INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Manuscripts submitted to Journal of Cellular and Molecular Anesthesia should be prepared according to guidelines established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (see 'Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication' available at: http://www.icmje.org/) as well as the following instructions.
Any question concerning manuscript submission should be directed to:
Ali Dabbagh, MD, Professor of Cardiac Anesthesia; Anesthesiology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Anesthesia
Manuscript submission is only electronically (following the on-line process), and accompanied by a cover letter indicating that the object, totally or partly, has not been previously published and is not currently under consideration for publication in another journal. All files submitted should be in a MS Word processed format, Microsoft Word 2010 or earlier.
Ethical Considerations:
Submissions containing copy or self-plagiarism is will be rejected. Authors are encouraged to carefully proofread their manuscript prior to submission. In order to prevent plagiarism and copyright violation, use of software such as iThenticate is recommended.
Microsoft Word is the preferred text file format. Submitted files must be editable; do not submit pdf files of your text.
Authors Responsibilities
Author Substance Archive Strategy
Please note that except special circumstances, JMCA will organize the whole electronic materials, two months after publication. If you require the return of any material submitted, please inform the Editorial Office or Production Editor as soon as possible if you have not already done so.
English-language Editing Services
Authors whose first language is not English may choose to use one of JCMA services that will edit their manuscript proficiently before submission or during the review process in order to ensure the English composition is clear and well written. Authors wishing to pursue a professional English-language editing service should announce and arrange fee with the editing service. For more details regarding the recommended services, please visit JCMA Editing Services.
Please note, all services are paid for and arranged by the author, and use of one of these services does not guarantee acceptance or preference for publication.
Types of Articles
Several types of articles are published in JCMA. The word counts listed are intended to be general guidelines, not fixed limitations.
Manuscript Format
Manuscripts should be submitted in English to the editor – in – chief: Prof Ali Dabbagh / the editorial office and typed double spaced. Allow adequate margins on all sides and number all pages consecutively. Manuscripts should consist of a
(All should be placed in that arrange). Submissions must do under blinded method (all authors’ names and institutional identifiers removed).
Title Page
The title page should be consisting of:
Text
Standard metric units must be used to evaluate distance/length and weight. Only typical abbreviations could be used; on the earliest position, always spell out unusual abbreviations in text, followed in parentheses by the short-form. Check with the latest editions of the Council of Biology Editors Style Manual or the AMA Manual of Style for current usage. All drugs and chemicals used must be specified by generic name(s), giving dosage(s), and method (s) of administration. Trade name should be only used in parentheses after the generic (standard) name.
Acknowledgments
All persons who have made some contribution to the publication, but convince only one or two of the three authorship criteria (mentioned before), should be mentioned in the Acknowledgment segment. All sources of support such as financial and material should also be revealed in the Acknowledgment section. The roles of each sponsor in data achievement or other responsibilities must be informed.
References
References should be numbered one after the other in the order in which they are used in the text, by means of Index Medicus abbreviations. Only references to books and articles or abstracts published in peer-reviewed journals should be cited. Unpublished data, personal communications or manuscript, should be cited only in the text without use of reference-number. For journal articles, list all authors’ names unless there are more than 6, in which case list the names of the first 3 authors, followed by 'et al.' Authors are encouraged to organize/manage their references using Endnote. References should adhere to the style shown in the following examples (see AMA Manual of Style):
For standard journal articles
6 or fewer authors:
Morrison A P, Hunter J M, Halpern S H, Banerjee A.
Effect of intrathecal magnesium in the presence or absence of local anaesthetic with and without lipophilic opioids: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br. J. Anaesth. 2013;110:702-12.
More than 6 authors:
Simpson J I, Eide T R, Schiff G A, et al. Intrathecal Magnesium Sulfate Protects the Spinal Cord from Ischemic Injury during Thoracic Aortic Cross-clamping. Anesthesiology. 1994;81:1493-9.
For books:
Leriche R. Surgery of Pain. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1939:889-898.
Tables
Add tables is useful, but should not copy the wording (text). Tables must be appeared with number consecutively using Arabic numerals in their order of presentation in the text. Tables must have appropriate labels. Tables should be typed double spaced, each on a separate manner. Descriptive comments can be mentioned below the tables.
Figures
Original artwork, radiographs, or electrocardiograms should not be sent. Informed consent should be presented for identifiable patient photographs, descriptions, and pedigrees. Photomicrographs must have internal scale indicators. Symbols, arrows, or letters used in photomicrographs should contrast with the background. Figures should always be numbered in text in successive order with Arabic numerals. This journal does not charge authors for submission or publication of manuscripts including their figures.
Color figures will be published free of charge if judged relevant and of good quality.
Submitting Electronic Art to JCMA
Due to a wide range of available graphics programs in use, it is impossible to incorporate all of these programs. If a digital art file is submitted with the revised version of an accepted manuscript, there is no assurance to be acceptable.
Some principal criteria for acceptable files:
Three preferred formats for digital artwork submission are as follow: Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), Portable Document Format (PDF), and Tagged Image Format (TIFF). EPS files are preferred. Otherwise, articles may be saved as PDF files at 600 dots per inch (dpi) or superior in their original size/resolution. Photographic images, should be saved as TIFF files with a resolution of at least 300 dpi in their original size. For figures that contains both photographs and labeling, EPS files, or PDF files with a resolution of at least 600 dpi are suitable. More detailed information on the submission of electronic artwork can be found at http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/illustration.asp.
License Agreement
After primary accept of an article, the corresponding author will obtain an email prompting the authors to complete the COVER LETTER and COPY-RIGHT sheets.
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.