PURINERGIC SIGNALLING
Instructions for Authors
Types of papers
Purinergic Signalling accepts original research articles, reviews, short communications, letters to the editor, hot topics and controversies and meeting reports.
Specific Instructions
Short Communications - A short communication should not exceed four pages in print (approx. 2000-3000 words including abstract, captions and references). A maximum of two illustrations (figures and tables) is allowed. The title page should be prepared similar to other publications in this journal as outlined in the instructions for authors.
Meeting Reports – Please contact the journal before submitting your meeting report.
Journal Club – These discuss 1-3 high-quality papers that comprise significant advances in the field and published in journals other than Purinergic Signalling. Articles should not exceed 2,500 words, including references and should not contain any illustrations (figures or tables). The title page should be prepared similar to other publications in this journal as outlined in the instructions for authors. It should include an informative title (not just Journal Club) and be followed by a brief Article Summary then a Commentary for each paper discussed, which describes the data reported, highlights its relevance and importance and discusses any shortcomings and possible questions to be addressed in future. Authors are advised to email the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Charles Kennedy, (c.kennedy@strath.ac.uk) with a brief outline of their proposed article before preparing it.
Manuscript Submission
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
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 both the print and 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.
Online Submission
Please follow the hyperlink “Submit manuscript” on the right and upload all of your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen.
Please ensure you provide all relevant editable source files. Failing to submit these source files might cause unnecessary delays in the review and production process.
Title Page
Please make sure your title page contains the following information.
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.
For life science journals only (when applicable)
Trial registration number and date of registration for prospectively registered trials
Trial registration number and date of registration, followed by “retrospectively registered”, for retrospectively registered trials
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.
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