期刊名称：ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
ANZ Journal of Surgery, established more than 70 years, is the leading surgical journal published in Australia, New Zealand and the South-East Asian region. The Journal is dedicated to the promotion of outstanding surgical practice and research of contemporary and international interest.
ANZ Journal of Surgery publishes high-quality papers related to clinical practice and/or research in all fields of surgery and its related disciplines. A programme of continuing education for surgeons at all levels is also provided.
Print ISSN: 1445-1433
Online ISSN: 1445-2197
Issues per Volume: Monthly
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Instructions to Authors
For rapid review submit manuscripts online to:
ANZ Journal of Surgery - Manuscript Central
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
The manuscript should be submitted online at http://anzjs.manuscriptcentral.com. The entire article should be supplied as a single file; only electronic figures and tables may be supplied as separate files. After the manuscript is submitted the author(s) should download a copyright assignment form from the website, which will assign copyright to the Journal if the paper is accepted. This form must be signed by all the authors before the manuscript can be published and posted to the Editorial Office address below.
Comments to Editor in Chief/Covering Letter
Papers are accepted for publication in the journal on the understanding that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. This must be stated in the covering letter. The covering letter must also contain an acknowledgement that all authors have contributed significantly, and that all authors are in agreement with the content of the manuscript.
Authors must state that the protocol for the research project has been approved by a suitably constituted Ethics Committee of the institution within which the work was undertaken and that it conforms to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki in 1995 (as revised in Edinburgh 2000). All investigations on human subjects must include a statement that the subject gave informed consent. Patient anonymity should be preserved; and it must conform to the Statement on Human Experimentation by the NHMRC. Any experiments involving animals must be demonstrated to be ethically acceptable and where relevant, conform to the Statement on Animal Experimentation by the NHMRC, copies of which can be obtained from the Editor.
Authors must declare any financial support or relationships that may pose conflict of interest.
Copyright
Papers accepted for publication become copyright of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. In signing the transfer of copyright it is assumed that authors have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previously published material. All authors must read and agree to the conditions outlined in the Copyright Assignment Form. Authors must print the form from the Instructions and Forms page on the website (http://anzjs.manuscriptcentral.com) and sign the Form or agree that the corresponding author can sign on their behalf. Articles cannot be published until a signed Copyright Assignment Form has been received. Please post the original form to the Editorial Office at the address below.
LEADING ARTICLES
The Editorial Board of ANZ Journal of Surgery is keen to offer the highest quality, and most informative material to its readership. We also wish to involve a wide group in the development of the Journal. We accordingly invite interested authors to submit leading articles for publication in the Journal. Leading articles will be approximately 1,000 words with about 10 references and will be subject to review. It is suggested authors submit topics for the Editor’s consideration prior to submission of the article itself. The Editors reserve the right to refuse publication or edit the articles according to the requirements of the Journal.
CASE REPORTS
These must not exceed 2000 words, minus 500 for each figure or table, and consist of: a. Title page and key words b. Introduction. c. Case Report. d. Discussion. e. Reference f. Tables. g. Legends to figures. In all other respects follow the instructions for full manuscripts.
PREPARATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Manuscripts should be written so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in the particular field. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of scientific content, the Editor or the Publisher reserve the right to modify typescripts to eliminate ambiguity and repetition and improve communication between author and reader. If extensive alterations are required, the manuscript will be returned to the author for revision.
All articles submitted to the Journal must comply with the following instructions, failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication.
- Submissions should be doubled-spaced.
- The top, bottom and side margins should be at least 30 mm.
- All pages should be numbered consecutively in the top right-hand corner, beginning with the title page.
- New paragraphs, should be indented.
- Do not use the carriage return (enter) at the end of lines within a paragraph.
- Turn the hyphenation option off, including only those hyphens that are essential to the meaning.
- Specify any special characters used to represent non-keyboard characters.
- Take care not to use l (ell) for 1 (one), O (capital o) for 0 (zero) or ?(German esszett) for b (Greek beta).
- Use a tab, not spaces, to separate data points in tables.
- If you use a table editor function, ensure that each data point is contained within a unique cell, i.e. do not use carriage returns within cells.
Style
Manuscripts should follow the style of the Vancouver agreement detailed in the revised ‘Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals? as presented in JAMA 1997; 277: 927-34 (http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/01jan97/unifreqr.htm)
The Journal uses UK spelling and authors should therefore follow the latest edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary. Please write in a clear, concise and direct style. All measurements must be given in SI units (excepting blood pressures, which should be given in mmHg) as outlined in the latest edition of Units, Symbols and Abbreviations: A Guide for Medical and Scientific Editors and Authors (Royal Society of Medicine Press, London). Abbreviations should be used sparingly ?only where they ease the reader’s task by reducing repetition of long, technical terms. Initially use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation only.
At the first mention of a chemical substance, give the generic name only. Trade names should not be used. Drugs should be referred to by their generic names rather than brand names.
Parts of the Manuscript
Manuscripts should be presented in the following order: (i) title page, (ii) abstract and keywords, (iii) text, (iv) acknowledgments, (v) references, (vi) figure legends, (vii) tables, (each table complete with title and footnotes) and (viii) figures. Footnotes to the text are not allowed and any such material should be incorporated into the text as parenthetical matter.
Title page
The title page should contain (i) the title of the paper (not more than 85 characters including spaces), (ii) a short title (less than 40 characters including spaces), (iii) the full names of the authors and two qualifications of each, which will be printed in the Journal, and (iv) the addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out together with (v) the full postal and email address, plus facsimile and telephone numbers, of the author to whom correspondence about the manuscript, proofs and requests for offprints should be sent (this should be the principal author of the paper). In keeping with the latest guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, each author’s contribution to the paper is to be qualified.
The title should be short, informative and contain the major key words. This is separate to the short title, which will be used at the top of each right hand page.
Abstract and key words
Articles must have a structured abstract that states in 250 words or fewer the purpose, basic procedures, main findings and principal conclusions of the study. Divide the abstract with the headings: Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions. The abstract should not contain abbreviations or references.
Five key words should be supplied below the abstract, and should be taken from those recommended by the Index Medicus Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) browser list http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html.
Text
Authors should use subheadings to divide the sections of their manuscript: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References.
Introduction
Briefly give the background to the work reported and concisely state the hypotheses tested.
Methods
Describe these in enough detail to permit the work to be repeated in other clinics or laboratories. State the statistical methods used to analyse the results.
Results
Present these in logical sequence in the text, tables and illustrations. Do not include material appropriate to the Discussion. Brief comment on minor points is permitted if it will help the reader.
Discussion
Discuss the results with respect to the hypotheses proposed in the Introduction and in relation to the literature. Include an analysis of possible sources of error. Incorporate the main conclusions in the final paragraph. Do not reiterate data presented in the Results section.
Acknowledgements
The source of financial grants and other funding should be acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors?industrial links and affiliations. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged. If a person acknowledged might be thought to endorse the results and conclusions, their written permission for the acknowledgements must be obtained. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not allowed.
References
The Vancouver system of referencing should be used.
In the text, references should be cited using superscript Arabic numerals in the order in which they appear. If cited in tables or figure legends, number according to the first identification of the table or figure in the text.
In the reference list, the references should be numbered and listed in order of appearance in the text. Cite the names of all authors when there are six or fewer; when seven or more, list the first three followed by et al. Names of journals should be abbreviated in the style used in Index Medicus.
Reference to unpublished data and personal communications should appear in the text only.
References should be listed in the following form:
Journal article
Bagia JS, North L, Hunt DR. Mirizzi syndrome: An extra hazard for laparoscopic surgery. ANZ J. Surg. 2001; 71: 394-7
Book
Jones PF. Emergency Abdominal Surgery, 2nd edn. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1987.
Chapter in a Book
Alexander JP. Spinal surgery. In: Barrow DW (ed) Anaesthesia and Related Subjects in Orthopaedic Surgery. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1982; Ch.4
Tables
Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. Tables should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals. Each table should be presented on a separate page with a comprehensive but concise legend above the table. Tables should be double-spaced and vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Column headings should be brief, with units of measurement in parentheses; all abbreviations should be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: ? ? ? ? should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. The table and its legend/footnotes should be understandable without reference to the text.
Figures
All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) are classified as figures. Figures should be cited in consecutive order in the text. Figures should be sized to fit within the column (88 mm), intermediate (130 mm) or the full text width (180 mm).
Photographs need to be cropped sufficiently to prevent human subjects being recognized (or an eye bar should be used). Otherwise written permission to publish must be obtained. Magnifications should be indicated using a scale bar on the illustration.
Figures with identical layout and presenting similar data should appear as multipanel figures. Parts of multipanel figures should be labelled with lowercase roman letters: (a), (b), (c) etc. for line figures and a, b, c without parentheses) for photographs. The letters should appear at the top left-hand corner of each section of the figure. Multipanel figures should appear in portrait rather than landscape layout.
Graphics must be supplied as high resolution (at least 300 d.p.i.) files, saved as .eps or .tif.
Colour figures
Colour photographs are encouraged and should be submitted as high resolution (at least 300 d.p.i) files, saved as .eps or .tif. Au$1100/US$660/?0,000 for the first three colour figures and Au$550/US$330/?5,000 for each extra colour figure thereafter may be charged to the author. If charges apply, notification will be provided to the Author (with the option to publish in black and white for free) pre publication. Prices for Au$ include GST.
Figure legends
Legends should be self-explanatory and typed on a separate sheet, the legend should incorporate definitions of any symbols used and all abbreviations and units of measurement should be explained so that the figure and its legend are understandable without reference to the text. (Authors must provide a letter stating copyright authorisation if figures, have been reproduced from another source.)
Figures Lettering
Lettering should be in a sans serif typeface (e.g. Helvetica, Univers). After reduction, the size of the capital letters should be about 2 mm. If the figure is to be reproduced at 50% then the size of the lettering on the original needs to be twice this size (capital letters 4 mm high). The first word only, of any label, should commence with an uppercase letter and the rest should be lowercase.
Graphs and Histograms
Axis Labels
Should follow the 'Lettering' guidelines above and:
- Should not be duplicated. Multipanel figures that have common axes aligned can have a single axis label for the xand/or y axes.
- Units should be given in parentheses after the variable.
- The y axis label should run vertically, parallel to the axis.
- x and y axis labels should be centred on the axis (axes).
Transformed axes
Log10 transformed axis units should be given in the form 10-1, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104 et cetera, not 0.1, 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000 et cetera.
Borders
Graphs with x and y axes should not have top or right-handed borders at the edges of the graphs.
Axis ticks
Should be directed inwards. Should not be extended across the whole figure as dots or lines.
Keys
Keys and other information about the figure should be included in the legend and not on the graph (exceptions may be correlation equations and complex keys).
Graphs
Graphs should incorporate several curves if the data permit. The different curves should be distinguished using different symbols for the plotted points, but the lines linking them should remain solid in all but the most complex cases. The legend should incorporate definitions of the symbols. The symbols should be of such a size that they reduce to 1.5mm high.
Histograms
Histograms should have two dimensional, not three dimensional, bars. Simple open and filled bars should be used if only two samples are being compared. In more complex cases various styles of cross-hatching can be used. Each bar should be clearly distinguishable from the others. Shades of grey are not suitable as fills for bars because they will not reproduce clearly.
Standard error or Standard Deviation Terms
Standard error or standard deviation terms, or maximum and minimum values, may be represented above and below a mean point symbol or above a histogram bar by a fine vertical line with terminal cross-bars.
Statistical significance
Statistical significance can be indicated using repeated asterisks above error bars. *, **, *** represent P<0.05, P<0.01, P<0.001, respectively.
Magnifications
Photographs and line figures of cross-sections, photomicrographs et cetera must inform the reader of the scale. Scale bars prevent potential error; if a figure is reduced in size the legend need not be changed. Magnifications should be given in the form (magnification X 3000) at the end of a legend.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
R.J.S. Thomas, Victoria
Associate Editors
B.P. Waxman, Victoria
P.H. Chapuis, New South Wales
T. Jones, Victoria
J.J. Tjandra, Victoria
Editorial Office
The Editor
ANZ Journal of Surgery
Blackwell Publishing Asia
550 Swanston St
Carlton South, Victoria 3053
Australia
Fax: +61 3 8359 1120
e-mail: surgery@blackwellpublishingasia.com
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