Guidelines for Authors
www.karger.com/neo_guidelines
 Submission
Conditions
Arrangement
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 using the online submission website of 'Neonatology' (formerly 'Biology of the Neonate') :
or as e-mail attachment (the preferred word-processing package is MS-Word) to the Editorial Office:
neo@karger.ch
S. Karger AG
'Neonatology'
P.O. Box
CH–4009 Basel (Switzerland)
Tel. +41 61 306 1360
Fax +41 61 306 1434
All manuscripts must be accompanied by a cover letter and a statement with all authors’ signatures (handwritten) saying that they agree with the publication of the paper.
Names, postal and e-mail addresses of four international experts in the appropriate area of research should accompany each manuscript. Selected scientist(s) will be invited to act as referee(s). Referees suggested should not be from the same institution as the author and should have expert knowledge of the subject.
Manuscripts may be submitted to the following sections:
• Editorials
• Reviews
• Original Papers
• Consensus Statements
• Short Communications
• Novel Insights from Clinical Practice
• Commentaries
• Research Briefings
• Sources of Neonatal Medicine
• Letters to the Editor
Reviews
Most reviews are submitted upon invitation. However, the editors are open to unsolicited reviews. Authors planning such a review are requested to contact the Editorial Office with a one page outline of the intended review. All reviews are subject to peer review.
Short Communications
Short reports, brief laboratory observations, and preliminary communications, can be submitted for accelerated publication under ‘Short Communications’. To qualify for rapid publication, such reports should not exceed a printed length of two pages, i.e., generally not more than 1,400 words of text accompanied by 2 figures or tables and from 5 to 10 references.
Novel Insights from Clinical Practice (formerly Case Reports)
The publication space available for case reports is very limited. The journal only considers case reports with significant new insights or with an extremely unusual and memorable course. Highlighted boxes containing one or two bullet points on ‘Established Facts’ (what is already known) and ‘Novel Insights’ (what new information has been gained) are required and should be placed on the first page of the report. These should be selected so as to reinforce the novelty of the clinical observation. The manuscript should be presented with an abstract (unstuctured, max. 150 words), followed by introduction, case report and discussion. Maximum 2 figures or 2 tables or 1 figure and 1 table.
Conditions
All manuscripts are subject to editorial review. Manuscripts are received with the explicit understanding that they are not under simultaneous consideration by any other publication. 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 ‘Neonatology’ 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.
Conflict of Interest: All forms of support, including that from drug companies, and any potential source of conflict of interest should be acknowledged in the cover letter to the editor when applicable. The statement will be printed at the end of the article.
Ethics: Published research must comply with the guidelines for human studies and animal welfare regulations. Authors should state that subjects have given their informed consent and that the study protocol has been approved by the institute’s committee on human research. Further, they should also state that animal experiments conform to institutional standards.
Arrangement
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 250 words.
It should be structured as follows:
Background: What is the major motive that prompted the study?
Objectives: What is the purpose of the study?
Methods: How was the study done?
Results: Most important findings
Conclusions: Most important conclusions
Footnotes: Avoid footnotes.
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. Due to technical reasons, figures with a screen background should not be submitted. When possible, group several illustrations in one block for reproduction (max. size 180 x 223 mm) or provide crop marks.
Each illustration must be labeled with its number and the first author's name. The final resolution for b/w half-tone and color illustrations must be 300 dpi after scaling. Line drawings require 800-1,200 dpi.
Figure files must not be embedded in a document file but submitted separately (for detailed instructions, see Online Submission Instructions).
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:
Chatel J-M, Bernard H, Orson FM: Isolation and characterization of two complete Ara h 2 isoforms cDNA. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2003;131:
14–18.
(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:
DuBois RN: Cyclooxygenase-2 and colorectal cancer; in Dannenberg AJ, Dubois RN (eds): COX-2. Prog Exp Tum Res. Basel, Karger, 2003, vol 37, pp 124–137.
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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
A charge of CHF 60.00 per page will be levied for the first 3 printed pages of an article. Each additional complete or partial page will be charged to the author at CHF 310.00. 3 printed pages are equal to approx. 9 manuscript pages (including tables, illustrations and references).
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 proofs. Orders submitted after the issue is printed are subject to considerably higher prices.
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