Bulletin of Integrative Psychiatry
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Bulletin of Integrative Psychiatry accepts for publication the following types of works (articles): reviews, updates, meta-analysis, original papers and case report.
Fields of research: psychiatry correlated with other medical fields, psychology, philosophy, ethics, metaethics, bioethics, esthetics, economy, sports, nutrition, low, forensic medicine, political sciences, communicational sciences, sociology, social assistance, anthropology, cultural anthropology, literature, religion etc.
Manuscript Criteria and information
Manuscripts and all attached files should be submitted in electronic form and on paper.
The electronic form should be submitted, either on compact disk or by e-mail.
It is preferable that the manuscript, printed on one side of A4 paper format, 1.5 spaced, with 2 cm margins, be also submitted to the same address.
The manuscript should be accompanied by a cover letter including the statement on authorship responsibilities form, the statement on ethical considerations and the statement on financial disclosure (For more information, please see directions on website).
Authorship
All named authors should meet the criteria for authorship a stated in the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication” issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org).
Ethical considerations
If the scientific project involves human subjects or experimental animals, authors must state in the manuscript that the protocol has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the institution within which the research work was undertaken. All authors are responsible for adhering to guidelines on good publication practice.
Financial Disclosure
The manuscript should be accompanied by a cover letter including the statement on financial disclosure. The statement on conflicts of interest will be published at the end of the paper. Please submit all requested signed documents by regular mail to the Secretariat. Scanned copies sent electronically and fax submissions are not acceptable.
Corrections
Scientific fraud is rare event; however, they have a very serious impact on the integrity of the scientific community. If the Editorial Board uncovers possible evidence of such problems it will reserve the right to take all steps it considers necessary for the elucidation of the situation, including possibility to publish errata, corrigenda, or retractions.
Copyright
The papers published in the Journal are protected by copyright. Their full or partial publication in other journal is allowed only with the written approval of the publisher.
Manuscript Preparation
- Authors should send the English version of the article.
- Manuscripts must be prepared in conformity to the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication” issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (www.icmje.org).
- Articles must be written in Microsoft Word, Style: Normal + Justify, Font: Times New Roman, size 12. All manuscripts must be typed at 1,5 space. Original source files (not PDF files) are required. In text editing, do not use spacing with spacebar, or paragraph mark, use only Enter or Tab Key.
- Subheadings of the article should be left-justified, typed with capital letters, Font: Times New Roman, size 12.
- The abstracts and keywords must be written in Microsoft Word, Style: Normal + Justify, Font: Times New Roman, size 11, italics.
- Use as few formatting commands as possible:
- Input your text continuously (without breaks);
- do not use different types of fonts to highlight your text;
- any word or phrase that you would like to emphasize should be indicated throughout the text by italics;
- use only the Enter key to indicate the end of paragraphs, headings, lists etc.;
- do not use the Space Bar to indicate paragraphs, but only the Tab key;
- Figures must be cited in order in the text, using Arabic numerals (e.g., fig. 2). Their width should be max. 13,5 cm. The figures have to satisfy the following conditions:
- Black and white photographs with good contrast, with recommended size;
- Scanned photograph with a resolution of minimum 300 dpi and edited on a computer, original file (*JPG);
- Illustrations (drawings, charts) created on a computer, cited in the text, original file (*XLS, *CDR).
- Every figure should be accompanied by a title and a legend.
- Tables, numbered consecutively with Latin numerals (e.g., Tab. II) and should have a width of max. 13,5 cm. Every table should be also accompanied by a title and a legend. The distribution of tables and figures in the text should be balanced.
- Please do not import tables or figures into the text document, but only specify their insertion in the text (e.g., Table III insertion). They have to be sent in separate files. Files should be labeled with appropriate and descriptive file names.
- Abbreviations shall be avoided. If used, will occur preceded by the full term at their first apparition in the text. A list of all used abbreviations shall be made at the end of the article.
- Separate pages: tables, graphics, pictures and schemes will appear on separate pages.
- You may use a common compression program: ARJ, RAR or ZIP.
Manuscript Organization
Article title: titles should be short, specific and descriptive, emphasizing the main point of the article. Avoid a 2-part title, if at all possible. Do not make a declarative statement in the title. Title length, including punctuation and spaces, ideally should be under 100 characters and must not exceed 150 characters.
Manuscript Size
- Original paper - 8 pages/3500 words;
- Original paper - 8 pages/3500 words;
- Review and update - 8 pages/3500 words;
- Case report - 4 pages/1700 words;
- Clinical notes - 3 pages/1300 words;
- Letters to editor, information scientific reunions - one page/450 words.
Author(s) First name, middle initials and surname of the authors, without any scientific, didactic or military degrees (e.g., Mircea A. Popescu, Aura Vasilescu, not Popescu M. A., Vasilescu A.).
Footnote that specifies the authors’ scientific title, professional title, name and address of their workplace (institution and department) for each author; contact details of the corresponding author (full address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address) and the address of the institution and department where the study has been carried out. Contact details will be published unless otherwise requested by the author.
Abstracts in English and Romanian (or another language) should have max. 300 words.
Keywords: maximum of 6 keywords (minimum of 3). Keywords should not repeat the title of the manuscript.
Original papers organized in:
- Introduction (no more than 25% of the text), material and methods, results, comments or discussions and acknowledgements.
- Material and methods have to be described in enough detail to permit reproduction by other teams. The same product names should be used throughout the text (with the brand name in parenthesis at the first use).
- Results should be presented concisely. Table and figures should not duplicate text.
- Discussions should set the results in context and set forth the major conclusion of the authors.
- Information from the Introduction or Results should not be repeated unless necessary for clarity. The discussion should also include a comparison among the obtained results and the other studies from the literature, with explanation or hypothesis on the observed differences, comments on the importance of the study and the actual status of the investigated subject, unsolved problems, and questions to be answered in the future.
- Acknowledgements section must disclose any substantive conflicts of interest in addition to the customary recognition of non-authors who have been helpful to the work described.
References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Identify references in text, tables, and legends by Arabic numerals in parentheses, not in square brackets and not in bold). All authors should be listed when four or less; when five or more, list only the first three and add “et al”. The name of the Journals cited in the References should be abbreviated according to ISI Journal Title Abbreviations.
Examples:
- Reference to a journal publication:
Amura S. G.: Neurotransmitter transporter: recent progress. Ann Rev Neurosci 1993; 16; 73-93.
Tonis P. J., von Sandick J. W., Nieweg O. E., et al.: The hidden sentinel node, in breast cancer. Eur J Nucl Med 2002; 29: 305-311.
- Reference to a book:
Ashcroft F. M.: Ion channels and disease, San Diego, London: Academic Press, 2000, pp. 26-52.
- Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Pandiom M. R., Fischer D. A. Immunoradiometric assays. In: Scabes CG, editor, pp. 12-34.
The punctuation and the general aspect of the text format must comply with the rules mentioned above. This is mandatory and eliminatory condition.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND DISCLOSURE:
Authors: an author is generally considered to be someone who has made substantive intellectual contributions to a published study, and biomedical authorship continues to have important academic, social, and financial implications (1). An author must take responsibility for at least one component of the work, should be able to identify who is responsible for each other component, and should ideally be confident in their co-authors’ ability and integrity.
We strongly encourage developing and implementing a contributor ship policy, as well as a policy on identifying who is responsible for the integrity of the work as a whole.
Disclosure: The authors must declare if they have or not a potential conflicts of interest to
disclose.
Please complete and send to us COVER LETTER FOR SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT and Declaration of interests and disclosure form, that you can find on the website of our bulletin.
Acknowledgments: All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an acknowledgments section. Authors should declare whether they had assistance with study design, data collection, data analysis, or manuscripts preparation. If such assistance was available, the authors should disclose the identity of the individuals who provided this assistance and the entity that supported it in the published article. Financial and material support should also be acknowledged.
PEER REVIEW PROCESS
All manuscripts intended for publication will be subject to peer-review by a committee of experts which assesses the scientific and statistical correctness of articles submitted. The committee receives the manuscripts without knowing the author’s name and proposes possible changes, which will be transmitted to the authors by the medium of Editorial Board. The authors have the obligation to oversee the text in English language with the help of a professional translator.
When submitting a paper, a confirmation email is automatically sent back to the author. It contains a unique registration number used as a referral I further correspondence.
Initially, the editorial team verifies whether the manuscript complies with the editing instructions. If the paper does not meet the necessary requirements, it is rejected and the corresponding author is notified to correct the errors. If all instructions for editing have been followed accordingly, the editor selects two reviewers that will independently evaluate the paper. They have high expertise in the paper-review system and are well-known specialists in the field. The reviewers have all academic affiliations and may be already accredited by the Journal or specifically contacted for certain papers. Their affiliation is usually different from the one of submitting authors.
The editor sends the paper in both electronic and printed format to each reviewer with the invitation to evaluate it within 15 days. The reviewers will analyze the paper from several perspectives such as clarity, objectivity of data, scientific quality and relevance. A scale from 1 to 5 is used, where 5 is excellent and 1 is poor. The reviewers score the paper accordingly and issue a recommendation.
The existence of a manuscript under review is not revealed to anyone other than peer reviewers and editorial staff. Peer reviewers remain anonymous and are expected to maintain strict confidentiality. After the review process has been completed, authors will be informed by mail of the Editor’s decision.