Author Guidelines
The International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics (IJGO)—which is the official publication of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)—publishes articles on all aspects of basic and clinical research in obstetrics/gynecology and related subjects, with emphasis on matters of worldwide interest. See journal homepage for the IJGO Statement of Purpose.
The IJGO will consider for publication unsolicited submissions of the following: Clinical Articles; Review Articles; and Brief Communications (including Case Reports).
The requirements of the IJGO are in accordance with the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
All manuscripts should be prepared according to the guidelines detailed below. Any manuscript that has not been formatted per the IJGO requirements will be returned to the author. All manuscripts should be created and submitted in Word format.
1. SUBMISSION
Authors must submit manuscripts online through Editorial Manager (EM). Hard-copy submissions will not be considered or returned.
If you are using EM for the first time, please click the ‘Register’ button at the top of the page and enter the requested information. If you are a returning user, please click the ‘Login’ button at the top of the page and enter your username and password.
To submit a manuscript: please click the ‘Submit a manuscript’ button at the top of the page. You will then be asked to log in using your username and password. If you have not already registered with the system you will need to do so before submitting your manuscript. For more information on the system, please click here.
Please have the following information and documentation ready when you submit your manuscript via EM:
Each author's name, address, and email address.
Each author's affiliation and qualifications.
The name of the author who is to deal with correspondence and proofs.
It is the general policy of the IJGO to ensure that papers from individual low- and middle-income countries include local co-authors and collaborators. These research and academic colleagues should be identified early and be involved in research question development, Institutional Review Board approval, data collection and analysis, and manuscript preparation. Principles of community-based participatory research should be strongly considered. Co-authors should satisfy accepted requirements for authorship. The Editorial Board believes this supports FIGO priorities for capacity building and prevents any perception that data or research is being co-opted by scholars from high-income countries. Multi-country studies or analyses of internationally available databases do not necessarily have to meet this requirement and will be considered individually by the Editors, as are all submissions.
Authors should send queries concerning the submission process or journal procedures to ijgo@figo.org.
Once submitted, manuscripts undergo initial screening by the editorial staff and editors. To ensure timely processing of the large number of submissions received, papers that do not meet the journal's submission requirements, standards, or topic suitability will be rejected at this stage, without peer review, and the authors will receive prompt notification. All other papers will undergo peer review.
Authors can check the status of their manuscript during the review process by logging into EM. All communication, including notification of the editor's decision and requests for revision, is via email.
Please ensure that the email address of the corresponding author is entered correctly and up-to-date on EM. All correspondence regarding the submission will be sent to this email address.
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2. REQUIRED FORMS
The Author(s) Guarantee Form and the Submission Requirements Form (both available on EM at the "Select Article Type" stage of the submission process) must be completed and submitted with each manuscript. The article's corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all of the necessary forms are completed accurately.
2.1. Author(s) Guarantee Form
In the Author(s) Guarantee Form, the article title and the names of all authors must be listed as they appear in the manuscript. The author(s) must guarantee:
(1) that all authors have met the criteria for authorship and have participated sufficiently in the work to take responsibility for it;
(2) that all authors have reviewed the final version of the manuscript and approve it for submission to the IJGO;
(3) that neither this manuscript nor one with substantially similar content by the authors has been published elsewhere or is being considered for publication elsewhere;
(4) that the manuscript has been submitted with the full knowledge and approval of the institutions or organizations given as the affiliation(s) of the author(s);
(5) that the authors have informed the editor in a cover letter and in the manuscript itself of any conflicts of interest; and
(6) that the corresponding author affirms the manuscript to be an honest and transparent account of the study being reported.
In line with ICMJE standards, the IJGO’s criteria for authorship are as follows:
(1) Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
(2) Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND
(3) Final approval of the version to be published; AND
(4) Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Submission of multi-authored manuscripts implies the consent of each of the authors.
2.2. Submission Requirements Form
In the Submission Requirements Form, authors must check the boxes relevant to their submission. The checklist must be completed by the author(s) for inclusion in the submission.
3. COVER LETTER
All submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter. The letter, which should be addressed to the Editor (Dr Mike Geary), should briefly describe the study/paper and state the word count, in addition to any conflicts of interest for any of the authors.
If copyright permission is required to reproduce any material in an article, include confirmation in the cover letter that such permission has been obtained from the copyright holder (see section 5.11.2).
If any writing assistance—other than copy editing—was provided, details (including information about any funding for such assistance) must be given in the cover letter.
4. CLINICAL TRIALS AND REVIEW ARTICLES
4.1. EQUATOR Network
The EQUATOR Network website explains what reporting guidelines are and why they are needed. It contains links to the checklists described below and provides useful guidance for authors and editors.
4.2. Clinical trials
Submission of clinical trials must include reference to ethics approval (or explanation of why ethics approval was not received). Authors must consult the CONSORT statement and checklist and submit a CONSORT flow chart as an editable figure in Word/PowerPoint format.
Information regarding power calculations must be included (see section 5.4.1).
4.2.1. Clinical trial registration
In compliance with ICMJE requirements, all clinical trials must be registered in a public trials registry to be considered for publication. The name of the registry, registration number, and URL of registration must be included in the manuscript.
The ICMJE defines a clinical trial as “any research project that prospectively assigns people or a group of people to an intervention, with or without concurrent comparison or control groups, to study the cause-and-effect relationship between a health-related intervention and a health outcome.”
Registration should occur prospectively, before or at the time of enrolment of the first patient.
Suggested registries can be found here: http://www.who.int/ictrp/network/primary/en/.
In line with ICMJE standards, purely observational studies (those in which the assignment of the medical intervention is not at the discretion of the investigator) will not require registration.
Please consult the ICMJE website for further information on clinical trial registration.
The clinical trial registration information should be included at the end of the abstract of the submitted manuscript.
4.3. Review articles
Reviews based on the following recommended guidelines and checklists will be given preference. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses should follow the PRISMA guidelines. Systematic reviews must also include: (1) Detailed risk of bias assessments for the individual studies in table format (these assessments should be substantiated with any relevant text from the original studies); (2) The line-by-line search strategies for each of the different bibliographic databases; (3) A completed PRISMA Checklist.
Meta-analyses of observational studies should follow the MOOSE guidelines.
The IJGO endorses the use of the GRADE system for grading evidence when recommendations are made as a result of a systematic review.
4.4. Observational studies
Observational studies in epidemiology (cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies) should follow the STROBE statement and checklist.
5. LAYOUT OF MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscript text should be in English (US spelling), double-spaced, font size 12, in Arial font.
5.1. First page
The first page of the manuscript should contain the following: (1) title; (2) full names of authors (6 maximum, although listing more authors may be considered on an individual basis if authorship requirements have been met and a request has been included in the cover letter); (3) affiliations of authors (i.e. department, section or unit of an institution, hospital or organization, city, and country where it is located; please note that street name/numbers are not required); (4) full contact details (postal address, email address) of the corresponding author; (5) a list of up to 8 keywords for indexing and retrieval; (6) synopsis (no longer than 25 words, stating the primary conclusion of the paper).
Footnotes linking author names to affiliations should be listed as 1,2,3 etc., rather than *,†,‡ or a,b,c etc.
The first page should also list the type of article: Clinical Article; Brief Communication; or Review Article.
5.2. Abstract
5.2.1. Clinical articles
A structured abstract not exceeding 200 words is required for all full-length clinical articles. It should contain all and only the following headings: Objective; Methods; Results; and Conclusion.
The Objective reflects the purpose of the study: that is, the hypothesis that is being tested. The Methods should include the setting for the study, the participants (number and type), the treatment or intervention, and the type of statistical analysis. The Results include the outcome of the study and statistical significance, if appropriate. The Conclusion states the significance of the results.
5.2.2. Review articles
An abstract not exceeding 200 words is required for all review articles.
Narrative reviews require an unstructured abstract. Systematic review articles should have a structured abstract with the headings: Background; Objectives; Search strategy; Selection criteria; Data collection and analysis; Main results; and Conclusions.
5.2.3. Brief communications
Brief communications should not include an abstract.
5.3. Main text
In full-length articles, subject matter should be organized under the following headings, with no subheadings: Introduction; Materials and methods; Results; Discussion; Author contributions; Acknowledgments; Conflicts of interest; and References. Footnotes should be avoided and their contents incorporated into the text.
Brief communications should not have any headings separating the text.
5.3.1. Clinical articles
The main text of clinical articles should not exceed 2500 words, excluding: the first-page information, abstract (no more than 200 words), author contributions, acknowledgments, Conflicts of interest, references (no more than 25), figure legends, and tables and figures. Please include the word count in the cover letter and on the first page of the manuscript.
5.3.2. Review articles
Review articles should have no more than 3000–3500 words in the main text and 40 references. Please include the word count in the cover letter and on the first page of the manuscript. Systematic reviews should adhere to PRISMA or MOOSE guidelines.
5.3.3. Brief communications
Brief communications should be no more than 400 words, excluding the first-page information, synopsis, keywords, author contributions, acknowledgments, Conflicts of interest, references, figure legends, and tables and figures. There should be no more than 4 references and no more than 1 table or 1 figure. Please include the word count in the cover letter and on the first page of the manuscript.
Case reports without consent from the patient(s) will not be considered.
5.4. Power calculations, statistics, and reporting of numbers
5.4.1. Power calculations
Where appropriate (e.g. for clinical trials), power calculations should be performed as part of the study design, and a statement providing the power of the study should be included in the Materials and methods. Authors should state how the power calculation was determined, including what type of difference the calculation was powered to detect and on what studies the numbers are based.
5.4.2. Statistics
The statistical tests used and the significance level set should be listed in the methods for all studies that employed statistical analysis. Information regarding the statistical software programs used should be included in the methods: for example, “SPSS version 20 (IBM, Armonk, NY, USA).” This information should not be included in the reference list.
P values should be provided where calculated. The largest P value that should be expressed is P>0.99. The smallest P value that should be expressed is P<0.001.
For measures of effect (e.g. relative risks, risk ratios, odds ratios), authors should also report confidence intervals (e.g. 95%) so that the precision of the effect estimate can be assessed.
5.4.3. Reporting of numbers
Authors are urged to ensure that all reported numbers are accurate and listed consistently throughout the manuscript, tables, and figures.
All clinical trials should include the results of intention-to-treat analysis, and all surveys should include response rates.
5.5. Ethics approval and informed consent
Studies of patients, patient records, or volunteers require Ethics Committee approval and informed consent.
5.5.1. Ethics approval
Include a statement in the methods that the research protocol was approved by the relevant Institutional Review Board or Ethics Committee before the study began; if such approval was not needed/obtained, include an explanation. The name of the approving committee must be included in the manuscript. Authors must provide copies of the appropriate documentation if requested.
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