Official Journal of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions
Guide for Authors
Manuscripts
Manuscripts are normally evaluated by three members from an international panel of reviewers. An editorial decision
is normally taken within 28 days of receipt of a manuscript.
Preparation of manuscripts (for regular papers)
The manuscript should be typewritten on one side only of A4 paper, double
spaced using 2.5 cm wide margins all round. The text is arranged as follows: (1) title page (2) abstract (3) keywords (4) introduction
(5) methods (6) results (7) discussion (8) acknowledgment (9) references,(10) Figures and tables.
The maximum length for regular
papers is 4,000 words.
Please supply the names and addresses of three referees to whom your manuscript may be sent for review. (1) Title page. Title length should be no longer than 120 characters. Provide the names of all authors including first name,
department where the work was performed, all authors affiliations, name of corresponding author with address, telephone and fax numbers
and e-mail address. Also please provide the current addresses of any authors who have moved since the work was finished. (2)
Abstract. An abstract (maximum 200 words) should be typed double spaced on a separate page. It should be structured and include background,
aims, methods and results and conclusion. (3) Keywords. No more than 6 keywords are required. (4) Introduction.
This section should position the study with regard to objective, rationale and preceding work of other authors. (5) Methods.
This section should contain a statement that "The investigation conforms with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki"
(Br Med J 1964;ii:177). The methods section should be sufficiently detailed for repetition of the study by other scientists. If pertinent,
the section may be divided into headed subsections. (6) Results. If pertinent, the section may be divided into headed subsections.
For presentation of data, figures are preferred to tables. Data should not be presented in both figures and tables. Also, extensive numerical
data should appear in legends to the figures rather than in the main body of text. SI units should be used. (7) Discussion.
This section should deal with topics that are beyond the scope of the study, compare and interpret the data with regard to previous work
by (other) authors. (8) Acknowledgment. (9) References. Regular papers:
Hanumanthu S, Butler
J, Chomsky D, Davis S, Wilson JR. Effect of a heart failure program on hospitalisation frequency and exercise tolerance. Circulation
1997;96:2842-2848. Books:
McCullagh P, Nelder JA. Monographs on Statistics. Generalized Linear Models, 2nd ed. London:
Chapman & Hall, 1989. Chapter in book:
Sealey JE, Laragh JH. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system for normal
regulation of blood pressure and sodium and potassium homeostasis. In: Laragh, JH, Brenner, BM, eds. Hypertension: Pathology, Diagnosis,
and Management. New York: Raven Press, 1990:1287-1317. Thesis:
Veldkamp MW. Potassium channels in the heart. Amsterdam:
University of Amsterdam, 1993 (Thesis). Abstract:
Like regular paper, but add (Abstract) at end. (10) Figures/Tables.
Figures should be designed in a way compatible with reproduction of one column width. Figures over two columns should be kept to a minimum.
Tables should not contain data not mentioned in the text. Laser prints of good quality are sufficient for graphs and tables. Glossy prints
are needed for micrographs, etc. Colour printing is at the author's cost. Figure legends should start on a new page of the manuscript,
but one page may contain legends to more than one figure. Short Reports
These reports should not exceed 2,000 words and
should consist of a background section (not to exceed 100 words), aims (not to exceed 50 words), methods (not to exceed 250 words), results
(not to exceed 250 words) and conclusion ( not to exceed 250 words). The editorial team reserves the right to decide which tables/figures
submitted are necessary. No abstract is necessary. Extended Short Reports
An extended short report is a short report,
as described above, but it should contain a conventional "methods and results" section of up to 1200 words. The editorial team reserves
the right to decide which tables/figures submitted are necessary. No abstract is necessary.
Manuscripts will not be returned unless
a specific request is made at the time of first submission. A covering letter should include a declaration that "the manuscript, or part
of it, has neither been published (except in the form of abstract or thesis) nor is currently under consideration for publication by
any other journal". Secondly, the submitting author should declare that the co-author(s) has (have) read the manuscript and approved
its submission to the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. Thirdly, in case of colour figures, the authors should declare
that they agree to pay for the cost of printing.
Colour illustrations online If, together with your accepted article,
you submit usable colour figures (original photographs, high-quality computer prints or transparencies, close to the size expected in
publication, or as 35 mm slides; polaroid colour prints are not suitable) then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these
figures will appear in colour in the electronic version of the journal. For further information on the preparation of electronic artwork,
please see http://www.elsevier.com/authors.
Electronic manuscripts. Electronic manuscripts have the advantage that there is no
need for the rekeying of text, thereby avoiding the possibility of introducing errors and resulting in reliable and fast delivery of
proofs. For the initial submission of manuscripts for consideration, hard copies are required. For the processing of accepted papers,
electronic versions are preferred. After final acceptance, a disk plus two, final and exactly matching printed versions should be submitted
together. Double density (DD) or high density (HD) diskettes (3.5 inch) are acceptable. It is important that the file saved is in the
native format of the wordprocessor program used. The disk should be labelled with the name of the computer and word processing package
used, author's name, and the name of the file on the disk.
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier accepts supplementary
material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting
applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied
will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com.
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file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive
caption for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit our artwork instruction pages at http://www.elsevier.com/authors.
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