期刊名称：DIALOGUES IN CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience is a quarterly publication that aims to serve as an interface between clinical neuropsychiatry and the neurosciences by providing state-of-the-art information and original insights into relevant clinical, biological, and therapeutic aspects. Each issue addresses a specific topic, and authors are invited by the Editorial Board. All contributions are reviewed by members of the Editorial Board and submitted to expert consultants for peer review.
Indexed in MEDLINE, Index Medicus, EMBASE, Scopus, and Elsevier BIOBASE.
Full Open Access on PubMed Central.
EDITORIAL OFFICES
Editor in Chief
Florence Thibaut, MD, PhD
University Hospital Cochin (Hôpital Tarnier)
89 rue d’Assas, 75006 Paris
Paris-Descartes University
INSERM U 894, Centre Psychiatrie et Neurosciences
WFSBP Past President, www.wfsbp.org
E-mail: florence.thibaut@cch.aphp.fr
Tel 33 1 58413301
Founding Editor in Chief
Jean-Paul Macher, MD †
Journal Publications Manager
Catriona Donagh, Head, Editorial Department
Servier International
Medical Publishing Division
50, rue Carnot
92284 Suresnes Cedex – FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 55 72 3279/ Fax: +33 1 55 72 58 84
E-mail: catriona.donagh@servier.com
Copyright © 2017 by Institut La Conférence Hippocrate – Servier Research Group
All rights reserved throughout the world and in all languages. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in any form or by any means either mechanical or electronic, including photocopying, recording, or through an information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the copyright holder. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, editors, or editorial board. The authors, editors, and publisher cannot be held responsible for errors or for any consequences arising from the use of information contained in this journal.
ISSN
1294-8322 (Print)
1958-5969 (Electronic)
Printed on acid-free paper.
Design: Christophe Caretti / Layout: Bleu Banquise
Printed in France par Axiom Graphique
2, Allée des Terres Rouges, BP 13, 95830 Corneilles-en-Vexin
Instructions to Authors
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Submission: Manuscripts should be submitted as a Word file by e-mail to catriona.donagh@servier.com. All pages should be numbered. The lead author or corresponding author should supply a portrait photo for the Contributing Authors’ page. This should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
Title page: The title page should include a title, the full names of all the authors, the highest academic degrees of all authors (in country-of-origin language), affiliations (names of department[s] and institution[s] at the time the work was done), a short running title (no more than 50 letters and spaces), 5 to 10 keywords, the corresponding author’s complete mailing address, telephone, e-mail, and acknowledgments.
Disclosure/Acknowledgments: Full statements of funding acknowledgments and disclosure of conflicts of interest must be included at the end of the article.
Abstract: A 150-word abstract should be provided for all articles. Abstracts will be translated into French and Spanish by the publisher’s editorial department; authors who are native French or Spanish speakers may choose to provide an abstract in their own language, as well as an English abstract.
Text: All texts should be submitted in English. Authors who do not write fluently in English are strongly advised to have their article checked by a native or fluent English speaker before submission, in order to avoid extra revisions. Abbreviations should be used sparingly and expanded at first mention. A list of selected abbreviations and acronyms should be provided where necessary. The style of headings and subheadings should be consistent throughout the text. The editorial department reserves the right to add, modify, or delete headings if necessary. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience uses SI units and generic names of drugs.
REFERENCES
The number of references should be limited to 100.
Citation in text: List references in numerical order of use in the text, at the end of the document (the “author-date” system is not acceptable). Use Arabic superscript references outside periods and commas, and inside colons and semicolons. References which have been submitted to a journal, but have not yet been accepted for publication, must not be included in the list.
Reference list: Presentation of the references should be AMA style:
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Author(s). Title. Journal Name [using National Library of Medicine abbreviations]. Year;vol(issue No.):inclusive pages.
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Abbreviate and italicize journal names using National Library of Medicine abbreviations at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals.
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List all authors unless there are more than six. If there are more than six, list the first three then use “et al.”
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Use authors’ last name followed by initials. No periods after initials. Separate names with commas.
The authors bear total responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of all references and for correct text citation, and must ensure that the reference formatting complies with requirements.
Examples of style for references:
Journal article:
Heinssen RK, Cuthbert BN, Breiling J, Colpe LJ, Dolan-Sewell R. Overcoming barriers to research in early serious mental illness: issues for future collaboration. Schizophr Bull. 2003;29(4):737-745.
Article in a supplement:
Greenamyre JT, Betarbet R, Sherer TB. The rotenone model of Parkinson’s disease: genes, environment and mitochondria. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2003;9(suppl 2):S59-S64.
Chapter in a book:
Carpenter WT Jr, Buchanan RW. Domains of psychopathology relevant to the study of etiology and treatment in schizophrenia. In: Schulz SC, Tamminga CA, eds. Schizophrenia: Scientific Progress. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1989:13-22.
Web-based material:
Peripheral and Central Nervous System Advisory Committee. Meeting Documents. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/cder01.htm. Rockville, Md: Food and Drug Administration. Accessed October 21, 2004.
Presentation at a conference:
McGlashan TH, Zipursky RB, Perkins DO, et al. Olanzapine versus placebo for the schizophrenic prodrome: 1-year results. Paper presented at: 156th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association; May 17-22, 2003; San Francisco, Calif.
FIGURES AND TABLES
There should be no more than two figures/tables per article. There is a possibility of including some extra material as supplementary online material in the Web version of the journal. Figures should be of good quality or professionally prepared, with the proper orientation indicated when necessary (eg, “top” or “left”). As figures and graphs may need to be reduced or enlarged, all absolute values and statistics should be provided. Provide tables and figures in separate files. Legends must be provided with all illustrations, including expansion of all abbreviations used (even if they are already defined in the text). All figures and tables should be numbered and cited in the text.
SPECIFIC FORMATS
Word limits must be strictly adhered to. Articles significantly exceeding the word limit will need to be shortened before reviewing. Word limits do not include abstract and references.
State of the art: 7000 words.
Pharmacological aspects; Clinical research; Basic research/ Translational research: 3000-4000 words.
Brief report: 1500 words. May be extensively illustrated, according to the topic and the specifications of the Coordinating Editor. Legends must be provided with all illustrations.
EDITORIAL ASSESSMENT AND PROCESSING
Peer review: All contributions to Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience will be reviewed by members of the Editorial Board and submitted to expert consultants for peer review. All contributions should be original review articles.
Editorial processing: All manuscripts are copyedited according to the guidelines of the latest edition of the American Medical Association Manual of Style (Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins); the spelling used is American (reference dictionaries: latest editions of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Stedman’s Medical Dictionary).
Duplicate content detection software: All manuscripts are run through iThenticate http://www.ithenticate.com/.
Proofs: Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for approval in PDF format by e-mail. Authors who wish to receive a hard copy of their proofs should contact the editorial offices upon receipt of the proofs by e-mail. Author corrections should be returned within the specified time by e-mail or fax. If this deadline is not met, the editorial department will assume that the author accepts the proofs as they stand. Authors are responsible for all statements made in their work, including changes made by the editorial department and authorized by the author.
COPYRIGHT
Transfer of copyright: Copyright of articles will be transferred to the publisher of Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience. The Copyright Transfer Agreement must be signed by all authors and returned to the publisher.
Permissions: The author should inform the editorial office if any of the figures or tables are reproduced from elsewhere. For reproduction of copyrighted work, the editorial office will obtain authorization from the publisher concerned. Requests for permission to reproduce material published in Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience should be sent directly to the editorial office (catriona.donagh@servier.com).
Editorial Board
Editor-in-chief
Florence Thibaut, MD, PhD
Founding Editor-in-chief
Jean-Paul Macher, MD †
Editorial Board
Nancy C. Andreasen, MD, PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
César Carvajal, MD, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Marc-Antoine Crocq, MD, Medical Center, Rouffach, France
Michael Davidson, MD, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
Peter Falkai, MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Munich, Germany
Margret Hoehe, MD, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
Deborah Morris-Rosendahl, PhD, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK
Dieter Naber, MD, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Rajesh Parikh, MD, Jasklok Hospital and Research Center, Mumbai, India
David Rubinow, MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Pierre Schulz, MD, Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit, Geneva, Switzerland
Honorary Board Member
Carol A. Tamminga, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
Barry D. Lebowitz, PhD, University of California, San Diego, Calif, USA
International Consultant
Jorge-Alberto Costa e Silva, MD, NYU International Center for Mental Health Policy and Research, New York, USA
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