Guidelines for Authors
www.karger.com/goi_guidelines
 Submission
Conditions
Arrangement
Letters to the Editor
Color Illustrations
References
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Author's ChoiceTM, NIH-Funded Research, Self-Archiving
Page Charges
Proofs
Reprints
Submission
Manuscripts written in English should be submitted online:
or as e-mail attachment (the preferred word-processing package is MS-Word) to:
goi@karger.ch
Prof. T.M. D'Hooghe
S. Karger AG
Editorial Office 'Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation'
P.O. Box
CH-4009 Basel (Switzerland)
Tel. +41 61 306 1344
Fax +41 61 306 1434
The manuscripts should be acompanied by a signed copyright transfer statement.
Presentation of manuscripts should conform with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (see N Engl J Med 1997;336:309–315).
Conditions
All manuscripts are subject to editorial review.
Original Articles should not exceed 4 printed pages (4,000 words or approx. 12 manuscript pages double-spaced), including tables, illustrations and references.
Articles on current investigation are limited to 2 printed pages (2,000 words or approx. 6 manuscript pages double-spaced).
Case Reports are carefully selected and also limited to 2 printed pages: this includes statements concerning the problem, patient history, diagnosis, treatment, results and any other information pertinent to the case and a maximum of 5 references. Only reports which are really innovative (i.e. less than 5 case reports should have been published on the same subject) and which include a review of similar cases (if any) will be considered for publication.
Reviews are welcomed; however, the Editor-in-Chief is happy to discuss potential articles with authors who would like to contribute.
Submission of an article for publication implies the transfer of the copyright from the author to the publisher upon acceptance. Accepted papers become the permanent property of ‘Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation’ and may not be reproduced by any means, in whole or in part, without the written consent of the publisher. It is the author’s responsibility to obtain permission to reproduce illustrations, tables, etc. from other publications.
All manuscripts must be accompanied by a covering letter signed by all authors. Assurance should be given that the manuscript is not under simultaneous consideration by any other publication.
All manuscripts originating from non-English-speaking countries must be revised by a professional linguistic reviewer and it must be evident from the covering letter that this has been done.
Names, postal and e-mail addresses of four experts in the appropriate area of research should accompany each manuscript. Referees suggested should not be from the same institution as the authors.
Good clinical practice: It has become mandatory that every trial in humans must first obtain approval from an independent Ethics Committee and formal, informed consent from the patients before they participate in a clinical study or experiment. In order to avoid unnecessary delay with the review of manuscripts, authors are asked to state, preferably in the Materials and Methods section, that approval and informed consent have been obtained. These two statements must also appear on the covering letter which accompanies every manuscript and is signed by each author.
Arrangement
All pages should be consecutively numbered beginning with the title page, then the text, acknowledgements, references and legends to figures. The text in original papers should be divided under the headings: Abstract, Introduction, Material(s) and Method(s), Results, and Discussion. The text in case reports should be divided under the headings: Introduction, Case Report(s) and Conclusion(s).
Title page: The first page of each paper should indicate the title, the authors’ names, the institute where the work was conducted, and a short title for use as running head.
NB: Authors wishing to preserve the phonetic meaning of diacritics (PubMed reduces diacritics to their root characters) must spell their names accordingly when submitting manuscripts (e.g. Müller should be Mueller).
Full address: The exact postal address of the corresponding author complete with postal code must be given at the bottom of the title page. Please also supply phone and fax numbers, as well as e-mail address.
Key words: For indexing purposes, a list of 3–10 key words in English is essential.
Abstract: Each paper needs an abstract of up to 200 words.
It should be organized as follows:
Background/Aims: What is the major problem that prompted the study?
Methods: How was the study performed?
Results: Most important findings?
Conclusion: Most important conclusion?
Footnotes: Avoid footnotes. When essential, they are numbered consecutively and typed at the foot of the appropriate page.
Tables and illustrations: Tables and illustrations (both numbered in Arabic numerals) should be prepared on separate pages. Tables require a heading and figures a legend, also prepared on a separate page. For technical reasons, figures with a screen background should not be submitted. When possible, group several illustrations on one block for reproduction (max. size 180 x 223 mm) or provide crop marks. Electronically submitted b/w half-tone and color illustrations must have a final resolution of 300 dpi after scaling, line drawings one of 800-1200 dpi. Figure files must not be embedded in a document file but submitted separately (see Online Submission Instructions).
Letters to the Editor
This section is set aside for critical comments directed to a specific article that has been published in the journal. Letters should be brief (not exceeding 500 words), double spaced and limited to a maximum of 5 citations. The letters and replies should be prepared according to journal format. Illustrative material is only permitted with permission of the Editor-in-Chief. With your correspondence, please include your complete mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and email addresses, if available. The Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to refuse letters, shorten letters, delete objectional comments, and make other changes to to comply with the style of the journal. Send all Letters to the Editor to the above address.
Color Illustrations
Online edition: Color illustrations are reproduced free of charge. In the print version, the illustrations are reproduced in black and white. Please avoid referring to the colors in the text and figure legends.
Print edition: Up to 6 color illustrations per page can be integrated within the text at CHF 760.00 per page.
References
In the text identify references by Arabic numerals [in square brackets]. Material submitted for publication but not yet accepted should be noted as ‘unpublished data’ and not be included in the reference list. The list of references should include only those publications which are cited in the text. Do not alphabetize; number references in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. The surnames of the authors followed by initials should be given. There should be no punctuation other than a comma to separate the authors. Preferably, please cite all authors. Abbreviate journal names according to the Index Medicus system. (Also see International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. N Engl J Med 1997;336:309–315. www.icmje.org)
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Examples
(a) Papers published in periodicals: Sun J, Koto H, Chung KF: Interaction of ozone and allergen challenges on bronchial responsiveness and inflammation in sensitised guinea pigs. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 1997;112:191–195.
(b) Papers published only with DOI numbers: Theoharides TC, Boucher W, Spear K: Serum interleukin-6 reflects disease severity and osteoporosis in mastocytosis patients. Int Arch Allergy Immunol DOI: 10.1159/000063858.
(c) Monographs: Matthews DE, Farewell VT: Using and Understanding Medical Statistics, ed 3, revised. Basel, Karger, 1996.
(d) Edited books: Parren PWHI, Burton DR: Antibodies against HIV-1 from phage display libraries: Mapping of an immune response and progress towards antiviral immunotherapy; in Capra JD (ed): Antibody Engineering. Chem Immunol. Basel, Karger, 1997, vol 65, pp 18–56.
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Reference Management Software: Use of EndNote is recommended for easy management and formatting of citations and reference lists.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
S. Karger Publishers supports DOIs as unique identifiers for articles. A DOI number will be printed on the title page of each article. DOIs can be useful in the future for identifying and citing articles published online without volume or issue information. More information can be found at www.doi.org
Author's ChoiceTM
Karger's Author's ChoiceTM service broadens the reach of your article and gives all users worldwide free and full access for reading, downloading and printing at www.Karger.com. The option is available for a one-time fee of CHF 2,750.00, which is a permissible cost in grant allocation. More information can be found at www.karger.com/authors_choice.
NIH-Funded Research
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) mandates under the NIH Public Access Policy that final, peer-reviewed manuscripts appear in its digital database within 12 months of the official publication date. As a service to authors, Karger submits the final version of your article on your behalf to PubMed Central. For those selecting our premium Author's ChoiceTM service, we will send your article immediately upon publishing, accelerating the accessibility of your work without the usual embargo. More details on NIH's Public Access Policy is available here.
Self-Archiving
Karger permits authors to archive their pre-prints (i.e. pre-refereeing) or post-prints (i.e. final draft post-refereeing) on their personal or institution's servers, provided the following conditions are met: Articles may not be used for commercial purposes, must be linked to the publisher's version, and must acknowledge the publisher's copyright. Authors selecting Karger's Author's ChoiceTM feature, however, are also permitted to archive the final, published version of their article, which includes copyediting and design improvements as well as citation links.
Page Charges
Each additional complete or partial page above 4 printed pages is charged to the author at CHF 310.00.
Proofs
PDF proofs are sent to the corresponding author and should be returned with the least possible delay.
Reprints
Order forms and a price list are sent with the PDF proofs. Orders submitted after the issue is printed are subject to considerably higher prices.
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