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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DENSITOMETRY®
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Assessment of Skeletal Health
The Official Journal of The International Society for Clinical Densitometry
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Guide for Authors
We recommend that all manuscripts be submitted online at  http://ees.elsevier.com/jclindensitom . If the manuscript must
be submitted in print, then
to: submit manuscripts prepared as outlined below to the Editor-in-Chief:
Paul D. Miller, MD, CCD, Journal
of Clinical Densitometry,
Colorado Center for Bone Research,
3190 S.Wadsworth Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80227;
Tel: 303-838-7868,
Fax: 303-679-0891; E-mail: lmillerjcd@aol.com
Manuscripts
One original plus three copies of all manuscripts
should be mailed to the Editor. To expedite
the review process, authors are encouraged
to recommend 3.5 reviewers (names,
email address,
and area of expertise to please
be provided). Recommended reviewers will be
used at the discretion of the Editor. Faxes of
manuscripts
will not be accepted. All human
and animal experiments must be approved by
an institutional review committee at the institution
from
which the study is submitted.
Type manuscript in English, giving full first
and last names and full affiliations for all
authors.
Provide address and phone, fax, and
E-mail numbers for the corresponding author.
Type manuscript double-spaced on one side
of consecutively
numbered pages with 1- to
1½-inch margins.
Subdivide manuscripts into the following
sequence of sections: Title page, Abstract
and Key words, Introduction, Materials and
Methods, Results, Discussion, Figures,
Acknowledgments, and References.
Please follow the
blinded peer review instructions
on http://ees.elsevier.com/jclindensitom
Provide a running title of not more than
40
characters.
Include all figures and tables.
Computer Disks
We recommend that all manuscripts be submitted
online
at http://ees.elsevier.com/jclindensitom .
If the manuscript must be submitted
in print, then follow these instructions
and send
to editorial office. Once your manuscript has
been accepted, be sure to include an electronic
version in a Macintosh format,
preferably in a
Microsoft Word document. PC-prepared disks
are also acceptable. Manuscripts and electronic
versions must match. Revised
electronic versions
cannot be submitted without a corresponding
reprinted manuscript.
Copyright
All manuscripts submitted
must be
accompanied by a signed copyright transfer
agreement.
Abstracts
Abstracts should be a single paragraph of
100-200
words. Abbreviations and
reference citations should be avoided.
Index Entries
Include 3-6 index entries/key words.
Artwork
Number figures consecutively with Arabic
numerals, callouts (if any) should be cap letters.
All figures must be cited in text;
figures
will be placed as close as possible to
the first text citation.
Include figure captions on a separate, numbered
manuscript sheet.
Define all symbols
and abbreviations used in the
figure. All illustrations, including chemical
structures, must be provided in professional
quality, finished form ready for direct reproduction
without revision by us.
Color art cannot be accepted unless the
author is willing
to assume the additional
production costs involved; quotes given on
request.
Photographs should be glossy prints of
high quality and
with strong contrasts to withstand
some reduction. Please indicate the
magnification by a rule on the photograph.
Additional specifications
apply regarding
Computer Graphics and Color Art.
If your submission includes Computer
Graphics, acceptable software formats are:
File
formats are as follows: EPS (Encapsulated
Postscript), TIFF, and those native software formats
listed above. dpi specifications: line
art
should be no less than 1200 dpi; halftone
scans should be 300 dpi. Please submit
electronic artwork on 3.5" floppy disks, 100 mb
Zip disks, CDR, or DVD. A printed copy of all
electronic artwork must accompany the disk if
submitting by mail.
Only figures will
be returned in the case of
rejected manuscripts.
Tables
Type on separate pages.
Number consecutively with Arabic numerals
in order of mention in the text. Provide titles
for all tables. Footnotes to tables indicated by
lower case letters are acceptable, but
they
should not include extensive experimental
detail.
Acknowledgments
These should be included at the end of text;
personal
acknowledgments should precede
those of institutions or agencies.
References
Cite in the text by italic Arabic numerals
in
parentheses, set on the text line. List at the
end of the paper in consecutive order.
Manuscripts in preparation or submitted,
but
not yet accepted, may be cited in the text, but
should not be included in the list of references.
Please list all authors when
there are six or
fewer; when seven or more, list only the first
three and add "et al."
Follow style indicated below:
Journal
articles and abstracts:
1. Binoux M, Hossenlopp P. 1986 Insulinlike
growth factor (IGF) and IGF-binding proteins:
comparison
of human serum and lymph. J Clin
Endocrinol Metab. 67:509.514.
2. MacLaughlin DT, Cigarros F, Donahoe PK.
1988 Mechanisms of action
of Mullerian
inhibiting substance. Proc 70th Meeting of
the Endocrine Society, New Orleans, LA,
1988, p19.
Chapter in book:
3. Rosen CJ. 1996 Biochemical Markers of
Bone Turnover. In: Osteoporosis Diagnostic
and Therapeutic Principles. Rosen CJ, ed.
Humana
Press, New Jersey, 129.141.
Books:
4. Rosen CJ, ed. 1996 Osteoporosis:
diagnostic and therapeutic principles.
New Jersey:
Humana Press.
DXA Nomenclature
DXA, not DEXA
T-score, not T score, t-score, or t score
Z-score, not Z score, z-score,
or z score
DXA Decimal Digits
BMD: 3 digits (e.g., 0.927 g/cm2)
T-score: 1 digit (e.g., .2.3)
Z-score:
1 digit (e.g., 1.7)
BMC: 2 digits (e.g., 31.76 g)
Area: 2 digits (e.g., 43.25 cm2)
% Reference Database: Integer
(e.g., 82%)
Policy Concerning Availability of
Materials
It is understood that by publishing a paper in
the Journal
of Clinical Densitometry, Assessment of Skeletal Health, authors
agree to make available to
colleagues in academic research any
of the
cells, nucleic acids, antibodies, and so on
that were used in the research reported that
are not available from commercial suppliers.
Reprints, except special orders of 100 or
more, are available form the authors.
Inquiries for 100 or more reprints may be
directed to
Reprint Department, Elsevier Inc.,
360 Park Avenue South, New York 10010-
1710. Fax (212) 633-3820. E-mail: reprints@elsevier.com.
Page Charges
It is ISCD's policy that articles accepted for publication will incur page charges of $90.00 per printed
page. ISCD will invoice for page charges following publication of the article.
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