The Open Pediatric Medicine Journal is an Open
Access online journal, which publishes Research articles,
Reviews and Letters in the field of pediatric medicine,
aiming at providing the most complete and reliable source
of information on current developments in the field.
Manuscripts may be submitted directly to topedj@benthamopen.org.
Each peer-reviewed article that is published in a Bentham
OPEN Journal is universally and freely accessible via
the Internet in an easily readable and printable PDF format.
ONLINE MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION: An online
submission and tracking service via Internet facilitates
a speedy and cost-effective submission of manuscripts.1
The full manuscript has to be submitted online via
Bentham's Content Management System (CMS) at http://www.bentham-editorial.org/
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Submission Instructions
Alternatively, you may also submit your full manuscript
by e-mail to topedj@benthamopen.org
Manuscripts must be submitted by one of the authors of the
manuscript, and should not be submitted by anyone on their
behalf. The principal/corresponding author will be required
to submit a Covering Letter along with the manuscript, on
behalf of all the co-authors (if any). The author(s) will
confirm that the manuscript (or any part of it) has not
been published previously or is not under consideration
for publication elsewhere. Furthermore, any illustration,
structure or table that has been published elsewhere must
be reported, and copyright permission for reproduction must
be obtained.
For all online submissions, please provide your complete
manuscript in the form of a single zipped folder containing
soft copies of all the materials (main text in MS Word or
Tex/LaTeX), figures / illustrations in TIFF, PDF or JPEG,
and chemical structures drawn in ChemDraw (CDX)/ISISDraw
(TGF) as separate files, while a PDF version of the entire
manuscript must also be included, embedded with all the
figures/illustrations/tables/chemical structures etc.
A successful electronic submission of a manuscript will
be followed by a system-generated acknowledgement to the
principal/corresponding author within 72
hours of the dispatch of the manuscript. Any questions with
regards to the preparation of and submission of your manuscript
to the journal should be addressed to topedj@benthamopen.org
and copied to managingeditor@benthamopen.org
NOTE: Any queries therein should be addressed
to oa@benthamscience.org
and copied to Jalil@benthamscience.org
Manuscript Preparation: The manuscript
should be written in English in a clear, direct and active
style. All pages must be numbered sequentially, facilitating
in the reviewing and editing of the manuscript.
For further convenience, the customer support
team available at Bentham Publishing Services (www.benthampublishingservices.com)
can provide assistance to authors for the preparation of
manuscripts.
Manuscript Length:
Research Articles: The total number of words
for a published research article is from 4000 to 8000 words.
Review Articles: The total number of words
for a published comprehensive review article article is from
8000 to 40000 words, and for mini-review articles from 3000
to 6000 words.
Letter Articles: The total number of words for a
published letter/short communication article is from 3000
to 6000 words.
There is no restriction on the number of figures,
tables or additional files e.g. video clips, animation and
datasets, that can be included with each article online.
Authors should include all relevant supporting data with
each article.
Manuscripts Published: The Journal
accepts letter articles, original research articles, and
mini- and full-length review articles written in English.
Supplements, proceedings of conferences and book reviews
may also be considered for publication.
Supplements/Single Topic Issues:
The journal also considers Supplements/Single topic issues
for publication. A Supplements/Single topic will be a collection
of articles (minimum of 6, maximum of 20 articles) based
on a contemporary theme or topic of great importance to
the field. Mini-supplements consisting of between 3 to 5
articles are also welcome. A Supplement can consist of either
all review articles or a mixture of review and research
articles. The Guest Editors' main editorial task is to invite
the contributors to the Supplement and to manage the peer
review of submitted manuscripts. A short summary or proposal
for editing a supplement should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief
at e-mail to topedj@benthamopen.org
with a copy to specialissue@benthamopen.org
Conference Proceedings: Authors
are welcome to publish their conference proceedings in ‘The
Open Conference Proceedings (www.benthamscience.com/open/topedj)’
or alternatively in ‘The Open Pediatric Medicine Journal’.
Proposals for publishing relevant conference proceedings
should be submitted to the Editor at e-mail topedj@benthamopen.org
with a copy to oa@benthamscience.org
Open Access Book Reviews: This
journal publishes open access reviews on recently published
books (both print and electronic) relevant to the journal.
Publishers and authors of books are invited to contact our
book reviews editor at topedj@benthamopen.org
with book review requests. All submitted books will be reviewed
by an independent expert in the field.
MANUSCRIPT SECTIONS FOR PAPERS: Manuscripts
for research articles and letters submitted to the journal
should be divided into the following sections; however,
there can be an extension in the number of sections in review
articles in accordance with the requirements of the topic.
Covering letter
Title
Title page
Abstract
Keywords
Text organization
List of abbreviations (if any)
Conflict of interest (if any)
Acknowledgements (if any)
References
Appendices
Figures/illustrations (if any)
Chemical structures (if any)
Tables (if any)
Supportive/supplementary material (if any)
COVERING LETTER: It is a mandatory
requirement that a signed covering letter also be submitted
along with the manuscript by the author to whom correspondence
is to be addressed, delineating the scope of the submitted
article declaring the potential competing interests, acknowledging
contributions from authors and funding agencies, and certifying
that the paper is prepared according to the 'Instructions
for Authors'. All inconsistencies in the text
and in the reference section, and any typographical errors
must be carefully checked and corrected before the submission
of the manuscript. The article contains no such material
or information that may be unlawful, defamatory, fabricated,
plagiarized, or which would, if published, in any way whatsoever,
violate the terms and conditions as laid down in the agreement.
The authors acknowledge that the publishers have the legal
right to take appropriate action against the authors for
any such violation of the terms and conditions as laid down
in the agreement. Download
the Covering letter
TITLE: The title should be precise and
brief and must not be more than 120 characters. Authors
should avoid the use of non standard abbreviations. The
title must be written in title case except for articles,
conjunctions and prepositions.
Authors should also provide a short ‘running title’.
TITLE PAGE: Title page should include paper title,
author(s) full name and affiliation, corresponding author(s)
names complete affiliation/address, along with phone, fax
and email.
ABSTRACT: The abstract should not exceed
250 words for review and research papers, summarizing the
essential features of the article. The use of abbreviations
should be reduced to a minimum and the references should
not be cited in the abstract.
KEYWORDS: Provide 6 to 8 keywords in alphabetical
order.
TEXT ORGANIZATION: The main text should begin on a separate page and should be divided into title page, abstract and the main text. The text may be subdivided further according to the areas to be discussed, which should be followed by the Acknowledgement (if any) and Reference sections. The review article should mention any previous important reviews in the field and contain a comprehensive discussion starting with the general background of the field. It should then go on to discuss the salient features of recent developments. The authors should avoid presenting material which has already been published in a previous review. The authors are advised to present and discuss their observations in brief. The manuscript style must be uniform throughout the text and 10 pt Times New Roman font should be used. The full term for an abbreviation should precede its first appearance in the text unless it is a standard unit of measurement. The reference numbers should be given in square brackets in the text.
Trial Registration: If your
research article reports the results of a controlled health
care intervention, list your trial registry, along with
the unique identifying number, e.g. Trial registration:
Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN73824458. Note that there
should be no space between the letters and numbers of your
trial registration number. For this purpose, a clinical
trial is any study that prospectively assigns human subjects
to intervention or comparison groups to evaluate the cause-and-effect
relationship between a medical intervention and a health
outcome. All clinical trials, regardless of when they were
completed, and secondary analyses of original clinical trials
must be registered before submission of a manuscript based
on the trial. Studies designed for other purposes, such
as to study pharmacokinetics or major toxicity (e.g., phase
1 trials), are exempt. Trial registry name, registration
identification number, and the URL for the registry should
be included at the end of abstract and also in the space
provided on the online manuscript submission form. Note that there should be
no space between the letters and numbers of your trial registration
number.
Authors will submit the Trial Protocols along with
their manuscript. The CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of
Reporting Trials) Checklist
and Flowchart is also required when submitting
the results of randomized control trials (RCTs).
For human or animal experimental investigations, it is a
prerequisite to provide a formal review and approval, or
review and waiver, by an appropriate institutional review
board or ethics committee and should be documented in your
paper. For investigations undertaken on human subjects,
state in the Methods section the manner in which the informed
consent was obtained from the study participants (i.e,
oral or written), where there is an unavoidable risk of
breach of privacy- e.g., in a clinical photograph or in
case details- the patient’s written consent or that
of the next of kin, to publication must be obtained. We
will ask you to send a signed consent form before publication.
Consent must be obtained for all Case Reports and Clinical
Pictures.
Greek Symbols and Special Characters:
Greek symbols and special characters often undergo formatting
changes and get corrupted or lost during preparation of
manuscript for publication. To ensure that all special characters
used are embedded in the text, these special characters
should be inserted as a symbol but should not be a result
of any format styling (Symbol font face) otherwise
they will be lost during conversion to PDF/XML2.
Authors are encouraged to consult reporting guidelines.
These guidelines provide a set of recommendations comprising
a list of items relevant to their specific research design.
All kinds of measurements should be reported only in International
System of Units (SI). Chemical equations, chemical names,
mathematical usage, unit of measurements, chemical and physical
quantity & units must conform to SI and Chemical
Abstracts or IUPAC.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS: If abbreviations
are used in the text either they should be defined in the
text where first used, or a list of abbreviations can be
provided.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Financial
contributions to the work being reported should be clearly
acknowledged, as should any potential conflict of interest.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Please acknowledge
anyone (individual/company/institution) who has contributed
to the study by making substantial contributions to conception,
design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation
of data, or who was involved in drafting the manuscript
or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
Please list the source(s) of funding for the study, for
each author, and for the manuscript preparation in the acknowledgements
section.
This journal complies with the International Committee of
Medical Journal Editors' Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
Submitted to Biomedical Journals www.icmje.org
REFERENCES: References must be
listed in the numerical system (Vancouver). All references
should be numbered sequentially [in square brackets] in
the text and listed in the same numerical order in the reference
section. The reference numbers must be finalized and the
bibliography must be fully formatted before submission.
See below few examples of references listed in
the correct Vancouver style:
Typical Paper Reference:
[1] Kramarz P, DeStefano F, Gargiullo PM, et
al. Does influenza vaccination prevent asthma exacerbations
in children? J Pediatr 2001; 138: 306-10.
[2] Cozzi F, Morini F. Possible mechanisms of pacifier
protection against SIDS. J Pediatr 2001; 138: 783.
Typical Chapter Reference:
[3] Neufeld EF, Muenzer J. In: Scriver CR, Ed.
The metabolic and molecular bases of inherited diseases.
New York: McGraw-Hill; 2001; 3421-52
Book Reference:
[4] Rosenstein BJ, Fosarelli PD. Pediatric pearls:
the handbook of practical pediatrics. 3rd ed. St Louis:
Mosby; 1997.
Edited Book:
[5] Kellman RM, Marentette LJ. Atlas of Craniomaxillofacial
Fixation. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins 1999.
Conference Proceedings:
[6] Moossy J. Anatomy and pathology of the vertebrobasilar
system. In: Berguer R, Bauer RB, eds. Vertebrobasilar arterial
occlusive disease. Medical and surgical management. Papers
from the First International Conference on Vertebrobasilar
Occlusive Vascular Disease, held in Detroit, MI, November
8 & 9, 1982. New York: Raven Press, 1984:1--13
Journal Article on the Internet:
[7] Aylin P, Bottle A, Jarman B, Elliott, P. Paediatric
cardiac surgical mortality in England after Bristol: descriptive
analysis of hospital episode statistics 1991-2002. BMJ [serial
on the Internet]. 2004 Oct 9; [cited 2004 October 15]; 329:
[about 10 screens]. Available from: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7470/825
Patent:
[8] Carron CP, Meyer DM, Nickols GA, Smith JW.
Methods for using anti-αvβ3
integrin antibody. United States patent US 6193968. 2001
Feb.
E-citations:
[9] Citations for articles/material published exclusively
online or in open access (free-to-view), must contain the
exact Web addresses (URLs) at the end of the reference(s),
except those posted on an author’s Web site unless
editorially essential, e.g. ‘Reference: Available
from: URL’.
Some important points to remember:
*References must be complete and accurate.
*Online citations should include the date of access.
*Journal titles should conform to the present ACM Guide
to Computing Literature/Chemical Abstracts etc. abbreviations.
*If the number of authors exceeds six then et al.will be used after three names (the term “et al.”
should be in italics).
*Take special care of the punctuation convention as described
in the above-mentioned examples.
*Avoid using superscript in the in-text citations and reference
section.
*Abstracts, unpublished data and personal communications
(which can only be included if prior permission has been
obtained) should not be given in the reference section but
they may be mentioned in the text and details provided as
footnotes.
*The authors are encouraged to use a recent version of EndNote
(version 5 and above) or Reference Manager (version 10)
when formatting their reference list, as this allows references
to be automatically extracted.
APPENDICES: In case there is a need to present
lengthy, but essential methodological details, use appendices,
which can be a part of the article. An appendix must not
exceed three pages (Times New Roman, 12 point fonts, 900
max. words per page).The information should be provided
in a condensed form, ruling out the need of full sentences.
A single appendix should be titled APPENDIX, while more
than one can be titled APPENDIX A, APPENDIX B, and so on.
FIGURES/ILLUSTRATIONS: The authors
should provide the illustrations as separate files, as well
as embedded in the text file, numbered consecutively in
the order of their appearance. Each figure should include
a single illustration. No charges will be levied on the
use of color figures except in the reprints. Each figure
should be closely cropped to minimize the amount of white
space surrounding the illustration.
If a figure consists of separate parts, it is important
that a single composite illustration file be submitted,
containing all parts of the figure.
Photographs should be provided with a scale bar if appropriate,
as well as high-resolution component files.
Scaling/Resolution:
For Line Art image type, which is generally
an image based on lines and text and does not contain tonal
or shaded areas, the preferred file format is TIFF or EPS,
with colour mode being Monochrome 1-bit RGB, in a resolution
of 900-1200 dpi.
For Halftone image type, which is generally a continuous
tone photograph and contains no text, the preferred file
format is TIFF, with colour mode being RGB or Grayscale,
with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
For Combination image type, which is generally an image
containing halftone in addition to text or line art elements,
the preferred file format is TIFF, with colour mode being
RGB or Grayscale, in a resolution of 500-900 dpi.
Formats:
For illustrations, the following file formats are
acceptable:
• Illustrator
• EPS (preferred format
for diagrams)
• PDF (also especially suitable
for diagrams)
• PNG (preferred format
for photos or images)
• Microsoft Word (version
5 and above; figures must be a single page)
• PowerPoint (figures must
be a single page)
• TIFF
• JPEG (conversion should
be done using the original file)
• BMP
• CDX (ChemDraw)
• TGF (ISISDraw)
Bentham OPEN does not process figures
submitted in GIF format.
If the large size of TIFF or EPS figures acts as
an obstacle to online submission, authors may find that
conversion to JPEG format before submission results in significantly
reduced file size and upload time, while retaining acceptable
quality. JPEG is a 'lossy' format. However, in order to maintain
acceptable image quality, it is recommended that JPEG files
are saved at High or Maximum quality.
Files should not be compressed with tools such as Zipit
or Stuffit prior to submission as these tools will in any
case produce negligible file-size savings for JPEGs and
TIFFs, which are already compressed.
Please do not:
| 1. |
Supply embedded graphics in your word processor (spreadsheet,
presentation) document; |
| 2. |
Supply files that are optimized for screen use (like
GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low; |
| 3. |
Supply files that are too low in resolution; |
| 4. |
Submit graphics that are disproportionately large
for the content. |
Image Conversion Tools:
There are many software packages, many of them freeware
or shareware, capable of converting to and from different
graphics formats, including PNG.
Good general tools for image conversion include GraphicConverter
on the Macintosh, PaintShop Pro, for Windows, and ImageMagick,
which is available on Macintosh, Windows and UNIX platforms.
Note that bitmap images (e.g. screenshots) should not be converted
to EPS, since this will result in a much larger file size
than the equivalent JPEG, TIFF, PNG or BMP, with no increase
in quality. EPS should only be used for images produced by
vector drawing applications such as Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw.
Most vector-drawing applications can be saved in, or exported
as, EPS format. In case the images have been originally prepared
in an Office application, such as Word or PowerPoint, then
the original Office files should be directly uploaded to the
site, instead of being converted to JPEG or another format
that may be of low quality.
Chemical Structures: Chemical structures MUST be
prepared according to the guidelines below.
Structures should be prepared in ChemDraw and provided as
separate file, submitted both on disk and in printed formats.
Structure Drawing Preferences:
[As according to the ACS style sheet]
Drawing Settings:
Chain angle 120°
Bond spacing 18% of width
Fixed length 14.4 pt (0.500cm,
0.2in)
Bold width 2.0
pt (0.071cm, 0.0278in)
Line width 0.6
pt (0.021cm, 0.0084in)
Margin width 1.6 pt (0.096cm)
Hash spacing 2.5 pt (0.088cm, 0.0347in)
Text settings:
Font Times
New Roman
Size 8
pt
Under the Preference Choose:
Units points
Tolerances 3
pixels
Under Page Setup Use:
Paper US
letter
Scale 100%
TABLES:
*Data Tables should be submitted in Microsoft Word
table format.
*Each table should include a title/caption being explanatory
in itself with respect to the details discussed in the table.
Detailed legends may then follow.
*Table number in bold font i.e. Table 1,
should follow a title. The title should be in small case
with the first letter in caps. A full stop should be placed
at the end of the title.
*Tables should be embedded in the text exactly according to
their appropriate placement in the submitted manuscript.
*Columns and rows of data should be made visibly distinct
by ensuring that the borders of each cell are displayed as
black lines.
*Tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals sequentially
in order of their citation in the body of the text.
*If a reference is cited in both the table and text, please
insert a lettered footnote in the table to refer to the numbered
reference in the text.
*Tabular data provided as additional files can be submitted
as an Excel spreadsheet.
SUPPORTIVE/SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL:
We do encourage to append supportive material, for example
a PowerPoint file containing a talk about the study, a PowerPoint
file containing additional screenshots, a Word, RTF, or PDF
document showing the original instrument(s) used, a video,
or the original data (SAS/SPSS files, Excel files, Access
Db files etc.) provided it is inevitable or endorsed by the
journal's Editor.
Supportive/Supplementary material intended for publication
must be numbered and referred to in the manuscript but should
not be a part of the submitted paper. In-text citations as
well as a section with the heading "Supportive/Supplementary
Material" before the "References" section should
be provided. Here, list all Supportive/Supplementary Material
and include a brief caption line for each file describing
its contents.
Any additional files will be linked into the final published
article in the form supplied by the author, but will not
be displayed within the paper. They will be made available
in exactly the same form as originally provided only on
our Web site. Please also make sure that each additional
file is a single table, figure or movie (please do not upload
linked worksheets or PDF files larger than one sheet). Supportive/Supplementary
material must be provided in a single zipped file not larger
than 4 MB.
Authors must clearly indicate if these files are not for publication
but meant for the reviewers'/editors' perusal only.
PERMISSION FOR REPRODUCTION: Published/reproduced
material should not be included unless you have obtained written
permission from the copyright holder, which should be forwarded
to the Editorial Office in case of acceptance of your article
for publication.
For obtaining permission for reproducing any material published
in an article by Bentham Science Publishers, please fill in
the request FORM
and send to topedj@benthamopen.org
for consideration.
AUTHORS AND INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATIONS: The author
will be required to provide their full names, the institutional
affiliations and the location, with an asterisk in front of
the name of the principal/corresponding author. The corresponding
author(s) should be designated and their complete address,
business telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address must
be stated to receive correspondence and galley proofs.
REVIEWING AND PROMPTNESS OF PUBLICATION: All manuscripts
submitted for publication will be immediately subjected to
peer-reviewing, usually in consultation with the members of
the Editorial Advisory Board and a number of external referees.
Authors may, however, provide in their Covering Letter the
contact details (including e-mail addresses) of four potential
peer reviewers for their paper. Any peer reviewers suggested
should not have recently published with any of the authors
of the submitted manuscript and should not be members of the
same research institution.
All peer-reviewing will be conducted via
the Internet to facilitate rapid reviewing of the submitted
manuscripts. Every possible effort will be made to assess
the manuscripts quickly with the decision being conveyed to
the authors in due course.
LANGUAGE AND EDITING: Manuscripts submitted
containing many English typographical errors will not be published.
Manuscripts which are accepted for publication on condition
that the written English submitted is corrected, will be sent
a quote by Eureka
Science, a professional language editing company. Authors
from non-English language countries who have poor English
language written skills, are advised to contact the language
editing company prior to submitting their manuscript to the
journal. Please contact Eureka
Science for a language editing quote at e-mail: info@eureka-science.com stating the total number of words of the article to be edited.
PROOF CORRECTIONS: Authors are required to proofread
the PDF versions of their manuscripts before submission. To
avoid delays in publication, proofs should be checked immediately
for typographical errors and returned within 48 hours. Major
changes are not acceptable at the proof stage. If unable to
send corrections within 48 hours due to some reason, the author(s)
must at least send an acknowledgement on receiving the galley
proofs or the article will be published exactly as received
and the publishers will not be responsible for any error occurring
in the manuscript in this regard.
The corresponding author will be solely responsible for ensuring
that the revised version of the manuscript incorporating all
the submitted corrections receives the approval of all the
authors of the manuscript.
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not be simultaneously submitted or published elsewhere. Plagiarism
is strictly forbidden, and by submitting the article for publication
the authors agree that the publishers have the legal right
to take appropriate action against the authors, if plagiarism
or fabricated information is discovered. Once submitted to
the journal, the author will not withdraw their manuscript
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PUBLICATION FEES: The publication fee
details for each article published in the journal are given
below:
Letters: The publication fee for each published
Letter article is US $600.
Research Articles: The publication fee for each
published Research article is US $800.
Mini-Review Articles: The publication fee for each
published Mini-Review article is US $600.
Review Articles: The publication fee for each published
Review article is US $900.
Book Reviews: The open access fee for a published
book review is US $450.
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author will receive by email an electronic invoice. The
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