期刊名称：MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
About this Journal
Mediators of Inflammation is committed to the rapid publication of high quality international articles. Whilst not neglecting any of the earlier known mediators such as histamine, bradykinin, prostaglandins, leukotrienes and PAF, Mediators of Inflammation focuses on research into cytokines (tumour necrosis factors, interleukins, interferons), biological response modifiers and the family of cell adhesion-promoting molecules. In addition, particular emphasis is placed upon papers documenting research into the interactions between the various mediators. The journal welcomes submission of original and fundamental research articles on all aspects of cellular mediators. The journal offers a forum for the publication of short, but complete reports, of important studies.
The most recent Impact Factor for Mediators of Inflammation is 1.162 according to 2007 Journal Citation Reports released by Thomson Scientific (ISI) in 2008.
Abstracting and Indexing
The articles of Mediators of Inflammation are indexed/reviewed in the following databases/resources:
- Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases
- Academic Search Complete
- Biochemistry and Biophysics Citation Index
- Biological Abstracts
- Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive
- BIOSIS Previews
- CAB Abstracts
- Chemical Abstracts
- CSA Illustrata - Natural Sciences
- CSA Technology Research Database
- Current Abstracts
- Current Contents/Life Sciences
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Elsevier BIOBASE - Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (CABS)
- EMBASE
- EMBIOlogy
- Global Health
- Google Scholar
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE
- Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
- Materials Information
- MEDLINE
- Open J-Gate
- PASCAL Database
- PubMed
- PubMed Central
- Science Citation Index (SCI)
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- Scopus
- Tropical Diseases Bulletin
Instructions to Authors
Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript through the online Manuscript Tracking System. Regardless of the source of the word-processing tool, only electronic PDF (.pdf) or Word (.doc, .docx, .rtf) files can be submitted through the MTS. There is no page limit. Only online submissions are accepted to facilitate rapid publication and minimize administrative costs. Submissions by anyone other than one of the authors will not be accepted. The submitting author takes responsibility for the paper during submission and peer review. If for some technical reason submission through the MTS is not possible, the author can contact mi@hindawi.com for support.
Terms of Submission
Papers must be submitted on the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis) and are not currently under consideration by another journal published by Hindawi or any other publisher. The submitting author is responsible for ensuring that the article's publication has been approved by all the other coauthors. It is also the authors' responsibility to ensure that the articles emanating from a particular institution are submitted with the approval of the necessary institution. Only an acknowledgment from the editorial office officially establishes the date of receipt. Further correspondence and proofs will be sent to the author(s) before publication unless otherwise indicated. It is a condition of submission of a paper that the authors permit editing of the paper for readability. All enquiries concerning the publication of accepted papers should be addressed to mi@hindawi.com.
Peer Review
All manuscripts are subject to peer review and are expected to meet standards of academic excellence. Submissions will be considered by an editor and—if not rejected right away—by peer-reviewers, whose identities will remain anonymous to the authors.
Article Processing Charges
Mediators of Inflammation is an open access journal. Open access charges allow publishers to make the published material available for free to all interested online visitors. For more details about the article processing charges of Mediators of Inflammation, please visit the Article Processing Charges information page.
Units of Measurement
Units of measurement should be presented simply and concisely using System International (SI) units.
Title and Authorship Information
The following information should be included
- Paper title
- Full author names
- Full institutional mailing addresses
- Email addresses
Abstract
The manuscript should contain an abstract. The abstract should be self-contained and citation-free and should not exceed 150 words.
Introduction
This section should be succinct, with no subheadings.
Materials and Methods
This part should contain sufficient detail so that all procedures can be repeated. It can be divided into subsections if several methods are described.
Results and Discussion
This section may each be divided by subheadings or may be combined.
Conclusions
This should clearly explain the main conclusions of the work highlighting its importance and relevance.
Acknowledgments
All acknowledgments (if any) should be included at the very end of the paper before the references and may include supporting grants, presentations, and so forth.
References
Authors are responsible for ensuring that the information in each reference is complete and accurate. All references must be numbered consecutively and citations of references in text should be identified using numbers in square brackets (e.g., “as discussed by Smith [9]”; “as discussed elsewhere [9, 10]”). All references should be cited within the text; otherwise, these references will be automatically removed.
Preparation of Figures
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to provide the source files of the figures. Each figure should be supplied in a separate electronic file. All figures should be cited in the paper in a consecutive order. Figures should be supplied in either vector art formats (Illustrator, EPS, WMF, FreeHand, CorelDraw, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.) or bitmap formats (Photoshop, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, etc.). Bitmap images should be of 300 dpi resolution at least unless the resolution is intentionally set to a lower level for scientific reasons. If a bitmap image has labels, the image and labels should be embedded in separate layers.
Preparation of Tables
Tables should be cited consecutively in the text. Every table must have a descriptive title and if numerical measurements are given, the units should be included in the column heading. Vertical rules should not be used.
Proofs
Corrected proofs must be returned to the publisher within 2-3 days of receipt. The publisher will do everything possible to ensure prompt publication. It will therefore be appreciated if the manuscripts and figures conform from the outset to the style of the journal.
Copyright
Open Access authors retain the copyrights of their papers, and all open access articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, and so forth in this publication, even if not specifically identified, does not imply that these names are not protected by the relevant laws and regulations.
While the advice and information in this journal are believed to be true and accurate on the date of its going to press, neither the authors, the editors, nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.
Disclosure Policy
A competing interest exists when professional judgment concerning the validity of research is influenced by a secondary interest, such as financial gain. We require that our authors reveal all possible conflicts of interest in their submitted manuscripts.
Ethical Guidelines
New methods and ethically relevant aspects must be described in detail, bearing in mind the following:
I) Human Experiments
All work must be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (1964). Papers describing experimental work on human subjects who carry a risk of harm must include:
- A statement that the experiment was conducted with the understanding and the consent of the human subject.
- A statement that the responsible Ethical Committee has approved the experiments.
II) Animal Experiments
Papers describing experiments on living animals should provide:
- A full description of any anaesthetic and surgical procedure used.
- Evidence that all possible steps were taken to avoid animal suffering at each stage of the experiment. Papers describing experiments on isolated tissues must indicate precisely how the donor tissues were obtained.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Freek J. Zijlstra, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands
Associate Editors
Muzamil Ahmad, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Hidde Bult, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Charles Larry Campbell, University of Kentucky, USA
F. D'Acquisto, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Chiara De Luca, Lab. Tissue Engineering and Skin Pathophysiology, Italy
Giamila Fantuzzi, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Tânia Silvia Fröde, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Oreste Gualillo, Santiago University , Spain
Yona Keisari, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Alex Kleinjan, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands
Magdalena Klink, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Steven L. Kunkel, University of Michigan, USA
Philipp M. Lepper, Bern University Hospital, Switzerland
Changlin Li, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner, University of Athens, Greece
Yvette Mandi, University of Szeged, Hungary
Francesco Marotta, University of Milan, Italy
Donna-Marie McCafferty, University of Calgary, Canada
Eeva Moilanen, University of Tampere, Finland
Eric Morand, Monash University, Australia
Natalija Novak, University of Bonn, Germany
Andrew Parker, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Ireland
Vera L. Petricevich, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico
Huub F. Savelkoul, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands
Sunit Kumar Singh, Centre for Cellular Molecular Biology (CCMB), India
M. Smith, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Dennis Daniel Taub, National Institute on Aging, USA
Rhian Touyz, University of Ottawa, Canada
Kathy Triantafilou, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Giuseppe Valacchi, University of Siena, Italy
Jan G. C. van Amsterdam, RIVM, The Netherlands
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