Instructions
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Manuscript Criteria and Information
Manuscripts and all attached files should be submitted in electronic form and on paper.
The electronic form should be submitted, either by regular mail to the Editor-in-Chief, on compact disk or by e-mail to: aliat@artelecom.net. It is preferrable that three copies of the manuscript, printed on one side of A4 paper format, double-spaced, with 3 cm margins, be also submitted to the same address.
The manuscript should be accompanied by a cover letter including:
- the statement on authorship,
- the statement on ethical considerations,
- the statement on financial disclosure.
Manuscripts are received with the understanding that they have the approval of each author, are not under simultaneous consideration by another publication, and have not been published previously in whole or substantial part. This policy applies to the essential contents, tables, or figures, but does not apply to abstracts. Authors must disclose in their cover letters if the submitted manuscript contains any data, patient information, or other material or results that have already been published or are in press, submitted, or nearly submitted.
Accepted manuscripts become the permanent property of the Romanian Journal of Psychiatry. They may not be republished without permission from the publisher .
Authorship
All named authors should meet the criteria for authorship as stated in the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication” issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org): “Authorship credit should be based on 1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and 3) final approval of the version to be published. Authors should meet conditions 1, 2, and 3. […]
Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group alone does not constitute authorship.
All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship, and all those who qualify should be listed.”
The Romanian Journal of Psychiatry considers all authors to be responsible for the content of the entire paper.
Authors are requested to describe their individual contributions to a study/ paper in a section that will be signed, attached to and sent together with the “Authorship Responsibilities” form.
Individuals who gave advice on the manuscript should be acknowledged, but are not considered authors.
Ethical considerations
If the scientific project involves human subjects or experimental animals, authors must state in the manuscript that the protocol has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the institution within which the research work was undertaken. A statement of informed consent for human investigation should be made in the text, along with the name of the institutional review board that approved the study protocol. Authors must ensure that patient confidentiality is in no way breached. Do not use real names, initials, or disclose information that might identify a particular person without informed consent for publication. When clinical photographs of patients are submitted, consent by the patient must be obtained prior to submission of the article and is the responsibility of the author. The Editors reserve the right to reject a paper on ethical grounds. All authors are responsible for adhering to guidelines on good publication practice.
Financial Disclosure
The authors should certify that:
- all financial and material support for this research and work are clearly identified in the manuscript.
- all the affiliations with or financial involvement (e.g., employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, royalties) with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or in financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript are completely disclosed here or in an attachment.
- they have no relevant financial interests in this manuscript.
The absence of funding should also be declared. The statement on conflicts of interest will be published at the end of the paper. Please submit all requested signed documents by regular mail to the Secretariat. Scanned copies sent electronically and fax submissions are not acceptable.
Peer Review Process
Submitted manuscripts are screened for completeness and quality of files and will not enter the review process until all files are satisfactory. The Secretariat will announce the corresponding author about the receipt and the status of the manuscript.
A submitted manuscript will be acknowledged and assigned a manuscript number, which is to be used in all further correspondence. Manuscripts are reviewed and given a priority based on their originality, importance of the findings, scientific merit and significance for the field, interest to readers, lucidity, and suitability for publication. Manuscripts with insufficient priority for publication are rejected promptly. Other manuscripts are sent to expert consultants for peer review. Author identities are not kept confidential. The existence of a manuscript under review is not revealed to anyone other than peer reviewers and editorial staff. Peer reviewers remain anonymous and are expected to maintain strict confidentiality. After the review process has been completed, authors will be informed by mail of the Editor's decision.
Corrections
Scientific fraud are rare events; however, they have a very serious impact on the integrity of the scientific community. If the Editorial Board uncovers possible evidence of such problems it will first contact the corresponding author in complete confidence, to allow adequate clarification of the situation. If the results of such interactions are not satisfactory, the Board will contact the appropriate official(s) in the institution(s) from which the manuscript originated. It is then left to the institution(s) in question to pursue the matter appropriately. Depending on the circumstances, the Romanian Journal of Psychiatry may also opt to publish errata, corrigenda, or retractions.
Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts must be written in English and abstracts both in English and Romanian, prepared in conformity to the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication” issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org).
Articles must be written in Microsoft Word, Style: Normal + Justified, Font: Times New Roman, font size 12. All manuscripts must be typed double-spaced. Original source files, not PDF files, are required. In text editing, authors should not use spacing with spacebar, tab or paragraph mark, but use the indentation and spacing options in Format -> Paragraph. Automatic paging is preferred.
Subheadings of the article should be left-justified, typed with capital letters, in 12-point type.
The abstracts and Key words must be written in Microsoft Word, Style: Normal + Justified, Font: Times New Roman, font size 11, italics.
Figures must be cited in order in the text using Arabic numerals, (e.g., fig.2). Their width should be 6,5cm (in order to fit in a column) or 13,5 cm (in order to fit in both columns). The figures have to satisfy the following conditions:
- black and white photographs with good contrast, with recommended sizes;
- scanned photograph with a resolution of 300 dpi and subsequently edited on a computer, original file (*TIFF, *JPEG);
- illustrations (drawings, charts) created on a computer, cited in the text, original file (*XLS, *CDR).
Every figure should be accompanied by a title and a legend.
Tables, numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, should have a width of 6,5 cm or 13,5 cm. Every table should be also accompanied by a title and a legend. The distribution of tables and figures in the text should be balanced.
Please do not import tables or figures into the text document, but only specify their insertion in text (e.g., Table No.3 insertion). They have to be sent in separate files. Files should be labeled with appropriate and descriptive file names.
Manuscript organization
1. First page should include:
Article title: titles should be short, specific, and descriptive, emphasizing the main point of the article. Avoid a 2-part title, if at all possible. Do not number the title, e.g., I or Part I. Do not make a declarative statement in the title. Title length, including punctuation and spaces, ideally should be under 100 characters and must not exceed 150 characters.
2. Second page:
a) Author(s). First name, middle initials and surname of the authors, without any scientific, didactic or military degrees; (e.g., Mircea A Birt, Aura Vaida, not Birt M.A., Vaida A.).
b) Footnote that specifies the authors’ scientific titles, the name and the address of their workplaces (institution and department) for each author; contact details of the corresponding author (full address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address) and the address of the institution and department where the study has been carried out. Contact details will be published unless otherwise requested by the author.
3. Third page:
a. Abstracts should have no more than 300 words. For original articles they should consist of five paragraphs, labeled Background, Objective(s), Method(s), Result(s), and Conclusion(s).
b. Keywords maximum of 6 keywords (minimum of 3), according to Index medicus. Keywords should not repeat the title of the manuscript.
4. Fourth page and next:
· Original papers organized in:
a. Introduction (no more than 25% of the text), material and methods, results, comments or discussions and acknowledgements.
b. Material and methods have to be described in enough detail to permit reproduction by other teams. The same product names should be used throughout the text (with the brand name in parenthesis at the first use).
c. Results should be presented concisely. Tables and figures should not duplicate text.
d. The discussions should set the results in context and set forth the major conclusions of the authors. Information from the Introduction or Results should not be repeated unless necessary for clarity. The discussion should also include a comparison among the obtained results and other studies from the literature, with explanations or hypothesis on the observed differences, comments on the importance of the study and the actual status of the investigated subject, unsolved problems, questions to be answered in the future.
e. In addition to the customary recognition of non-authors who have been helpful to the work described, the acknowledgements section must disclose any substantive conflicts of interest.
f. Abbreviations shall be preceded by the full term at their first apparition in text. A list of all used abbreviations shall be made at the end of the article.
g. Separate pages: tables, graphics, pictures and schemes will appear on separate pages.
· 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 parentheses.
- The reference list will include only the references cited in the text (identified by Arabic numerals in parentheses, not in square brackets and not bold).
- All authors should be listed when six or less; when seven or more, list only the first three and add ‘et al’ (Ionescu I, Popescu I, Georegscu I et al).
- Nevertheless, if an important author is cited in text, his name will be mentioned in parentheses, followed by his number from reference list (Kraepelin, 7).
- Where appropriate, the name of the cited author will be followed by the name of the person who cites him (Kraepelin cit. by Ionescu).
- The name of the Journals cited in the References should be abbreviated according to ISI Journal Title Abbreviations.
Examples:
- Reference to a journal publication:
Vrasti R, Matei VMI. The crisis centre in Romania. Eur J Psychiat 2002; 29:305-311.
Reynolds CF, Frank E, Perel JM et al. Treatment of consecutive episodes of major depression in the elderly. Am J Psychiat 1994; 151 (12): 1740-3.
- Reference to a book:
Vrasti R. The crisis centre in psychiatry. Toronto, London: Academic Press, 1993.
- Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Schuckit MA. Alcohol-Related Disorders. In: Sadock BJ, Sadock VA, Ruiz P (eds). Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2009, 1268-1287.
The placement of the italics, punctuation and the general aspect of the text format must comply with the rules mentioned above. This is a mandatory and eliminatory condition.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT
The text should be edited in “Word for Windows”.
1. Use as few formatting commands as possible:
- input your text continuously (without breaks);
- do not use different types of fonts to highlight your text;
- any word or phrase that you would like to emphasize should be indicated throughout the text by underlining;
- use only the “Enter” key to indicate the end of the end of paragraphs, headings, lists etc.;
- do not use the “Space Bar” to indicate paragraphs, but only the “Tab” key.
2. Charts and tables should be edited in Word or Excel. Please indicate in the text, the place of the table, specifying its name.
3. You can scan photographs (using Photostyler, Adobe-Photoshop or any other compatible programs) and save them as .tif or .jpg files. Please indicate in the text, the place of the photograph, specifying its name.
4. You may use a common compression program: ARJ, RAR or ZIP.
5. Make sure that the text file from floppy disk, or preferable, CD and the print-out correspond exactly.
6. Make sure that there are no errors on your CD.
7. Make sure your CD is adequately packed.
8. Make sure your CD has no viruses.
VERY IMPORTANT: All manuscripts intended for publication will be subject to peer-review by a committee of experts which assesses the scientific and statistical correctness of articles submitted. The committee receives the manuscripts without knowing the authors’ name and proposes possible changes, which will be transmitted to the authors by the medium of Editorial Board. Staring with nr. 3-4/2008, the articles will be edited entirely in English. The authors have the obligation to oversee the text with the help of a professional translator.
Address to send the manuscripts is:
REVISTA ROMÂNĂ DE PSIHIATRIE
ASOCIATIA PSIHIATRICA ROMANA
Prof. Dr. Dan PRELIPCEANU
Spitalul Clinic “Alexandru Obregia”, secţia IX Clinic
Şos. Berceni 10, sector 4, 041914 Bucureşti
Tel./Fax: +40-21-334.84.06
E-mail: aliat@artelecom.net
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