期刊名称：MILITARY 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
Military Medicine is the Association's official monthly journal. Articles published in the journal are peer-reviewed scientific papers, case reports, and editorials. The journal also publishes letters to the editor and book reviews. It is currently under the leadership of its Editor William H.J. Haffner, M.D. (CAPT, USPHS, Ret.).
The objective of the Journal is to promote awareness of Federal medicine by providing a forum for responsible discussion of common ideas and problems relevant to Federal healthcare. Its mission is: To increase healthcare education by providing scientific and other information to its readers; to facilitate communication; and to offer a prestige publication for members?writings.
The journal began publication in 1892 as The Military Surgeon. Referenced in Index Medicus and on the MEDLARS system, Military Medicine is a valuable educational and informational resource for AMSUS members.
Instructions to Authors
Military Medicine accepts feature articles, clinical/case reports, guest editorials/perspectives, and letters to the Editor for publication.
Contributions are suitable for consideration by Military Medicine if they represent original material, have not been published previously, are not being considered for publication elsewhere, and have been approved by each author. The Guidelines for Authors are in accordance with the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals," as published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors at www.icmje.org.
In accordance with the standards of the ICMJE, "When reporting experiments on human subjects, authors should indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national)….When reporting experiments on animals, authors should be asked to indicate whether the institutional and national guide for the care and use of laboratory animals was followed."
Authors submitting articles that fit the description in the US Copyright Act of 1976 of a "US Government Work," are responsible for obtaining any required clearance from the appropriate federal agency prior to submission.
Military Medicine corresponds with only one author per manuscript. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to forward information to the other authors, maintain the author account, and obtain and forward publication documents.
The current status of a manuscript submitted for review can be checked through the author link available through the AMSUS website, www.amsus.org. There are several behind the scenes steps to each process, so it may appear your manuscript is not moving through the process when in fact it is.
The time limit for author revisions is 30 days. If no communication is received within 30 days, the contribution will be considered withdrawn.
Military Medicine maintains a peer review system for all submissions. ALL contributions (including editorials/perspectives, but excluding letters to the editor) must pass peer review before they are considered for publication. Peer reviewer names are kept confidential, author names are not. Letters to the editor may need to pass peer review, as well at the discretion of the Editor.
Manuscripts that do not comply with the Guidelines for Authors do not fit the general submission criteria, or whose use of the English language makes it difficult to understand will not be reviewed. The submitting author will be notified via email.
Authors alone are responsible for the opinions expressed in the paper.
Military Medicine is a copyrighted journal. While some papers submitted fit the description of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 of a "U.S. Government Work" and are therefore considered to be Public Domain Information, Military Medicine reserves the right to copyright its design and layout of that information.
Feature Articles treat research and other topics in full and address new subjects. They are limited to 4,000 words of text including an abstract of not more than 150 words. When counting the word total, do not include the abstract, references and illustrative material. References, tables, and figures should be sufficient in number to reasonably support the content of the manuscript. As a general rule, together they should increase the number of print pages by fewer than 50%, however.
Clinical/Case Reports present new research findings, data from pilot studies, worthwhile replication studies, therapeutic interventions, or reports of noteworthy cases. Clinical/Case Reports are limited to 3,000 words, including an abstract of not more than 150 words. When counting the word total, do not include the abstract, references and illustrative material. The author(s) should indicate in the cover letter if the submission is a clinical or a case report.
Guest Editorials/Perspectives are viewpoints, opinions, or proposals that discuss current knowledge concerning a subject of interest to the readership. Editorials/Perspectives should not exceed 1,500 words. References will be accepted, but must be kept to a minimum, generally not more than six. No tables or figures will be accepted with editorials/perspectives. Please see the attachments for a sample of the format. Print space in the journal is at a premium so editorials will be printed as space permits.
Letters to the Editor are a means of communication to the readership permitting publication of current commentary or criticisms on issues and on the contents of Military Medicine. Letters may explain, amplify, correct, or make other comments and may not exceed 1,000 words. References may NOT be cited in a Letter to the Editor unless specifically requested by the Editorial Staff. Should the author wish, the phrase "References available from the author(s)" may be placed at the end of the letter. If deemed appropriate by the Editor, the author of the original paper will be invited to provide a response that will be published with the letter. Letters may be edited and may be held for publication until space is available. Letters are not acknowledged. Please see the attachments for a sample of the format.
Submission Procedure
Contributions are received with the understanding that the Editor and editorial staff have the right to require revisions in conformity with Journal style.
Contributions will be peer reviewed. Notification of decisions concerning publication will be sent to the corresponding author.
Note: You will receive an email as verification that your manuscript has been submitted. If the submission process is not completed at one sitting, please save your work. You may return to it later by logging into your account, looking for the task line that states “incomplete submission,” and finishing it from there.
Authors
- For Military personnel, the individual's title should conform to official service policy. Military Medicine will not use academic degrees when military rank, corps, and service are known. Include rank, corps, and service.
- Non-military authors should be listed with highest academic degrees.
- Authors should not use initials for both first and middle names. At least one given name should be written in full.
- In order to maintain accountability for multi-authored papers, one (and only one) Author must agree to serve as "Guarantor" of the submission. Upon acceptance for publication, the Guarantor will be asked to sign the following statement:
I agree to take responsibility for the integrity and veracity of this paper and the work and research it represents. I am well acquainted with the entire paper and I am aware of the origins of all contributions on which this paper and its conclusions are based. I accept responsibility for the integrity and the legitimacy the individual contributions that comprise this paper.
I understand I may be called upon to defend the veracity of this paper, should it ever be questioned or criticized in part or in full. In the event that some portion of this paper to which I did not personally contribute is called into question I am capable of directing such inquiries to the proper contributor.
My co-contributors and I understand that by signing this document, I shall be listed as the "Guarantor" of this paper and all others shall be identified as "Contributors".
- All other Authors will be listed as "Contributors" in the order submitted by the corresponding author.
- One Author must serve as Corresponding Author.
- We request that the Corresponding Author provide us with a current email address. Email addresses must remain current since all correspondence is sent electronically. We will also need a mailing address as well as phone and facsimile numbers as alternate means of contact. If email correspondence is returned for any reason as non-deliverable, the manuscript associated with the email address will be deactivated.
- Author addresses indicated on the title page for publication should relate to the location where the research was undertaken or they should be work addresses. All addresses must contain street numbers, street names, city, state, and zip codes. If the addresses are outside of the United States, please provide them in English, and as a mailing address. Military Medicine prefers not to publish author's home addresses, except as a contact for requesting reprints.
- If applicable, only one author should be indicated as the reader contact for reprint requests.
- Corresponding Authors who change addresses between the time a contribution has been received and the time it is accepted, forwarded to the printer, rejected, or withdrawn, must notify us of the new email and mailing addresses together with telephone numbers. Failure to provide current contact information will result in the manuscript being deactivated.
- On a page separate from the manuscript but attached to the cover letter, a list is required of all authors with the following information: rank, full name, corps, service, and a complete current mailing address, telephone number and email address. This list is for administrative purposes only.
Online Manuscript Preparation
- Please follow the step by step instructions to submit your manuscript. Instructions and help buttons are available throughout the system.
- We request that you use only standard 12-point font and spacing with the current version of a word processing program such as MS Word or WordPerfect. Do not use right-justified alignment; use unjustified (ragged) right margins and letter-quality printing.
- Use double-spacing throughout, including (in this order) title page, abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, tables, and legends for illustrations.
- Titles should be concise and clear and subtitles should be avoided.
- Use generic names of drugs unless the specific trade name of a drug is directly relevant to the discussion.
- If using acronyms, the first time the acronym is used write the entire name followed by the acronym in parentheses.
Author Questionnaire
- Answer all questions in the questionnaire. The answers to the questions are considered legally binding, so please answer them carefully and completely.
- The submission letter and cover letter are one and the same. It should indicate the title of the manuscript and must identify the Guarantor and the Corresponding Author, including an address, telephone and facsimile numbers, and e-mail address.
- Insert the abstract in the "Abstract Box, located at the end of the submission process."
- Provide an accurate number of pages, words and illustrative materials.
Title Page
Abstract
- Must be the same as listed in the author questionnaire and uploaded as a separate file.
- The Abstract follows title page on a page of its own.
- Include an abstract no longer than 150 words for Feature Articles and Clinical/Case Reports. If the abstract exceeds the word limit, the system will not allow the manuscript to be uploaded. Use the active voice and the third person when relevant. Do not use the abstract as an "Introduction."
- The abstract must contain the objective, methods, results, and conclusions. It must be written in paragraph form, not as a list. Abstracts must be suitable for use by abstracting journals without rewording.
Text
- Write text in the active voice. Headings and subheadings should be inserted at reasonable intervals. Examples of headings are: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions.
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Manuscripts should include a clear introductory statement of purpose, a historical review, if applicable, and a description of the methods and scope of the experiments or observations.
Acknowledgment
Funding
Illustrative Materials
- Submit one per page in tiff file format.
- They must be clearly numbered on the illustrative material.
- Submit in black and white format only.
- Illustrative materials must be scaled to fit within either one or two columns of Military Medicine text. Single columns are 3 3/8 inches wide, double columns are 7 inches. Figures, charts, diagrams, graphs and tables should all meet one of these widths. Figures that have to be resized during printing to fit this requirement may suffer some distortion and loss of quality. Photographs do not have to meet this requirement, but may be cropped in order to fit properly without distortion.
- All submitted illustrations, including photographs, must be complementary to the text and include a brief legend or explanatory description.
- Units of measurement must be specified.
- Proof of reprint permission must be included with the submission, if applicable.
- Release to use the likeness of a subject in a photo must be included with the submission. If not included, means to protect the identity of the subject must be used.
- Text within figures, charts, diagrams, graphs or tables should not be larger than 8 point.
Do NOT use grayscale shading in any figures, charts, diagrams, graphs, or tables. Grayscale shading does not reproduce well. Use solid black and solid white first. If more shades are required, then use horizontal bars, vertical bars, crossed bars, left diagonals, double diagonals or right diagonals.
Tables
Figures
References
Examples
- Scarlett JA, Mako ME, Rubenstein AH: Factitious hypoglycemia: diagnosis by measurement of serum C-peptide immuno-reactivity and insulin-binding antibodies, N Engl J Med 1977; 297:1029-32.
- Service FJ, Moore GL: Factitial and autoimmune hypoglycemia in Hypoglycemic Disorders, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment, pp 129-41. Boston, GK Hall, 1983.
Modifications/Rewrites
- Manuscript modifications or rewrite notifications will be sent by the editor in letter form via email to the contact author.
- Reviewer and editor comments will be provided with the letter.
- Authors have 30 days to complete and upload the revised manuscript. Requests for additional completion time must be received one week prior to the original modification due date and will be granted on a case by case basis.
- The modified manuscript must be re-uploaded in its entirety, including all illustrative material; the system does not retain the original files.
- Create a new submission letter and upload it into manuscript.
- Address all reviewer and editor comments, point by point, in the author response section. If you do not agree with a recommendation and decide not to incorporate the change in your manuscript, please indicate your reasons.
- Update the author questionnaire and title page to reflect any changes you may have made, number of words, graphs, etc.
- Your modified manuscript will be handled according to the editor's instructions. This may mean one or both of the original reviewers will be asked to re-review your manuscript, or the editor may request the revisions to be sent directly to him for a final decision.
Upon Acceptance
- The editor will determine if a manuscript will be accepted. This will be based on its content.
- The editor will send an acceptance letter via email to the corresponding author. The letter will include a request for signed publication documents..
- The corresponding author may receive a separate email requesting format changes if a formatting issue arises.
- The publication documents are in downloadable PDF files (Acrobat Reader is available under the "Guideline to Contributors" heading).
- If it has not yet been done previously, one author must be designated as the Guarantor (see Authors, above).
- The Guarantor must sign the Guarantee of Veracity (see Authors, above)
- All authors (including the Guarantor) must sign the appropriate section of the Publication Agreement. Only one section (the more appropriate) should be signed by all authors. If the material is federally controlled material or the authors are federal employees or working in accordance with the federal government, you must have received permission from the appropriate officials and must sign accordingly in Section “B”
- The Publication Agreement options are:
This article, which has been submitted to Military Medicine, fits the description in the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 of a "U.S. Government Work." The article was written as part of my (our) official duties as a government officer(s) or employee(s). Therefore, it cannot be copyrighted. The article is freely available to you for publication without a copyright notice, and there are no restrictions on its use, now or subsequently. I (we) retain no rights to the article. The author(s) warrants that he/she (they) has (have) no financial interest in the drugs, devices or procedures described in the foregoing article.
Or
In consideration of having reviewed, edited and accepted the above specified article for publication, Military Medicine requests that the author(s) sign a copy of this agreement before publication. Signature(s) will evidence the mutual understanding between Military Medicine and the author(s) in hereby transferring, assigning or otherwise conveying all copyright ownership, including any and all rights incidental thereto, exclusively to Military Medicine. The author(s) warrant(s) that he/she (they) is (are) the author(s) and sole owner(s) of the work submitted; that it is original and has never been published; and that the author(s) has (have) full power to grant such rights. In addition, the author(s) hereby grant(s) to Military Medicine the right to edit, revise, abridge, condense and translate this work. The author(s) warrant(s) that he/she (they) has (have) no financial interest in the drugs, devices or procedures described in the foregoing article.
- Signed documents can be scanned and emailed to Milmed@amsus.org, or mailed or faxed to
Military Medicine
9320 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
(Fax) (301) 530-5446
- The official manuscript number and article name is required on all publication documents. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining all author signatures and forwarding them to the journal office.
- The signed publication documents and requested format changes are due within 15 days of the acceptance letter. Please notify the journal office if there will be a delay in their submission. Any accepted manuscripts without the necessary signed publication agreements will be withdrawn from the submission process after 60 days and will require submitting it anew.
- A publication date will be set once the requested changes and signed publication documents have been received.
Final Submission Format
- Once your manuscript has been accepted, please upload your documents.
- Review and update the author questionnaire to assure that it is correct.
- Upload the title page, text, references , illustrative material, funding, acknowledgments and abstract one file at a time.
- When uploading the graphics, place one per page and one graphic per file in tiff or eps format. Since we use the files that you submit as the production files, these formats will provide the best reproduction quality.
To the Printer
- Accepted manuscripts with the appropriately signed documents are scheduled for printing and forwarded electronically to the printer for copy-editing and typesetting. The files you submit will be the files used in the production process.
Additional Steps Required by the Printer
The copy-editor will provide page proofs with queries. This is for minor corrections only! Manuscripts will not be available for rewrites.
You will be notified by email that the page proofs are available for your review. At that time you will have 48 hours to complete the corrections/queries. Please send corrections to the name, email address, facsimile number, or postal address listed at the bottom of the letter requesting proof changes.
If you choose to try to rewrite your manuscript at this time, it will be removed from the publication schedule. You will then have to resubmit your manuscript as a new submission and begin the review process anew.
If you do not complete the proofs in the allotted time frame, or do not provide them in the manner requested by the copy-editor, your manuscript will be removed from the publication schedule. You will then have to resubmit your manuscript as a new submission and begin the review process anew.
Reprints
Your page proof message will provide a link to ordering reprints. Reprints and copies of the issue are not furnished gratis. Reprint order forms are to be returned directly to the printer, Sheridan, and not to the Editorial Office.
All accepted manuscripts become the permanent property of AMSUS and may not be published elsewhere without written permission from AMSUS.
Editorial Board
Publisher
Maj Gen George K. Anderson, USAF, MC (Ret.)
Editor
William H.J. Haffner, M.D., CAPT, USPHS (Ret.)
Assistant Editor
CAPT Melvin Lessing, USPHS (Ret.)
Journal Administrator
Tonya Lira
Editorial Board
RADM Michael S. Baker, MC, USNR (Ret)
CAPT Bruce K. Bohnker, MC, USN, FS (Ret)
COL Charles Bolan, MC, USA (Ret)
LTC M. Nicholas Coppola, MS, USA (Ret)
COL Robert A. De Lorenzo, MC, USA
Lt Col Anthony Gelish, USAF, MSC (Ret)
Col James L. Greenstone, CAP
Col Joseph F. Molinari, USAFR, BSC (Ret)
Frances M. Murphy, MD, MPH
CDR Karen Near, USPHS (Ret.)
CAPT John C. Olsen, MC, USN (Ret)
COL Thomas G. Peters, MC, USAR (Ret)
CAPT Trueman W. Sharp, MC, USN
Col Laura Talbot, USAFR, NC (Ret)
International Consultants to the Editorial Board
Col Sergei Bankoul, Switzerland
Lt Col Marcel de Picciotto, MC, France
Radiology Corner-Series Editor
Col Les Folio, USAF, MC (Ret.)
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