Journal of Clinical Metabolism & Diabetes (JCMD), Information for authors
Authorship
All persons listed as authors must have contributed significantly to the work. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining consent from all co-authors for the version of the manuscript submitted.
Acknowledgements
Financial and material support of any kind must be acknowledged in the manuscript. Authors are obliged to explain the role of the study sponsor(s), if any, in study design; data collection, analysis, and interpretation; or in the writing. Should the supporting source have had no such involvement, the authors should clearly state so.
Conflicts of Interest
When submitting a manuscript, authors are responsible for disclosing all financial and personal relationships that could be viewed as presenting a potential conflict of interest. This needs to reveal any financial interests or connections, direct or indirect, or other situations that might raise the question of bias in the work reported or the conclusions, implications, or opinions stated – including pertinent commercial or other sources of funding for the individual author(s) or for the associated department(s) or organization(s), personal relationships, or direct academic competition.
Clinical Trials
Only trials that have been registered in a public trials registry will be considered for publication. The name of the registry and the registration number should be stated at the end of the abstract of the manuscript.
Editorial policy
The Journal of Clinical Metabolism & Diabetes will not consider manuscripts that have been published previously or that are under consideration for publication elsewhere. All authors are required to submit a cover letter clearly indicating that neither is the case.
The manuscript titles must be descriptive and must not contain any brand names. Drugs must be identified by their generic name.
The manuscript should conform to the standard detailed in the 'Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication' (http://www.icmje.org). US Spelling will be used by default to edit the final manuscript - unless the authors indicate otherwise. All measurements must be given in International System of units (SI) (meters, kilograms, seconds etc).
Images & tables
Tables and charts should complement the text as opposed to duplicate it. Photographs & Illustrations must be supplied in High resolution at least 300 dpi JPEG/Tiff format.
Submission of Manuscripts
Please submit your work online. This enables you to track your article - once it has been submitted - through the peer review process to publication.
Manuscript Types & Requirements
The Journal of Clinical Metabolism & Diabetes currently considers the following manuscript types for publication
1. Review Articles
2. Original Articles
3. Case Reports
4. Correspondence/Letters
5. Meeting Reports
Review Article
Review Articles submitted to The Journal of Clinical Metabolism & Diabetes should contain at a minimum;
Abstract (up to 250 words plus up to 7 keywords. The Abstract should contain an Introduction, Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusion)
• Objectives
• Data source
• Study selection
• Results
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements (if any)
• References
• Figure Legends (if any)
• Tables (if any)
Original Article
Original articles should be divided into the following sections
• Abstract (up to 250 words plus up to 7 keywords. Abstracts are also required for review articles. The Abstract should contain an Introduction, Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusion)
• Introduction
• Materials and methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Acknowledgements (if any)
• References
• Figure Legends (if any)
• Tables (if any)
Case Report
Case reports of great interest and uniqueness will be considered if submitted together with an overview and discussion of relevant literature.
Peer Review Process
All manuscripts are subject to peer-review. Your paper will undergo the double blind review process. The process normally takes between 2 to 4 weeks to complete depending on the number of rounds the reviews need to take place. Please do expect slight delay if the review period overlaps with a long holiday or Summer/Winter break.
References
Manuscripts much use the Vancouver (author-number) style of referencing i.e. a number series to indicate references. The Bibliography must then list these in numerical order as they appear in the text. List up to three authors and use et al. for subsequent authors
Examples:
1. Corless CL, Fletcher JA, Heinrich MC. Biology of gastrointestinal stromal tumors. J Clin Oncol. 2004;22(18):3813–3825.
2. Hirota S, Isozaki K, Moriyama Y, et al. Gain-of-function mutations of c-kit in human gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Science. 1998;279(5350):577–580.
Preparing Your Files
On your computer, save your manuscript in one of the following file types: Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format, PostScript.
Kindly place your tables, figures, and/or appendixes in separate files from the body of the manuscript.
Make sure you have all co-authors’ full names and e-mail addresses.
Please submit your work online or send an email to the editor editor@slm-journals.com.