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Guidelines for Authors

These guidelines are in accordance with the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals”, published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors at http://www.icmje.org.

Types of Articles
JDCR welcomes following types of articles:
  • Case reports (typically not longer than 1800 words plus 2 figures/tables). Case reports describe clinical case histories of interest. JDCR will consider for publication case reports of extraordinary significance with discussion and case of very rare skin diseases with review of contemporary literature for educational purpouses.
  • Original clinical observations (typically not longer than 2000 words plus 4 figures/tables). These are reports of clinical observations in a number of patients, which enable statistical analysis. Results should be accompanied by analysis and discussion. Prospective clinical trials will generally not be considered for publication.
  • Critical reviews (typically not longer than 4000 words plus 4 figures/tables). A critical review is a well referenced, sharply focused, critical assessment of literature provided by experts in the subject matter covered by this review. Authors may and should express their individual opinion about a topic of controversy or suggest new approaches for future research. It is required that these opinions are expressed in a manner which makes them clearly identifiable and distinguishable from literature data.
  • Original research articles (typically not longer than 3000 words plus 4 figures/tables). Reports of new and original work with significance for clinical dermatology will be considered for publication.
  • Letters to the editor (typically not longer than 500 words plus 2 figures and up to 5 references). This section provides a forum for exchange of ideas related to articles published previously in JDCR. Short reports of cutting edge pilot research or observations also will be considered for publication in this section.
In all cases manuscripts should be written in clear and concise English.
The manuscript should be written in font size 12-14, double-spaced in all portions, abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, individual tables, and legends. Margins should be about 2,5 cm (1 inch). All pages must be numbered consecutively, beginning with the title page.

Title Page
The title page should include following information:
  1. Article type (case report, original clinical observation, critical review, original research article or letter to the editor)
  2. Title of the article (bold letters, font size 14 or larger)
  3. Authors’ names should be given as first names followed by surnames, and should be clearly linked to the respective institution by use upper case Arabic numbers.
  4. Disclaimers, (if applicable).
  5. Corresponding author. The name, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address of the author responsible for correspondence about the manuscript (the corresponding author is the guarantor for the integrity of the manuscript as a whole). The corresponding author’s e-mail address will be published.
  6. Source(s) of support in the form of grants, equipment, drugs, or all of these (if applicable)
  7. Short running head of no more than 40 characters
  8. Word count for the text (including abstract, acknowledgments, figure legends, and references)
  9. Number of figures , Number of tables.

Abstract
An abstract should follow the title page. It should not be longer than 200 words and must reflect the content of the article accurately.

The abstract should be structured as follows:
For case reports:
  • Background
  • Main observations
  • Conclusions (emphasize new and important aspects of the observations)
For original research articles and original clinical observations:
  • Background
  • Objective
  • Patients/materials and methods
  • Results
  • Conclusions (emphasize new and important aspects of the observations)
For critical reviews:
  • A summary of the paper should be provided.

Key words
Following the abstract, provide 3 to 10 key words arranged in alphabetical order. Terms from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) list of Index Medicus should be used; if suitable MeSH terms are not yet available for recently introduced terms, present terms may be used.

Manuscript structure
For case reports:
  • Introduction
  • Case report(s)
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
For original research articles and original clinical observations:
  • Background
  • Objective
  • Patients/Materials and Methods
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
For critical reviews:
Review articles should be divided into sections and sub-sections to achieve highest possible text clarity.

References
References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Identify references in text, tables, and legends by Arabic numerals in upper case. References cited only in tables or figure legends should be numbered in accordance with the sequence established by the first identification in the text of the particular table or figure.

References to articles and papers should mention: (1) name(s) initials of all author(s), (2) title of paper; (3) title of the journal abbreviated in the standard manner (see Index Medicus); (4) year of publication; (5) volume; (6) first and final page numbers of the article (references to online articles should have the same structure and additionally the appropriate web address following page numbers).

Example:
Slowinska M, Olszewska MA. Malignant melanoma. J Dermatol Case Rep. 2007; 1: 13-14.


References to books and monographs should include: (1) name(s) followed by the initials of the author(s) or editor (s); (2) chapter (if relevant) and book title; (3) edition, volume, etc.; (4) place; (5) publisher; (6) year; (7) page(s) referred to.

Example:
MacKie RM. Lymphomas and leukaemias. In: Textbook of Dermatology (Champion RH, Burton JL, Ebling FJG, eds), 5th edn, Vol. 3. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1992; 2107-2134


Figures
Figures may be inserted into the text file or may be uploaded separately as additional files as JPEG or TIFF files. Manuscripts with low quality images will not be considered for publication. Drawn Figures will not be redrawn by the JDCR. Letters, numbers, and symbols on Figures should be clear and even throughout and of sufficient size, that when reduced for publication each item will still be legible. Figures should be made as self-explanatory as possible. Please provide Figure legends on a separate page with Arabic numerals corresponding to the illustrations.
If photographs of patients are used, either the subjects must not be identifiable or their pictures must be accompanied by written permission to use the photograph for publication.

Sending the Manuscript to the Journal
The manuscript should be uploaded directly onto the JDCR website. Alternatively, the manuscript may be e-mailed to the editor at editor@jdcr.eu . Please do not send manuscripts by regular post.

Cover letter
Manuscripts submitted by e-mail must be accompanied by a cover letter, which should include the following information.
  • A statement that the same or very similar work has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. A conference presentation with a published abstract is not considered as publication in this regard.
  • A statement of financial or other relationships that might lead to a conflict of interest
  • A statement that the manuscript has been read and approved by all the authors
In the case of manuscripts uploaded directly to the JDCR webside these statements will be required by the uploading system. Any additional information for the editor may be provided in the “Comments for the Editor” box in Step 1 of the uploading procedure.

Processing charges
All articles submitted by 31.12.2010 will be published free of charge, if accepted for publication. Authors of articles submitted after this date will be asked to pay a service charge of 60 Euros or 80 US$ for accepted articles.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

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.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or ODT file format.
  3. When available, the URLs to access references online are provided, including those for open access versions of the reference. The URLs are ready to click (e.g., http://www.jdcr.eu).
  4. The text is double-spaced; uses a 12/14-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  6. The instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review) have been followed.
 

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