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Submission of a manuscript is held to imply that the paper has neither been published elsewhere nor is under consideration by any other journal. Furthermore, once a paper is accepted it must not be published elsewhere in the same or similar form without the Editor's written consent. Manuscripts should be in final form when submitted and sent, in four copies, to:
Thomas Scheike (Editor-Elect)
Department of Biostatistics
University of Copenhagen
Blegdamsvej 3
DK-2200
Copenhagen
Denmark
1. Instructions to authors
Submission of papers
For joint papers one of the authors should be named for each of the following tasks:
(a) To be the contact person with the Editor.
(b) To be responsible for the proof-reading. Manuscripts will not be returned to the author unless requested.
Concerning electronic-submissions, please contact the Editor-Elect at sjs@pubhealth.ku.dk for instructions.
2. Language
Papers should be written in English. Authors are solely responsible for their written English. Should the Editor judge a paper to be linguistically unacceptable, the author is responsible for its revision prior to acceptance for publication.
3. Preparation of manuscripts
i) General. Submitted manuscripts should be in final form. They should be word processed, with at least 1 1/2 spacing (18pts) and wide margins.
ii) Disks. Upon final acceptance for publication authors will be requested to send their papers on disk. LaTeX files are preferred, and must be accompanied by all figures in EPS format and also any style files used by the author. MS Word files are also acceptable. If using other packages the file should be saved as Rich Text Format or Text Only. The disk copy must be identical to the printed paper typescript and any non-standard characters or symbols should be high-lighted on the hard copy.
iii) Titles. The first page should contain: Title of the paper, running headline (containing not more than 40 characters, spacings included), author's name, the institution to which the author is affiliated.
iv) Abstract and key words. The main text should be preceded both by a short abstract of not more than 150 words containing no formulas and by a list of not more than 10 key words, in alphabetical order, and indicating the content of the paper. No classifications are needed.
v) Headings. These should preferably be numbered. Do not use unnecessary capitals.
vi) Formulas. The author should aim at having as little blank space on the page as possible. To avoid breaking the text alignment, devices such as writing a/b instead of a over b, transposed row vectors instead of column vectors, etc. , should be used. Formulas intended to be free-standing should be well separated from the text and, if numbered, the number should appear in parentheses on the right hand side. Formulas should be numbered consecutively as (1), (2), etc.
vii) References. These should be arranged alphabetically, and for the same author chronologically. Use a, b, c etc. , to separate publications of the same author in the same year. A recent index issue of Mathematical Reviews will contain a list of abbreviations used. Authors may also consult http://www.ams.org/msnhtml/serials.pdf. Names not listed there should be given in full. Use no unnecessary capitals in book titles. Examples of references:
Bartlett, M. S. and Dianda, P. H. (1950). Extensions of Quenouille's test for autoregressive schemes, J. Roy. Statist. Soc. Ser. B 12, 108-115.
Feller, W. (1966). An introduction to probability theory and its applications, Vol 2. Wiley, New York.
References in text should be indicated as in either of the following examples:
...as pointed out by Smith et al. (1973)... or "...as pointed out previously (Smith et al. , 1973)... ".
viii) Tables and illustrations. Each table should be prepared on a separate sheet. They should be numbered consecutively throughout the paper and be referred to in the text as Table 1, etc. Their approximate position for insertion should be indicated in the margin of the manuscript.
Figures and Illustrations must be supplied as high quality, original artwork (not photocopies) suitable for direct photographic reproduction. All figures should be on separate sheets, not included within the text, but have their intended position clearly indicated, e.g. (Figure 1 here). Figures supplied on disk must be accompanied by a paper hard copy, and should be originated in a drawing package and saved as a TIFF or EPS file. Please avoid dark tints and complex shading, and do not send colour.
ix) Address. The paper should end with the author's present address and an E-mail address. If appendices occur they should be put after the address. For joint papers the address of one author only should be given.
x) Footnotes. Should be avoided as far as possible.
xi) Italics and bold face. Should be displayed as required in the typescript. All symbols will automatically be set in italics, and need not be underlined unless there is the possibility of misinterpretation.
xii) Instructions to the printer. Once a paper is accepted for publication, a copy of the manuscript should be prepared in the following way:
It should be indicated that;
(a) the words "Theorem", "Lemma", "Corollary", "Proposition" and "Definition" (and their appropriate numerals 1, 2, 3...) are to appear in bold face;
(b) the complete body of a theorem, lemma, corollary and proposition is to appear in italics;
(c) only the concept to be defined in a definition is to appear in italics, the rest of the definition being in ordinary print (no underlining);
(d) the words "Proof", "Remark", "Comment", "Note", "Example", etc. are to appear in italics.
If a letter or symbol might be misinterpreted it should be explained in the margin at its first appearance in the manuscript.
4. Proofs
Authors will receive an e-mail containing an electronic page proof of their article as a PDF file. The corrected proofs should be returned to the proofreader together with the manuscript within one week. The author must keep the Editor informed of any relevant changes of address to avoid delays in proof reading. Authors will be charged for alterations in excess of 10% of the cost of composition.
5. Offprints
Offprints are produced simultaneously with the printing of the journal. Offprints must be ordered at the proof-reading stage and a price list will accompany the proofs. | 
