万维提示：
1、投稿方式：在线投稿。
2、期刊网址：
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/australian-critical-care/
3、投稿网址：
https://www.editorialmanager.com/aucc/default.aspx
4、期刊刊期：季刊，一年出版4期。
2020年12月8日星期二
投稿须知【官网信息】
Guide for Authors
Australian Critical Care is the official journal of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses and publishes peer-reviewed scholarly papers that report research findings, research-based reviews, discussion papers and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of critical care practitioners, educators, administrators and researchers.
Papers should address issues of interest to critical care clinicians and present the paper in the context of the existing international research base on the topic. Selection of papers for publication is based on their scientific excellence, distinctive contribution to knowledge (including methodological development) and their importance to contemporary critical care practice.
The journal does not accept manuscripts containing animal experimentation.
Submission checklist
You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details.
Ensure that the following items are present:
One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
All necessary files have been uploaded:
Manuscript:
• Include the title
• Include the abstract
• Include the keywords
• Include the references
• All figures (include relevant captions)
• All tables (including titles, description)
• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided)
•For papers reporting original research, please include a copy of the ethical approval letter. Where ethics approval has been waived, a letter from the institution waiving the need for ethical review must be included.
Supplemental files (where applicable)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'
• All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)
• A competing interests statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare
• Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed.
•Author contributions should be detailed following the CRediT author statement (https://www.elsevier.com/authors/journal-authors/policies-and-ethics/credit-author-statement). As this journal operates a double-blind review process, no identifying information should be included in the manuscript. Hence, please ensure to include the CRediT author statement only on the title page during the submission process.
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Australian Critical Care is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (http://publicationethics.org) and abides by its Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Editors, Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers, and Cooperation between research institutions and journals on research integrity cases: guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). It is expected that all authors will abide by the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.
Submitted material will be handled in confidence except for the purposes of review and in order to investigate possible misconduct, including but not limited to concurrent submissions to multiple journals, high percentage of text matching and concerns around research validity, conduct and reporting.
Submitted papers should be relevant to critical care practice. As Australian Critical Care has a global readership, authors should place their paper within the international context. Details of national practices, policies, law, etc. should be in the paper to provide information for all readers. If possible, authors should consult a recent issue of the journal to assess style and presentation of manuscripts published. The journal is widely distributed internationally, and for many readers English is a second language, therefore authors are requested to write in plain English and use terminology which is internationally acceptable. While Australian Critical Care accepts manuscripts from a range of health professionals, it is important to recognise that nurses are the primary readers of this journal.
CONSIDERATIONS SPECIFIC TO TYPES OF RESEARCH DESIGNS
The editors require that manuscripts adhere to recognised reporting guidelines relevant to the research design used. These identify matters that should be addressed in your paper. These are not quality assessment frameworks and your study need not meet all the criteria implied in the reporting guideline to be worthy of publication in the journal. The checklists do identify essential matters that should be considered and reported. For example, a controlled trial may or may not be blinded but it is important that the paper identifies whether or not participants, clinicians and outcome assessors were aware of treatment assignments.
You are required to submit a checklist from the appropriate reporting guideline together with your paper as a guide to the editors and reviewers of your paper. The relevant reporting guideline must be uploaded with the submitted manuscript.
Types of article
Australian Critical Care publishes original research, reviews, case studies and discussion papers. In addition we publish letters, editorials and commentaries on existing content with the journal. Where a case is made we will also publish study protocols.
Word limits - Our experience suggests that all things being equal, readers find shorter papers more useful than longer ones. Given this, and competition for space in the Journal, papers of between 2,000 and 3,500 words are preferred. Word limits are exclusive of figures, table and references. Additional information to enhance the manuscript, such as copies of developed tools or additional data, can be made available as supplementary files.
Exceptions - Authors of any manuscripts that do not comply with these restrictions should make preliminary enquiry to the Editor-in-Chief before submitting the manuscript.
Editorials - 1,000–1,500 words
Authors who have ideas for editorials which address issues of substantive concern to the discipline, particularly those of a controversial nature or linked directly to forthcoming content in the journal, should contact the Editor-in-Chief (editor.acc@acccn.com.au).
Research Papers - 2,000-3,500 words
Full papers reporting original research can be a maximum of 3,500 words in length, although shorter papers are preferred. In some instances, qualitative papers may be up to 5,000 words in length, where appropriate. Research papers should adhere to recognised standards for reporting (see above guidance and Author Checklist).
All research papers reporting the development of scales must include a copy of the full scale so it can be published as supplementary online material; Australian Critical Care does not accept scale development papers which are not accompanied by a copy of the full scale.
For papers reporting the testing of existing scales, the reference of the original paper reporting the scale should be cited. When the original scale has not previously been published, and where possible, authors are encouraged to obtain written permission from the copyright owner of the scale to reproduce it, and ensure that it is credited appropriately. If original developers of the scale want to retain copyright they can mark it as reproduced with their permission.
If the scale is in a language other than English, then it must be accompanied by an English translation. If the newly developed scale is a translation of an existing scale then Australian Critical Care requires author(s) to submit written permission from the copyright owner of the original scale to publish the translated version with full credit given also to the original scale (an English translation is also required). Established processes for quality of translation should be adhered to, including the use of back translation.
Brief Research Report - 1500-2500 words
Australian Critical Care accepts brief research reports which follow the same rigour, format and guidelines as original research studies but are designed for small-scale research or research in the early stages of development. These may include preliminary studies that utilize a simple research design or small sample size and that have produced limited pilot data and initial findings that suggest the need for further investigation. Brief research reports are not intended to be used for research that would otherwise qualify for a full original research manuscript or for publishing research that lacks significance or is not rigorous.
Reviews - 3,000-6,000 words
Australian Critical Care accepts quantitative, qualitative, integrative and scoping reviews for publication. Preference is given to reviews which have previously been registered with PROSPERO, the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/). Authors are encouraged to clearly report the process by which literature was selected for inclusion in the review. Relevant reporting guidelines (eg PRISMA, ENTREQ) should be adhered to.
Case Reports - up to 2,500 words
Case reports are valuable to the journal, but due to their nature, patients featured in the reports may be highly identifiable. The journal requires that proper consent for publication has been obtained and that the individual(s) being reported on, or their proxy, is aware of the possible consequences of that reporting, including the possibility that the individual(s) could be identified.
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