Guide for Authors
Aims and scope
Archives de Pédiatrie publishes in English original Research papers, Review articles, Short communications, Practice guidelines, Editorials and Letters in all fields relevant to pediatrics.
Eight issues of Archives de Pédiatrie are released annually, as well as supplementary and special editions to complete these regular issues.
All manuscripts submitted to the journal are subjected to peer review by international experts, and must:
Be written in excellent English, clear and easy to understand, precise and concise;
Bring new, interesting, valid information - and improve clinical care or guide future research;
Be solely the work of the author(s) stated;
Not have been previously published elsewhere and not be under consideration by another journal;
Be in accordance with the journal's Guide for Authors' instructions: manuscripts that fail to comply with these rules may be returned to the authors without being reviewed.
Under no circumstances does the journal guarantee publication before the editorial board makes its final decision.
Archives de Pédiatrie is the official publication of the French Society of Pediatrics.
Archives de Pédiatrie is indexed in the main international databases and is accessible worldwide through the ScienceDirect and ClinicalKey platforms.
Instructions to authors / Instructions aux auteurs
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Archives de Pédiatrie
Publication of the French Society of Pediatrics (SFP)
Instructions for authors May 2017 Archives de Pédiatrie AIMS AND SCOPE
Official organ of the French Society of Pediatrics, the Archives de Pédiatrie participates in the dissemination of knowledge, one of the major missions of all learned societies. The Archives de Pédiatrie has contributed to this objective for many years, successively directed by Daniel Alagille, Michel Odièvre, Michel Dehan, and Jacques Sarles, all taking an active and successful role in the journal. To improve the journal’s international visibility and attractiveness for non-French-speaking pediatricians, new growth has become necessary.
Beginning in January 2018, the Archives de Pédiatrie will become an indexed English-language publication, with publication of : Editorials, Review Articles, Research Papers, Short Communications, Practice Guidelines and Letters to the Editor in English.
Authors are requested to respect the guidelines in terms of both substance and form as reviewed herein. Submissions should be made online using the Elsevier Editorial System: http://ees.elsevier.com/arcped/
EDITORIAL BOARD
All manuscripts sent to the journal are submitted to an Editorial board. After the requested modifications have been completed, approval of the article by this editorial board is necessary before the final decision to publish is made by the editorial director.
Editor-in-chief
B. CHABROL (Marseille)
Editorial Board
H. CHAPPUY
R. COUTANT
C. FLAMANT
J. HARAMBAT
E. MAS
C. OVAERT
C. SCHWEITZER
J.-L. STEPHAN
P. VAN BOGAERT
Editorial Assistant
Isabelle Petit
ETHICS CONSIDERATIONS
The work submitted must be in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki. Studies conducted in France must adhere to the current French regulations available on the http://www.sf-pediatrie.com and those conducted outside France must respect the rules in force in the country where the study was conducted. When work has been submitted to one of these institutions, this should be mentioned in the text. The law on the use of patients images must be respected.
RULES OF PUBLICATION
Articles must not have been published previously nor be published simultaneously in any other journal. If they have been the subject of a preliminary communication or a partial publication, an off-print (original or copy) must be sent to the following address: arcped@ap-hm.fr. All permissions for reproduction of previously published documents must also be annexed. The lead author submits the article on behalf of all the authors after having obtained their agreement.
TYPES OF ARTICLE
Editorials
Editorials should not exceed 4 typewritten double-spaced pages (1500 words). Tables and figures are not to be used, and a summary is not required. Use no more than 15 references. The name (including first name) and complete address of the author or authors must be given at the end of the editorial. For reprints, only one name is required with the address.
Review articles
The length of the articles should not exceed 10-25 typewritten double-spaced pages, with an abstract and keywords. There is no limit for the number of tables, figures. Use no more than 50 references. Review articles either provide a comprehensive discussion of available knowledge or an update of recent data about a specific topic. They may be commissioned or spontaneous. Abstract and keywords are required. Although narrative overviews may be acceptable, the editorial board gives preference to systematic literature reviews that include a detailed description of the methodology used to retrieve and select the reviewed data.
Research papers
The articles should not exceed 20 typewritten double-spaced pages. There is no limit for the number of tables, figures. Use no more than 30 references. Original articles report new and original work that has not been published elsewhere (except as an abstract at a conference).
Introduction:State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
Material and methods: Provide sufficient detail to allow the work to be reproduced. Methods already published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should be described.
Results: Results should be clear and concise.
Discussion: This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them. A combined. Results and Discussion section is often appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published literature.
Conclusions: The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a Discussion or Results and Discussion section.
Short communications
A short communication must be unusually and contribute original information and should not report isolated clinical cases. The length of brief reports should not exceed approximately 2 500 words including references (10 at most), the abstract and keywords. The abstract should not exceed 100 words and should summarize the article in a single paragraph. It should be organized as follows: introduction, observation, discussion, conclusion, references. The introduction should be short and describe the main information. The observation should be written in the past tense. The discussion should concentrate on the lessons to be learnt from the experience and the possible solutions can conclude this discussion.
Letters to the Editor
This section in Archives de Pédiatrie has a dual objective: create exchanges with readers and offering readers the possibility of publishing brief, original notes. Whatever contents they may have, they should not exceed two typed pages, references and tables included. There should be no more than five references. There is no abstract.
Practice guidelines
Recommendations of general interest to the pediatric community are published in English language. Abstract/résumé and keywords/mots-clefs are of interest.
The Société Française de Pédiatrie (French Pediatrics Society, SFP) wishes to disseminate “Guidelines for Clinical Practices” on its site and in the Archives de Pédiatrie, thus granting its guarantee of quality. These recommendations should be issued by specialist societies belonging to the SFP or a panel of experts. The possibility of their publication will be evaluated by the SFP’s scientific commission.
According to the HAS (Haute Autorité de Santé, French National Authority for Health), these medical and professional guidelines are defined “as proposals developed methodically to assist the practitioner and the patient in their search for the most appropriate treatment in given clinical circumstances. They can be used to establish practice standards determining what is appropriate and/or inappropriate to do when setting up preventive, diagnostic, and/or therapeutic strategies in given clinical situations” (1).
The general principles for these guidelines are the following:
- The guideline is dated and signed by the writers as well as the specialist society or the expert panel concerned. The guideline should be reviewed (or confirmed) by its authors every 3 years. If they are not reviewed, they will not be maintained on the SFP site.
- The text of the guidelines should closely follow the general indications provided by the HAS on its site (1), including the following general features:
° elaboration of the guidelines by a working group and outside validation by an evaluation group;
° focus on a precise clinical situation (no matter how frequent it is);
° critical analysis of the literature to scientifically support the guidelines and the report of any guidelines on the same subject in other countries;
° the guideline “will refer to a defined and explicit level of evidence, will distinguish proof and presumption, will be clear, precise, specific, and practical” (quoted from the ANAES guidelines, January 1999).
The maximum length of the text is 20 pages (references included).
These guidelines are designed to progress toward official HAS guidelines, drawn up after an exhaustive review of the literature, careful formal expression by the working group and the evaluation group, and feasibility and impact studies.
Reference for the method
(1) HAS site: www.has-sante.fr; successively following the tabs: professionnels de santé > recommandations professionnelles > méthodes > les recommandations pour la pratique cliniques, bases méthodologiques pour leur réalisation en France
PRESENTATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Submission Checklist: when submitting their manuscript online, authors should also submit a check-list that can be downloaded and competed. This checklist, which can be consulted at the end of these Instructions, allows authors to check that they have respected the Instructions to Authors and that they have not forgotten important steps in writing their manuscript.
1. General structure and subdivision - numbered sections
-Manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced, with Times New Roman font 12 with page numbers.
-Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not included in section numbering). Use this numbering also for internal cross-referencing: do not just refer to 'the text'. Any subsection may be given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.
-Authors should take care to submit clear and easily understood articles that are precise and concise. They should make sure that the language is simple and grammatically correct, with no medical jargon. Footnotes should not be used.
-Abbreviations should be written out at first mention and then used throughout the article. Abbreviated units of measure should adhere to international nomenclature (e.g., the abbreviation of “minute” is “min” and not “mn”).
2. 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. Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. 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 the e-mail address is given and that contact details are 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.
3. Others informations
Abstract A concise and factual abstract is required. The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separately from the article, so it must be able to stand alone. For this reason, References should be avoided, but if essential, then cite the author(s) and year(s). Also, non-standard or uncommon abbreviations should be avoided, but if essential they must be defined at their first mention in the abstract itself.
Keywords Immediately after the abstract, provide a maximum of 6 keywords, using British spelling and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example, 'and', 'of'). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will be used for indexing purposes.
Declaration of interest All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. If there are no conflicts of interest then please state this: 'Conflicts of interest: none'. More information.
Authorship All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval of the version to be submitted.
Acknowledgements Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.).
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