INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS    Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism

 

Papers for submission should be sent to the Managing Editor:

Naomi Kingsley, Freund Publishing House Ltd., P.O.B. 35010, Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel: +972-3-562 8540; Fax: +972-3-562 8538
e-mail: naomikin@netvision.net

Please include a cover letter designating one of the following editors and the names of five potential reviewers with whom you have not collaborated in the past 3 years.

Editor-in-Chief:

Dr Scott A. Rivkees, Yale Child Health Research Center, P.O. 208081, 464 Congress Ave, New Haven, CT 06520, USA, e-mail: scott.rivkees@yale.edu

Editor for North America:      

Dr Dennis M. Styne, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Endocrinology, University of California, Davis, 2516 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817, USA, Tel: +1-916-734-8223, Fax: +1-916-456-2236, e-mail: dmstyne@ucdavis.edu

Editor for South America:      

Dr Durval Damiani, Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Rua Bela Cintra 2117, apto 9, Cerqueira Cesar, Sao Paulo - SP, CEP - 01415-002, Brazil, Tel: +55 11 3 259 9469, Fax: +55 11 3 120 3273

e-mail: durvald@csf.com.br

Editor for Australasia:     

Dr Fergus Cameron, Department of Endo­crinol­ogy and Diabetes, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville 3052, Melbourne, Australia

Tel: +61 3 9345 5951, Fax: +61 9347 7763, e-mail:fergus.cameron@rch.org.au

 

      JPEM is not responsible in the event any manuscript is lost. Manuscripts become the permanent property of JPEM and may not be published elsewhere without written permission from the publisher.

Manuscripts are received with the understanding that they have not been submitted to other journals or news media.

 

Manuscripts may be sent by e-mail to <rogerk@actcom.co.il>. Paper copies must be accompanied by a disk.

 

TRANSFER OF AUTHOR COPYRIGHT

      Please provide a release of copyright addressed to Freund Publishing House Ltd., which should include the title of the article, date, and must be signed by all the authors.

ETHICS OF INVESTIGATION

      Authors should identify whether ethical standards were used in their research; for example whether informed consent was obtained, etc., when appli­cable. Such a manuscript should include the notation that the study was approved by the institutional committee on human research.

MANUSCRIPTS

      Must be in English, double-spaced (including references, tables, legends and footnotes). Abstract, references, tables, and legends should each begin on a new page. All accepted manuscripts are subjected to editing.

TITLE PAGE

      Should include authors’ names, and departmental and institutional affiliations of each author. Designate one author as the correspondent, and provide address, business and home telephone numbers, fax number, and e-mail. Include a running head and up to 8 key words.

ABSTRACT

      Not exceeding 150 words should incorporate data on background, objective or hypothesis, subjects, methods or plan, results, conclusions.

LABORATORY VALUES

      Should be described in both the Inter­national System of Units (SI units) and in metric units in parentheses.

FOOTNOTES

      The text should be typed and numbered consecutively at the foot of the appropriate page, using a line for separation from the text.

 

REFERENCES

      Should be cited consecutively in the text as superscript numerals, and listed in the same numerical order at the end of the paper. List the names of all authors.

EXAMPLES OF REFERENCES:

Journal article:

Davies EA, Jones TW. Hypoglycemia in children with diabetes: incidence, counter­regulation and cognitive dysfunction.
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 1998; 11 (Suppl 1): 177-182.

Book:

Merimee TJ, Laron Z. Growth Hormone, IGF-I and Growth - New Views of Old Concepts. London-Tel Aviv: Freund Publishing House Ltd., 1996; pp 266.

Chapter in book:

Laron Z, Wasserman M. The young adult growth hormone deficient patients in whom treatment had been stopped at end of puberty. In: Laron Z, Butenandt O, eds. Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy in Adults - Pros and Cons. Tel Aviv-London: Freund Publishing House Ltd., 1993; 21-30.

      Personal communications should not be included in the list of references, but may be cited in the text in parentheses. Papers accepted and in press may be listed, mentioning the name of the journal.

ILLUSTRATIONS

      Figures should be numbered consec­utively with Arabic numerals. Legends should be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet. Photographs should be submited as glossy prints in addition to electronic versions; other figures may be submitted electronically. Name of first author and number and top of the figure should be indicated by a soft pencil on the back of each figure. The cost of colour illustrations will be charged to the author. One page of colour printing costs US$ 1,000; each subsequent page costs $800. Figures to be printed in colour should be submitted as pdf files.

TABLES

      Each table must be typed on a separate sheet and numbered consecutively using Arabic numbers. Large tables will be treat­ed as figures, and must be of acceptable quality for printing.

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

      Including illustrative patient reports should be structured as an extended abstract, not exceeding four typed pages including up to six references, one table and/or one figure.

FORUM AND CORRESPONDENCE

      Consisting of comments on a pub­lished paper or presenting a view on an important issue should not exceed one typed page including references.

REPRINTS

      Twenty-five reprints will be supplied free of charge for each article. Additional reprints can be ordered from the publisher.

GALLEY PROOFS

      Only printers’ errors may be corrected. There are no page charges.

 

COPYRIGHT RESPONSIBILITY

      This is clearly the author’s own responsibility. If any figure(s), illustrat­ion(s), table(s) or extended quotation(s), etc. are to be taken from material(s) previously published, the author(s) must secure reproduction permission from the copyright owner.

 

ENQUIRIES

All correspondence should be addressed to the Managing Editor, Naomi Kingsley, Freund Publishing House Ltd., P.O. Box 35010, Tel Aviv, Israel. Fax +972-3-562-8538, Tel +972-3-562 8540, e-mail h_freund@netvision.net.il.

      The original manuscript and diagrams will be discarded one month after publication unless there is a written request for the material to be returned to the author.