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4、期刊刊期：一年出版八期。
2021年4月27日星期二
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Guide for Authors
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For questions about the editorial process (including the status of manuscripts under review) or for technical support on submissions, please visit our Support Center.
Peer review
This journal operates a single anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's decision is final. Editors are not involved in decisions about papers which they have written themselves or have been written by family members or colleagues or which relate to products or services in which the editor has an interest. Any such submission is subject to all of the journal's usual procedures, with peer review handled independently of the relevant editor and their research groups. More information on types of peer review.
Introduction
State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.
1. Article types accepted are: Original Article (Full Paper or Short Communication), Review Article, Book Review. Word limits are as follows: Full Paper 3,000 words plus no more than 6 figures/tables in total; Short Communication 1,200 words plus no more than 3 figures/tables in total.The recommended word limit for Review Papers is 6,000 words. The word limits are non-inclusive of figures, tables, references, and abstracts. If the Editor feels that a paper submitted as a Full Paper would be more appropriate for the Short Communications section, then a shortened version will be requested. References should be limited to 40 for Full Papers; and 15 for Short Papers; there is no limit for review articles. A structured abstract of no more than 300 words should appear at the beginning of each Article. Authors must state the number of words when submitting.
Short Communications are intended to introduce new techniques that improve the analysis and evaluation of human movement. This article type is not for preliminary or case studies, and such submissions will be rejected without review. Authors submitting a Short Communication should justify why it is a Short Communication rather than a Full Paper in their cover letter. Gait and Posture does not accept case reports.
All papers should contribute to improved understanding of human movement, particularly in clinical populations, and must therefore include a statement of significance in both the structured abstract and the main text. The contribution may be methodological; however Articles that simply validate existing methods or technologies are discouraged. Validation of methodology should instead be included within a larger study in which the methodology is used to answer a clinically relevant question.
2. All publications will be in English. Authors whose 'first' language is not English should arrange for their manuscripts to be written in idiomatic English before submission. A concise style avoiding jargon is preferred.
3. Authors should supply up to five keywords that may be modified by the Editors.
4. Authors should include a structured abstract of no more than 300 words including the following headings: Background, Research question, Methods, Results and Significance. The scientific and clinical background should be explained in 1-2 sentences. One clear scientifically relevant question should be derived from the background which represents the principle research question of the paper. This should be framed specifically as a question not simply as a description. The Methods section should summarise the core study methodology including the type of study (prospective/retrospective, intervention etc), procedures, number of participants and statistical methods. The Results section should summarise the study's main findings. The Significance section should place the results into context. Furthermore this section should highlight the clinical and/or scientific importance of the work, answering the question "so what?" This section should not simply repeat the study results or conclusions.
5. Acknowledgements should be included in the title page. Include external sources of support.
6. The text should be ready for setting in type and should be carefully checked for errors. Scripts should be typed double-spaced on one side of the paper only. Please do not underline anything, leave wide margins and number every sheet.Do not include line numbers as these will be added automatically by the submission system.
All illustrations should accompany the typescript, but not be inserted in the text. Refer to photographs, charts, and diagrams as 'figures' and number consecutively in order of appearance in the text. Substantive captions for each figure explaining the major point or points should be typed on a separate sheet.Do not include line numbers as these will be added automatically by the submission system.
8. Tables should be presented on separate sheets of paper and labelled consecutively but the captions should accompany the tables.
9. Authors should also note that files containing text, figures, tables or multimedia data can be placed in a supplementary data file which will be accessible via ScienceDirect (see later section for further details).
What information to include with the manuscript
Having read the criteria for submissions, authors should specify in their letter of transmittal whether they are submitting their work as an Original Article (Full Paper or Short Communication), Review Article, or Book Review. Emphasis will be placed upon originality of concept and execution. Only papers not previously published will be accepted. Comments regarding articles published in the Journal are solicited and should be sent as "Letter to the Editor". Such Letters are subject to editorial review. They should be brief and succinct. When a published article is subjected to comment or criticism, the authors of that article will be invited to write a letter or reply.
A letter of transmittal must include the statement, "Each of the authors has read and concurs with the content in the final manuscript. The material within has not been and will not be submitted for publication elsewhere except as an abstract." The letter of transmittal must be from all co-authors. All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: (1) the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, (3) final approval of the version to be submitted.
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship as defined above should be listed in an acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only general support. Authors should disclose whether they had any writing assistance and identify the entity that paid for this assistance.
Work on human beings that is submitted to Gait & Posture should comply with the principles laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki; Recommendations guiding physicians in biomedical research involving human subjects. Adopted by the 18th World Medical Assembly, Helsinki, Finland, June 1964, amended by the 29th World Medical Assembly, Tokyo, Japan, October 1975, the 35th World Medical Assembly, Venice, Italy, October 1983, and the 41st World Medical Assembly, Hong Kong, September 1989. The manuscript should contain a statement that the work has been approved by the appropriate ethical committees related to the institution(s) in which it was performed and that subjects gave informed consent to the work. Studies involving experiments with animals must state that their care was in accordance with institution guidelines. Patients' and volunteers' names, initials, and hospital numbers should not be used.
All Articles should include a justification of their sample size. While there is no set requirement for minimum sample size, studies considered to have too small a sample size to answer the research question will be rejected.
At the end of the text, under a subheading "Conflict of interest statement" all authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organisations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding.
All sources of funding should be declared as an acknowledgement. Authors should declare the role of study sponsors, if any, in the study design, in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; and in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. If the study sponsors had no such involvement, the authors should so state.
Authors are encouraged to suggest referees although the choice is left to the Editors. If you do, please supply their postal address and email address, if known to you.
Please note that papers are subject to single-blind review whereby authors are blinded to reviewers.
Randomised controlled trials
All randomised controlled trials submitted for publication in Gait & Posture should include a completed Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) flow chart. Please refer to the CONSORT statement website at http://www.consort-statement.org for more information. The Journal has adopted the proposal from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) which require, as a condition of consideration for publication of clinical trials, registration in a public trials registry. Trials must register at or before the onset of patient enrolment. The clinical trial registration number should be included at the end of the abstract of the article. For this purpose, a clinical trial is defined as any research project that prospectively assigns human subjects to intervention or comparison groups to study the cause-and-effect relationship between a medical intervention and a health outcome. Studies designed for other purposes, such as to study pharmacokinetics or major toxicity (e.g. phase I trials) would be exempt. Further information can be found at http://www.icmje.org.
Review and Publication Process
1. You will receive an acknowledgement of receipt of the manuscript by the Editorial Office before the manuscript is sent to referees. Please contact the Editorial Office if you do not receive an acknowledgement.
Following assessment one of the following will happen:
A: The paper will be accepted directly. The corresponding author will be notified of acceptance by e-mail or letter. The Editor will send the accepted paper to Elsevier for publication.
B: The paper will be accepted subject to minor amendments. The corrections should be made and the paper returned to the Editor for checking. Once the paper is accepted it will be sent to production.
C: The paper will be rejected outright as being unsuitable for publication in Gait and Posture.
2. By submitting a manuscript, the authors agree that the copyright for their article is transferred to the publisher if and when the article is accepted for publication. (https://www.elsevier.com/copyright).
3. Page proofs will be sent to the corresponding author for correction, although at this stage any changes should be restricted to typographical errors. Other than these, any substantial alterations may be charged to the authors. Proofs will be sent preferably by e-mail as a PDF file (although they can be sent by overland post) and must be rapidly checked and returned. Please ensure that all corrections are sent back in one communication. Subsequent corrections will not be possible.
4. An order form for reprints will accompany the proofs.
Essential title page information
• Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible.
• Author names and affiliations. Please clearly indicate the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. You can add your name between parentheses in your own script behind the English transliteration. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if available, the e-mail address of each author.
• Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. This responsibility includes answering any future queries about Methodology and Materials. Ensure that the e-mail address is given and that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.
• Present/permanent address. If an author has moved since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the time, a 'Present address' (or 'Permanent address') may be indicated as a footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address. Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.
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