SUBMIT CONTENT

ISSN 1368-1591

What happens when I contribute?

You send your submission to the Editor by e-mail. The Editor will circulate your submission to members of the Editorial Board for comment. These comments will be collated by the Editor, and returned to you by e-mail. You will be given the opportunity to make any revisions and, if required, may need to re-submit your material. Once your revised submission has been accepted by the Editorial Board and copy-editing completed, you will normally be given the opportunity to see the final pre-publication copy. Correspondence regarding a submission will be entered into with the first author only.

Submission proforma

Please copy this proforma and paste it, together with the appropriate details, at the top of an e-mail message to the Editor. You should paste the text of your submission below this, in the body of the same e-mail message.

Please note that all sections of the proforma must be completed. Please read 'Important notes' below the proforma before making any submission.

[ 1 ] First author professional title (e.g. Dr., Prof., etc):

[ 2 ] First author full name, including middle initial(s):

[ 3 ] First author qualifications (e.g. MD, PhD, MRCGP, etc.):

[ 4 ] First author position/job title (e.g. Lecturer, etc.):

[ 5 ] First author affiliation (University, department, employer, etc.):

[ 6 ] First author e-mail address:

[ 7 ] Complete sections 1-5 for each additional author here:

[ 8 ] Conflict of interest:

Guidance notes: If your submission may involve a conflict of interest, please explain why this may be so here (if, for example, you are reviewing your own Web site!).

[ 9 ] Type of submission:

Guidance notes:

News: Small news items. Max. 500 words.

Review: Reviews of Web sites, products, books, literature, etc. Max. 500 words.

Tutorial: 'Beginner's guide' tutorials. Max. 5 000 words.

Personal view/position paper: A personal view or organization's position on any aspect of medicine on the Internet. Max. 2 500 words.

Events diary: Conference announcements, etc.

Letter: Letters to the Editor. Max. 500 words.

Short paper: Original research or experience. Max 2 500 words including Introduction, Aims and methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, and References (see below).

Announcement: Collaborative opportunities, services, products, grants, etc. Max. 200 words.

Column: Invited and affiliate columns. Max 2 500 words.

Meeting report: Reports from meetings and events. Max. 2 000 words.

Note: Full papers may be submitted to the journal Medical Informatics, edited by John Newell.

Important notes:

Copyright: In making this submission, you confirm that the material you are submitting has not been published elsewhere, and that no one other than yourself may exercise copyright over it. You also confirm that once fully accepted for publication, copyright is transferred to the Society for the Internet in Medicine. If material has been published elsewhere, you confirm that you have obtained written consent for re-publication in SIM Quarterly.

Informed consent: In making this submission, you confirm that you have fully anonymized any patient-sourced material, and have obtained the explicit consent of the patient for this material to be published in SIM Quarterly.

Non-ASCII files: If your submission contains non-ASCII (text) characters, figures, tables, or requires special formatting, complete the proforma as above and send these elements as MIME-encoded word processor files in RTF format (useful for some tables), or as MIME-encoded GIF or JPEG image files, direct to the Editor. If you wish to make a submission in HTML format, this may be appended to the proforma details as normal. No other formats can be considered for publication.

Large attachments: Files of up to 100 KB may be sent without compression. Files larger than 100 KB should be compressed in ZIP format before being encoded. If your compressed files are over 500 KB in size, please send advance warning and wait for acknowledgement before sending them.

Thank you for your submission.

Style of references

References are a vital part of scientific literature. Where relevant, they should be cited according to the Vancouver style. Guidance may be found on the Web at:

http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/01jan97/unifreqr.htm

Alternatively, see the following paper:

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. (1997). Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. New England Journal of Medicine, 336, 309-15.

Please e-mail the Editor if further guidance is necessary.

Society for the Internet in Medicine

Comments to: simq@cybertas.demon.co.uk

Copyright © 1997 Society for the Internet in Medicine. All rights reserved.
Date: February 6, 1998
Document URL: http://www.cybertas.demon.co.uk/simq/submit.html