Instructions for authors
About the journal
Acta Oncologica provides a forum for the exchange of information on etiology, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and course of cancer and integrates translational and clinical cancer research. Please see the journal’s Aims & Scope for information about its focus. The journal appears monthly with free Open Access after 6 months and publishes manuscripts across all cancer types.
Submissions are evaluated by the Editorial board within one week. Manuscripts found suitable will be single-blind peer-reviewed by international, independent, anonymous expert referees. Find out more about what to expect during peer review and read our guidance on publishing ethics. The acceptance rate is approximately 25%.
Editorial handling and publication follow the journal categories:
Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
Molecular Cancer Biology, Tumor Immunology and Diagnostics
Medical Oncology and Precision Medicine
Radiophysics and Radiotherapy
Survivorship, Rehabilitation and Late Effects
With the exception of editorials, the Editor-in-Chief and Editors of Acta Oncologica recuse themselves from the peer-review process of any articles in which they are co-authors. In these instances, the peer review process of such articles will be overseen by an independent Editorial Board member to allow for an impartial decision to be made.
Acta Oncologica adheres to publication best practices as detailed in the Committee On Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.
Open Access
You have the option to publish open access in this journal via our Open Select publishing program. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership and impact of your research. Articles published Open Select with Taylor & Francis typically receive 32% more citations* and over 6 times as many downloads** compared to those that are not published Open Select.
Your research funder or your institution may require you to publish your article open access. Visit our Author Services website to find out more about open access policies and how you can comply with these.
You will be asked to pay an article publishing charge (APC) to make your article open access and this cost can often be covered by your institution or funder. Use our APC finder to view the APC for this journal.
Please visit our Author Services website or contact openaccess@tandf.co.uk if you would like more information about our Open Select Program.
*Citations received up to Jan 31st 2020 for articles published in 2015-2019 in journals listed in Web of Science®.
**Usage in 2017-2019 for articles published in 2015-2019.
Preparing your manuscript
All authors submitting to medicine, biomedicine, health sciences, allied and public health journals should conform to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, prepared by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
Acta Oncologica endorses the use of an appropriate reporting guideline when writing manuscripts. You can find the most commonly reported guidelines on the EQUATOR network ( www.equator.network.org), which also gives general information on how to choose the correct guidelines and why guidelines are important. At minimum, your article should report the content addressed by each item of the identified checklist or state that the item was not considered in the study. Meeting these basic reporting requirements will greatly improve the value of your manuscript, may facilitate/enhance the peer review process, and may enhance its chances for eventual publication.
Structure
The text should, usually, be divided into the sections: Background, Material and Methods, Results, and Discussion.
Word limits
Please include a word count of your manuscript on the title page, excluding word count associated with tables, references, figures, all information held on the title page.
Original manuscripts and reviews have a word limit of 3500 words and up to 5 tables/figures.
Letters have a word limit of 2000 words and up to 2 tables/figures. Short reports and study protocols are also published under the letters section.
Additional materials may be provided as supplementary materials.
Style guidelines
Please refer to these style guidelines when preparing your manuscript.
Please use British or American spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.
Please use single quotation marks, except where 'a quotation is "within" a quotation'. Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks.
Abbreviations, which are not generally accepted, should be spelled out when first used in text. Uncommon abbreviations and clinical jargon should be avoided.
Footnotes are not accepted.
Formatting and templates
Papers may be submitted in any standard format, including Word. Figures should be saved separately from the text. To assist you in preparing your paper, we provide formatting templates.
Word templates are available for this journal. Please save the template to your hard drive, ready for use.
A LaTeX template is available for this journal.
If you are not able to use the templates via the links (or if you have any other template queries) please contact us here.
Please supply your manuscript typed with double spacing throughout the article (at least 1 cm between the lines) and margins of at least 4 cm on the left side and at the top.
Please be consistent. The same elements should be keyed in exactly the same way throughout the manuscript.
Do not break words at the end of lines. Use a hyphen only to hyphenate compound words.
Enter only one space after the full-stop at the end of a sentence.
When emphasizing words please use the italic feature of your word processor software.
Do not justify your text; use a ragged right-hand margin.
Use a double hyphen (--) to indicate a dash in text.
Do not use the lowercase l for 1 (one) or the uppercase O for 0 (zero).
The space bar should only be used as a word separator. Use TAB when identifying paragraphs or separating columns in tables.
Tables
Type each table double-spaced on a separate page. Do not submit tables as photographs. Supply a brief title for each table. Give each column a short or abbreviated heading. Place explanatory matter in notes under the table, not in the heading.
Illustrations
Submit illustrations as separate files in TIFF or EPS format, and stored with an image resolution of at least 300 DPI (line figures preferably higher). Figure number should be indicated in the file name. Figure legends should be provided at the last page of the main text. Letters and numerals should be large enough to allow reduction of illustrations to one-column width (8 cm).
References
Please use this reference style guide when preparing your paper. An EndNote output style is also available to assist you.
If there are three or less authors, state all in the reference list. If there are more than three, take the first three and use et al. for additional authors.
Clausen CT, Hasle H, Holmqvist AS et al. Hyperthyroidism as a late effect in childhood cancer survivors - an Adult Life after Childhood Cancer in Scandinavia (ALiCCS) study. Acta Oncol. 2018;26:1-5
Johansen C, Dalton SO. Survivorship in new harbors. Acta Oncol. 2017;56:119–122.
Taylor & Francis Editing Services
To help you improve your manuscript and prepare it for submission, Taylor & Francis provides a range of editing services. Choose from options such as English Language Editing, which will ensure that your article is free of spelling and grammar errors, Translation, and Artwork Preparation. For more information, including pricing, visit this website.
Checklist: what to include
Author details. Please ensure everyone meeting the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) requirements for authorship is included as an author of your paper.Please ensure everyone meeting the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME) requirements for authorship is included as an author of your paper. All authors of a manuscript should include their full name and affiliation on the cover page of the manuscript. Where available, please also include ORCID identifiers and social media handles (Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn). One author will need to be identified as the corresponding author, with their email address normally displayed in the article PDF (depending on the journal) and the online article. Authors’ affiliations are the affiliations where the research was conducted. If any of the named co-authors moves affiliation during the peer-review process, the new affiliation can be given as a footnote. Please note that no changes to affiliation can be made after your paper is accepted. Shared authorship of maximum two authors is allowed. Read more on authorship.
A structured abstract of no more than 300 words. Abstracts should be structured and arranged according to the same headings that are used in the text: Background, Material and Methods, Results and Conclusion. An abstract is required for all manuscript types, except for 'Letters to the Editor'. Read tips on writing your abstract.
Graphical abstract (Optional). This is an image to give readers a clear idea of the content of your article. It should be a maximum width of 525 pixels. If your image is narrower than 525 pixels, please place it on a white background 525 pixels wide to ensure the dimensions are maintained. Save the graphical abstract as a .jpg, .png, or .gif. Please do not embed it in the manuscript file but save it as a separate file, labelled GraphicalAbstract1.
You can opt to include a video abstract with your article. Find out how these can help your work reach a wider audience, and what to think about when filming.
4-7 keywords. Read making your article more discoverable, including information on choosing a title and search engine optimization.
Funding details. Please supply all details required by your funding and grant-awarding bodies as follows:
For single agency grants: This work was supported by the[Funding Agency] under Grant [number xxxx].
For multiple agency grants: This work was supported by the [funding Agency 1]; under Grant [number xxxx]; [Funding Agency 2] under Grant [number xxxx]; and [Funding Agency 3] under Grant [number xxxx].
Disclosure statement. This is to acknowledge any financial interest or benefit that has arisen from the direct applications of your research. All relevant conflicts of interest should be revealed herein. Please see the section below for further information. Further guidance on what is a conflict of interest and how to disclose it.
Ethics declarations & trial registry information. If appropriate, please ensure that your article contains the necessary ethics declarations for the studies that have been conducted, as well as ensure that all trial registry information is included.
Supplemental online material. Supplemental material can be a video, dataset, fileset, sound file or anything which supports (and is pertinent to) your paper. We publish supplemental material online via Figshare. Find out more about supplemental material and how to submit it with your article.
Figures. Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size). Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: EPS, PS, JPEG, GIF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX). For information relating to other file types, please consult our Submission of electronic artwork document.
Tables. Tables should present new information rather than duplicating what is in the text. Readers should be able to interpret the table without reference to the text. Please supply editable files.
Equations. If you are submitting your manuscript as a Word document, please ensure that equations are editable. More information about mathematical symbols and equations.
Data sharing. Please provide information on principles for data sharing and how data access is provided.
Units. Please use SI units (non-italicized).
Using third-party material in your paper
You must obtain the necessary permission to reuse third-party material in your article. The use of short extracts of text and some other types of material is usually permitted, on a limited basis, for the purposes of criticism and review without securing formal permission. If you wish to include any material in your paper for which you do not hold copyright, and which is not covered by this informal agreement, you will need to obtain written permission from the copyright owner prior to submission. More information on requesting permission to reproduce work(s) under copyright.
Disclosure statement
Please include a disclosure of interest statement, using the subheading "Disclosure of interest." If you have no interests to declare, please state this (suggested wording: The authors report no conflicts of interest). For all NIH/Wellcome-funded papers, the grant number(s) must be included in the disclosure of interest statement. Please ensure that all authors have provided information on any competing interests that exist (both financial and non-financial). The inclusion of a disclosure statement and a competing interests statement are mandatory for the Journal. Read more on declaring conflicts of interest.
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