Assessment of Skeletal Health
The Official Journal of The International Society for Clinical Densitometry



Guide for Authors

The Journal of Clinical Densitometry: Assessment of Skeletal Health is the official journal of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry. The Journal does not have page charges.

Manuscripts
Manuscripts must be submitted to the JCD website at http://ees.elsevier.com/jclindensitom. To expedite the review process, authors are encouraged to recommend 3 to 4 reviewers (names, e-mail address, and area of expertise).

Recommended reviewers will be used at the discretion of the Editor. 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 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, Acknowledgments, References, Figure Legends, and Tables.

Provide a running title of not more than 40 characters.

Text files should be submitted as Word files in the following order: Cover letter, Title page, Revisions to paper (re-submissions only), Manuscript, Tables, and Figures. Figures must be submitted in separate files, not embedded in the manuscript.

Guidelines for Revisions
All revisions must include, in detail, answers to all of the requests from all of the reviewers. The format must include typing the reviewer?s question first, answering the question, second, and explaining where the revision can be found in the body of the paper. Please make sure that this list is placed before the revised manuscript. The revised paper must have the revisions highlighted in the body of the paper. Changes to tables and figures must also be highlighted.

Blind Peer Review
JCD is a double-blind peer review journal. All material that is submitted for review must have all personal information and acknowledgments to other individuals or institutions removed from the original article.

Copyright
All authors submitting manuscripts to the JCD will be required to sign a copyright transfer agreement upon acceptance for publication.

Abstracts
Abstracts should be a single paragraph of 100 to 200 words. Abbreviations and reference citations should be avoided.

Index Entries
Include 3 to 6 index entries/key words.

Artwork
Number figures consecutively with Arabic numerals. All figures must be cited in text; figures will be placed as close as possible to the first text callout.

Include figure captions on a separate, numbered manuscript page. 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 the editorial office or Publisher.

Color artwork will be published in color in the online version of the Journal at no charge; authors are responsible for the costs of color reproduction in print if desired.

Acceptable file formats for artwork are EPS and TIFF. Line art should be no less than 1200 dpi; halftone scans should be at least 300 dpi.

Tables
Type tables 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 the text; personal acknowledgments should precede those of institutions or agencies. To maintain anonymity for review, please do not include acknowledgments on the original submission. They can be added at a later date if the material is accepted for publication.

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.

Personal communications should be listed in the text of the manuscript and should not be included in the reference list.

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. Humana Press, New Jersey.

Web site:
5. ISCD. Osteoporosis management monographs. Available at: http://www.iscd.org/visitors/publications/bonemonographs.cfm?fromresources=7. Accessed October 30, 2006.

Guide for Reviewers
Papers must be reviewed and sent back to the editorial office no later than 3 weeks from the date of accepting the review. The online editorial managing system automatically reminds reviewers of late reviews and deletes a reviewer from the process if the review is not finished in a timely manner. A detailed description of requests of revisions for the author must be included.



Updated July 2009