History of Anaesthesia
Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on the History of Anaesthesia
Author Guidelines
The Editors of the 7th ISHA are pleased to consider full manuscripts of the presentations during the 7th ISHA spanning the social, cultural, and scientific aspects of the History of Anaesthesia. The material must be based on research in primary sources that allow the authors to make interpretations and to place the story in a historical context.
Editor-in-chief
Helen Askitopoulou
Editorial Board
Elsa Astyrakaki
Marie-Thérèse Cousin
Kathryn McGoldrick
Joseph Ruprecht
Rod Westhorpe
General Editorial Policies
Authorship
All listed authors must have participated in the design, execution, and/or analysis of the work presented and attest to the accuracy and validity of the contents. All persons or organizations involved in the work must be listed as authors or acknowledged.
The order of authorship should be a joint decision of the co-authors.
Authorship credit should be based only on substantial contributions to the manuscript to take public responsibility for the content.
Attributing authorship to those who have not contributed intellectually is not acceptable. For example, it is unacceptable to include senior members of a research group, chairs of academic departments, or representatives of the commercial sponsor, if they do not meet the above requirements.
It is similarly unacceptable to exclude individuals who meet the requirements for authorship. For example, scientists from a sponsoring company who are involved in the study design, execution of the study, data analysis, and preparation of the manuscript should be co-authors of the paper, with appropriate disclosure.
Manuscripts are received with the understanding that they have been written by the authors; ghost-written papers are unacceptable.
Cover Letter
At the time of submission, the corresponding author must provide a signed Cover Letter indicating that
- all authors agree to the contents of the submitted paper
- neither of the manuscript or any significant part of it is under consideration for publication elsewhere nor will be published elsewhere in the same form without the written consent of the publisher
- all persons listed as authors have contributed to preparing the manuscript and that no person or persons other than the authors listed have contributed significantly to its preparation
- all authors transfer the copyright of the articles to the publisher.
A copyright transfer letter, containing the signatures of ALL authors, will be required prior to the publication of accepted manuscripts.
Acknowledgment. Manuscript receipt will be acknowledged via email as soon as possible following arrival.
Conflict of Interest
Authors are responsible for informing the editors of any institutional or organizational funding they have received for research related to the subject of the article.
Submissions should be addressed to:
Professor Helen Askitopoulou
Department of Anaesthesiology
University Hospital of Heraklion
Stavrakia, Heraklion 71 111, Crete, GREECE
Tel. Secretariat +30-2810 392-414
Tel. Personal +30-2810 392-413
Fax +30-2810 392 409
e-mail: askitop@her.forthnet.gr
Peer Review
Manuscripts will be reviewed to determine validity, significance, and originality by the Editor-in-Chief and at least one Editor. External review may be used as deemed appropriate. Papers submitted with one of the Editorial Board members as an author will automatically be sent out for an additional external review. Authors will be advised within 10 weeks of receipt regarding the decision reached. Delays are sometimes unavoidable; authors will be contacted when these occur.
Once accepted for publication, the manuscript will be subedited by an Editor; this usually involves some alterations to clarify points and maintain house style. Rather than be excessively prescriptive, the Editorial team tries to be as helpful as possible at this stage - with the aim of improving your paper and its readability. The article is then sent to the publishers who will send a set of proofs to the author, Editor and finally the Editor-in-Chief. Changes by the authors at proof stage should be kept to a minimum.
Manuscript Preparation
Formatting of Text
- Type all manuscripts with double line spacing and aligned left, including references, and figure legends.
- Use the Times New Roman 12-point font/size.
- Files to be in Microsoft Word.
- Margins should be at least 2.5 cm (1 in) all around.
- Number pages consecutively beginning with the title page.
- Indent each new paragraph.
- Spelling should follow The Oxford dictionary for writers and editors: briefly this means British English spelling: but “ise” not “ize”, where both spellings are in use.
- For quotations within the text double quotation marks should be used and italics.
- Dates should be in the form "17 April 1898."
- Spaces not full stops to be used after initials and Dr Mrs or Ms, so that names appear thus: Ms C M Tonson-Rye.
- Do not use lower-case 'l' (el) for '1' (one) or 'O'(oh) for '0' (zero); they have different typesetting values.
Manuscripts that do not meet these conditions (e.g., double-sided, single-spaced, small fonts, narrow margins) are extremely hard to edit and hence may be returned to the authors for reformatting.
Content and style of manuscripts
A manuscript will have the following sections in the following order, each section starting on a new page:
TITLE PAGE (PAGE 1).
All submitted materials require a Title Page in a separate page with the following materials.
- Title (ideally < 120 characters). The title may differ slightly from the original presented paper during the meeting, if it is considered appropriate.
- Names of Authors: First name, middle initial, and last name of each author, with their highest academic ranks and institutional affiliations (i.e., all departments and institutions from which the manuscript originated).
- Name, mailing address, phone and fax numbers, and email address of the corresponding author.
- Acknowledgement of grants, sponsors, and funding sources that provided direct financial support to the research work contained in the manuscript.
- An abbreviated title (running head) that states the essence of the article (< 50 characters)
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ABSTRACT
An abstract of between 200 and 300 words should be included |
TEXT
The text of the manuscript should preferably not exceed 10,000 words including notes and references, or be less than 1000 words.
Start the text on a new page. Arrange the text into four parts:
- Introduction (new page). No heading is required for this section. The Introduction should give a concise account of the subject's background and the rationale for the study. Previously published work should only be quoted if it has a direct bearing on the present study. The Introduction should clearly and explicitly state the aims of the project and include the methodology used. The introduction should typically be @ 500 words.
- Divide the text with headings in bold and sub-headings in italics. Preferably do not use methods, results and discussion sections.
- A summary emphasizing new and important aspects of the study's conclusions. Ensure that all conclusions are justified by the results of the study. Identify the implications of the findings and their limitations, including implications for future research. Look at the pros and cons of the methods and results. Compare the implications and limitations of these findings with those reported in other essential studies. State new hypotheses when warranted, but clearly label them as such. Recommendations, where appropriate, may be included.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors should acknowledge those who have made substantial contributions to the study or preparation of the manuscript but whose contributions do not fulfill the requirements for authorship.
Sources of funding and potential conflicts of interest should be given here.
Acknowledgments should appear just before the references. |
REFERENCES (new page)
- The reference list appears immediately after the text and Acknowledgments.
- There are no strict limits to the number of references.
- Number references sequentially in the order they appear in the text. Type reference numbers as superscripts.
- References cited for the first time in Tables or Figures should be numbered in the sequence established by the first mention of the particular Table/Figure in the text.
- Double-space between all lines of each reference and between references.
- Use abbreviated titles of the medical journals as they appear in Index Medicus
(see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html).
- Verify all references against the original documents or Medline. (http://www.pubmed.gov)
- Include only references publicly available and verified by the authors and against the original documents. If the reference is not publicly available, refer to the material in a footnote within the text.
- Abstracts are acceptable as references only if published within the previous 3 years in an indexed journal. Abstracts, editorials, and letters used as references should be identified as such. Unpublished observations, personal communications and abstracts published only in proceedings of meetings should be quoted within the text of the manuscript, in parentheses.
- Internet sites may be quoted as references by listing them in the normal way in the text (using Arabic numerals) and in the References section. Please include the date accessed in parentheses.
- Manuscripts in preparation or submitted for publication are never acceptable as references. If you cite accepted manuscripts "in press" as references, please provide a copy, which should be sent by e-mail attachment to the editor, along with the title and corresponding author of the submitted manuscript.
- For each citation, include names of all authors, do not use "et al." Do not use periods after authors' initials. Provide inclusive page numbers for journal articles (first and last page number, not just the first) and specific page citations for books. Style references according to "International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals." N Engl J Med 1997; 336:309-15.
Examples:
- Standard journal article: Author AB, Author CD. Title of paper. Journal Title Written Out in Full in Italics 1999; 12: 123-4.
- Books/monographs: Author AB. Book Title, 5th edn. Place: Publisher, 2000:115-25, 209-301.
- Book chapter: Author AB, Author CD, Author EF, et al. Seven or more authors - Chapter title. In: Editor GH, Editor IJ, eds. Title of Book. Place: Publisher, 1998: 345-67.
- Published proceedings paper:
- Author(s) of website. www.URL.co.uk (accessed 01/01/2004).
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TABLES
- Number tables consecutively in order of appearance with Arabic numerals (Table 1, etc.).
- Each Table should be on a separate page and 1.5-spaced, in the same file as the text, but after the References not in the middle of the text.
- Do not submit tables as photographs or pasted images. Tables must be submitted as text.
- Each Table should have a brief legend immediately above it; the legend should provide enough information for readers to follow it without having to look through the text. Abbreviations should not be mentioned in the legend without explanation. Abbreviations used in the body of the Table should be explained as footnotes in the order in which they are first mentioned, using the following symbols (nb not superscript) in the following order: *, , , §, ¶, **, , etc.
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APPENDICES
- Number each appendix and place after the tables and before the figure legends.
- Appendices should continue the same page number sequence as the body of the article. Each appendix must be cited within the text, in consecutive order.
- If there are more than one appendices, start each on a new page.
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LEGENDS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS ("Figures")
- Supply a legend for each figure; all legends should be grouped on a single page or series of pages separate from the figures. Place the legend pages at the end of the manuscript, immediately preceding the figures themselves.
- Legends should be sufficiently informative without reference to the text. In the legend, identify and define all abbreviations, symbols, arrows, and illustration parts.
- Number figures consecutively in Arabic numerals.
- Abbreviate 'Figure' to 'Fig.' and 'Figures' to 'Figs' except when starting a sentence.
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ILLUSTRATIONS ("Figures")
- The figures must be cited in the text sequentially according to their first appearance in the text.
- Figures must be clearly labelled. If a single figure contains more than one part, each part must be identified alphabetically (e.g., Figure 3A, Figure 3B, etc.).
- Indicate where illustrations, graphs, and tables should appear by writing “table/plates/figure 1 [etc.] near here”.
- Design figures and illustrations with their published size in mind i.e., 1 or 2 columns wide. Large figures will be reduced.
- Supply each Figure as a separate file rather than embed them within the body of the Word document.
- Illustrations must be of high quality. Preferably in TIFF or high-resolution JPEG format. We ask that they are both supplied at a resolution of 300 dots per inch for photographs and 600 dots per inch for line art or a combination of photograph and labelling.
- Photographs downloaded from the internet will not be accepted unless they fulfill the above requirements.
- Please ensure related graphs have the same format (fonts, use of symbols, etc). The same requirements for abbreviations and units apply as for those in the text. Plot frames, gridlines and legends within the graph itself should be removed.
- Colour figures cannot be published.
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PERMISSIONS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND FIGURES
- Illustrations, tables, or lengthy quotations taken from published sources must be acknowledged with a full bibliographic citation.
- Written permission must be obtained from the author and publisher if any figure or table from a previously published document is used, even if the document is by the authors of the submitted paper.
- Permission is not required for documents in the public domain.
- Information on permissions contacts for a number of main galleries and museums can also be provided.
- The author's and publisher's permission to reprint must be submitted together with the manuscript for review. Permission to reproduce copyright material, for print and online publication in perpetuity, must be cleared and if necessary paid for by the author. Evidence in writing that such permissions have been secured from the rights-holder must be made available to the editors. It is also the author's responsibility to include acknowledgements as stipulated by the particular institutions.
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Additional Information Units of Measurement
- Use metric units. The units for pressures are mmHg or cmH2O. Diagonal slashes are acceptable for simple units, e.g., mg/kg; when more than two items are present, negative exponents should be used, i.e., ml · kg-1 · min-1 instead of ml/kg/min.
- Numbers should be spelled out in full when they start a sentence, and when they are less than 10 (unless they are followed by units of measurement). Thus 'Thirteen days later, five patients each received 7 ml solution...'
- Commas are not used to indicate thousands; thus 2000 and 20 000 instead of 2,000 and 20,000.
Abbreviations
Define all abbreviations except those approved by the International System of Units for length, mass, time, electric current, temperature, luminous intensity, and amount of substance.
Do not create new abbreviations for drugs, procedures, experimental groups, etc.
Cover Letter and Check List
To:
Professor Helen Askitopoulou
Department of Anaesthesiology
University Hospital of Heraklion
Stavrakia, Heraklion 71 111, Crete, GREECE
e-mail: askitop@her.forthnet.gr
Re: (Title of Manuscript):
Dear Professor Askitopoulou,
On behalf of my co-authors, I am submitting the enclosed material for possible publication in the Book of Proceedings of the 7th ISHA. It has not been submitted for publication nor has it been published in whole or in part elsewhere. I attest to the fact that all authors listed on the title page have read the manuscript, attest to the validity and legitimacy of the data and its interpretation, and agree to its submission to Anesthesiology.
Possible conflicts of interest, sources of financial support, corporate involvement, etc. for each author are disclosed in an accompanying letter.
Copyright transfer and the signatures of all authors will be requested prior to publication of accepted manuscripts.
Signature and date
Author Guidelines Checklist
Before submitting your manuscript please check that you have:
- Included the names of all authors, and each of their positions and institutions, in the title page (manuscripts).
- Checked the spelling and formatting of all authors' names.
- Specified exactly how authors would like their names cited if the author name does not conform with the following format: First name; then Surname.
- Ensured the full postal address for the corresponding author is provided.
- Formatted the text files in either .doc, .docx or .rtf format.
- Included all the Tables and Figure legends in the main text file, not as separate files.
- Submitted separate figure files in either .pdf, .jpg, .tif format (maximum size: 10MB).
- Completed and attached the author declaration electronically as a separate file in either .doc, .pdf or .jpg format; no signature is required.
- Attached any other files in the following formats: .doc, .rtf, .pdf, .jpg, .tif.
- Please do not attach files in .bmp, .docm, .rar or .eps format - these files will be filtered and/or rendered unreadable.
Publishers
Crete University Press
The Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on the History of Anaesthesia will be published by Crete University Press, and will be available on request after March 2010 from www.cup.gr.
Author guidelines will be available also on the Symposium website: www.isha2009.com until the end of 2009.
Papers accepted for publication require an Exclusive Licence Form to be signed and returned to the Publishers before they can be published.
PROOFS
These should be corrected and returned to the publisher within 48h of receipt.
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