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Please indicate the article title, your (and your contributor's) full name, degree, title, academic affiliation, and current mailing address (with telephone and fax numbers) on the cover page of your article.
Objectives
The purpose of Seminars in Neurosurgery is to present contemporary information on a specifically defined subject in the field of neurological surgery. Each issue is designed to provide information of immediate clinical relevance.
Manuscripts
The manuscript should be typewritten, doublespaced, on bonded stock with ample margins. Please use a word processor or computer to prepare your article. Double-spacing must be used for all material, including legends and references. Please submit manuscripts in triplicate. Articles should be approximately twenty pages, including references, tables, and figures. Included with each article should be an abstract of 150 words and three key words.
NOTE: When completed, the manuscript should be mailed to the guest editor unless otherwise instructed.
CME Program
Please submit three multiple-choice questions with your article as well as a description of the key educational objective of the article in 25-30 words.
Please disclose of any financial support of research activities received in relation to this article.
References
References should be cited within the text using superscript numbers, and listed, doublespaced, at the end of the article in order of citation, using the AMA style. Please note, as in the following examples, we will not be italicizing book or journal titles. Use the following style:
Journals
Greenwood M, Irwin J. The biostatistics of senility. Hum Biol 1939;11:1-23.
Books
Stryer L. Biochemistry. 2nd ed. San Francisco, Calif: WH Freeman Co; 1981:559-596.
Parts of Books
Rice TA, Michels RG. Complications of vitrectomy. In: Little HL, Jack R, Patz A, Forsham PH, eds. Diabetic Retinopathy. New York, NY: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc; 1983: 315-340.
Tables and Figure Legends
Tables should be typewritten on a separate sheet and appended to the article. Figure legends should be typewritten, doublespaced, in a listing and appended to the text, as well.
Illustrations
For best results, submit 5x7 glossy prints for both line and halftone illustrations. Indicate figure number and, when appropriate, "top" on the reverse side in soft pencil. All illustrations should be referred to in the text by figure numbers. Wrap illustrations carefully for mailing. On publication your illustrations will be returned to you. Do not mount illustrations. All line photographs must be black on white background for optimal results. We also require signed patient permission forms for all patient photographs used. If we do not receive signed permission forms, the Publisher will obscure the identity of the patient.
Proofs
Page proofs will be submitted for you to read. This affords opportunity to check the typeset text for typographic and related errors. Elective alterations are difficult to accommodate owing to the associated time and expense of introducing them. Please correct and return proofs within 48 hours of receipt.
Diskette Submissions
Hard Copy
Always include a manuscript with the disk and be sure that the disk and manuscript match precisely. If changes are made to the disk, rerun the manuscript so that it remains a match. Thieme will assume that any marks on the manuscript have not been transferred to the disk. Keep a copy of your files in case the journal editor or Thieme receive a damaged disk. Disks are not returnable.
Platform
PC (Windows or DOS) and MAC disks are acceptable. An OS/2 document should be translated to a DOS equivalent when you save it to disk. 3 1/2 inch high-density disks are preferred.
Software
WordPerfect, Word, and MacWrite are preferred programs, but any format is acceptable. Put the name of the software, and version, on the disk label (such as, WP5.1 or WFW6.0). Do not compress the file before you put it onto your disk. Put your name and the filenames on the label.
Files on the Disk
Do not embed tables or figures within the text file. These require special handling by the typesetter. Ideally, each table should be in a separate file. If you do create figures on the computer then please put each one in a separate file, and indicate on the label the software and version used. Always send a good quality printout of each figure.
Miscellaneous
- Use hard returns (the Enter key) only at the end of a paragraph, not at the end of a line. Allow lines of text to break themselves in your word processing software.
- Use only one space, not two, after periods.
- Use the numeral one key where you intend the number, not the lowercase "ell". Also, the zero key, not the "oh" key.
- Mark special characters (Greek letters, symbols such as less than, greater than, etc.) on the manuscript. Do not use your word processor's programspecific code.
Should you have any further questions that cannot be answered by looking at previous issues of the publication, please contact the Editor-in-Chief:
Contact
Editor-in-Chief
Winfield Fisher, III, MD
Department of Surgery
Division of Neurosurgery
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
514 Medical Education Building
1813 Sixth Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294
Tel: 205/934-1430
Fax: 205/934-6507
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