrary abbreviations in either the body of the table or the column headings. Explanations for these abbreviations can be placed in footnotes to the table.
11. A double-spaced, typed list of numbered Figure Captions should follow the Tables or, if there are no tables, the References. Each caption should include a brief title and short legend.
12. Illustrations provide documentation and should be mentioned in the text. Each illustration should be numbered consecutively using arabic numerals. The approximate location of an illustration should be indicated in the left margin of the manuscript. Illustrations should be carefully considered for their number, size, and format on the page. Photographs must be on glossy white paper and trimmed to conform to page size, not exceeding 6 7/8" (17?cm) x 8 7/8" (22?cm), or column size, not exceeding 3? (8?cm) x 8 7/8" (22?cm), after final reduction. An adhesive label on the reverse of each illustration should indicate figure number, authors?names, and top or bottom. Artwork will not be returned to authors unless prints are marked "Return to Author". Good-quality copies of the originals can be used for review purposes.
a. A calibration bar should be visible in micrographs. The thickness of the calibration bar should not exceed 1 mm after figure reduction.
b. An acetate overlay containing type on a clear background is recommended for lettering and calibration bars applied to halftone illustrations. Transfer (rub-on) type should be properly protected.
c. Avoid combining a high-contrast drawing or photograph with a low-contrast print in the same figure. In photomicrographs, and especially electron micrographs, provide advice concerning the crucial portions of a print in order to guide the printer in determining the contrast of printed illustrations. This can be achieved by including a photocopy with critical structures outlined by colored lines; using a transparent overlay indicating underlying points accompanied by written commentary; or providing instructions whenever possible.
d. Indicate size preference, orientation, reduction, and placement instructions for figures on the "original" set for reproduction.
13. Common abbreviations that are word entries in the dictionary may be used without further explanation: for example, DNA for deoxyribonucleic acid. Any other specialized term that occurs frequently may be abbreviated if spelled out completely at its first occurrence, with the abbreviation immediately following in parentheses. The abbreviation should be used consistently thereafter. If there is a standard abbreviation in the literature, it should be used. The International System of Units (SI) should be used whenever possible. Units should be abbreviated when used in conjunction with numerals (e.g., a 10-ms interstimulus interval) but written out when referred to in the text without numerals (e.g., an interstimulus interval of several milliseconds). Periods are not used with SI unit abbreviations. Use words to express the numbers zero through ten and any number that begins a sentence. Numerals should always be used with units of measurement. A zero should be used before the decimal point in decimal numbers between zero and one (e.g., 0.05, not .05). Use commas to separate groups of three digits in numbers of four or more digits.
14. Copyright. It is a condition of publication that authors vest copyright in their articles, including abstracts, in Taylor & Francis Ltd. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and the journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors may, of course, use the article elsewhere after publication without prior permission from Taylor & Francis, provided that acknowledgement is given to the Journal as the original source of publication, and that Taylor & Francis is notified so that our records show that its use is properly authorised.
The journal has a limited number of free colour pages within its annual page allowance. Authors should consult the editorial office with respect to colour reproduction at submission stage. Any figure submitted as a colour original may appear in a colour within the journal's online edition. Colour reproduction in excess of the journals budget will only be considered on condition that authors contribute to the associated costs.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief:
Thomas A. Woolsey - Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, USA
Associate Editor:
Eberhard E. Fetz - (Computation-Modeling) University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA
Mark F. Jacquin - (Sensory) Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, USA
Barry E. Stein - (Sensory-Motor Integration) Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, USA
W. Thomas Thach, Jr. - (Motor) Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, USA
Founding Editor:
Lawrence Kruger - UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
Editorial Board:
Håkan Aldskogius - Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Pierre Angaut - INSERM, Paris, France
Allan I. Basbaum - University of California, San Francisco, USA
Karen J. Berkley - Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
Emilio Bizzi - MIT, Cambridge, USA
François Clarac - CNRS, Marseille, France
Alfonso Fairén - University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Kevin D. Fox - University of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Glenn J. Giesler Jr., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Yoshiaki Iwamura - Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Sharon Juliano - USUHS, Bethesda, USA
Jon H. Kaas - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
Stephen T. Kitai - University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA
Robert LaMotte - Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
Alan R. Light - MSRB, Chapel Hill, USA
Lorne M. Mendell - State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA
H. J. Ralston - University of California, San Francisco, USA
Marc H. Schieber - University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, USA
Robert F. Schmidt - Physiologisches Institüt, Würzburg, Germany
Daniel J. Simons - University of Pittsburgh, USA
Marisa L. Sotgiu - INB-CNR, Milan, Italy
Charles J. Vierck, Jr. - University of Florida, Gainsville, USA
Phil Waite, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Edward L. White - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Steven P. Wise - NIMH, Poolesville, USA
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