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Veterinary Clinical Pathology
An International Journal of Laboratory Medicine
The official journal of the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology and the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Pathology
Edited by: Wendy Sprague, Editor-In-Chief, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Managing Editor
Laura Brashear
vetclinpathjournal@gmail.com
Phone: 972-854-8948 Fax: 888-910-7760
1. Scope and Mission of the Journal
Veterinary Clinical Pathology (VCP) is the leading international journal in veterinary and comparative laboratory medicine. As such, VCP urges manuscripts to be written using the highest standards. VCP will accept for publication review: scientific review articles; experimental and clinical research; special reports on clinical laboratory practice, policy, and education; novel case reports; and editorials and letters that pertain to our scope and mission.
The mission of Veterinary Clinical Pathology (VCP) is to provide a forum to communicate and discuss new developments that advance the laboratory diagnosis of animal diseases.
VCP welcomes the submission of original manuscripts involving acid-base and electrolytes; biomarkers of disease; blood-banking and transfusion medicine; clinical chemistry; coagulation, platelets, and hemostasis; cytopathology, including effusions and body fluids; experimental and pathophysiologic studies that emphasize clinical pathology; genetic blood and biochemical disorders; hematopathology, including blood cells, hemoparasites, iron metabolism, bone marrow, and hematopoietic neoplasia; hormonal analysis and endocrine disease; infectious diseases of blood and bone marrow; inflammation and inflammatory mediators; instrumentation and diagnostics, including point-of-care testing, assay validation, method comparison, and molecular diagnostics; lipids and lipoproteins; quality assurance and laboratory statistics; telepathology and digital imaging; and toxicologic clinical pathology.
2. Author Agreements
Manuscripts will be considered that have not been published elsewhere (except in abstract form) and are not concurrently under review by any other publication. Authorship implies substantial contribution and approval of the manuscript by each author. VCP adheres to guidelines for authorship established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org).
If a 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:
Copyright Information: https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing-and-open-access/licensing/licensing-info-faqs.html CTA sample: https://authorservices.wiley.com/asset/photos/licensing-and-open-access-photos/eCTA_sample.pdf
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 Wiley Author Services https://authorservices.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/licensing-and-open-access/licensing/open-access-agreements.html and visit http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/details/content/12f25db4c87/Copyright--License.html.
If you select the open access option and The Wellcome Trust and members of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) has funded your research, you will be given the opportunity to publish your article under a CC-BY license, which supports 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.
Requests to copy, reprint, or use portions of published material (including information in figures and tables) should be addressed to Wiley-Blackwell journalrights@wiley.com. Authors are expected to acknowledge all sources of funding or support and to disclose any financial interest with companies that manufacture products that are the subject of their research or with companies that manufacture competing products.
VCP reserves the right to reject manuscripts if it appears that experimental animals have been subjected to unacceptable stress or pain, or if the use of experimental animals does not appear to be justified by the significance of the knowledge gained. Investigations involving research animals must be done in accordance with the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals or equivalent guidelines (see below).
3. Reporting Requirements and Recommendations
Studies that report validation or comparison of methods, establish reference intervals and tests of diagnostic accuracy must adhere to the guidelines listed below. In addition, to reporting studies for which specimen analysis is central, full descriptions of specimen handling and laboratory methods are required, which include: (1) type of specimen analyzed, (2) time from collection to analysis, (3) storage conditions, (4) name and generation of commercial assays, and (5) performance characteristics (imprecision of the assay, reportable range, reference intervals used) of assays.
3.1 Method Validation and Comparison Studies
Please refer to the following publication:
Jensen AL, Kjelgaard-Hansen M. Method comparison in the clinical laboratory. Vet Clin Pathol.2006; 35:276-286.
3.2 Reference and Interval Studies
VCP requires adherence to ASVCP and Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CSLI) guidelines. In addition to the references below, the Quality Assurance and Standards Committee has put together a detailed check list with the procedural steps and Excel spreadsheets for entering population and reference interval (RI) data needed for RI studies published in VCP. These spreadsheets will assist authors with data tabulation of reference populations using different sample sizes. See 4.1.D for the new Reference Interval article category with a checklist and spreadsheets.
References:
ASVCP reference interval guidelines: determination of de novo reference intervals in veterinary species and other related Kristen R. Friedrichs, Kendal E. Harr, Kathy P. Freeman, Balazs Szladovits, Raquel M. Walton, Kirstin F. Barnhart , Julia Blanco-Chavez with addendum found at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1939165x/homepage/Qals.
A summary of these guidelines is found in: Friedrichs KR, Harr KE, Freeman KP, Szladovits B, Walton RM, Barnhart KF, Blanco-Chavez KF. ASVCP reference interval guidelines: determination of de novo reference intervals in veterinary species and other related topics. Vet Clin Pathol. 2012;41:441-453.
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Defining, Establishing, and Verifying Reference Intervals in the Clinical Laboratory; Approved Guidelines. 3rd ed. Wayne, PA: CLSI; 2008.
Reference Value Advisor, can be found at http://www.biostat.envt.fr/reference-value-advisor/.
Geffré A, Friedrichs K, Harr K, Concordet D, Trumel C, Braun JP. References values: a review. Vet Clin Pathol. 2009;38:288-298.
Geffré A, Braun JP, Trumel C, Condordet D. Estimation of reference intervals from small samples: an example using canine plasma creatinine. Vet Clin Pathol. 2009;38:477-484.
3.3 Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy
VCP requires adherence to STARD guidelines in most cases.
The guidelines are free to download at https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/11/e012799.full
The STARD checklist is at https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/stard/
Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JP, Bruns DE, et al. Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1939-165X.2007.tb00175.x
3.4 Animal Care and Use
Investigations involving research animals must be done using the NIH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (http://oacu.od.nih.gov/regs/guide/guide.pdf) or equivalent guidelines.
VCP endorses:
a. The International Association for Veterinary Editors (IAVE) consensus author guidelines on animal ethics and welfare for editors at http://www.veteditors.org/consensus-author-guidelines-on-animal-ethics-and-welfare-for-editors
b. The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: Updated guidelines for reporting animal research. PLoS Biol 18(7): e3000410 at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000410
An explanation and elaboration of the ARRIVE guidelines 2.0 can be found at PLoS Biol 18(7): e3000411. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000411
3.5 Study Approval Registration
Authors must confirm the registration of laboratory animal study approval and/or ethics committee consent to perform animal studies.
Authors will be required to enter the ID or protocol number, the exact designation of the authorizing agency, and the date of approval upon submission. And, instances of written consent forms (by pet owners) are required.
3.6 Owner Informed consent
For any studies involving animal tissues belonging to private owners, authors must obtain written informed consent from the respective owners.
3.7 Appropriate Use of Terminology
For guidelines on use of proper terminology, see: Braun JP. Communicating with precision in veterinary clinical pathology: definitions, units, and nomenclature [editorial]. Vet Clin Pathol. 2009;38:416-417.
Data Not Shown
The statement "data not shown" in describing unpublished results is generally considered unacceptable. Author-generated data should either be provided as supplementary data or the claim and reference to the data should be removed. When data from a non-author source is mentioned, the term "unpublished observation(s)" or "personal communication" can be inserted and written permission from the source should be submitted with the manuscript.
3.8 Quality Assurance Guidelines
VCP strongly recommends that authors adhere to the principles outlined in the ASVCP QALS Committee guidelines that are freely available on the VCP website.
4. Manuscript Review, Editing, and Publication
For each manuscript review, 2-3 anonymous peer reviewers and a Section Editor will evaluate each manuscript.
Authors are asked to respond to reviewer suggestions within 60 days.
Revised manuscripts may be re-reviewed, sometimes by new reviewers.
Upon acceptance, manuscripts will undergo editorial review, and authors may be asked to respond to additional editorial and reviewer comments.
Copyediting is performed using the AMA style guide.
Proofs will be sent to the author for final approval.
Articles will be published online on the journal's Early View page prior to print publication.
Article Formatting (See specifics about Article Categories below)
All articles should comply with standard formatting
Title Page
The first page of the manuscript should include the following information:
The Full title of the article
A short running header title of 50 characters or less, including spaces.
The authors' first and last names and middle initials, and the name of the institution(s) of the authors at the time the work was done should be included.
The corresponding author's institution and e-mail addresses should be placed under “Correspondence” at the end of the title page.
Abstract
The abstract is limited to 250 words and should be written in complete sentences and structured using the following headings: Background, Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions except for Case Reports and What Is Your Diagnosis? articles. Please see specifications below under articles categories.
Keywords
Identify 3-6 key words that do not duplicate words in the title of the article and place them in alphabetical order after the Abstract.
Use terms from the medical subject headings (MeSH) list of Index Medicus at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html; if suitable MeSH terms are not yet available for recently introduced items, current terms may be used.
The type of animal, the organ system studied, and the methods should always be listed.
Introduction
The Introduction should provide sufficient background information to justify the rationale for the study and why it is important, state the hypothesis or research question, state the objective(s) or specific aims of the study, and cite only relevant literature. Ideally, introductions should be about 3-5 paragraphs in length.
Materials and Methods
Methods should include, as appropriate, a description of study design, experimental animals, analytical methods, and statistical analysis.
Products (eg, instruments, reagents, stains, drugs) should be referred to by their generic or chemical names, followed by the model or trade name, and the name and location of the manufacturer in parentheses.
Use of metric or SI units is strongly encouraged. When describing centrifugation, provide gforce and not rpm. Statistical analysis must be described completely. A few useful references are:
Bland JM, Altman DG. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. 1986;1:307-310.
http://www.anaesthetist.com/mnm/stats/roc
Erb NH. Prior Probability (the pretest best guess) affects predictive values of diagnostic tests. Vet Clin Pathol.2011;40:154-158.
Results
Report results in logical order and in parallel with the Methods (for every method, there should be a result).
Tables and figures should be referred to in parentheses at the end of a sentence referring to the results.
Data in tables and figures should not be duplicated in the text. Results should not repeat the rationale for the methods used.
Discussion
The discussion should begin with the most important findings related to the hypothesis and study objectives.
Summarize results succinctly and discuss them in the context of other studies.
Include limitations of the study.
Only discuss topics relevant to the results.
Avoid repetition of specific results and introduction of new methods or results.
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