Guidelines for Authors
www.karger.com/cgr_guidelines
 Introduction
Categories of Manuscripts
Single Topic Issues
Submission
Arrangement
Literature Cited
Gene Symbols
Cell Lines in Cancer Research
Author's ChoiceTM, NIH-Funded Research, Self-Archiving
Page Charges, Color Reproductions
Electronic Proofs
Reprints
Requirements for Gene Mapping Reports
Introduction
‘Cytogenetic and Genome Research’ publishes high quality original reports and reviews covering all aspects of chromosomes, genes and genomes in man, animals and plants.
Categories of Manuscripts for Conventional Issues
Original Articles are reports on
- Human, Animal and Plant Cytogenetics
- Cancer Cytogenetics
- Molecular Cytogenetics
- Gene Mapping, Cloning and Sequencing
- Gene Characterization
- Comparative Gene Mapping
- Somatic Cell Genetics
- Genes and Diseases
- Developmental Genetics
- Epigenetics.
Other categories closely related to the above topics could be considered by contacting the Editors.
Reviews covering a timely topic by experts in the field are either invited by the Editors or may be submitted for consideration.
Short Reports must present results of sufficient importance to justify accelerated acceptance. They should not be longer than 4 printed pages, including figures, tables and references.
Human Cytogenetics Case Reports are for de novo observations, particularly such which apply the use of HGMP (Human Genome Mapping Project) resources to the detailed characterization of chromosome rearrangements thereby further highlighting the nature of the abnormalities being described.
Cytogenetics of Rare or Endangered Species with straightforward karyotype descriptions of animals or plants should not be longer than 3 printed pages, including figures, tables and references.
Chromosome and Gene Workshops or Reports compile data that have been collected for single chromosomes, genes or genomes, hereditary diseases and gene-phenotype correlations in man, animals and plants. Illustrations and tables may be included.
Collaborative and Interactive Research Projects are contributions from investigators who are in need of research materials, or need the assistance of colleagues with specialized expertise, or who have data that is inadequate for a full report but which could be published when combined with data of others.
Commentaries are a forum for observations, opinions, and comments outside the realm of conventional scientific papers. Original data, illustrations and tables may be included.
Single Topic Issues
The journal has a tradition in publishing a series of themed issues. For these publications we are soliciting the assistance of one or more expert investigators to act as Guest Editors in an area that is particularly interesting and/or one in which there is a need for a thorough overview. The Guest Editors invite top researchers to contribute original research reports or reviews of a topic that is in their main area of interest. These manuscripts are peer reviewed the same way as the papers received for the conventional issues. Proposals clearly outlining a theme and nominating potential Guest Editors are welcome.
Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted as pdf file attachments via e-mail to
m.schmid@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de.
Authors should indicate which of the Executive or Associate Editors they feel would be most appropriate for their report.
All manuscripts are subject to editorial review. The editors reserve the right to improve style and, if necessary, return the manuscript for rewriting to the authors. The editorial office reserves rights to reject manuscripts based on priorities and space availability in the journal.
Arrangement
Manuscripts must be prepared strictly in accordance with the style of this journal.
Title page: The first page should give the full names of the authors and their affiliations, the full postal address, telephone and fax numbers, as well as the e-mail address of the corresponding author.
Abstracts should be provided for all Original Articles, Reviews, Human Cytogenetics Case Reports, and Cytogenetics of Rare or Endangered Species.
Figures: Digital illustrations should be sharp with good contrast and color rendition. Resolution for all graphics should be at least 300 dots per inch. We request that all illustrations be in a common format such as .jpg (.jpeg, .jpe), .tif (.tiff), .eps or .ppt.
Tables must be in Word format. Please use MS WORD Table > Insert > Table command from the menu bar to make tables.
Literature Cited
References should be quoted in the text as follows:
| Single author: |
Jones (1999) |
| Two authors: |
Jones and Smith (2000) |
| More than two authors: |
Jones et al. (2001) |
The reference list should be arranged alphabetically according to the first author’s surname. Titles should be given in full.
Papers published in electronic format should list authors, title and journal as above followed
by the journal's URL, eg:
Book references must include the book title, editor(s), publisher, and city of publication.
Recent issues of the journal should be carefully consulted for reference list style.
Agreement between text citations and the reference list should be checked carefully, and the
latter checked for accuracy. If many errors are found, the manuscript will be returned for
corrections which may cause considerable publication delay.
Gene Symbols
Human gene symbols: Only official gene symbols of the HUGO Gene
Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) are accepted.
Authors must obtain or verify the official gene symbol of the gene(s) mapped and
indicate that they have done so in the manuscript submitted. This can be accomplished
for human genes by contacting
HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC)
European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI)
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton, Cambridgeshire
CB10 1SA, UK
Fax +44 (0)1223 494 468
E-Mail hgnc@genenames.org
Website: www.genenames.org
Guidelines set forth by the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee are available at http://www.genenames.org/guidelines.html.
New symbols and names for genes can be requested electronically through the online gene symbol request form at http://www.genenames.org/cgi-bin/hgnc_request.pl.
Animal gene symbols: Authors submitting material on mouse and rat genetics should
obtain correct genetic nomenclature before publication. Contact
Dr. Lois Maltais
MGD Nomenclature Coordinator
The Jackson Laboratory
600 Main Street
Bar Harbour ME 04609 (USA)
Tel. +1 (207) 288 6429
Fax +1 (207) 288 6132
E-mail nomen@informatics.jax.org
MGD home page: www.informatics.jax.org
Guidelines set forth by the International Committee on Standardized Genetic Nomenclature for Mice
are available at www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/nomen/table.shtml
New symbols and names for genes can be requested electronically through the online symbol registry
form at www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/nomen
Gene mapping data for the mouse should also be submitted to the Mouse Genome
Database (MGD) following the guidelines at www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/submissions/submit.shtml.
The assigned MDG accession numbers should be included in the manuscript for publication.
Assistance with submissions can be obtained by by sending an e-mail to submissions@informatics.jax.org.
Guidelines for the Use of Cell Lines in Cancer Research
Guidelines published by the United Kingdom Coordinating Committee on Cancer Research may be
downloaded from the NCRN website: http://www.ncrn.org.uk/csg/publications.htm.
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, Color Reproductions
The journal will defray the costs of the first eight printed pages (a total of about 8,000 words minus any tables or figures). Any additional pages will be defrayed on a cost-sharing basis by the authors at the rate of CHF 310.00 per page.
There are no charges for illustrations and color reproductions.
Electronic Proofs
Unless otherwise indicated, proofs are e-mailed to the corresponding author.
Reprints
Reprints are available against payment.
Order forms listing prices are provided with the proofs. If no reprints are desired this should be indicated on the form.
Orders submitted after the issue has gone to press are subject to considerably higher prices.
Requirements for Gene Mapping Reports
1. The gene must not have been previously mapped by any technique.
Authors should check the above listed databases to determine if this is true. This means that mapping
confirmations will not be accepted. Relocations of genes incorrectly mapped within a major
chromosome band, i.e., to a different subband, will not be accepted. However, genes that are relocated
a significant distance from the one to which it had been assigned, or to another chromosome, will be
accepted. The evidence for the new assignment must be obtained with two different methods.
2. Well-described flanking markers must be given for all mapping assignments.
The relative location of the flanking markers can be established by standard
radiation hybrid or mouse backcross panels. For mapping by fluorescence in situ hybridization
(FISH), the markers must be within 5 cM or 5 Mb of the gene or genes that have been mapped.
3. The results from DNA sequence database searches must be given for the mapped
gene(s).
The entire sequences should not be given, just the size, degree of the
matches and their significance. If several sequences are involved, this should be presented in
a concise table listing the standardized gene names as established by the HUGO Gene Nomenclature
Committee (see above) and accession numbers of the matching sequences. The human chromosome
reference sequences nucleotide position of mapped genes should also be given as they become
available.
The following categories must be collected into a single publication if submitted
from one group of investigators:
(a) All cDNAs representing a single multigene family
(b) Genes located within a single chromosome band
(c) A series of orthologous genes when the results of comparative mapping studies in the mouse (or some
other species) and human genes are reported.
Authors of both accepted and not accepted papers are encouraged to submit
their data to mapping databases. The mirror sites of the Genome Database
(www.gdb.org)
are prepared to accept the data if presented in the short report format.
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