PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY REVIEWS (PER) publishes scholarly review articles in all areas of clinical and experimental Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolism in the widest sense of the word. PER is aimed at practicing pediatricians, pediatric endocrinologists, pediatric diabetologists, pediatric gastroenterologists, neonatologists, pediatric gynecologists, nutritionists, sport physicians and pediatricians-in-training.
PER will also publish supplements on specific topics or as proceedings of scientific meetings in the above fields of interest. All articles, whether invited or direct contributions, will be peer-reviewed.
PER will also publish correspondence, book reviews, meeting calendars and meeting reports.
SUBMISSION
Manuscripts should be submitted online to info@medmedia.co.il (orli Vakil)
Zvi Laron, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center, 14 Kaplan Street, Petah Tikva 49202, Israel. Tel:+972-3-9253610/1; Fax:+972-3-9222996; e-mail:laronz@clalit.org.il
MANUSCRIPTS
Must be in English, typewritten on one side of 8 1/2 x 11 inch (22 x 28 cm) heavy-duty white bond paper, sequentially numbered, double-spaced (including references, tables legends and footnotes). Abstract, references, tables and legends should each begin on a new page. Manuscripts should not exceed 16 printed pages including references, tables and figures.(4300 characters with spaces per page)
A PC-diskette will be requested upon acceptance of your manuscript or an on line submission. All accepted manuscripts are subjected to editing.
There will
be no handling or page charges.
TRANSFER OF AUTHOR COPYRIGHT
Please provide a release of copyright addressed to Y.S. Medical Media Ltd., which should include the title of the article, date and must be signed by all the authors.
TITLE PAGE
Should include authors' names; academic degrees and departmental and institutional affiliations of each author. Designate one author as the correspondent and provide address: business and home; telephone numbers, fax number and e-mail. Include a running head and up to 8 key words.
ABSTRACT
Not exceeding 150 words, should incorporate data on background, objective or hypothesis and main data. The abstracts will be available on the web.
REFERENCES
Should be cited consecutively in the text as superscript numerals and listed in the same numerical order at the end of the paper. List the names of all authors.
EXAMPLES OF REFERENCES:
Journal article:
Woods KA, Camach-Hubner C, Savage MO , Clark AJL. Intrauterine growth retardation and postnatal deletion of the insulin-like growth factor I gene. N Engl J Med 1996 ;335:1363-1367
Book:
Ghigo E, Boghen M, Casanueva FF, Dieguez C. Growth Hormone Secretagogues. Basic Findings and Clinical Implications. Amsterdam : Elsevier, 1994, pp. 325
Chapter in book:
Hofman PL, Pescovitz OH. Growth hormone releasing hormone – biological and molecular aspects. In: Handwerger S, ed. Molecular and Cellular Pediatric Endocrinology. Totowa , NJ : Humana Press, 1999;85-112
Personal communications should not be included in the list of references, but may be cited in the text in parentheses.
Papers accepted and in press may be listed, mentioning the journal.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Figures should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Legends should be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet.
Hard copies:
submit one set of original glossy prints and two sets of clean, sharp photocopies. Name of first author and number and top of the figure should be indicated by a soft pencil on the back of each figure.
On-line submission: see instructions on the web
The cost of color illustrations will be charged to the author if printed in the text. A limited number of color photos may be printed on the inner cover at no cost.
TABLES
Each table must be typed on a separate sheet and numbered consecutively using Arabic numbers. Large tables will be treated as figures and must be of acceptable quality for printing.
REPRINTS
With galley proofs a reprint order form will be provided.
GALLEY PROOFS
Only printers' errors may be corrected.
ENQUIRIES
Enquiries concerning manuscripts in press, reprints or subscription should be addressed to the production editor, Mrs. Tzipi Sharoni, Y.S. Medical Media Ltd., POB 8214, Netanya , Israel 42504. Tel: 972-9-8641111 (ext. 124); Fax: 972-9-8656965, e-mail: tzipi@medmedia.co.il
All editorial correspondence, including planning of supplements, should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief.
ADVERTISING
Advertising by commercial firms should be addressed to Mr. Rafael Hamra-Lev. Y.S. Medical Media Ltd., POB 8214, Netanya , Israel 42504. Tel: 972-9-8641111 (ext. 116); Fax: 972-9-8656965, e-mail: rafa@medmedia.co.il
WEB
All information concerning PER, including contents and abstracts for the current and past year, instructions to authors, can be found on the web www.mdnet.co.il/per