Author Guidelines
Microcirculation - Instructions for Authors
Note: Effective with the 2013 volume, this journal will be published in an online-only format. No printed issue of this title will be produced.
eLocators:
This journal now uses eLocators. eLocators are unique identifies for an article that service the same function page numbers have traditionally served in the print world. When citing this article, please insert the eLocator in place of the page number. For more information, please visit the Author Services eLocator page here
Submission of Manuscripts:
Article Preparation Support
Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as translation, manuscript formatting, figure illustration, figure formatting, and graphical abstract design – so you can submit your manuscript with confidence. Also, check out our resources for Preparing Your Article for general guidance about writing and preparing your manuscript.
Submissions to Microcirculation should be made via the Wiley Authors submission portal. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact submissionhelp@wiley.com.
The journal to which you are submitting your manuscript employs a plagiarism detection system. By submitting your manuscript to this journal you accept that your manuscript may be screened for plagiarism against previously published works.
By submitting a manuscript to or reviewing for this publication, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require, will be used for the regular operations of the publication, including, when necessary, sharing with the publisher (Wiley) and partners for production and publication. The publication and the publisher recognize the importance of protecting the personal information collected from users in the operation of these services, and have practices in place to ensure that steps are taken to maintain the security, integrity, and privacy of the personal data collected and processed. You can learn more at https://authorservices.wiley.com/statements/data-protection-policy.html.
General Information:
Microcirculation features original contributions that are the result of investigations contributing significant new information relating to the microcirculation addressed at the intact animal/human, organ, cellular, or molecular level. Suitable papers are those that describe applications of the methods of physiology, biophysics, bioengineering, genetics, cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology and clinical or translational approaches to problems in microcirculation. The journal also publishes state-of-the-art reviews that address frontier areas or new advances in technology in the fields of microcirculatory disease and function. Specific areas of interest include: angiogenesis and growth processes; permeability, transport and exchange; lymphatic biology; rheology and biorheology; endothelial cell biology; endothelial cell interactions with parenchymal cells, smooth muscle cells, leukocytes and platelets; regulation of vasomotor tone; oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange; imaging and morphology of microvascular structures. Papers describing new technical and instrumentational microcirculatory innovations also are considered.
Author Services. Online production tracking is now available for your article through Wiley Blackwell’s Author Services. Author Services enables authors to track their article – once it has been accepted – through the production process to publication. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated emails at key stages of production. The author will receive an email with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete email address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/ for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
Copyright. If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement
If the open access option is not selected the corresponding author will be presented with the copyright transfer agreement (CTA) to sign. The terms and conditions of the CTA can be previewed in the samples associated with the Copyright FAQs below:
CTA Terms and Conditions http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/faqs_copyright.asp
For authors choosing open access
If the open access option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):
Creative Commons Attribution License OAA
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License OAA
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial -NoDerivs License OAA
To preview the terms and conditions of these open access agreements please visit the Copyright FAQs hosted on Wiley Author Services http://exchanges.wiley.com/authors/faqs---copyright-_301.html and visit http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/details/content/12f25db4c87/Copyright--License.html.
If you select the open access option and your research is funded by certain funders [e.g. The Wellcome Trust and members of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) or the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)] you will be given the opportunity to publish your article under a CC-BY license supporting you in complying with Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK requirements. For more information on this policy and the Journal’s compliant self-archiving policy please visit: http://www.wiley.com/go/funderstatement.
Accepted Articles. Accepted Articles are unedited manuscripts that are published online a few days after final acceptance. Accepted Articles are citable using their DOI, and are included in PubMed. A completed copyright form is required before a manuscript can be processed as an Accepted Article.
Note to NIH Grantees. Pursuant to NIH mandate, Wiley Blackwell will post the accepted version of contributions authored by NIH grant-holders to PubMed Central upon acceptance. This accepted version will be made publicly available 12 months after publication. For further information, see www.wiley.com/go/nihmandate.
Permissions. For re-use of previously published illustrations and tables, permission must be obtained from the author and the publisher before an article containing such material is submitted. Permission letters should accompany the manuscript. The original source of the material should be mentioned in the illustration legend or table footnote. Articles and any other material published in Microcirculation represent the opinions of the author(s) and should not be construed to reflect the opinions of the Editorial Board.
Pre-submission English-language editing If you are not a native English speaker, we strongly recommend that you have your manuscript professionally edited before submission. A list of manuscripts that will professionally edit your manuscript for a fee can be found here http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/english_language.asp. Professional editing is not compulsory, but will mean that reviewers are better able to read and assess your manuscript. Use of one of these companies does not guarantee acceptance of preference for publication in this journal.
Free Format Submission:
Microcirculation now offers Free Format submission for a simplified and streamlined submission process.
Before you submit, you will need:
Your manuscript: this should be an editable file including text, figures, and tables, or separate files – whichever you prefer. All required sections should be contained in your manuscript, including abstract, introduction, methods, results, and conclusions. Figures and tables should have legends. Figures should be uploaded in the highest resolution possible. References may be submitted in any style or format, as long as it is consistent throughout the manuscript. Supporting information should be submitted in separate files. If the manuscript, figures or tables are difficult for you to read, they will also be difficult for the editors and reviewers, and the editorial office will send it back to you for revision. Your manuscript may also be sent back to you for revision if the quality of English language is poor.
An ORCID ID, freely available at https://orcid.org. (Why is this important? Your article, if accepted and published, will be attached to your ORCID profile. Institutions and funders are increasingly requiring authors to have ORCID IDs.)
the title page of the manuscript, including:
Your co-author details, including affiliation and email address. (Why is this important? We need to keep all co-authors informed of the outcome of the peer review process.)
Statements relating to our ethics and integrity policies, which may include any of the following (Why are these important? We need to uphold rigorous ethical standards for the research we consider for publication):
data availability statemnt
funding statement
conflict of interest disclosure
ethics approval statement
patient consent statement
permission to reproduce material from other sources
clinical trial registration
To submit, login at https://submission.wiley.com/journal/MICC and create a new submission. Follow the submission steps as required and submit the manuscript.
To submit a manuscript, please follow the instructions below:
Launch your web browser (Internet Explorer 9 or higher, Firefox 32, Chrome 37, Safari 6 or higher) and go to the Wiley Authors submission portal. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact submissionhelp@wiley.com.
Submitting Your Manuscript:
After you have logged in, click the “Submit a Manuscript” link in the menu bar. Enter data and answer questions as prompted. Click on the “Next” button on each screen to save your work and advance to the next screen. You will be prompted to upload your files: Click on the “Browse” button and locate the file on your computer. Select the description of the file in the drop down next to the Browse button. When you have selected all files you wish to upload, click the “Upload” button. Review your submission (in both PDF and HTML formats) before sending to the Editors. Click the “Submit” button when you are done reviewing. You may stop a submission at any phase and save it to complete submission later. After submission is complete, you will receive a confirmation via e-mail. You can also log-on to check the status of your manuscript. You will receive an e-mail once a decision has been made on your manuscript.
Suggestion of Reviewers:
To expedite the review process, authors may recommend up to 5 reviewers. Please provide the name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and area of expertise for each. Note that recommended reviewers will be used at the discretion of the editor.
Submission of Revised Manuscripts:
If you are submitting a revised manuscript, please note that you are required to upload an Author Response document outlining the changes that have been made to your paper. Revised manuscripts cannot be processed without this.
Acknowledgment of receipt of the manuscript by the editorial office will be sent to the corresponding author, including an assigned manuscript number that should be included in all subsequent correspondence. Revised manuscripts should be submitted via the Wiley Authors submission portal to ensure that they are linked to the original submission.
File Formats for Revised Submissions:
Please submit revised manuscripts as a Microsoft Word (.doc) file or a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file via the Wiley Authors submission portal. Separate files must be submitted for all discrete elements of the manuscript [e.g., a separate file for the complete text of the manuscript (including title page, abstract, all main text, bibliography, figure legends and table legends, etc.), separate files for each figure and for each table. Note that a running header and footer, as well as page numbers and line numbers will be automatically added to your manuscript. The best online viewing results for authors and reviewers will be obtained with original files that DO NOT contain page numbers, line numbers, or any information in the manuscript header or footer. Figures for manuscripts accepted for publication must be submitted as high quality digital files (see below for details).
High resolution halftones should be submitted at 300 dpi/ppi or higher as EPS, TIFF, or PSD format files (see below for more information). Figure files may also be submitted as PowerPoint files (.ppt). Line art is preferred in vector-based format with the text converted to outlines (paths) prior to saving as EPS files. If line art digital figures are provided as TIFF files, resolution must be 1200 dpi/ppi or higher. Lines or rules should not be defined as hairline width. Recommended minimum line width is 1/4 point (i.e., 0.0035 inches). When creating figures, the effect of scaling reduction should be considered for text and for rules or lines. Do not submit tables as TIFF or JPG files. Tables should be submitted as Word files. The Wiley Authors submission system will concatenate the various files into a single document for review. If the paper is accepted, the separate files will be moved forward into the final production process. Authors are responsible for verifying that all files have uploaded correctly.
Article Types:
Original Article. Standard Research paper. Please follow the instructions below.
Reviews and Invited Reviews. Manuscripts for Special Issues, Symposia or Conferences, usually invited. Reviews should not normally exceed 4000 to 5000 words, but can be longer if justified. An (un)structured abstract of up to 250 words should be included with the review.
Organization of Manuscripts:
Microcirculation no longer requires a hard-copy of the article text. However, to ensure uniformity, please follow the checklist below. The manuscript must be double-spaced throughout (including references, tables, and figure legends) with 1 inch margins in an 8.5 X 11-inch document. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, Scientific Style and Format, Bethesda, MD: Council of Science Editors. The body of the manuscript should be arranged as follows (all should begin on separate pages):
Title Page. The following information should be included: a concise title of not more than 150 characters; the names of all authors; the department, institution, and address where the research was performed; a short running title of 40 characters or less; grant numbers and source(s) of support; name and address of author to whom correspondence, page proofs.
Abstract and Keywords. A structured abstract of no more than 200 words should be prepared on a separate page. The abstract should be subdivided into four sections: Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Keywords should be listed on the same page as the abstract.
List of Abbreviations. Prior to the Introduction section of the manuscript, authors are requested to define all abbreviated terminology into one consolidated list as a separate page. With this in place, authors are not required to define abbreviations at the location of first usage within the body of the manuscript.
Text. The main text should be divided into: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, and Acknowledgments. The text should be clear and concise, conforming to accepted standards of American English style and usage. Avoid jargon, cliches, and laboratory slang. Use metric units throughout. Do not use abbreviations in the title or abstract, and limit their use in the text. The first time an abbreviation appears it should be preceded by the words for which it stands.
All authors must include a brief section (3 sentences) after the ‘Discussion’ of their manuscript titled: ‘Perspectives’. This will provide a brief summary of the work and its importance from the perspective of clinical and/or translational relevance. These Perspectives’ will be highlighted in the paper.
ImageJ:
ImageJ should be cited as part of the reference list (in alphabetical order) as follows:
1. Rasband, W.S., ImageJ, U. S. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/, 1997-2012.
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