Guide for Authors
Artery Research is the official journal of the Association for Research into Arterial
Structure and Physiology, and promotes the advancement of knowledge and dissemination of information concerning the pathophysiology,
epidemiology, detection, investigation and treatment of arterial structure and function.
The journal publishes original articles,
review articles, case-studies, Letters to the Editor, short communications and images.
All submitted material is subject to a strict
peer-review process.
Types of Manuscript
Original Articles should report original
clinical studies or research not previously published or being considered for publication elsewhere. Work in Progress may also be submitted.
See below for the standard layout. Submission of a manuscript to this journal gives the publisher the right to publish that paper if
it is accepted. Manuscripts may be edited to improve clarity and expression.
Review articles, including institutional reviews
of recent developments are welcome, and will undergo peer review. Reviews should have an abstract of up to 250 words.
Letters
to the Editor. Readers are encouraged to write about any topic that relates to arterial structure and function. Letters should be
no longer than 500 words and may include discussions on material previously printed in the Journal.
Case Presentations will
be considered if formatted as a research letter with 2 figures maximum. Maximum length is up to 1000 words with up to 6 references and
2 tables or figures. There should be no Abstract and no headings.
How-to-do-it articles should be a description of a useful
technique and contain descriptive, illustrative material. These articles are limited to a total of 2500 words including title page, abstract,
text, references and figure legends. For each illustration subtract 100 words and for each table subtract 300 words from the word limit.
References are limited to 10.
Short Communications should not exceed 1000 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.
Relevant images with short description are limited to 350 words including title and text and to two, possibly
three figures. The entire contribution must fit on one printed page of the journal.
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.
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 including electronically in the same form, in English or in any
other language, without the written consent of the copyright-holder.
Changes to authorship
This
policy concerns the addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship of accepted manuscripts:
Before the
accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Requests to add or remove an author, or to rearrange the author names, must
be sent to the Journal Manager from the corresponding author of the accepted manuscript and must include: (a) the reason the name should
be added or removed, or the author names rearranged and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, fax, letter) from all authors that they agree
with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of addition or removal of authors, this includes confirmation from the author
being added or removed. Requests that are not sent by the corresponding author will be forwarded by the Journal Manager to the corresponding
author, who must follow the procedure as described above. Note that: (1) Journal Managers will inform the Journal Editors of any such
requests and (2) publication of the accepted manuscript in an online issue is suspended until authorship has been agreed.
After
the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Any requests to add, delete, or rearrange author names in an article published
in an online issue will follow the same policies as noted above and result in a corrigendum.
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 article 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://webshop.elsevier.com/languageservices
or our customer support site at
http://support.elsevier.com
for more information.
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.
Submission Address
Artery Research uses an online submission and review system. Authors can upload
their article via the Elsevier Editorial System at :
http://ees.elsevier.com/artres.
Layout of Manuscript
Divide the manuscript into the following sections: Title page, Structured Abstract, Introduction,
Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, References, Tables, Figures and legends. The Editors will consider the use of other sections
if more suitable for certain manuscripts.
Style
Use only a limited number of essential abbreviations
which should always be defined at first use in the text. Headlines and Subheadlines should be liberally employed in the Methods, Results,
and Discussion sections. Use short paragraphs whenever possible. Clarity of expression, good syntax and the avoidance of medical jargon
will be appreciated by the editors, reviewers and readers.
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. Contact details must be kept up to date by the corresponding author.
•
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
The
Structured Abstract, of no more than 250 words, should be written with particular care since this will be the only part of the
article studied by some readers. The preferred subheadings are: Background, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
Introduction,
Methods, Result, Discussion
The
Introduction should be brief and set out the purposes for which the study has been
performed along with relevant previous studies only where essential.
The
Methods should be sufficiently detailed so that
readers and reviewers can understand precisely what has been done without studying the references directly. The description may be abbreviated
when well accepted techniques are used.
The
Results should be presented precisely. Keep discussion of their importance to
a minimum in this section of the manuscript.
The
Discussion should directly relate to the study being reported. Do not include
a general review of the topic.
Tables and Figures
Tables should be typed with double
spacing and each should be on a separate sheet. They should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, and contain only horizontal
lines. Provide a short descriptive heading above each table with footnotes and/or explanations underneath.
Figures should ideally
be submitted in high-resolution TIF format, or alternatively in GIF, JPEG/JPG, or EPS format. The figures should be placed in separate
files, named purely with the figure numbers (e.g. "Figure1.tif".) The cost of colour figures will be paid by the author.
Legends
Legends for Figures should be typed with double-spacing on a separate sheet.
Gene
Accession Numbers
For each and every gene accession number cited in an article, authors should type the accession number
in bold, underlined text. Letters in the accession number should always be capitalised. Example: (GenBank accession nos.
AI631510
,
AI631511
,
AI632198
, and
BF223228
), a B-cell tumor from a chronic lymphatic leukemia (GenBank
accession no.
BE675048
), and a T-cell lymphoma (GenBank accession no.
AA361117
).
References
References
should be numbered consecutively (with brackets) as they appear in the text. Type the reference list with double spacing on a separate
sheet. References should accord with the system used in Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (N Engl
J Med 1991; 324: 424-428). Examples:
[1] De Soyza N, Thenabadu PN, Murphy ML, Kane JJ, Doherty JE. Ventricular arrhythmia before
and after aortocoronary bypass surgery. Int J Cardiol 1981; 1:123-130.
[2] Akutsu T. Artificial heart: total replacement and partial
support. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland, 1975.
[3] Goldman RH. Digitalis toxicity. In: Bristow MR, editors. Drug-induced heart
disease. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland, 1980:217-40.
Please note that all authors should be listed when six or less; when seven
or more, list only the first six and add et al. Do not include references to personal communications, unpublished data or manuscripts
either "in preparation" or "submitted for publication". If essential, such material may be incorporated into the appropriate place in
the text. Recheck references in the text against reference list after your manuscript has been revised.
Language
The
language of the Journal is English (British)
Preparation of Supplementary Data
The journal
accepts electronic 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.
Referees
Names and
addresses of 3 suggested referees must be included with the submission.
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.
• Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version.
•
Submit each figure as a separate file.
A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website:
http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts from the detailed information are given here.
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.
If your electronic artwork is created in a Microsoft Office application (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
then please supply 'as is'.
Please do not:
• Supply files that are optimised for screen use (e.g., 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.
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.
Submission checklist
The following
list will be useful during the final checking of an article prior to sending it to the journal for review. Please consult this Guide
for Authors for further details of any item.
Ensure that the following items are present:
One author has been designated
as the corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
• Telephone and fax
numbers
All necessary files have been uploaded, and contain:
• Keywords
• All figure captions
• All tables
(including title, description, footnotes)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been 'spell-checked' and 'grammar-checked'
• 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)
• Color figures are clearly marked as being intended for color reproduction on the Web (free of charge) and in print, or
to be reproduced in color on the Web (free of charge) and in black-and-white in print
• If only color on the Web is required,
black-and-white versions of the figures are also supplied for printing purposes
For any further information please visit our customer
support site at
http://support.elsevier.com.
Use of the Digital Object Identifier
The Digital Object Identifier
(DOI) may be used to cite and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric character string which is assigned
to a document by the publisher upon 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.2010.09.059
When you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, the DOIs are guaranteed never to change.
Proofs
Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author to be carefully checked for printer's errors.
Changes or additions to the edited manuscript cannot be allowed at this stage. Corrected proofs should be returned to the publisher within
2 days of receipt.
Page Charges will not be made.
Offprints
The corresponding
author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail. The PDF file is a watermarked version of the published
article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use.
For inquiries relating to the submission of articles (including electronic submission) please
visit this journal's homepage. Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating to proofs,
will be provided by the publisher. You can track accepted articles at
http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle. You can also
check our Author FAQs (
http://www.elsevier.com/authorFAQ) and/or contact Customer Support via
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