Netherlands Journal

netherlands journal of critical care
Information for authors
The Netherlands Journal of Critical Care (Neth J Crit Care) is the official journal of the Dutch Society of Intensive Care (‘Nederlandse Vereniging voor Intensive
Care-NVIC’). Reports of research related to any aspect of the field of intensive care, whether laboratory, clinical, or epidemiological, will be considered
for publication in Neth J Crit Care. All manuscripts will be subject to an independent reviewing process managed by the executive board.
Major Articles. Major articles report the results
of original investigations that have been brought
to an acceptable degree of completion. They
should contain a maximum of 4,000 words and 50
references. Manuscript should be clear in outline
(with subheadings) for maximum clarity. There is
no fixed limit to the number of figures and tables;
However, duplication of data from the text of the
manuscript should be avoided. The first page of
the manuscript should include: The title of the
article, the names of all authors, footnotes to the
title, complete address of all authors with identification
of the corresponding author, and running
title (for page heading). The text should contain
the following sections: an Abstract, Introduction,
Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and Conclusion.
An abstract should not exceed 250 words.
In addition, writers are encouraged to write one
or more short key-messages. For major articles
the abstract should be divided into the following
sections: Objective - Setting and Patients – Interventions
- Measurements and Main Results - Conclusions.
(Systemic) reviews. Review articles are usually
submitted after prior consultation with the editors,
and are subject to the peer review process. They
should contain a maximum of 4,000 words and 50
references. Systemic reviews should be focused:
state the question to be addressed, the methods by
which potential materials (original articles, published
and unpublished abstracts, etc) have been
selected, and the methods through which they are
subsequently appraised. The text should contain
an Abstract, Introduction, Search Results, Discussion and
Conclusion section. An abstract should not exceed
250 words. For reviews it should be divided into
the following sections: Objective - Search strategy
– Summary of findings - Conclusions.
Editorials. Editorials may deal with any aspect
of intensive care medicine. They are generally
invited, but occasionally unsolicited editorials may
be considered.
Clinical notes, images in intensive care
medicine, and case reports
Clinical notes should describe a specific intensive
care medicine-related entity; images in intensive
care medicine are photographic pictures
in intensive care medicine, noteworthy for their
scientific, emotional and/or challenging content;
case reports are short presentations on cases that
merit special attention. Clinical notes, images in
intensive care medicine, and case reports should
include an abstract and must be limited to no
more than 2000 words of text, a maximum of two
inserts (tables or figures), and 15 references. In
addition, writers are encouraged to write one or
more short key-messages
Letters. Only correspondence submitted in reference
to a previous publication in NJCC will be
considered. Letters should be submitted within
8 weeks of publication of the paper to which it
refers. Please prepare the letter in manuscript
format, including a title page. Letters are limited
to a maximum of 500 words of text, one table or
figure, and a maximum of 5 references.
Guidelines. Guidelines, which are produced by
the NVIC guideline committee (‘commissie richtlijnontwikkeling’)
will be published in our Journal.
Guidelines are usually preceded by a review
on the topic of the guideline; these reviews should
be in English, and are subject to the peer review
process. Guidelines themselves will be published
in both English and Dutch.
General information. Manuscripts should
be submitted by e-mail (as attachments) to:
nethjcritcare@nvic.nl.
The manuscript should be accompanied by
a cover letter stating the following: the complete
mailing address, E-mail address, telephone
number and fax number of the corresponding
author.
Receipt of the manuscript will be acknowledged
by E-mail within 14 days. If this should not
be the case, authors are requested to check with
the editor.
Please submit your manuscript as a Word-
Perfect ® or Microsoft Word ® text-file.
The language of the journal is English. Authors
who are not fluent in the Englsih language
should have their manuscript checked by a native
English speaker.
Tables. Tables should be numbered independently
of the figures, with Arabic numerals, with
headings, and kept separate from the text.
Figures. Figures should also be numbered using
Arabic numerals, and kept separate from the text.
Legends should be provided on a separate sheet.
Schematic line drawings are preferred. Figures
previously published elsewhere will generally not
be considered for publication, except for review
articles, provided written permission from the
original authors has been obtained and the source
is clearly indicated. Colour figures are encouraged.
Short, clear legends make additional description
in the text unnecessary. The preferred location for
figures and tables may be marked in the margins
of the manuscript sheets. During the final lay-out
process these remarks will be taken into account.
References. Only articles cited in the text should
be listed. These should be arranged in order of
appearance in the text […] and numbered sequentially.
Only the reference number should appear in
the text. The maximum number of listed authors is
six; if there are more than six authors please list the
first six and add et al.
Article in journals: Bernard GR, Vincent JL, Laterre
PF, LaRosa SP, Dhainaut JF, Lopez-Rodriguez A,
et al. Efficacy and safety of recombinant human
activated protein C for severe sepsis. N Engl J Med
2001;344:699-709.
Books or book-sections: Thijs LG. Fluid therapy in
septic shock. In: Sibbald WJ, Vincent JL (eds)
Clinical trials for the treatment of sepsis. (Update
in intensive care and emergency medicine, volume
19). Berlin Heidelberg New York, Springer 1995:
pp 167-190.
Proofs. The corresponding author will receive
proofs by E-mail as a pdf-file (Adobe ® -Acrobat ® -
file). Corrected proofs must be returned by fax
within 48 hours of receipt.
Production process. Decisions of the editors
are final. All materials accepted for publication are
subject to editing. The original manuscript will
be discarded one month after publication unless
the author requests the return of these original
materials.
The Neth J Crit Care reserves the right to edit
manuscripts to conform to the journal style, and
to improve clarity, precision of expression, and
grammar. Authors may review these changes at
the proof stage, but should limit any alterations in
the proofs to correction of errors and clarification
of misleading statements.
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