期刊名称：COLORECTAL DISEASE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Aims and Scope
Diseases of the lower gastrointestinal tract are common, and offer a number of exciting challenges. Clinical, diagnostic and basic science research is expanding rapidly. There is increasing demand from purchasers of health care and patients for clinicians to keep abreast of the latest research and developments, and to translate these into routine practice. Technological advances in diagnosis, surgical technique, new pharmaceuticals, molecular genetics and other basic sciences have transformed many aspects of how diseases of the lower GI tract are managed. Such progress will accelerate.
Colorectal Disease offers a real benefit to subscribers and authors. It is first and foremost a vehicle for publishing original research relating to the demanding, rapidly expanding field of colorectal diseases.
Essential for surgeons, pathologists, oncologists, gastroenterologists and health professionals caring for patients with a disease of the lower GI tract, Colorectal Disease furthers education and inter-professional development by including regular review articles and discussions of current controversies
Instructions to Authors
TopAuthor Guidelines
We will consider main papers, short reports (1200 words with 2 tables or figures and up to 15 references), letters and reviews. These should be concerned with the clinical, diagnostic and basic science aspects of diseases of the lower gastrointestinal tract.
Papers should submitted via Manuscript Central - http://colorectaldisease.manuscriptcentral.com
If you cannot submit online, please send a disk to:
Professor R.J. Nicholls
Colorectal Disease
Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland
Royal College of Surgeons of England
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London, WC2A 3PN
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7681 7213
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7681 7213
Or preferably email your paper to: michael.willis@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com
All manuscripts should start with a title page, detailing:
(1) title of the article;
(2) initials, names and qualifications of each author;
(3) their main appointment;
(4) the name(s) of the(ir) institution(s). One author should be nominated for correspondence with the Editors. There should normally be a maximum of five authors. An e-mail address should be provided for the corresponding author.
(5) the word count
A covering letter signed by all the authors, confirming that the paper has not been submitted elsewhere, should accompany the manuscript. Papers become copyright on acceptance for publication. A completed copyright assigment form must be included with the submitted manuscript.
Peer Review
Papers considered for publication will be submitted by the Editors to two or more expert external advisers. Any statistics included will be analysed by a statistician. Other experts may be invited to comment where appropriate. Similar procedures may be used for other contributions to the Journal.
Blackwell Publishing Author Services. For FAQs and tips about preparing and submitting manuscripts and more, and for services like automated email tracking for your article through production, please visit the Blackwell Publishing Author Services website.
Types of Contributions
Review Articles
Review articles are usually commissioned but the Editors are happy to discuss potential articles with authors who would like to contribute.
Original Articles
Original articles on clinical and scientific aspects of colorectal disease should include the following:
a) An abstract, sub-divided into:
- objective;
- subjects/patients (or materials) and methods;
- results;
- conclusion.
b) Text, sub-divided into:
- introduction;
- subjects/patients (or materials) and methods;
- results;
- discussion and conclusions;
- acknowledgements;
- references.
c) Legends to illustrations.
d) Tables and their legends.
e) A list of 3-6 keywords.
Structured Abstracts
Blackwell Publishing supports the current trends towards structured abstracts with consistent headings as these make it easier to assimilate information from screen in the event of an electronic version of the journal.
As a general guide, a structured abstract should include the following headings:
Objective: What was the purpose of the study?
Methods: A brief description of the materials - patients or subjects (i.e. healthy volunteers) or materials (animals) - and methods used.
Results: What were the main findings?
Conclusions: What are the main conclusions or implications of the study?
The Methods section within the main body of the text should be headed as is appropriate: i.e. Patients and Methods; Subject and Methods; Materials and Methods etc.
Clinical notes
Subdivided into: indications, method, comparison with other methods, advantages and disadvantages, difficulties and complications.
Letters
Questions or comments concerning published papers may be sent to the Editor who will refer them to the authors. The readers comments and authors replies may subsequently be published together.
References
These should conform to the Vancouver style. The references in the text should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they appear and indicated by Arabic numerals in square brackets. Except for review articles there should not be more than 30. Examples are given below.
Williams N, Seown-Choen F. Physiological and functional outcome following ultra-low anterior resection with colon pouch-anal anastomosis. Br J Surg 1998; 85: 1029-35.
Camilleri-Brennan J, Steele RJC. Quality of life after treatment for rectal cancer. Br J Surg 1998: 85: 1036-43.
Wayne JD (1991) Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy. In Annual of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (eds. Cotton PB, Tytgat GNJ and Williams CB), pp. 139-488. Current Science, London.
Cobb RA and Williamson RCN (1994 2nd edition) Colonic Polyps. In Diseases of the Gut and Pancreas (eds Pounder RE and Venables CW), pp. 865-876, Blackwell Science, Oxford.
Disks
Following final approval of articles the Journal will welcome the submission of accepted articles on disk. The disk version must match the final accepted version on Manuscript Central exactly. Do not justify. Particular attention should be taken to ensure that any articles submitted in this form adhere exactly to the Journal style in all respects. Further details can be obtained from the publisher.
Illustrations
These should not be larger than A4 and may be in the form of original drawings, recorded tracings, high quality photographic prints made from them, or digital files. Symbols which are to appear in figures or legends should be chosen from the following:
Photographs and photomicrographs should be unmounted glossy bromide prints of good contrast, well matched and preferably with a transparent overlay for protection. The overlay should be used to indicate masking instructions, lettering or arrows. Authors are advised that figures may be redrawn by the Journal, and figures should therefore be checked particularly carefully at proof stage.
Images included in online submissions are for review purposes only, and should be suitable for online viewing. Please provide best quality figures with final accepted manuscripts. Digital files in accordance with our instructions at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/authors/digil.asp can be used by production. EPS (illustrations, graphs, annotated artwork; minimum resolution 800 dpi) and TIFF (micrographs, photographs; minimum resolutions 300 dpi) are recommended, although in some cases other formats can be used. Files should be at print size.
Figures and illustrations for accepted papers can be submitted electronically. Full instructions can be found on our digital illustration pages. Figures and tables can be embedded into the Word document, but they must be grouped at the end of the document rather than embedded within the text.
Figures or tables reproduced from a published work must have the original source quoted and the permission of the author and publisher. Colour photographs may be submitted but authors will be asked to pay for the full cost of production. Therefore, please note that if there is colour artwork in your manuscript when it is accepted for publication, Blackwell Publishing require you to complete and return a colour work agreement form before your paper can be published. This form can be downloaded as a PDF* from the internet. The web address for the form is: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/SN_Sub2000_X_CoW.pdf
If you are unable to access the internet, or are unable to download the form, please contact the Production Editor at:
Carmen.sherry@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com
And they will be able to email or FAX a form to you.
Once completed, please return the form to the Production Editor at the address below:
Carmen Sherry
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
9600 Garsington Road
Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 471470
Any article received by Blackwell Publishing with colour work will not be published until the form has been returned.
Units/Abbreviations
All measurements should be in SI units with the exception of haemoglobin (g/dL) and blood pressure (mmHg). Original observations recorded in other units should be stated, together with the appropriate conversion factors. Standard abbreviations, without punctuation, are used. Units, Symbols and Abbreviations (1977) published by the Royal Society of Medicine, and SI: The International System of Units (1982) from HMSO provide useful guides.
Words must be spelt out on first appearance in both summary and text. Abbreviations, used sparingly, should follow the first full spelling, in parentheses.
Proofs
Two page proofs will be supplied, one of which should be retained by the authors. The other should be corrected immediately and returned to the publisher. Corrections should be kept to a minimum. Extensive changes may be charged to the author.
Offprints
Authors will be provided with electronic offprints of their paper. Paper offprints may be ordered at prices quoted on the order form, which accompanies proofs, provided that the form is returned with the proofs. The cost is more if the order form arrives too late for the main print run. Offprints are normally dispatched within three weeks of publication of the issue in which the paper appears. Please contact the publishers if offprints do not arrive: however, please note that offprints are sent by surface mail, so overseas orders may take up to six weeks to arrive. Electronic offprints are sent to the first author at his or her first email address on the title page of the paper, unless advised otherwise; therefore please ensure that the name, address and email of the receiving author are clearly indicated on the manuscript title page if he or she is not the first author of the paper.
Additionally, we should be very grateful if you would consider including a modified version of the above in your letters of acceptance.
Ethics
Human studies should have been approved by an ethics committee but in questionable matters the Editors reserve the right to reject papers. Sources of financial support must be acknowledged. Other kinds of association (such as consultancy, share ownership, or patent-licensing arrangements) should be disclosed to the Editor in a covering letter at the time of submission. Such information will be held in confidence.
Editorial Board
Editorial Information
Editor
R.J. Nicholls
Colorectal Disease
Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland
Royal College of Surgeons of England
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London, WC2A 3PN
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7681 7213
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7681 7213
e-mail: michael.willis@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com
Editorial Board
J. Christiansen, Chairman
R.J. Nicholls, Editor
M.C. Winslet, Co-Editor
P. Wille-Jorgensen, Reviews Editor
C.G.M.I. Baeten
K. Bielecki
G. Dodi
P. Frileux
N.Y. Haboubi
L. Kohler
K. Matzel, EACP Representative
H. Ortiz
L. Pahlman
F. Penninckx
D.A. Rothenberger
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