NEW ZEALAND VETERINARY JOURNAL
Instructions for Authors
Peer review
All articles submitted for publication, that are considered within the scope of the NZVJ, will be independently refereed regardless of source. Referees are selected by the Editors. Referees will remain anonymous, unless both the referee and the Editor agree otherwise, and are obliged to keep all unpublished information confidential. Referees are asked to state explicitly whether or not any conflicts of interest that could bias their opinions of the manuscript exist, and to disqualify themselves from reviewing specific manuscripts if they believe it to be appropriate.
The final decision concerning acceptability of a manuscript is the responsibility of the Editors. Failure to comply with Journal policy at any stage is grounds for rejection.
Specific policies
Authorship
All authors should meet all the following criteria to qualify for authorship, as recommended by the ICJME: Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; and Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and Final approval of the version to be published; and
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.
The names and contributions of those involved in the study who did not qualify for authorship may be included in the Acknowledgements section. Further guidance is provided by ICMJE.
Animal welfare and medical ethics
All material published in the NZVJ must adhere to high ethical standards. In accordance with the Guidelines on Animal Ethics and Welfare for Veterinary Journals, developed by the International Association of Veterinary Editors, all experimental work involving live animals must comply with relevant international, national, and/or institutional guidelines and legal requirements.
It must also conform with the ethical standards described in the Good Practice Guide for the use of animals in research, testing and teaching. To be considered for publication, authors must include a statement in the Materials and Methods section that all procedures involving the experimental use of animals were approved by an animal ethics committee (AEC), or equivalent, where relevant. If there is any doubt about whether AEC approval is required, the local AEC should be consulted.
Studies using client-owned animals must be performed with informed client consent and demonstrate a high standard of veterinary care.
All research involving either the participation of humans, or where the research impacts on human individuals, groups or communities (e.g. questionnaires), must be approved by an accredited human ethics committee, unless such participation has been assessed as low risk. Participant confidentially must be ensured.
The final decision concerning acceptability of a manuscript on ethical and welfare grounds rests with the Editor.
Reporting guidelines
The NZVJ strongly supports the transparent, complete and accurate reporting of research and the use of reporting guidelines. Authors should refer to the MERIDIAN website, which presents guidelines for reporting research studies that involve animals.
These include ARRIVE (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments), REFLECT (Randomised control trials for livestock and food safety), STARD (Evaluation of diagnostic tests), STROBE (Standards for the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology), and PRISMA (systematic reviews and meta-analyses).
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