期刊名称：NEUROPEDIATRICS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Neuropediatrics
Journal of Pediatric Neurobiology, Neurology and Neurogenetics
Neuropediatrics will consider the publication of articles on pediatric neurology and related clinical or basic science disciplines if the clinical or experimental results bear on the field of pediatric neurology. |
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Instructions to Authors
Neuropediatrics will consider the publication of articles on pediatric neurology and related clinical or basic science disciplines if the clinical or experimental results bear on the field of pediatric neurology. The following types of papers will be considered:
Review Articles are usually commissioned by the Editorial Board but suggestions are welcome and should contain a brief survey of the topic.
Original Articles are informative accounts of recent research into modern problems of neuropediatrics. They should not exceed 8 printed pages of Neuropediatrics or 5000 words.
Short Communications contain case reports or more condensed information on clinical or experimental studies. Reports on single cases can usually not be considered unless they contain exceptional observations of general relevance. Short communications should not exceed 1500 words, two illustrations or tables, and 10 references.
Rapid Communications should be short communications of outstanding novel observations and be marked as such. Care should be taken to describe experimental procedures as concisely as possible. If accepted, publication time will be at least 3 months shorter than for mainstream papers.
Letters to the Editor will usually address articles published in Neuropediatrics or comment upon recent scientific advances of general interest. Letters will be reviewed.
Reviewing and Cover Letter
Manuscripts are selected for publication according to assessment by the Editorial Board and reports from at least two independent referees. Authors may suggest names and full addresses including telephone and FAX numbers of three referees but not from their own institution. The Editorial Board reserves the right to make the final decision on acceptance, and also to return manuscripts without reviewing if they do not conform to the subject or style of Neuropediatrics. The decision of the Editorial Board is final. Manuscripts are accepted on the condition that they be contributed exclusively to Neuropediatrics, are not under consideration elsewhere, and that the results have not been published previously other than in abstract form. They should be accompanied by a covering letter stating this fact and containing, in addition, signed approval of the contents of the manuscript by all listed authors. Citation of other researchers' unpublished work must be accompanied by a letter of authorization. This also applies to manuscripts in press elsewhere which must be included as a clearly marked copy. If the article is accepted, the copyright will be held by Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
Manuscript preparation
Manuscripts written in English must be submitted in triplicate, an original labeled so and two copies, each accompanied by tables and illustrations. Authors are advised to keep a spare copy of the manuscript. Neuropediatrics is not responsible for manuscripts lost or damaged. Authors not familiar with English should seek the advice of an English-speaking colleague. Only the original but all artwork will be returned to the authors. Manuscripts should be typed double spaced with a 5 cm margin, divided into sections headed by a caption and starting on a new page (Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Figure Legends, Tables). Pages should be numbered consecutively and bear the name of the first author at the top right.
The title page should include the complete title, a running title of not more than 35 letters, the name(s), initials and address of the author(s), including telephone and FAX numbers of the main author, and the name(s) and address of the institution(s) where the research was carried out. Abbreviations should be avoided in the title. If abbreviations are used in the text they should be listed on a separate sheet together with their explanations. The detailed abstract should not contain more than 200 words plus 3 to 6 key words. It should state the general idea, objectives, new results and conclusions drawn from the study, and be self-explanatory.
Materials and methods should be described in detail with appropriate information about patients or experimental animals. Papers reporting experiments on patients must state that approval was obtained from the appropriate institutional review body, and that informed consent was obtained from each patient. Care must be taken to preserve the anonymity of patients, in conformity with the statement of the Vancouver Group (Br Med J 1991; 302: 1194). The source of special equipment, chemicals, antibodies or gene probes must be acknowledged including city and country.
Figures must be sorted so that a complete set of figures accompanies each copy of the manuscript. Their position within the text should be clearly indicated. Each figure should be labeled on the back indicating its number, the name of the first author, and the top of the figure. Three sharp sets of glossy prints (i.e. originals, no photocopies) should be supplied. The size of the print is dependent upon the type of illustration but should not exceed 20 l0 25cm. Calibrations should be contained in the figure and not in the figure legend, using professional standard lettering. Reproduction in color is possible but authors are expected to bear the extra costs involved.
Acknowledgments are brief but may contain grant numbers.
The references are numbered alphabetically and should be cited in the text as numbers in alphabetical (not chronological) order. If several works of one au- thor are listed they should be arranged in chronological order. The names of all authors must be given up to a maximum of six and any more should be substituted by et al. The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to Index Medicus, latest edition. Unlisted journals are spelled out. All titles are to be given in the original languages if they can be reproduced in the English al- phabet. Translated titles may be enclosed in square brackets.
Examples:
1Hoffman EP, Brown RH, Kunkel LM. Dystrophin: The protein product of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy locus. Cell 1987; 51: 919-928
2 Dubowitz V. Muscle biopsy. A practical approach. 2nd ed. London: Baillise Tindall, 1985
3Pilu G, Hobbins JC. The ultrasound appearances of normal and abnormal anatomy of the fetal central nervous system. In: Levene MI, Bennett MJ, Punt J (Eds). Fetal and Neonatal Neurology and Neurosurgery. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1988: 108-121
Figure legends should be brief, but they must contain all the information to make the illustration comprehensible without taking recourse to the text. Tables should be planned to suit the page size of Neuropediatrics. All tables should have a title and be self-explanatory. Sufficient information must be given to make the data intelligible without reference to the text.
Preparation of manuscripts on diskette
For setting your manuscript rapidly into type we require it on diskette with three printouts.
Will you please see to it that the following 10 easy conditions are fulfilled:
1) Labelling of the diskette
a) Author and short title
b) Operating system (DOS, Windows, Macintosh)
c) Text program (MS-Word, Wordperfect, etc.)
2) Employ ASCII data set
3) Use ragged-edge setting, not flush right and left (approx. 60 spacings per line, 30 lines per page)
4) Write continuously, press return key only at end of a paragraph
5) Do not separate syllables automatically or manually at end of line
6) Do not indent paragraphs
7) Distinguish clearly between hyphens and em-dashes. Hyphens for hyphenated words only. Em-dash to indicate interruption in the sequence of a sentence. Em-dash has the length of two en-dashes or twice the hyphen key
8) No spacing before ,;:!?% and within e.g., i.e. etc. (United States usage: omit period in e.g. = eg, i.e. = ie, etc.)
9) Clear marking of individual elements of illustrations and of legends
10) Tables, references, footnotes and legends to illustrations to be stored as separate data sets at the end of the manuscript
Submit new manuscripts to the Executive Editor:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Voit, University of Essen, Department of Pediatrics, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122 Essen, Germany.
All manuscripts from the United States should be addressed to: William B. Dobyns, MD, Professor of Human Genetics, Neurology and Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Department of Human Genetics, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Rm. L041, M/C 2050, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
All manuscripts from the Asian countries should be addressed to: Prof. Dr. Kazuyoshi Watanabe, Dept. of Pediatrics, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan. Attention: Liability
The new product liability legislation makes increased demands on the duty of care to be exercised by authors of scientific research and medical publications. This applies in particular to papers and publications containing therapeutic directions or instructions and doses or dosage schedules. Will you therefore please examine with particular care also in your own interest the factual correctness of contents of the correction and galley proofs. You may make this easier for you by arranging to have your statements counterchecked in accordance with the risks theoretically involved in the same by expert colleagues and coworkers.
During the technical production of books and journals checks are repeatedly made for print errors, with particular reference also to doses and dosage schedules. Failing expert knowledge on the part of proofreaders, however, all that can be done is to see whether printed matter and manuscript agree. The responsibility for the correctness of data and statements made in the manuscript rests entirely with you as the author.
We should join hands in reducing the risk of right of recourse or claim to damages, and in this regard your responsible cooperation is fundamental. 25 offprints of each paper are supplied free of charge. Additional offprints can be ordered in lots of 100, provided the order is received with the corrected proof. Subscription orders should be sent to Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
Editorial Board
Executive Editor
T. Voit, Essen
American Editor
W. B. Dobyns, Chicago
Asian Editor
K. Watanabe, Nagoya
Editors-in-Chief
E. Boltshauser, Z¨¹rich
G. F. Hoffmann, Heidelberg
H. G. Lenard, D¨¹sseldorf
J. J. Volpe, Boston
Editors
J. Aicardi, Paris
A. J. Barkovich, San Francisco
P. G. Barth, Amsterdam
O. Boespflug-Tanguy,
Clermont-Ferrand
G. Cioni, Pisa
Th. W. Deonna, Lausanne
V. Dubowitz, London
H. H. Goebel, Mainz
F. Hanefeld, Göttingen
K. Hecox, Chicago
M. King, Dublin
M. S. van der Knaap, Amsterdam
I. Krägeloh-Mann, T¨¹bingen
M. Kyllerman, Gothenburg
F. Muntoni, London
M. Painter, Pittsburgh
I. Pascual-Castroviejo, Madrid
L. Pavone, Catania
R. Surtees, London
M. Tardieu, Paris
B. R. Tharp, Sacramento
H. Topaloglu, Ankara
J. M. F. Trijbels, Nijmegen
K. V. Toyka, W¨¹rzburg
L. S. de Vries, Utrecht
Founding Editors
F. J. Schulte, Hamburg
K.-A. Bushe, W¨¹rzburg
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