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INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
| Reumatismo is the official Journal of the Italian
Society of Rheumatology (SIR). It publishes Abstracts and Proceedings
of Italian Congresses and original papers concerning rheumatology.
Reumatismo is published quarterly and is sent free of charge
to the Members of the SIR who regularly pay the annual fee.
Those who are not Members of the SIR as well as Corporations
and Institutions may also subscribe to the Journal. |
| Advice to contributors |
| The Journal publishes Original Articles on clinical
or experimental research, Case Reports, Short Reports, Letters
to the Editor, Editorial and Reviews. Original Articles may
concern rheumatology as well as other subjects not strictly
related to rheumatology, they must be on material never published
before. Case reports and short reports should describe a condition
whose characteristics may provide a contribution of general
interest. Letters to the Editor will refer to works already
published on the Journal or to topics regarded as interesting.
Editorials on selected subjects are accepted only on demand.
Reviews will deal with current problems of major interests.
As a rule, manuscripts should be divided into the following
parts: a) title in Italian, b) title in English, c) summary
in English, d) introduction, which should present the subject
and explain the aims of the work with references to the most
up-to-date literature, e) materials and methods, which should
inform with precision about the materials (clinical series,
etc.) investigated and which should describe the methods employed
by the Authors: f) results, g) discussion, which should include
the Authors' conclusions, h) acknowledgments, i) summary in
Italian, l) references. Manuscripts must be accompanied by a
cover letter indicating the type of article and with the statement
that it has not published and have not been submitted elsewhere.
Each author must sign the covering letter as evidence of consent
to publication. Articles express the Authors' opinion and do
not commit the Journal. The Journal holds the copyright of published
articles. No parts of this publication may be reproduced in
any form or by any means. The Editor will not be responsible
for loss or damage of the forwarded material. Every manuscript
will be given a code number which has to be used in the correspondence.
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| Instructions for the drafting of manuscripts |
| Manuscripts must be typewritten on one side of
the page, with double spacing and 3 cm margins. The original
and two clear and full photocopies of the manuscripts should
be submitted, along with four sets of figures and tables. Manuscripts
with single spacing and/or with excessive corrections will be
rejected. Copies on diskette are welcome. Any word processors
generated file is accepted, copied on a 3,52 MS-DOS or MacIntosh
formatted diskette. Every page of the manuscript must be numbered.
The first page should include: a) title of the paper, both in
Italian and in English, b) a running title, c) Authors' complete names, d) Institution
where the work was done; the name of the Chief of the Institution
should also be stated, e) a list of 3-5 key words in Italian
and in English, f) first name and surname, mailing address,
telephone, fax numbers as well as E-mail address of the corrisponding
Author, for the mailing of the proofs. The summary in English
must be on the second page; the summary in Italian at the end
of the paper, before the references. Original Articles must
not exceed 12 typewritten pages, tables and references excluded.
Case Reports and Short Reports must not be longer than 5 typewritten
pages, figures, tables and references included. Letters of the
Edition must not exceed 2 typewritten pages, references included.
Editorials should be limited within 1.000 words with 15-20 possible
references. The summary in Italian must be 100 words long and
will explain briefly the aim of the work, what was done and
the conclusion. The summary must be 250 words long and include
the following sections: Objective, Methods, Results, Conclusions.
References should include all of the references reported in
the next and be compiled numerically according to the order
of citation. The surname of the every Author should be quoted;
when there are more than six Authors, the first six names should
be followed by "et al.". The remaining of the references
should be ordered as follows: title of the article, name of
the journal abbreviated in accordance with the style of Index
Medicus, year, volume number, first and last page numbers, the
latter properly abbreviated (e.g., 1023-5 or 1023-31). Italics,
boldface and underlining should not be used, as well as capitalization
of entire words. For punctuation, editorials, letters, journal
supplements and abstracts, Authors should refer to the reported
examples. Unusual references should be conformed to the styles
that can be found in the article "The Vancouver Group.
Uniform for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals. JAMA
1993; 269; 2282-6". |
| References to medical periods |
| - Standard article Maddison PJ, Lee L, Reichlin
M, Sinclair A, Wasson C, Schemmer G. Anti p-57. A novel association
with neonatal lupus. Clin Exp Immunol 1995; 99: 42-8. - Article
in volume supplement Magni F, Rossoni G, Berti F. BN-52021 protects
guinea pig from heart anaphylaxis. Pharmacol Res Commun 1988;
Suppl. 5: 75-8. - Article in number supplement Gardos G, Cole
JO, Haskell D, Marby D, Paine SS, Moore P. The natural history
of tardive dyskinesia. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1988; 8 (4 Suppl):
31S-37S. |
| References to books and monographs |
| - With one or more Authors Colson JH, Armour WJ.
Sports injuries and their treatment. 2nd rev. ed. London: S.
Paul, 1986. - With Editor/s McCarty DJ, Koopman WJ. Arthritis
and allied conditions. A textbook of rheumatology. 12th ed Philadelphia,
London: Lea and Fabiger, 1993. - Chapter in book Sledge CB.
Biology of the joint. In: Kelley WN, Harris ED jr, Ruddy S,
Sledge CB, editors. Textbook of rheumatology, 3rd ed. Philadelphia:
Saunders, 1989: 1-21. - Proceedings Vivan CL, ed. Child abuse
and neglet. A medical community response. Proceedings of the
First AMA National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglet; 1984
Mar 30-31; Chicago, Chicago: American Medical Association, 1985.
References in the next should be given as number in brackets;
Authors cited in the text should have their names entirely quoted
if they are one or two; if they are more than two, only the
first one should be mentioned, followed by et al.; in such cases
the surname, or the two surnames, or et al should be followed
by the relative reference number. Authors are responsible for
the accuracy of their references. Tables should be clear, consistent
and necessary for the understanding of the manuscripts. Every
table, marked with Roman numerals, should be cited in the text
and have a short title; furthermore, its placing in the next
should be specified. Figures, accompanied by a short heading,
should be marked with Arabic numerals and have a precise indication
about their orientation and placing in the text. Tables and
figures should carry the title of the manuscripts as well as
the relative number on the back. To ensure a clear reproduction
of the figures, photocopies are not accepted; photographs and/or
slides be technically perfect. Authors should consider the effect
of possible reduction in size of photographs. Acknowledgments
should be placed altogether at the end of the manuscripts, and
begin with "The Authors acknowledge". |
| Manuscript acceptance |
| Manuscripts are accepted for publication according
to their scientific interest and their relevance to a Rheumatological
journal. They are accepted on unquestionable Editor's opinion
supported by a written evaluation by at least two anonymous
referees. |
| Proofs |
| Contributors are provided with proofs for correction.
The corrected proofs should be returned to the Editorial Office
by carrier within 5 days since their arrival. After this lapse
of time, proofs will be corrected officially. Corrections should
not modify the layout. |
| Address |
Typescripts and all other editorial material can be sent by ordinary mail or email to:
REUMATISMO
Cattedra e UOC di Reumatologia
Università di Padova
Via Giustiniani 2 - 35128 Padova
E-mail: redazione@reumatismo.org
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