期刊名称：AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING
 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
Australasian Journal on Ageing is a peer reviewed journal, which publishes original work in any area of gerontology and geriatric medicine. It welcomes international submissions, particularly from authors in the Asia Pacific region.
Instructions to Authors
Author Guidelines
Latest information:
?nbsp;A signed copyright form can be accepted by fax or as a scanned file.
?nbsp;A change in Editorial Office contact details and Submission of Manuscripts information.
Australasian Journal on Ageing is the official English language journal of ACOTA, and publishes original research articles dealing with any area of gerontology and geriatric medicine. The Journal publishes papers in the following categories (word limits include text but not references, tables or figure legends). For each category implications for policy and/or practice must be drawn out.
Invited Editorials on policy or practice up to 3000 words (maximum of 10 references).
Reviews up to 3000 words (maximum of 50 references).
Research: original research papers up to 3000 words (maximum of 30 references). Priority will be given to brief research reports of up to 1500 words, with no more than one table or figure and 20 references or fewer, which can be printed in two journal pages.
Policy and Practice Updates: Articles up to 3000 words (maximum of 20 references), by an expert in the field which aim to update readers in the areas of professional practice or policy, and must be evidence based. Priority will be given to brief updates of up to 1500 words.
Innovations in Aged Care: Articles of up to 3000 words (maximum of 20 references) which describe and evaluate an innovation. Innovations can include new treatments, community and residential care programs, professional training courses and social policies, and must be evidence based. Priority will be given to brief reports of up to 1500 words.
Letters to the Editor: Up to 400 words (maximum of 10 references). These may be edited and are subject to reply.
EDITORIAL REVIEW AND 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 double-blind peer reviewed by two anonymous reviewers and the Editor. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editorial Committee, who reserve the right to refuse any material for publication.
Manuscripts should be written so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in the particular field. They should be written in a clear, concise, direct style. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of content, the Editor and 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.
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
All manuscripts should be submitted online via Manuscript Central at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/aaja. To submit a manuscript, please follow the instructions below.
Getting Started
1. Launch your web browser (supported browsers include Internet Explorer 6 or higher, Netscape 7.0, 7.1 or 7.2, Safari 1.2.4 or Firefox 1.0.4) and go to the Journal's Manuscript Central homepage (use the Author Guidelines by Journal link from the section at right. The Guidelines provide a link to the specific journal submission website).
2. Log-in or click the Create Account option if you are a first-time user of Manuscript Central.
3. If you are creating a new account:
?nbsp;After clicking on Create Account, enter your name and email information and click Next. Your email information is very important.
?nbsp;Enter your institution and address information as prompted, and then click Next.
?nbsp;Enter a user ID and password of your choice (we recommend using your email address as your user ID), and then select your area of expertise. Click Finish when done.
4. If you have an account but have forgotten your log in details, go to Password Help on the Journal's Manuscript Central homepage and enter your email address. The system will send you an automatic user ID and password reminder.
5. Log-in and select Author Center.
Submitting Your Manuscript
Will authors please note that Word 2007 is not yet compatible with journal production systems. Unfortunately, the journal cannot accept Microsoft Word 2007 documents until such time as a stable production version is released. Please use Word's 'Save As' option therefore to save your document as an older (.doc) file type.
1. After you have logged in, click the Submit a Manuscript link in the menu bar.
2. Enter data and answer questions as prompted.
3. Click the Next button on each screen to save your work and advance to the next screen.
4. You are required to upload your files:
?nbsp;Click on the Browse button and locate the file on your computer.
?nbsp;Select the designation of each file in the drop down next to the Browse button.
?nbsp;When you have selected all files you wish to upload, click the Upload button.
Note: there is a limit of 100 MB combined for all files uploaded.
?nbsp;Review your submission (in both PDF and HTML formats) before sending to the Editors. Click the Submit button when you are done reviewing.
You may suspend a submission at any phase before clicking the Submit button and save it to submit later. After submission, you will receive a confirmation email. You can also log-on to Manuscript Central any time to check the status of your manuscript. The Journal will inform you by email once a decision has been made.
Getting Help with Your Submission
Each page of the Manuscript Central website has a Get Help Now icon connecting directly to the online support system at http://mcv3support.custhelp.com. Queries can also be emailed to support@scholarone.com and telephone support is available 24 hours a day, 5 days a week through the US ScholarOne Support Office: +1 434 817 2040, ext 167.
If you do not have Internet access or cannot submit online, the Editorial Office will help with online submissions.
Any enquiries should be sent to:
Shaneen Goodwin
Editorial Assistant, Australasian Journal on Ageing
155 Cremorne Street
Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia
aja@blackwellpublishingasia.com
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
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 (as revised in Edinburgh 2000), available at http://www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm. Australasian Journal on Ageing retains the right to reject any manuscript on the basis of unethical conduct of either human or animal studies.
All investigations on human subjects must include a statement that the subject gave informed consent. Patient anonymity should be preserved. Photographs need to be cropped sufficiently to prevent human subjects being recognized (or an eye bar should be used).
COVERING LETTER
Papers 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 should declare any financial support or relationships that may pose conflict of interest.
COPYRIGHT
Authors publishing in the Journal will be asked to sign an Exclusive Licence Form. In signing the form 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 form, and must sign the form or agree that the corresponding author can sign on their behalf. Articles cannot be published until a signed form has been received. Authors can download the form here. (A signed copyright form can also be accepted by fax or as a scanned file.)
STYLE OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Manuscripts should follow the style of the Vancouver agreement detailed in the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors' revised 'Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication', as presented at http://www.ICMJE.org/.
Spelling: The Journal uses Australian spelling and authors should therefore follow the latest edition of the Macquarie Dictionary.
Units: All measurements must be given in SI or SI-derived units. Please visit the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) website at http://www.bipm.fr for more information about SI units.
Abbreviations: Abbreviations should be used sparingly - 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 only.
Trade names: Drugs should be referred to by their generic names. If proprietary drugs have been used in the study, refer to these by their generic name, mentioning the proprietary name, and the name and location of the manufacturer, in parentheses.
PARTS OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Manuscripts should be presented in the following order: (i) title page, (ii) abstract and key words, (iii) text, (iv) acknowledgements, (v) references, (vi) appendices, (vii) figure legends, (viii) tables (each table complete with title and footnotes) and (ix) figures. The text of original research articles should be divided into the following sections: Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgement (if applicable), Key Points and References. Footnotes to the text are not allowed and any such material should be incorporated into the text as parenthetical matter.
Title page
As articles are double-blind reviewed, material that might identify authorship of the paper should be placed on a cover sheet; this will be detached before the paper is sent to referees.
The title page should contain (i) the title of the paper, (ii) the full names of the authors and (iii) the addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out together with (iv) the full postal and email address, plus facsimile and telephone numbers of the author to whom correspondence about the manuscript 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, informative and contain the major key words. Do not use abbreviations in the title. A short running title (less than 40 characters) should also be provided.
Abstract and key words
Research articles. Abstracts should be 150 words or less and structured into sections preferably under the headings: Objective(s), Method, Results, Conclusion(s). Key Points (which must be included) are 3-4 dot points, which give the essential take-home messages of the paper.
Other articles. Editorials, Reviews, Polcy and Practice updates and Innovations in Aged Care should be preceded by a short unstructured abstract of 150 words or less.
Key Words. 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 at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html.
Acknowledgements
The source of financial grants and other funding must be acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors' industrial links and affiliations. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged. Personal thanks and thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.
References
We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting.
EndNote reference styles can be searched for here:
http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp
Reference Manager reference styles can be searched for here:
http://www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp
Personal communications and unpublished manuscripts are not acceptable. The Vancouver system of referencing should be used (examples are given below). In the text, references should be identified by numbers in square brackets (not as superscripts). If cited in tables or figure legends, number according to the first identification of the table or figure in the text. In the Reference list, number the references in the order in which they appear in the text. However, once a reference is cited, all subsequent citations should refer to the original number. All journal titles must be quoted in full (no abbreviations).
In the reference list, cite the names of all authors up to four. If there are five or more authors then list the first three followed by et al. Do not use ibid. or op cit. Reference to unpublished data and personal communications should not appear in the list but should be cited in the text only (e.g. Smith A, 2000, unpublished data). All citations mentioned in the text, tables or figures must be listed in the reference list. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references.
Prepare references as follows:
Journal article
1 Boldy D, Bartlett H. Residents' views and quality improvement in homes for older people. Managing Community Care 1999; 7: 35-37.
Book
2 Butler R, Lewis M. Ageing and Mental Health. St Louis: CV Mosby, 1973.
Chapter in a book
3 Encel S. Age discrimination. In: Patrickson M, Hartmann L, eds. Managing an Ageing Workforce. Warriewood: Business and Professional Publishing, 1998; 41-52.
Article in electronic format
Australian Qualifications Framework Advisory Board. Australian Qualifications Framework: Twelve AQF Qualifications. Available from URL: http://www.aqf.edu.au/twelve.htm (accessed 15 January 2003).
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. Number tables consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals. Type tables on a separate page with the legend above. Legends should be concise but comprehensive - the table, legend and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. Vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Column headings should be brief, with units of measurement in parentheses; all abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: ? ? ? , 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.
Figures
All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) are classified as figures. Figures should be cited in consecutive order in the text. Figures should be sized to fit within the column (82 mm), intermediate (117 mm) or the full text width (170 mm). If supplied electronically, graphics must be supplied as high resolution (at least 300 d.p.i.) files, saved as .eps or .tif. Figures supplied as hard-copy only must be clearly labelled.
Figure legends: Type figure legends on a separate page. Legends should be concise but comprehensive - the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.
PROOFS
It is essential that corresponding authors supply an email address to which correspondence can be emailed while their article is in production. If absent, authors should arrange for a colleague to access their email, retrieve the PDF proof and check and return them to the Publisher on their behalf.
Notification of the URL from where to download a portable document format (PDF) typeset page proof, associated forms and further instructions will be sent by email to the corresponding author. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file, which can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following website:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
The purpose of the PDF proof is a final check of the layout, and of tables and figures. Alterations other than the essential correction of errors are unacceptable at PDF proof stage. Excessive changes made by the author in the proofs, excluding typesetting errors, will be charged separately. The proof should be checked, and approval to publish the article should be emailed to the Publisher by the date indicated; otherwise, it may be signed off on by the Editor or held over to the next issue.
OFFPRINTS
A free PDF offprint will be supplied to the corresponding author. A minimum of 50 additional offprints will be provided upon request, at the author's expense. These paper offprints may be ordered online. Please visit http://offprint.cosprinters.com/, fill in the necessary details and ensure that you type information in all of the required fields.
If you have queries about offprints please email offprint@cosprinters.com
BLACKWELL AUTHOR SERVICES
Author Services enables authors to track their article, once it has been accepted, through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated emails at key stages of production so they do not need to contact the production editor to check on progress. Visit http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/authors/journal.asp for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources, including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
Editorial Board
Editorial Information
Associate Editors
Professor Richard Lindley, Geriatric Medicine, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney
Professor Len Gray, Geriatric Medicine, Academic Unit, University of Queensland
Professor Helen Bartlett, Australasian Centre on Ageing, University of Queensland
Associate Editor (Book Reviews)
Yvonne Wells, Lincoln Centre for Research on Ageing, La Trobe University
Management Committee
Laurie Buys, Australian Association of Gerontology
Robert Prowse, Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine
Susan Quine, Editor-in-Chief
Gerry Naughtin, Aged and Community Services Australia
Ian Yates, ACOTA (Chair)
Editorial Board
John Campbell, University of Otago
Iris Chi, University of Hong Kong
Judith Davey, Victoria University of Wellington
Leon Flicker, University of Western Australia
Mary Luszcz, Flinders University
Victor Minichiello, University of New England
Rhonda Nay, La Trobe University
Richard Sainsbury, University of Otago/University of Canterbury
Terence Seedsman, Victoria University of Technology
Yoshiko Someya, Tokyo Woman's Christian University
Cheryl Tilse, University of Queensland
Jean Woo, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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