Guide for Authors
Former title: Respiration Physiology
Introduction
Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology publishes original articles and invited
reviews concerning the field of respiration in its broadest sense. Although a special focus is on topics in neurobiology, high quality
papers in respiratory molecular and cellular biology are also welcome, as are high quality papers in traditional areas, such as mechanics
of breathing; gas exchange in lungs, gills, skin, and tissues; acid-base balance; respiration at rest and exercise; respiration in normal
and unusual conditions, like high or low pressure or changes of temperature, low ambient oxygen; embryonic and adult respiration; comparative
respiratory physiology. Papers on clinical aspects, articles on original methods, as well as theoretical papers are also considered as
long as they foster the understanding of respiratory physiology.
Types of paper
Types of Contribution
- Original Research Article
- Short communication
- Book review
- Letter to the Editor
- Commentary
- Original Research Articles submitted to Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol.
should deal with original research which has not been published previously, nor is being considered for publication elsewhere.
- Short communication provides a rapid publication for short, concise papers dealing with original material within the scope of the
journal. Short communications should not exceed 4 printed pages (about 8 manuscript pages), including up to 2 Figures, 1 Table and up
to 10 References. Style of the manuscripts must otherwise conform with that of Original Research Articles (see below) and must, in particular,
have an Abstract. The e-mail, telephone and fax number of the corresponding author must be given on the title page.
- State-of-the-art
reviews, prepared on invitation, will regularly appear under the title of Frontiers Review.
- Book reviews, prepared by invitation.
- Contact the Editor before submitting a Letter to the Editor.
- Reviewers are encouraged to propose any accepted manuscript
for a formal Commentary which will be invited by the Editor.
Furthermore, Special Issues are regularly published with
the help of invited Guest Editors. These issues combine reviews on topics of particular scientific interest and can arise from scientific
conferences. Suggestions for topics for Special Issues as well as for Guest Editors are invited by the Editor.
Contact details for submission
Papers should be submitted via the journal's Elsevier Editorial System
site
.
Page charges
This journal has no page charges.
Ethics in Publishing
For information on Ethics in Publishing and Ethical guidelines for journal publication
see
http://www.elsevier.com/publishingethics and
http://www.elsevier.com/ethicalguidelines.
Policy and ethics
The work described in your article must have been carried out in accordance with
The
Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans http://www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm;
EC Directive 86/609/EEC for animal experiments http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/lab_animals/legislation_en.htm;
Uniform Requirements for manuscripts submitted to Biomedical journals http://www.icmje.org. This must be stated
at an appropriate point in the article.
Conflict of interest
All authors
are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with
other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived
to influence, their work. See also
http://www.elsevier.com/conflictsofinterest.
Submission declaration
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except
in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication
elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was
carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without
the written consent of the copyright-holder.
Authorship
All authors should
have made substantial contributions to all of the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis
and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval
of the version to be submitted.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article,
authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (for more information on this and copyright see
http://www.elsevier.com/copyright).
Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding
author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this
agreement.
Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation
within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all other
derivative works, including compilations and translations (please consult
http://www.elsevier.com/permissions). If excerpts
from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s)
in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases: please consult
http://www.elsevier.com/permissions.
Retained author rights
As an author you (or your employer or institution) retain certain rights; for details
you are referred to:
http://www.elsevier.com/authorsrights.
Role of the
funding source
You are requested to identify who provided financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation
of the article and to briefly describe the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation
of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the paper for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such
involvement then this should be stated. Please see
http://www.elsevier.com/funding.
Funding body agreements and policies
Elsevier has established agreements and developed policies to allow authors whose
articles appear in journals published by Elsevier, to comply with potential manuscript archiving requirements as specified as conditions
of their grant awards. To learn more about existing agreements and policies please visit
http://www.elsevier.com/fundingbodies.
Language and language services
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted,
but not a mixture of these). Authors who require information about language editing and copyediting services pre- and post-submission
please visit
http://www.elsevier.com/languagepolishing or our customer support site at
http://epsupport.elsevier.com
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Submission
Submission to this journal proceeds totally online and you will be guided stepwise through
the creation and uploading of your files. The system automatically converts source files to a single PDF file of the article, which is
used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF files at submission for the
review process, these source files are needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including notification of
the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail removing the need for a paper trail.
Referees
Four potential referees must be indicated with names and email addresses. Indicate in the
field Reason why a given referee is appropriate for reviewing your manuscript. Opposed reviewers can be entered on a separate site.
Use of wordprocessing software
It
is important that the file be saved in the native format of the wordprocessor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep
the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular,
do not use the wordprocessor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts
etc. Do not embed "graphically designed" equations or tables, but prepare these using the wordprocessor's facility. When preparing tables,
if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs,
not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also
the Guide to Publishing with Elsevier:
http://www.elsevier.com/guidepublication). Do not import the figures into the text
file but, instead, indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on the manuscript. See also the section on
Electronic illustrations.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the "spell-check" and "grammar-check" functions
of your wordprocessor.
Article Structure
The text must be clear and
concise, conforming to accepted standards of English style and usage. Non-native English speakers may be advised to seek professional
help with the language (see Language Polishing, below). Manuscripts must be double spaced throughout with wide margins. Pages should
be numbered in the following order: -Title page (separate page): Full title, not to exceed 100 characters and spaces; list of authors,
marking corresponding author; laboratory of origin with full postal address (if more than one, indicate each author's affiliation by
superscript a,b...); phone, fax numbers and e-mail of corresponding author; present address of authors and e-mail address, if applicable.
-Abstract page (separate page): Abstract not exceeding 160 words stating what was done, what was found, and what was concluded. References
in the Abstract should give authors, year, journal, volume, and inclusive pages, e.g. Parisian et. al., Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol. 142:
127-143, 2004.
-Text pages (starting on a new page). The Introduction should introduce the problem and should present a brief yet
comprehensive account of its history, quoting the relevant and important papers in the area. The Methods should be complete, but should
resort to earlier publications if possible.
The Results should clearly document the main findings, which should be critically discussed
in the Discussion. Repetition among these sections should be avoided. All headings/subheadings must be numbered, like 1., 2. etc/1.1,
1.2 etc.
-Acknowledgements. If present, should list (a) other contributors for whom authorship is not justified, e.g. technical help;
(b) financial and material support. -References (starting on a new page) must be typed double spaced (for style, see below). -Figure
legends - Figures and Tables (on separate pages; for style, see below). Nomenclature Standard nomenclature should be used throughout;
unfamiliar or new terms, arbitrary abbreviations and trade names should be defined when first used, independently in the Abstract and
in the main text. Unnecessary abbreviations and symbols are to be avoided.
Subdivision
- numbered sections
Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then
1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing:
do not just refer to "the text". Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.
Material and methods
Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already
published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described.
Results
Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion
This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often
appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
Conclusions
The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of
a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.
Appendices
If there
is more than one appendix, they should be identified as A, B, etc. Formulae and equations in appendices should be given separate numbering:
Eq. (A.1), Eq. (A.2), etc.; in a subsequent appendix, Eq. (B.1) and so on.
Essential
title page information
•
Title.
Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval
systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
•
Author names and affiliations.
Where the family name
may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work
was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in
front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name, and, if available,
the e-mail address of each author.
•
Corresponding author.
Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at
all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication.
Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code)
are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.
•
Present/permanent address.
If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a "Present address" (or "Permanent
address") may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained
as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.
Abstract
A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the
principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone.
For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon
abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
Abstract not exceeding 160 words stating what was done, what was found, and what was concluded. References
in the Abstract should give authors, year, journal, volume, and inclusive pages, e.g. Parisian et. al., Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol. 142:
127-143, 2004.
Keywords
Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum
of 6 keywords, using British spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, "and", "of").
Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing
purposes.
Acknowledgements
Collate acknowledgements in a separate section
at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or
otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof
reading the article, etc.).
Nomenclature
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Artwork
Electronic artwork
General points
• Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing
of your original artwork.
• Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the font.
• Only use the following
fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Times, Symbol.
• Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
• Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
• Provide captions to illustrations separately.
•
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• Submit each figure as a separate file.
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You are urged
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Formats
Regardless of the application
used, when your electronic artwork is finalised, please "save as" or convert the images to one of the following formats (note the resolution
requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below):
EPS: Vector drawings. Embed the font or save
the text as "graphics".
TIFF: color or grayscale photographs (halftones): always use a minimum of 300 dpi.
TIFF: Bitmapped line
drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (color or grayscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required.
DOC, XLS or PPT: If your electronic artwork is created in any of these Microsoft Office applications please supply "as is".
Please
do not:
• Supply embedded graphics in your wordprocessor (spreadsheet, presentation) document;
• Supply files that
are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low;
• Supply files that are too low in resolution;
• Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.
Color
artwork
Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, EPS or MS Office files) and with the correct
resolution. If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable color figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge,
that these figures will appear in color on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations
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Please
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you not opt for color in print) please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the color illustrations.
Figure captions
Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions separately, not attached
to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (
not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep
text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
Tables
Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the
table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that
the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
Upload each table separately and indicate the appropriate Table number in the Description box.
References
Citation in text
Please ensure that
every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be
given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the
text. If these references are included in the reference list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and should
include a substitution of the publication date with either "Unpublished results" or "Personal communication" Citation of a reference
as "in press" implies that the item has been accepted for publication.
Web references
As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (DOI, author names, dates, reference to a source publication,
etc.), should also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired,
or can be included in the reference list.
References in a special issue
Please ensure that the words 'this issue' are added to any references in the list (and any citations in the text) to other articles
in the same Special Issue.
Reference style
Text: All citations
in the text should refer to:
1.
Single author: the author's name (without initials, unless there is ambiguity) and the year
of publication;
2.
Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication;
3.
Three or more authors:
first author's name followed by "et al." and the year of publication.
Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically). Groups
of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically.
Examples: "as demonstrated (Allan, 1996a, 1996b, 1999;
Allan and Jones, 1995). Kramer et al. (2000) have recently shown ...."
List: References should be arranged first alphabetically
and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same year must be identified
by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J.A.J., Lupton, R.A., 2000. The art of writing a scientific article. J. Sci. Commun. 163, 51-59.
Reference
to a book:
Strunk Jr., W., White, E.B., 1979. The Elements of Style, third ed. Macmillan, New York.
Reference to a chapter in
an edited book:
Mettam, G.R., Adams, L.B., 1999. How to prepare an electronic version of your article, in: Jones, B.S., Smith , R.Z.
(Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. E-Publishing Inc., New York, pp. 281-304.
- All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references typed on separate pages,
following the text of the manuscript. The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of authors' names and publication
dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference list and vice versa. References to manuscripts which have not yet been accepted
should not be listed in the reference list; refer to them in the text as "unpublished", listing names and initials of all authors.
- In the text refer to the author?s name (without initial) and year of publication, followed - if necessary - by a short reference
to appropriate pages. Examples: "Since Peterson (1988) has shown that..." "This is in agreement with results obtained later (Kramer,
1989)".
- If reference is made in the text to a publication written by more than two authors the name of the first author
should be used followed by "et al.". This indication, however, should never be used in the list of references. In this list names of
first author and all co-authors should be mentioned.
- References cited together in the text should be arranged chronologically.
The list of references should be arranged alphabetically on authors? names, and chronologically per author. References in the list must
not be numbered. Publications by the same author(s) in the same year should be listed as 1998a, 1998b, etc. The following are examples
for the style of referencing:
Fencl, V., (1986). Acid-base balance in cerebral fluids. In: Cherniack, N.S., Widdicombe, J.G. (Eds.).
Handbook of Physiology, Section 3: The Respiratory System, Vol. II: Control of Breathing, part 1. American Physiological Society, Washington,
DC, pp. 115-140. Dejours, P., 1988. Respiration in Water and Air. Adaptations - regulation - evolution. Elsevier, Amsterdam, New York,
Oxford. Kindig, C.A., Sexton, W.L., Fedde, M.R., Poole, D.C., 1998. Skeletal muscle microcirculatory structure and hemodynamics in diabetes.
Respir. Physiol. 111, 163-175. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology should be referred to as Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol.
Please note that the reference style in EndNote and RefMan which the journal uses is Comp. Biochem. Physiol.
Journal abbreviations source
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Supplementary
material
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Submission
checklist
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Editor for review. Please consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item.
Ensure that the following items are
present:
One Author designated as corresponding Author:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
• Telephone
and fax numbers
All necessary files have been uploaded
• Keywords
• All figure captions
• All tables (including
title, description, footnotes)
Further considerations
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•
References are in the correct format for this journal
• All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text,
and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Web)
•
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Submission Checklist
Submission
items (details are provided online in EES)
After entering the above information, you will be requested in a final step to
upload the appropriate submission items. The following files must be uploaded when submitting a manuscript (* indicates mandatory files):
- *Cover letter
- *Abstract
- *Manuscript
- *Rebuttal notes (for revised manuscripts only)
- Figure(s)
- Table(s)
- Permission note(s) (if applicable)
- Supplementary material (optional)
- Other
Cover Letter
Manuscripts submitted must be accompanied by a cover letter. It must state (a) that the work is original
in that it has not been published before or submitted for publication elsewhere, and will not be submitted elsewhere before a decision
has been taken as to its acceptability by Respir. Physiol. Neurobiol.; (b) that each author meets the criteria for authorship above and
assumes the corresponding responsibility.
Abstract
Upload a separate file containing the Abstract. (The Abstract must also
be part of the manuscript text file).
Use of the Digital Object Identifier
The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) may be used to cite and link to
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the initial electronic publication. The assigned DOI never changes. Therefore, it is an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly
'Articles in press' because they have not yet received their full bibliographic information. The correct format for citing a DOI is shown
as follows (example taken from a document in the journal
Physics Letters B):
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071
When
you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, they are guaranteed never to change.
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Offprints
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