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Radiology 1999: Revised Publication Information for Authors

Index terms: Editorials • Radiology (journal)

Although the January 1998 issue of Radiology was my first as Editor, the transition of the editorship from the former Editor, Dr Stanley S. Siegelman, to me began in July of 1997. One of my self-assigned tasks at that time was to revise the Publication Information for Authors guidelines, which appear at the end of the front section of the "A" pages and just before the lead item in each issue of the Journal. Those revised guidelines were published in the August 1997 issue of Radiology.

With the September 1999 issue, we are publishing yet another extensive revision of these guidelines based on the experience of our Deputy Editors, that of our manuscript editors and production assistants in our Oak Brook office, and my own experience. In addition, our efforts to constantly improve and expedite the process of producing each issue of the Journal using modern techniques has mandated a number of changes.

These guidelines are meant for use by our authors. In addition to informing authors of the desired format for the submitted manuscript, the guidelines also inform authors of several of our policies and procedures regarding processing of their manuscripts. If authors follow these guidelines carefully, the processes of assigning the reviewers for a given manuscript, reviewer evaluation of that manuscript, decision by the Editor, manuscript revision(s), review by the Deputy Editors, final acceptance by the Editor, processing by the Editor for transmittal to our Oak Brook office, editing by our manuscript editors, processing of illustrations by our production staff, and approval of the edited manuscript by the authors will all be expedited. The additional layers of review that have been implemented in the Radiology Editorial Office in Richmond, Va, often uncover a number of items that require revision and thereby extend the process of manuscript evaluation. Many of these items are simply due to the authors not having followed the Publication Information for Authors guidelines.

The modifications and additions that compose the revised Publication Information for Authors appearing in this issue are numerous. Some of the major ones include the following:

1. Further clarification of financial interests
   
2. Addition of a section on redundant (duplicate) publication and potential sanctions for the same
   
3. Addition to and modifications of the Manuscript Categorization Terms form
   
4. Clarification of our guidelines for authorship
   
5. Expansion of the types of abstracts for different types of submissions
   
6. Guidelines for the length of each section of a manuscript of original research
   
7. Expanded information on the items to be included in each section of a manuscript of original research
   
8. Use of an Appendix
   
9. Expansion of the desired characteristics for illustrations and figure captions
   
10. Additional explanation of required items for human and animal studies
    
11. Addition of a section on manuscript revision
    
12. Modifications regarding electronic submissions of accepted manuscripts
    
13. Addition of a section on copyediting
    
14. Expansion of the Checklist of Requirements
    
15. Clarification of and additions to the Transfer of Copyright and Certifications Agreement form
    

We encourage our authors to follow these revised guidelines, so as to expedite the processing of their manuscripts.

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