Guidelines for authors

Format: Microsoft Word 2007

Title

The title should be concise and informative.

Author information

•   The name(s) of the author(s)
•   The affiliation(s) of the author(s), i.e. institution, (department), city, (state), country
•   A clear indication and an active e-mail address of the corresponding author
•   If available, the 16-digit ORCID of the author(s)

If address information is provided with the affiliation(s) it will also be published.

For authors that are (temporarily) unaffiliated we will only capture their city and country of residence, not their e-mail address unless specifically requested.

Abstract

Please provide an abstract of 150 to 250 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

Keywords

Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

Statements and Declarations

The following statements should be included under the heading "Statements and Declarations" for inclusion in the published paper. Please note that submissions that do not include relevant declarations will be returned as incomplete.

•   Competing Interests: Authors are required to disclose financial or non-financial interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. Please refer to “Competing Interests and Funding” below for more information on how to complete this section.
•   The affiliation(s) of the author(s), i.e. institution, (department), city, (state), country
•   Conflict of Interest Applicable if any
•   Author Contributions Applicable of 2+ authors

Article Types

We are currently accepting the below article categories

1. Editorial
2. Commentary
3. Original Article
4. Review article
5. Systemic review
6. Case reports
7. Technical Notes
8. Images
9. Letter to the Editor
10. Points of View
11. Lessons
12. From distant places
13. Research Letters
14. Perspective
15. Interactive Medical Case
16. Correspondence
17. Clinical Implications of Basic Research
18. Art in the Ward

Types of Papers

• Editorials and Commentaries dealing with subjects of general informative interest are published upon special request by the Editorial Board. They should not exceed 7000 types, not be signed by more than 5 authors, not include more than 1 illustration and references should be limited to 10.
• Review articles are papers by recognized authorities on special topics of general interest. Reviews should not exceed 30 000 types, not be signed by more than 5 authors, not include more than 4-6 illustrations and references should be limited to 70.
• Original articles should present original observations, or observations deriving from a relevant experience in a specific field. The text should be divided into the following sections: Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusions. Original articles normally should not exceed 25 000 types, not include more than 4-6 illustrations and references should be limited to 50. In the case of the single center study the authorship should not exceed the total number of 8 authors. In the case of multicenter study, there is no limit in the number of authors provided that each author explicitly describes his role in the study; members who don’t have an active role in the study, should be listed in an appendix at the end of the paper as participating investigators or collaborators to be indexed. Papers will not be reviewed if this information is not include in the original submission
• Technical notes include description of an original surgical technique and its application on one or a small number of cases. Follow-up and outcome need to be clearly stated. Abstracts do not need to be structured, they should not exceed 6500 types, not be signed by more than 4 authors, 4 illustrations and up to 10 references.
• Letters to the Editors are published in the Correspondence section. They must not exceed 4000 types (and 5 references) with one table or figure and without abstracts, and not be signed by more than 3 authors. They should be addressed to the Editors-in-Chief. Submitted letters will be subject to shortening and editorial revision.
• Case Reports Case reports and case studies should give significant insights on the medical studies in their relevant fieds. Case reports should not be a “me too paper” describing conditions already well known, albeit exceptional, nor being the description of a “curious case”; they should not merely describe a new mutation or the involvement of a new microorganism or a by chance association. A case report should not exceed 1500 words, may include up to 5 authors, 3 illustrations and 15 references. The manuscript should include Abstract (and up to 4 keywords), Introduction, Case report, Discussion, References and Legends, Ethical disclosures.
• Images in Relevant Field (Based on the specialty) We can accept the article with images and the article should contains 4 to 6 images and captions and which should not be presented earlier.
• Points of view are invited short papers presenting the opinion of experts on various topics. Points of view may be signed by up to 4 authors, and include up to 2 tables or figures; abstracts and keywords are required. References should be limited to 20.
• Lessons: Report of challenging or unusual cases, whose understanding may be of wider interest for the relevant field. They should be proposed in form of case report, followed by a discussion entitled “Lessons” . No abstract is needed, the case should be resumed in maximum 400 words and the discussion encompass up to 900 words. Up to 3 between tables and figures and 9 references are allowed. Further data or reference may be added in supplemental material.
• From distant places is a new section welcoming commentaries and short reports on Nephrology issues and barriers in the developing Countries. Contribution should not exceed 1000 words, require an abstract, may include one illustration or one table; references should be limited to 8.
• Research letters carry new messages that are still preliminary in their form or are waiting for validation on a larger scale. Protocols of new studies might also be proposed in this form. No abstract is needed, the letter should not exceed 800 words, 1 illustrations and 5 references.

Permissions

Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACTS Submit with your manuscript a graphical abstract (GA) figure (drawing, structure, or reaction scheme), preferably in color, to use in the Table of Contents and in the Abstract section on the title page of the article. Cover art is often chosen from graphical abstract figures.

The figure should be in one of the following file types: .tiff, .eps, .jpg, .bmp, .doc, or .pdf. It should be 8 cm (3.15 inches) wide x 4 cm (1.57 inches) high when printed at full scale (100%), and should have high quality image and text. Please insure that the illustration maintains this aspect ratio and is still informative upon reduction.

Please supply the GA figure at 100% using the following specifications/sizes:

For .tiff:

300 dpi – halftone

600 dpi - with text

600 dpi - combine halftone and text (embedded text)

1200 dpi - bitmap (pure text and lines (b/w))

For .eps:

300/600/1200 dpi - combine embedded images and vector objects

For "rastered" images (.pdf, .doc, .bmp, .jpg), the resolution should be at least 300 dpi.

Text Formatting

• Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 12-point Times Roman) for text.
• Use italics for emphasis.
• Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
• Do not use field functions.
• Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
• Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
• Save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).

Headings

Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the references. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.

References

The references should follow the VANCOUVER style

Vancouver In-Text Citations

Vancouver in-text citations use numbers, placed next to the name of the author or study to which they refer, within parentheses (e.g., [1], [2,3], [4-6]). Each cited work should be assigned a unique number based on the order of citation. If the same work is cited more than once, the same citation number should be used each time.

In-text Citation Example

Diamond [1] states that the historical discrepancies between peoples are due to the ‘differences among peoples’ environments, not because of the biological differences among the peoples themselves’ [2].

Vancouver Reference List

Vancouver references are numbered and listed in the order of citation.

1. Diamond J. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York City: W.W. Norton; 1997.
2. Rand A. The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers. New York City: Plume; 2000.
3. Ishiguro K. Never Let Me Go. London: Faber & Faber; 2005.

Formatting the References

Elements of a Vancouver reference list:

Author Names

Titles of Cited Works

Publication Information

In addition, all sources must be numbered and listed in the order of citation.

Reference List

Vancouver Website
[Last Name] [First Initial]. [Page Title]. Available from: [URL] [Accessed [Accessed Date]].
Kim A. The History and Big Business of Academic Publishing. Available from: https://medium.com/wordviceediting/the-history-and-big-business-of-academic-publishing90a23bb7cc4c [Accessed 25th January 2021].

Vancouver Journal Article (Print)
[Last Name] [First Initial]. [Article Title]. [Journal Name]. [Year Published]; [Volume]([Issue]): [Entire Page Range of Article].

Encarnación-Pinedo E. On Webbed Monsters, Revolutionary Activists and Plutonium Glow: Eco-Crisis in Diane di Prima and Anne Waldman. Humanities. 2020; 10(4): 1-14.

Vancouver Journal Article (Electronic)
[Last Name] [First Initial]. [Article Title]. [Journal Name>]. [Year Published]; [Volume]([Issue]): [Entire Page Range of Article]. Available from: [URL or DOI] [Accessed [Accessed Date]].

Encarnación-Pinedo E. On Webbed Monsters, Revolutionary Activists and Plutonium Glow: Eco-Crisis in Diane di Prima and Anne Waldman. Humanities. 2020; 10(4): 1-14. Available from: https://medium.com/wordviceediting/the-history-and-big-business-of-academicpublishing-90a23bb7cc4c [Accessed 25th January 2021].

Vancouver Book
[Last Name] [First Initial]. [Book Title]. [Publication Location]: [Publisher Name]; [Year Published].

Diamond J. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York City: W.W. Norton; 1997.