FOR AUTHORS

F O R   A U T H O R S

SYNOPSIS

Editorial Policy and Review Process
Editorial Board
Roles of the Associate and Senior Editors

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Submission Letter and Method of Transmission

Manuscript Preparation

Disclosure Statement

Submission Checklist 

Copyright

Proofs

 

POLICIES

Overview of Policies on Manuscript Submission

Policy on the Use of  Animals

Policy on the Use of  Human Subjects

Policy on Ethics

Financial Disclosure

Information for Reviewers

REPRINTS

Offprints and Reprints 

Instructions to Authors

Submission should be made using our online submission system, msTracker (http://mstracker.com/submit1.php?jc=jad). Note that your manuscript should be uploaded as one file with tables and figures included. You can submit a Word document with figures embedded or a PDF. Please contact the Editorial Office if you experience difficulties with the online system.

The letter of submission should include the following:

• Name, postal address, phone number, fax number and e-mail address of the corresponding author
• Name of an Associate Editor with expertise in the area of the study (if no Associate Editor is suitable, the Editorial Office will handle the submission).
• Statement that all authors have contributed to the work, agree with the presented findings, and that the work has not been published before nor is being considered for publication in another journal.
• A list of at least 4-6 potential reviewers knowledgeable in the area of the study and potential reviewer conflicts.
• Statement that procedures involving experiments on human subjects are done in accord with the ethical standards of the Committee on Human Experimentation of the institution in which the experiments were done or in accord with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975. (Compliance with these guidelines as well as protocol approval by a local Institutional Review Board should be specified in the text of the manuscript.)
• Statement that procedures involving experimentation on animal subjects are done in accord with either the guide of the institution in which the experiments were done, or with the National Research Council's guide for the care and use of laboratory animals. (Compliance with these guidelines as well as protocol approval by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee should be specified in the text of the manuscript.)
• Statement of all financial and material support for this research and any potential conflicts. (These should also be clearly identified in the acknowledgement section of the manuscript).

Electronic Submission

Manuscripts should be submitted directly to our online submission system , msTracker (http://mstracker.com/submit1.php?jc=jad). Note that your manuscript should be uploaded as one file with tables and figures included. You can submit a Word document with figures embedded or a PDF. Please contact the Editorial Office if you experience difficulties with the online system.

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