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2021年7月27日星期二
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Guide for Authors
Types of article
The International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia welcomes original articles on clinical topics, laboratory research, perinatal physiology and pharmacology; and on all subjects of relevance and importance to obstetric anaesthesia. We welcome submissions related to global health, maternal safety and inequalities of care.
Original articles include randomised controlled trials, observational prospective and retrospective studies, meta-analyses, case-controlled studies, case series, systematic and narrative reviews. Short reports will also be considered for an original article when the aim, outcome and findings are presented succinctly with one illustrative Table or Figure. Each of these is associated with specific guidelines with regard to content and construct, such as provided by the CONSORT and STROBE guidelines. Please see Registration of clinical trials and journal governance. Int J Obstet Anesth 2014;23:204-5.
Submitting case reports
As discussed in Case reports and consent to publication. Int J Obstet Anesth 2016;28:1-2, the International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia understands the importance of case reports in our sub-specialised field. To be accepted for publication, individual case reports need to have important and novel learning points; a simple narrative of a complex or challenging patient(s) or a patient with a rare condition is insufficient. Case series dealing with important areas of practice with a thorough review of the relevant literature will be considered. When writing the case report it is recommended that authors describe the salient features of the case, their novel clinical/technical solutions or features, and a short review of prior knowledge of these cases. Please see guidelines such as those at www.CARE-statement.org . Authors may choose to combine a number of similar cases (usually greater than 3) and write a case series and review article. Submissions of case reports, or correspondence in which a potentially identifiable patient is described, without written consent of the patient, will not be considered for publication (see Ethics in Publishing below).
Invited review articles
The journal publishes review articles and debates on topical and controversial subjects in the area of obstetric anaesthesia. Reviews are often commissioned, although authors may contact the Editor-in-Chief if they wish to discuss potential topics.
Surveys
Surveys will be considered provided they are likely to be of broad interest, well designed and conducted, adequately representative of the anaesthesia community, and have a response rate that is approximately 70% or more. Surveys with a lower response rate will be considered for publication as a letter or occasionally considered for publication as an article, depending on the importance of the topic surveyed and at the editors' discretion.
Contact details for submission
Authors may send queries concerning the submission process, manuscript status, or journal procedures to the Editorial Office.
Please visit our Support Center.
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 keywords
• Include highlights - 3 to 5 bullet points, with no more than 85 characters each, including spaces.
• All figures (include relevant captions)
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)
• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided
• Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print
Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable)
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)
• Relevant declarations of interest have been made
• Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed
• Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements
For further information, visit our Support Center.
Reporting guidelines
The editors require that manuscripts adhere to recognized reporting guidelines relevant to the research design used and require authors to submit a checklist verifying that essential elements have been reported for all primary research and systematic reviews.
Reporting guidelines endorsed by the journal are listed below:
Observational cohort, case control and cross sectional studies - STROBE - Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology, http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/strobe/
Systematic Reviews - PROSPERO - International register of systematic reviews, https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/#aboutregpage
Qualitative studies - COREQ - Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research, http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/coreq
Quasi-experimental/non-randomised evaluations - TREND - Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomized Designs, http://www.cdc.gov/trendstatement/
Case Reports - CARE Guidelines- https://www.care-statement.org/
Randomised (and quasi-randomised) controlled trial - CONSORT - Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials, http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/consort/
Animal Research - ARRIVE- https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/arrive-guidelines
Study of Diagnostic accuracy/assessment scale - STARD - Standards for the Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies, http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/stard/
Systematic Review of Controlled Trials - PRISMA - Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/prisma/
SRQR checklist is for qualitative studies http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/srqr/
AGREE checklist is for clinical guidelines type of articles http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/the-agree-reporting-checklist-a-tool-to-improve-reporting-of-clinical-practice-guidelines/
You are required to adhere to these guidelines (or a suitable recognized alternative) and to submit a completed checklist from the reporting guideline to assist the editors and reviewers of your paper. You can search for the correct guideline for your study using the tools provided by the EQUATOR network: http://www.equator-network.org/ The guideline used must be indicated in the Author Checklist and the completed Standards of Reporting Checklist must also be included in your submission.
Ethics in publishing
Please see our information on Ethics in publishing.
A paper that contains the results of human and/or animal studies will only be accepted for publication if it is made clear that a high standard of ethics was applied in carrying out the investigation. All clinical investigators must follow the Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki In the case of invasive studies of humans, the text should include a statement that the research protocol was approved by a local institutional review board or ethics committee (with specific details such as reference number) and that written consent was obtained from all subjects.
Informed consent and patient details
Studies on patients or volunteers require ethics committee approval and informed consent, which should be documented in the paper. Appropriate consents, permissions and releases must be obtained where an author wishes to include case details or other personal information or images of patients and any other individuals in an Elsevier publication. Written consents must be retained by the author but copies should not be provided to the journal. Only if specifically requested by the journal in exceptional circumstances (for example if a legal issue arises) the author must provide copies of the consents or evidence that such consents have been obtained. For more information, please review the Elsevier Policy on the Use of Images or Personal Information of Patients or other Individuals. Unless you have written permission from the patient (or, where applicable, the next of kin), the personal details of any patient included in any part of the article and in any supplementary materials (including all illustrations and videos) must be removed before submission.
Declaration of interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential competing interests include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors must disclose any interests in two places: 1. A summary declaration of interest statement in the title page file (if double-blind) or the manuscript file (if single-blind). If there are no interests to declare then please state this: 'Declarations of interest: none'. This summary statement will be ultimately published if the article is accepted. 2. Detailed disclosures as part of a separate Declaration of Interest form, which forms part of the journal's official records. It is important for potential interests to be declared in both places and that the information matches. More information.
Submission declaration
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture or academic thesis, see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright-holder.
Preprints
Please note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with Elsevier's sharing policy. Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint server will not count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information).
Use of inclusive language
Inclusive language acknowledges diversity, conveys respect to all people, is sensitive to differences, and promotes equal opportunities. Content should make no assumptions about the beliefs or commitments of any reader; contain nothing which might imply that one individual is superior to another on the grounds of age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, disability or health condition; and use inclusive language throughout. Authors should ensure that writing is free from bias, stereotypes, slang, reference to dominant culture and/or cultural assumptions. We advise to seek gender neutrality by using plural nouns ("clinicians, patients/clients") as default/wherever possible to avoid using "he, she," or "he/she." We recommend avoiding the use of descriptors that refer to personal attributes such as age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, disability or health condition unless they are relevant and valid. These guidelines are meant as a point of reference to help identify appropriate language but are by no means exhaustive or definitive.
Changes to authorship
Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor. To request such a change, the Editor must receive the following from the corresponding author: (a) the reason for the change in author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of addition or removal of authors, this includes confirmation from the author being added or removed.
Only in exceptional circumstances will the Editor consider the addition, deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been accepted. While the Editor considers the request, publication of the manuscript will be suspended. If the manuscript has already been published in an online issue, any requests approved by the Editor will result in a corrigendum.
Reporting clinical trials
Researchers must pre-register clinical trials involving an intervention on a public registry at or before the time of first recruitment. Many web-based public registries are now available including http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Please see http://www.who.int/ictrp/network/primary/en/ for a detailed list. We will not accept interventional studies that have not been pre-registered on a trial registration site prior to enrollment. Submissions of clinical trials that do not specifically identify the registry and state the registry number will not be considered for review.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (see more information on this). An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.
Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including abstracts for internal circulation within their institutions. Permission of the Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all other derivative works, including compilations and translations. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by authors in these cases.
For gold open access articles: Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'License Agreement' (more information). Permitted third party reuse of gold open access articles is determined by the author's choice of user license.
Author rights
As an author you (or your employer or institution) have certain rights to reuse your work. More information.
Elsevier supports responsible sharing
Find out how you can share your research published in Elsevier journals.
Role of the funding source
You are requested to identify who provided financial support for the conduct of the research and/or preparation of the article and to briefly describe the role of the sponsor(s), if any, in study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement then this should be stated.
Open access
Please visit our Open Access page for more information.
Language (usage and editing services)
Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Authors who feel their English language manuscript may require editing to eliminate possible grammatical or spelling errors and to conform to correct scientific English may wish to use the English Language Editing service available from Elsevier's Author Services.
Submission
Our online submission system guides you stepwise through the process of entering your article details and uploading your files. The system converts your article files to a single PDF file used in the peer-review process. Editable files (e.g., Word, LaTeX) are required to typeset your article for final publication. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, is sent by e-mail.
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except as an abstract or part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration (in whole or in part) for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all Authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent from the International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia, the copyright-holder.
Please submit your article via https://www.editorialmanager.com/yijoa/default.aspx.
Queries
For questions about the editorial process (including the status of manuscripts under review) or for technical support on submissions, please visit our Support Center.
Use of word processing software
It is important that the file be saved in the native format of the word processor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular, do not use the word processor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also the Guide to Publishing with Elsevier). Note that source files of figures, tables and text graphics will be required whether or not you embed your figures in the text. See also the section on Electronic artwork.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the 'spell-check' and 'grammar-check' functions of your word processor.
Manuscripts should have 1.0 line spacing, including tables and references. Pages should be numbered consecutively. Authors are advised to study recent issues of the International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia to assess the level of detail required for publication. For guidance, original research articles should not exceed 3000 words, case reports 1500 words, reviews 5000 words, editorials 1500 words and correspondence 750 words (excluding references)
Article structure
Abstract. This should consist of not more than 250 words summarising the contents of the article and should contain no references or abbreviations (unless the latter are essential to meet the word count). For submissions other than case reports and reviews, use a structured abstract with the headings: Background, Methods, Results, Conclusions - with all submissions followed by Key Words, with each new one capitalised and in alphabetical order.
Title Page
Title. Concise and informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible. State the design of the study if appropriate.
Author names and affiliations. Please clearly indicate the initials (not first names) and family name(s) of each author and check that all names are accurately spelled. Do not include qualifications. Present the authors' affiliation addresses (where the actual work was done, and including the country) 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. Authors contributions are not required.
Corresponding author. Clearly indicate who will handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that the e-mail address is provided (professional rather than personal if possible). Do not include telephone contact (but ensure that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author).
Present/permanent address. If the corresponding 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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