期刊名称：GROWTH HORMONE & IGF RESEARCH
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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Growth Hormone & IGF Research is a print and World-Wide-Web forum for research on the regulation of growth in humans, animals, tissues and cells. It publishes articles on all aspects of growth-promoting and growth-inhibiting hormones and factors, with particular emphasis on insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and growth hormone. This reflects the increasing importance of growth hormone and IGFs in clinical medicine and in the treatment of diseases.
Indexed/abstracted in: Index Medicus/Medline, Pubmed, Current Contents Life Sciences, BIOSIS, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Excerpta Medica/Embase, Medlars, Research Alert, Science Citation Index, SciSearch. |
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Instructions to Authors
FREE colour reproduction! Growth Hormone & IGF Research does not charge its authors for publishing any colour illustrations.
Submissions
A covering letter must accompany all submissions and should be signed by all authors. The first named author is responsible for ensuring that all authors have seen and approved the manuscript. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. The authors must acknowledge in their cover letter that the work the article represents has not been submitted for publication elsewhere. If the work or an abstract of it has been published, for instance, in another language, then this fact should be made clear in the covering letter.
Authors should suggest three potential reviewers by submitting relevant names, addresses and email addresses.
Original articles, editorial correspondence and outlines for review articles should be sent to:
For North & South America:
Dr Derek Le Roith
Chief, Molecular Cell Endocrine Branch
National Institutes of Health
Room 8D12, Building 10
MSC 1758
Bethesda, MD 20892-1758
USA
Fax: +1 301 480 4386
E-mail: leroith@comcast.net
For Europe & Rest of World:
Professor JS Christiansen
Professor of Medicine
Department of Endocrinology M
Aarhus University Hospital
Kommunehospitalet
DK 8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
E-mail: jsc@afdm.au.dk
Authors are requested to submit three copies of their typescript along with a copy of paper on disk. Electronic versions of illustrations must be accompanied by a hard copy of the original artwork.
The Editors-in-Chief cannot accept responsibility for damage or loss of typescripts. A paper is accepted for publication on the understanding that it has not been submitted simultaneously to another journal in the English language. Rejected papers will not be returned to the authors except on request.
Ethics
The journal publishes all material relating to human investigation and animal experiments on the understanding that the design of the work has been approved by the local Ethical Committees or that it conforms to guidelines on animal care and use currently applied in the country of origin. In the case of invasive studies in humans, typescripts should include a statement that the research protocol was approved by a local ethical committee.
The Editors-in-Chief reserve the right to make editorial and literary corrections. Any opinions expressed or policies advocated do not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of the Editors-in-Chief.
Copyright
To ensure maximum dissemination and copyright protection of material published in the journal, copyright must be explicitly transferred from author to publisher. We assure you that no limitation shall be put on your personal freedom to use material contained in the paper without requesting permission, providing acknowledgement is made to the journal as the original source of publication. Offprints/reprints may be ordered at extra cost using order forms supplied with the proofs.
Presentation of Typescripts
The following instructions are in accordance with the requirements as stated in the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Uniform (BMJ 1991; 302: 338-341) with regards to manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals.
Papers should be submitted in the journal style. Failure to do so may lead to significant delays in publication. Spelling may be British or American. Papers should be typed in double spacing throughout on good, white A4 paper with a margin of at least 3 cm all round. Type only on one side of the paper. Three copies of the typescript and illustrations should be submitted and the authors should retain a copy for reference.
Manuscript Submission on Diskette
When supplying your article please include, where possible, a disc of your manuscript prepared on PC-compatible or Apple Macintosh computers, along with the hard copy print out. 3 1/2 inch sized disks and most word processing packages are acceptable, although any version of Word Perfect or Micorsoft Word are preferred.
Please follow these guidelines carefully
- Include an ASCII version on the diskette, together with the word processed version if possible.
- Ensure that the files are not saved as read-only.
- Manuscripts prepared on disk must be accompanied by three hard copies, including all figures, printed with double spacing. The hard copy must be used if setting from the disk proves impracticable.
- Ensure that the final version of the hard copy and the file on disk are the same. It is the authors' responsibility to ensure complete compatibility. If there are differences the hard copy will be used.
- The directives for preparing the paper in the style of the journal as set out in the instructions to authors must be followed; i.e. ensure that the document is in the following order: Title; Authors; Addresses; Running title (maximum of 50 characters including spaces); Abstract; Introduction; Materials and Methods; Results; Discussion: Acknowledgements; References; Appendices; Figure legends; Tables; Footnotes.
- The operating system, and the word processing software used to produce the article should be noted on the disk (e.g. DOS/Word Perfect), as well as all the file names. If UNIX, the method of extraction should also be noted.
- The disk should be labelled with the journal reference number (if known), author name(s), hardware and software used to generate the disk file.
- Do not include copyright material, e.g. word processing software or operating system files, on the disk because this can cause difficulties with Customs clearance.
- Package floppy disks in such a way as to avoid damage in the post.
Additional points to note:
- Use two carriage returns to end headings and paragraphs.
- Type text without end of line hyphenation, except for compound words.
- Do not use lower case "I" for "1" or "O" for "0". (They have different typesetting values).
- Footnotes, tables and figure captions should be saved in a separate file from the main text of the manuscript. However, please ensure clear hard copies are supplied as they will almost certainly be typeset from the hard copy.
- Be consistent with punctuation and only insert a single space between words and after punctuation.
- Please include a list of any special characters you have has to use, e.g. Greek, maths.
Illustrations Submitted on Diskette
Authors' illustrations should also, where possible, be supplied as both hard copy and electronic files. Figures drawn using Aldus Freehand (Apple Macintosh) and saved as Encapsulated Postscript files (EPS) are preferred and should be supplied on a separate diskette.
Abbreviations, Numbers & SI Units
The decimal point and not a comma should be used, e.g. 6.89 not 6,89. A space rather than a comma should follow thousands and multiples thereof, e.g. 10 000 not 10,000.
Measurements of length, height, weight and volume should be reported in metric units (metre, kilogram, litre). Temperatures should be given in degrees Celsius and blood pressures in millimetres of mercury or kPa with the alternative unit in parentheses. All other measurements including laboratory measurement should be reported in the metric system in terms of the International System of Units (SI).
Isotopically labelled chemicals should be identified by the atomic number and the symbol of the isotope and its location in the molecule. The specific activity of the starting material should be given in terms of the curies (ci) or becquerels (Bq): disintegrations/second per molar weight.
Authors should limit the use of abbreviations. Terms which are mentioned frequently may be abbreviated but only if this does not detract from reader comprehension. The abbreviation should be defined after the first use of the term.
When quoting from specific materials or proprietary drugs, authors must state in parentheses the name and address of the manufacturer. Generic names should be used if possible.
Statistical Analyses
Statistical methods must be identified. Computer software packages which are used for anything, other than widely known standard statistical procedures, should be identified by name or acronym and by author or organisation or origin. When variability is expressed in terms of the standard error of a mean (SEM) or the standard deviation (SD), the number of observations (n) must also be given. Levels of significance should also be expressed as more/less than equal to given probability (e.g. P > 0.01).
Common errors such as (1) using one-tailed instead of two-tailed tests, (2) inappropriate use of parametric analyses and (3) lack of correction (for multiple comparisons), should be avoided.
The terms "significant" and "not significant" must not be used in a statistical sense without providing the level of significance in terms of P.
Alterations in Proofs
The publisher reserves the right to charge authors the cost of the changes made to the text or the figures at the proof stage when such changes are extensive. No charge will, of course, be made for correction of errors made during the editorial processor by the printer.
Proofs will be sent to the author (first named author if no corresponding author is identified on multi-authored papers) by PDF wherever possible and should be returned within 48 hours of receipt, preferably by e-mail. Corrections should be restricted to typesetting errors; any other amendments made may be charged to the author. Any queries should be answered in full.
Elsevier will do everything possible to get your article corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible. Therefore it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are returned to us in one all-inclusive email or fax. Subsequent additional corrections will not be possible, so please ensure that your first communication is complete.
Short Communications
These will receive priority treatment. Manuscripts may be submitted as short communications if they do not exceed four printed pages (inclusive of all text, tables, illustrations and references). They will be referred as ordinary papers and must be completed pieces of work, preliminary studies are not acceptable. Methods must be adequately described to allow repetition and results must be sufficient to justify claims.
Mini-Reviews:
It is intended that these be short reviews covering recent advances and ideas in an area. They will be published regularly. There are no special requirements for the organisation of these reviews but they should conform to the general requirements for original research articles.
Full Papers
Papers should be set out as follows, with each section beginning on a separate sheet; title page, summary, text, acknowledgments, references, tables, captions to illustrations.
Title Page:
The title page should give the following information:
- Title of the article.
- Initials and name of each author.
- Full address, tel/fax and email of corresponding author.
- Name and address of the department/institution to which the work is attributed.
Abstract:
Abstracts shall be structured as per the guidelines published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA 1995;273: 27--34). In brief, the abstract should be divided into sections including the following: (1) Objective; (2) Design---if clinical to include setting, selection of patients, details on the intervention, outcome measures, etc.; if laboratory research to include details on methods; (3) Results; (4) Conclusions.
Keywords:
Three to ten words should be given below the abstract, to be used for indexing purposes.
Text:
Headings should be appropriate to the nature of the paper. In general those for experimental papers should follow the usual conventions. Other papers can be subdivided as the author desires; the use of headings enhances readability.
Normally only two categories of headings should be used: major ones should be typed in capital letters in the centre of the page and underlined; minor ones should be typed in lower case (with an initial capital letter) at the left hand margin and underlined.
Do not use "he", "his" etc where the sex of the person is unknown; say "the patient" etc. Avoid inelegant alternatives such as "he/she". Patients should not be automatically designated as "she", and doctors as "he".
Reference Format:
The accuracy of references is the responsibility of the author. References should be entered consecutively by superscript arabic numerals in the text. The reference list should be listed in numerical order on a separate sheet in double or triple spacing. References to journals should include the author's name and initials (list all authors when six or fewer; when seven or more, list only the first three and add et al.), full title of paper, journal title abbreviated, using Index Medicus abbreviations, year of publication, volume number, first and last page numbers. For example:
Kleinberg D L, Noll G L, Frantz A G. Galactorrhoea: a study of 235 cases, including 48 with pituitary tumours. N Engl J Med 1977; 296: 589-600.
Haagenson C D. Disease of the Breast. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders. 1986:173.
Tables:
These should be double spaced on separate sheets and contain only horizontal rules. Do not submit tables as photographs. A short descriptive title should appear above each table and any footnotes, suitably identified, below. Care must be taken to ensure that all units are included. Ensure that each table is cited in the text.
Illustrations
Line:
All line illustrations should present a crisp black image on an even white background [127 x 173 mm (5 x 7 in) or no larger than 203 x 254 mm (8 x 10 in)].
Photographic Illustrations and Radiographs:
These should be submitted as clear, lightly contrasted black and white or colour prints (unmounted), sizes as above. Photomicrographs should have the magnification and details of staining techniques shown. X-ray films should be submitted as photographic prints, carefully made to bring out the detail to be illustrated with an overlay indicating the area of importance. Figures should be submitted appropriately lettered in capitals. The size of the letters should be appropriate to that of the illustration. All illustrations should be clearly marked (by a label pasted on the back or by a soft crayon) with figure number and author's name, and the top of the figure should be indicated by an arrow. Never use ink of any kind. Do not use paper clips as these can scratch or mark illustrations. Captions should be typed, double spaced, on separate sheets from the typescript.
Patient confidentiality:
If identifiable features are not essential to an illustration of a patient, please indicate where the illustration can be cropped. In cases where consent has not been obtained and recognizable features may appear, it will be necessary to retouch the illustration to mask the eyes or otherwise render the individual "officially unrecognisable".
Permissions to reproduce:
Written permission to reproduce borrowed material (illustrations and tables) must be obtained from the original publishers and authors, and submitted with the typescript. Borrowed material should be acknowledged in the captions in this style: "Reproduced by the kind permission of ... (publishers) from )...(reference)".
Author Enquiries
For enquiries relating to the submission of articles (including electronic submission where available) please visit the Author Gateway from Elsevier at http://authors.elsevier.com. The Author Gateway also provides the facility to track accepted articles and set up e-mail alerts to inform you of when an article's status has changed, as well as detailed artwork guidelines, copyright information, frequently asked questions and more.
Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs, are provided after registration of an article for publication.
Offprints
Offprints/reprints may be ordered at extra cost using order forms supplied with the proofs.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Professor JS Christiansen (Europe & RoW)
Professor of Medicine
Department of Endocrinology M
Aarhus University Hospital,
Kommunehospitalet
DK 8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Email: jsc@afdm.au.dk
Dr Derek Le Roith (The Americas)
Chief, Molecular Cell Endocrine Branch
National Institutes of Health
Room 8D12, Building 10
MSC 1758
Bethesda, MD 20892-1758
USA
Fax: +1 301 480 4386
Email: leroith@comcast.net
Editor Emeritus
Professor Peter Sönksen
London
UK
Associate Editors
D. Flint
Ayr, UK
J. M. Holly
Bristol, UK
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