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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS THE JOURNAL OF BONE & JOINT SURGERY · JBJS.ORG VOLUME 89-A · NUMBER 9 · SEPTEMBER 2007 Preparation of Manuscript Manuscripts should be a maximum of 5000 words. They must be double-spaced with wide margins. Pages must be numbered sequentially. An article should consist of: 1. A structured abstract of no more than 325 words, consisting of five paragraphs, with the headings Background (which states the primary research question), Methods, Results, Conclusions, and Level of Evidence (for clinical articles) or Clinical Relevance (for basic-science articles). For the Level of Evidence section, describe the study type and assign a level-of-evidence rating to the primary research question, according to the criteria in the table in the Instructions to Authors. Do not include an abstract with case reports. 2. The body should consist of: Introduction: State the problem that led to the study, including a concise review of only the relevant literature. State your hypothesis and the purpose of the study. Materials and Methods: Describe the study design (prospective or retrospective, inclusion and exclusion criteria, duration of study) and the study population (demographics, duration of follow-up). Statistical Methods should be described in detail. Use of the word significant requires reporting of a p value. Ninety-five percent confidence intervals are required whenever the results of survivorship analysis are given in the text or graphs. Use of the word correlation requires reporting of the correlation coefficient. The Journal encourages the use of validated outcome instruments. The use of both a generic (general) health outcome measure and a joint-specific, limb-specific, or condition-specific instrument is encouraged. If an outcome system leads to a categorical ranking (excellent, good, etc.), the aggregate score for each patient should be provided. Results: Provide a detailed report on the data obtained during the study. Results obtained after less than two years of follow-up are rarely accepted. All data in the text must be consistent throughout the manuscript, including any illustrations, legends, or tables. Discussion: Be succinct. What does your study show? Is your hypothesis affirmed or refuted? Discuss the importance of this article with regard to the relevant world literature; a complete literature review is unnecessary. Analyze your data and discuss their strengths, their weaknesses, and the limitations of the study. 3. Illustrations accompanying your manuscript must be submitted electronically and be in TIFF or EPS format. Do not import images into other software programs. No more than 30 images may be submitted. Any digital manipulation of an image— color, contrast, brightness, etc.—must be applied to the entire image and may not result in misrepresentation of the original image. Enhancement or alteration of part of an image, without clear and explicit disclosure in the legend, is unacceptable. Image files should be named appropriately and include the number of the figure (e.g., Figure1.tif, Figure2.eps, etc.). When completing the online submission form, remember to enter the name and number of the figure (Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.) into the “description” field. This description should match the name of the image file. Color images must be RGB (not CMYK). We cannot alter or vouch for the quality of color reproductions. In accordance with HIPAA, remove any writing that could identify the patient (e.g., names, initials, patient numbers). When using a digital camera to create your images, if possible, set the camera to save in TIFF format (not JPEG), set the resolution to a minimum of 300 ppi (pixels per inch), and set the size of the image to 5 × 7 in (127 × 178 mm). The resolution of your electronic images is critical and is directly linked to how well they will appear when printed. Color and grayscale images, such as radiographs, must have a minimum resolution of 300 ppi, and line-art drawings must have a minimum resolution of 1200 ppi. An original image size of 5 × 7 in (127 × 178 mm) is preferred. For questions regarding electronic submission of images, contact the Desktop Publishing Department at dtp@jbjs.org. 4. Legends must be included for all illustrations and listed in order. Explain what each illustration shows. Give the magnification of all photomicrographs. Define all arrows and other such indicators appearing on the illustration. If an illustration is of a patient who is identified by a case number, include that case number in the legend. How to contact us: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 20 Pickering Street, Needham, Massachusetts 02492-3157 telephone: 781.449.9780 • fax: 781.449.9787 • e-mail: mail@jbjs.org 5. A bibliography, of references made in the text. Abstracts or meeting transactions more than three years old should not be cited. The references should be numbered according to the order of citation in the text (not alphabetically) and should be in PubMed/Index Medicus format (for an example, go to the National Center for Biotechnology Information [NCBI] web site www.ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/entrez/query.fcgi and search for specific reference citations). All references must be cited in the text. Style Use “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication” by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, October 2004 (www.icmje.org) for standard format. For style guidelines, use “Scientific Style and Format. The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 6th ed.,” published by Cambridge University Press. The following style conventions should be kept in mind: 1. The numerator and denominator should be included for all percentages. Round off percentages when the denominator is less than 200. Percentages should not be used when the value of n is less than twenty. 2. All measurements should be given in metric or SI units, which are abbreviated. 3. No other abbreviations or acronyms should be used. Downloaded From: http://jbjs.org/ on 01/27/2014
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS THE JOURNAL OF BONE & JOINT SURGERY · JBJS.ORG VOLUME 89-A · NUMBER 9 · SEPTEMBER 2007 Authorship The order of names reflects only the preference of the authors. Each author must have contributed significantly to one or more aspects of the study: its design, data acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting of the manuscript, critical revision of the manuscript, statistical analysis, and/ or study supervision. Each author should be able to defend and assume full responsibility for the content of the manuscript, regardless of the specific contributions. No more than six authors should be listed; individuals who have contributed to only one segment of the manuscript or have contributed only cases should be credited in an acknowledgment footnote. If there are more than six authors, an accompanying letter of transmittal must detail why the authors have taken exception to these recommendations and should state how each author has contributed to the manuscript, with use of the criteria listed above. If a research group is designated as the author of an article, one or more group members who fully meet the above criteria for authorship should be listed in the article’s byline, followed by “on behalf of the [name of group].” The other group members should be listed in an acknowledgment section at the end of the article. Alternatively, the byline can include only the name of the group, followed by an asterisk corresponding to a list that specifies the authors who fully meet the above criteria for authorship and that also mentions the other group members. Letters to The Editor The Journal welcomes readers’ comments on published articles. Letters will be accepted and edited at the Editor’s discretion and will be published electronically on jbjs.org. Selected letters and author responses will be published in the print journal on a quarterly basis. Instructions for submitting a Letter to the Editor are available on our website (click “Instructions to Authors” and then click “Instructions for submitting a Letter to the Editor”). Review of Manuscripts Manuscripts are evaluated by the editorial staff of The Journal and are sent to outside reviewers. The time between receipt of a submitted manuscript and the decision regarding its publication has averaged six weeks, but it can be longer. Levels of Evidence for Primary Research Question 1 Therapeutic Studies⎯ Investigating the Results of Treatment Level I • High-quality randomized controlled trial with statistically significant difference or no statistically significant difference but narrow confidence intervals • Systematic review 2 of Level-I randomized controlled trials (and study results were homogeneous 3 ) Level II • Lesser-quality randomized controlled trial (e.g.,
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