Nuclear Medicine and Biology uses a Web-based online manuscript submission
and review system. Please visit http://ees.elsevier.com/nucmedbio/
to submit
your manuscript electronically. The website guides authors stepwise through
the creation and uploading of the various files.
Note that original source
files, not PDF files, are required. A cover letter is generally required;
please save this as a separate
file for upload. Authors may send queries
concerning the submission process, manuscript status or journal procedures
to the Editorial
Office. Once the submission files are uploaded the
system automatically generates electronic (PDF) proof, which is then
used for reviewing.
All correspondence, including the Editor's decision
and request for revisions, will be by e-mail.
Style
Manuscripts must
be typewritten and double-spaced.
The first page should include:
(a) the title, which should be concise but informative.
(b)
an abbreviated title of not more than 45 letters and spaces for
abstracting and indexing purposes.
(c) the authors' names and institutions
including postal address in
full for the corresponding author.
(d) the author to whom correspondence should be sent, including
e-mail
address, telephone and fax numbers.
(e) for indexing purposes, please provide up to 6 key words.
An abstract of 80 to 250 words
with subdivisions of Introduction,
Methods, Results, and Conclusions must be supplied for all articles.
Animal experiments
In manuscripts describing experiments with living animals, authors
should state clearly in the text that the experiments were carried
out in
compliance with the relevant national laws relating to the conduct of
animal experimentation, or, where such laws do not exist,
that the studies
were performed in accordance with some internationally recognized
code of practice such as the United Kingdom Biological
Council'sGuidelines on the Use of Living Animals in Scientific Investigations, 2nd edn.
Illustrations and Tables
(see below) should not be placed in the body
of the text, but their approximate location should be indicated in the
margin. All figure
captions must be typed in a list on a separate sheet
at the end of the script.
Nomenclature
Preferably Systeme International
(SI) units should be used throughout
with equivalent quantities in older usage indicated in parentheses.
NBS Special Publication 330 The International System of Units (SI) or
the Systeme International d'Unites may be helpful in this respect.
Chemical
and biological nomenclature should conform to International
Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) recommendations.
The IUPAC Rules
can be found in the Handbook of Chemistry and
Physics, CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton, Fla. Radioactive labels should
be indicated
by the radionuclide's symbol in square brackets before
the labeled compound, e.g. [3H]H2O, [14C]carbon
dioxide, 2-amino-
4-([11C]methylthio) butyric acid (not [11C]methyl-methionine),
N-[11C]methyl-normophine,
etc. Carrier-free compounds only should
be designated as 3H2O, 13NH3, etc. No-carrier-added compounds
should
be written as [13N]NH3, [11C]CO2 unless proof of specific activity is
given. Metastable
(isomeric) and ground state of nuclei are designated
by an "m" or "g" respectively, placed after the atomic-mass number, e.g.99mTc
and 99gTc although the "g" may be omitted if no ambiguity results.
References
Text: Indicate references
by number(s), in square brackets in line with
the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference number(
s) must always
be given. List: Number the references (numbers in
square brackets) in the order in which they appear in the text. List the
first six
authors for each reference.
Reference to a journal publication:
[1] Van der Geer J, Hanraas JAJ, Lupton RA. The art of writing
a scientific
article. J Sci Commun 2000;163:51-9.
Reference to a book:
[2] Strunk Jr W, White EB. The elements of style. 3rd ed.
New
York: Macmillan, 1979.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
[3] Mettam GR, Adams LB. How to prepare an electronic version
of
your article. In: Jones BS, Smith TX, editors. Introduction to the electronic
age.New York: E-Publishing Inc.; 1999, p. 281-304.
Abbreviated journal titles should be in accordance with Chemical
Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI).
Illustrations
Complete instructions for submission can be found at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09698051 (click on Information
for
Authors). Color figures are welcome, and will appear in color on the
web a no extra charge; however, there is a charge for the reproduction
of color illustrations in print ($650 for the color figure and $100 for
each additional color figure in the same article).
Alternatively, the
illustrations can be reproduced in black and white in the print edition at
no extra charge.
All figures that contain
images of biodistribution in vivo must contain
the amount of radioactivity injected, the anesthesia used, and the length
of the scan
used to obtain that image in the figure caption. The same
information should also appear in the Materials and Method section.
Tables
Each table should be typed, with caption, on a separate sheet at the
end of the manuscript.
Extensive tables should be suitable for
direct photographic
reproduction, and thus are to be treated as illustrations (see above).
Proofs
Proofs will be despatched
to the first-named author, unless otherwise
requested. They should be returned with the least possible delay. Corrections
to the proofs
must be restricted to printer's errors only. Any substantial
changes other than these will be charged to the author. Please note that
authors are urged to check their proofs carefully before return, since late
corrections cannot be guaranteed for inclusion in the printed
journal.
Offprints
Offprints and copies of the issue (at a specially reduced rate) can be
ordered on the offprint order
form that will accompany the proofs. This
should be returned to: Elsevier Inc., 360 Park Avenue South, New York,
NY 10010-1710 USA.
