The manuscripts sent at MÆDICA - a Journal of Clinical Medicine should be submitted exclusively to this journal, they become its property, they shouldn’t have been previously published and the information presented should have been reviewed by all authors who agreed upon the data analysis and the conclusions of their manuscript. Copyright will be assigned to the journal, no reproduction being allowed without the prior written consent of the journal. The authors are liable for the content of the articles.
The procedures applied to the papers to be published in this Journal are in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication, Updated February 2006, published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and available at the address www.icmje.org.
All materials must be submitted in electronic format at the e-mail address editor@maedica.ro. Please provide the fax and telephone number of the corresponding author (that member of the group of authors appointed to maintain the correspondence with the journal). The letter of intention accompanying the article must clearly define the significance and uniqueness of the chosen subject, from the authors' point of view.
When authors submit a manuscript, whether it is an article or a letter, they are responsible for disclosing all financial and personal relationships that might bias their work. To prevent ambiguity, authors must state explicitly whether potential conflicts do or do not exist. Authors should do so in the manuscript on a conflict of interest notification page that follows the title page, providing additional detail, if necessary, in a cover letter that accompanies the manuscript.
The authors may provide names and addresses of experts from other medical sites which may offer an objective assessment of the paper. The authors may also name those persons who from their point of view are unable to perform an unbiased evaluation (objections to peer reviewing). Such demand will be respected.
The general structure of the articles
The papers, written fully in English, must comply with the following criteria:
(1) Title page, mentioning the title of the paper, names and academic degrees of the authors, together with their present affiliation.
(4) [Acknowledgements] (mentioning all sources of funding and support for research, all persons who participated).
(5) References (they should be identified in the text by Arabic numbers and numbered in the cited order).
Note: Reference format should comply with the model of Anglo-Saxon medical literature and should not be adjusted to the Romanian type.
(6) Figure legend (explain all symbols and abbreviations used).
(7) Tables (they must have a title).
(8) Figures (they will be included in a separate file from the manuscript). Figures should add clarity to the text. They should not reiterate information rendered in the text or tables. They should be suitable for high quality resolution. They should be submitted in the desired printing format in order to avoid dimension processing.
Note: Figures should have extension specifying format (i.e. .tiff, .eps).
Authors may also submit colored figures which are to appear as such. This service is free of charge. We recommend a moderate number of such figures.
In case images have peculiar features, it is recommended that the authors indicate the original source; specialized processing becoming the responsibility of the editors.
Title page and abstract:
The title page should include the full name of the authors. Indicate the authors' affiliation and connect the author to his affiliation using (a), (b), (c) after the authors' names and before affiliation. Also include information about research grants, including the place (city/country). Please specify if the paper was sponsored by a company.
In footnotes specify: Corresponding author, telephone number, fax, e-mail and mailing address.
Add a header of 2 to 6 words.
The abstract will be formatted as follows: Objectives, Material and Methods, Outcomes, Conclusions. These titles will appear explicitly in the body of the text.
STRUCTURE OF THE JOURNAL
MÆDICA - a Journal of Clinical Medicine includes the following types of articles: original papers, editorials, clinical cases, therapeutic and imagery vignettes, quiz, emerging medical issues, correspondence (questions, comments, opinions), reviews.
The main sections with standard format include:
Orientation papers
• Content: general information focusing on theoretical and/or practice (review of literature).
• Dimensions: maximum 12 pages (the article can be published in two subsequent issues).
• Format: full text, with or without sections.
• References: recent (75% titles dating from the past 5 years), prioritizing articles published in extenso, quoting few abstracts, textbook chapters or entire books, introduced in the text.
Original papers
• Content: fundamental or clinical research (diagnosis or treatment).
• Dimensions: 6-10 pages, 4-5 explanatory materials (texts, graphs or figures).
• Format: introduction (present status of the problem, premises and objective of the research), material and methods, outcomes, conclusions (numbered, briefly presented and referring strictly to personal conclusions).
• References in the text.
Clinical cases (Brief Reports)
• Content: extraordinary clinical observations, ending with a confirmation (morphological, therapeutic etc).
• Dimensions: maximum 6 pages, 1-2 original pictures (clinical, imagistic, morphological).
• References within the text (at comments).
Correspondence
The sender (any physician who desires to express his opinion upon the articles published in this journal) must add a letter of intention which should give convincing reasons for his letter to be published.
The letter must have a title. The sender must give his full name and present affiliation. Only the letters received 6 months after the publication date of the discussed article will be published. The letter must not exceed 1 page and comply with the following criteria:
Article format
Authors are kindly requested to comply with the following recommendation, in order to help editorial processing.
Prepare your manuscript text using Word processing package. Use Arial 12 for the text font. Manuscripts should be 1.5 line-spaced. The manuscript should be submitted in 3 copies, printed on one side of the page and saved on Data-CD (please keep one copy). In order to avoid delays and useless correspondence, please bear in mind the following:
. Title 14 font, bold.
• Use standard abbreviations and units and measurements.
References will comply with the standards of Anglo-Saxon medical literature. Sources, which must be edited strictly as following, may be:
. Entire books:
Authors/editors, name and surname (in initials) (no full stop).
Title, Edition (if suitable).
Place of publication: Publishing House, Year.
Examples:
- Iagaru N. Reumatologie Pediatrica. Bucuresti: Editura Medicala Amaltea, 2003.
- Carrel A, Cutler EC, Gross RE, Debakey ME. The Closing of Holes, Replacing of Valves and Inserting of Pipes, or How Cardiovascular Surgeons Deal with Knives, Knaves and Knots. New York: York University Press, 1984.
• Chapters from books and volumes written by different authors:
Author of the chapter, name and initial of surname (no full stop)
Title of chapter.
Particle „In:” followed by authors or editors of the volume. Then
Title in italic, Edition (if suitable).
Place of publication: Publishing House, Year followed by column
Pages where the chapter may be found
Examples :
- Bolosiu HD, Man L, Rednic S. The effect of methylprednisolone pulse therapy in polymyositis/dermatomyositis. In: Mallia C, Uitto J. Current Issues in Rheumatology and Dermatology. New York: Kulver Academic and Plenum Press, 1999:349-358.
- Nichols WW, O'Rourke MF. Aging, High Blood Pressure and Disease in Humans. In: Arnold E, ed. McDonald's Blood Flow in Arteries: Theoretical, Experimental and Clinical Principles . 3rd ed. London/Melbourne/Auckland: Lea and Febiger; 1990:398-420.
. Articles:
– Authors, name and initial of surname no full stop, only the first three, followed by etc, in case there are more than 4.
– Title of the article.
– Title of the Journal in international abbreviation, italic
– Year, followed by semicolon
– Volume, followed by colons
– Pages where the article may be found
– Note: If the article quoted is published in abstract (ex. journal, volume with abstracts of scientific events), the source will be indicated preceded by „Abstr. in:“
Examples:
- Lems WF, Ader HJ, Lodder MC et al Reproductibility of bone mineral density measurements in daily practice. Ann Rheum Dis 2004;63:285-289.
- Balanescu A, Nat R, Predeteanu D et al Influenta tratamentului imunosupresor asupra imunofenotipului celulelor dentritice din sinoviala reumatoida. Rez. in: Rev Reumatol 2003; 11(Supliment):56.
- Schroeder S, Baumbach A, Mahrholdt H. The impact of untreated coronary dissections on the acute and long-term outcome after intravascular ultrasound guided PTCA. Eur Heart J 2000; 21:137-145.
. Correspondence
Any correspondence for the journal will be sent to the mailing address as well as on the following email: editor@maedica.ro.
