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European Journal of Endocrinology Instructions for Authors
Types and lengths of manuscripts
Submission of manuscripts
Online submission
Authors’statement
Copyright
Preparation of manuscripts
Ethics
Open archiving and online repositories
Offprints
Supplements
Please note: The European Journal of Endocrinology no longer accepts experimental papers.
The journal publishes original research papers, reviews, rapid communications and case reports within clinical endocrinology. There are no submission charges. Articles up to six printed pages in length will incur no publication charges. A six-page article is approximately 4,500 words, however, allowance must also be made for figures and tables. Additional pages will incur a charge of 350 per printed page. Rapid communications must be limited to a maximum of three printed pages and should include no more than one figure, one table and fifteen references.
Correspondence related to published work is published at the discretion of the Editorial Board. Letters should not exceed one printed page, including references, one table or one figure. Authors of the work being discussed will ordinarily be allowed to reply.
From 1 January 2006 the European Journal of Endocrinology accepts ONLINE SUBMISSIONS ONLY.
The European Journal of Endocrinology encourages authors to submit online. Online submission and peer review can help to achieve more rapid publication than the paper-based system.
For any queries, please contact the eje{at}endocrinology.orgThe covering letter must include the following statement signed by all authors. If you submit online please fax this statement to the Editorial Office at the following number +44-1454-642201.
"The author(s) hereby confirms that neither the manuscript nor any part of it, except for abstracts of less than 400 words, has been published or is being considered for publication elsewhere. By signing this letter each of us acknowledges that he or she participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for its content."
This letter should also include: (a) information on duplicate publication or submission elsewhere of any part of the work, (b) a statement of financial or other relationships which might lead to a conflict of interest, (c) permission to reproduce illustrations that may identify human subjects, (d) the name, address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the corresponding author. In the event that an author is added or removed from the list of authors, written acceptance signed by all authors should be submitted to the editorial office.
Authors may suggest at least three scientists as reviewers, and may also identify persons whom they would prefer not to be consulted, stating their reasons.
To expedite refereeing, authors should supply copies of any references cited as ‘In Press’.
Authors should ensure that they hold all relevant permissions to cite the unpublished observations of other workers (the names and initials of all these workers should be cited in the text, and permission obtained from them all), and also for the reproduction or adaptation of any figures or tables that have been published previously (permission should be obtained from the original publisher and author(s)).
Equal consideration is given to all manuscripts in English from any country. Statements in articles are the responsibility of the authors.
Authors should keep copies of everything submitted.
Authors are asked to retrieve a copyright transfer form a copyright transfer form. This will need to be completed and signed by all authors before the paper can be published. Once the form is completed it should be returned by fax to the Editorial Office at the following number +44-1454-642201.
Requests to reproduce material, such as tables and figures, which has been published in the European Journal of Endocrinology should be sent to the Permissions Secretary.
Manuscripts should have a line spacing of 2 (double-spaced) in a serif font (e.g. Times), with a size of at least 10 point.
Title page. This should carry the title of the article, the names and addresses of all authors (the institution to which the work is to be attributed should be listed first), the name, address, fax number and email address of the corresponding author, and a short running title for page headings. The word count of the full article should also appear on the title page.
Abstract. This should be divided using the headings Objective (giving the context of the study), Design, Methods, Results and Conclusions. It should be easily understood, without the need to refer to the main text, and should have a maximum length of 250 words. All abbreviations should be defined.
Text. For original research papers, this should generally comprise the Introduction, Materials and methods or Subjects and methods, Results, Discussion and any Acknowledgements. The arrangement of material for other types of article is at the discretion of the authors, but this should in general conform with the requirements for original research papers. All abbreviations should be defined at the point of first occurrence.
References. References should be cited in numerical order in the text, and listed in this order at the end of the paper. All authors should be listed. The standard format for references is shown in the following examples.
A European Journal of Endocrinology reference style for EndNote (version 3 and above) is available by RIGHT clicking here, go to "Save Target As" and save the file into the "Style" folder within the EndNote program folder. This is normally found on your computer's hard (C:) drive. If you are using a shared copy of EndNote over a network you may have to ask your network administrator to do this. Please note that abbreviated journal titles will be expanded by editorial staff.
Please note that papers with incorrectly formatted references will be returned and the acceptance date changed to the date of receipt of the correctly formatted paper.
Figures. Figures should be supplied separately from their legends, and each figure should be clearly numbered and on a separate page. Avoid the use of shading and stripes as these are difficult to reproduce. Original photographs are essential for all half-tone images and colour work. Authors should plan figures so that they remain clear when reduced to fit within a single column in the journal (82 mm wide). Please mark the reverse of all copies of any figure that needs to be wider than this for clear presentation. Authors will be asked to pay the costs of any colour reproduction and must do so by credit card before publication. Please see the colour charges form. EPS and TIF files can be accepted.
Additional information regarding the submission of figures can be found here.
Figure legends should enable the figure to be understood in isolation from the main text. Unusual abbreviations should be defined. It should be stated whether values presented are meansąS.E.M., meansąS.D., etc. Where statistical analyses have been performed, probabilities for comparisons should be clearly stated and the tests used should be named. Magnifications should be indicated by means of scale bars, wherever possible.
Tables. Each table should be provided on a separate page and should have a line-spacing of 2 (i.e. double-spaced). It should be possible to understand each table in isolation from the main text. In general, instructions for the preparation of figure legends apply.
Gene nomenclature. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with accepted gene nomenclature. Gene symbols for mice and rats should be in italics with only the first letter capitalised. Protein designations should be the same as the gene symbols except that all letters should be capitalised and in roman (i.e. not italicised). For example:
Gene symbols for humans, non-human primates and domestic species should be in italics with all letters capitalised; protein designations should be the same as the gene symbols but not italicised. For example:
When reporting experiments on human subjects, indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical methods of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional or regional) or with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (http://www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm). Do not use patients' names, initials or hospital numbers, especially in any illustrative material.
When reporting experiments on animals, please follow the guidelines that can be found at: http://www.frame.org.uk/reductioncommittee/journalguidelines.htm .
Papers reporting clinical trials will only be considered if the trials have been pre-registered according to the guidelines set out in The Lancet 364 Issue 9438 911-912.
Please note the journal's policy on self archiving. Acceptance of this policy is a condition of publication.
Offprints can be ordered on the offprint order form which will accompany the proofs.
Peer-reviewed proceedings and reviews may be accepted for publication as a supplement to the European Journal of Endocrinology.
The organizer(s) or authors(s) of the meeting will be responsible for the full costs of the supplement. For further information, please contact the Chief Editor.
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