Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 229-232, May 2006

Guide for authors

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The Journal of Equine Veterinary Science (JEVS) is an international publication designed for the practicing equine veterinarian, equine researcher, and other equine health care specialist. Published monthly, each issue of JEVS includes original scientific research, case reports, and review articles from leaders in the equine veterinary field. The journal also includes regular features such as meeting and conference reports, news, and literature reviews to help equine practitioners stay current with the issues affecting their practice. Breeders, trainers, and others involved in horse production and management will also find the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science an invaluable resource.

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Types of contribution 

1.Original Research

2.Review Articles

3.Case Reports

4.Special Section

5.Book Reviews

Original Research Papers: Research or extensive clinical reports containing significant new findings. The material presented should be original and not have been published elsewhere, except in a preliminary form. These papers will be reviewed by referees familiar with the subject matter of the paper. Revisions are likely to be expected.

Review Articles should cover subjects falling within the scope of the journal, which are of active current interest. The paper need not contain original work or ideas. The paper will be reviewed for completeness, accuracy, style and suitability of content by referees familiar with the subject and the Editor-in-Chief. Revisions may be requested.

Case Reports are practitioner-oriented reports meant to communicate the facts of an interesting case or series of cases. These papers will be peer reviewed. Revisions are likely to be expected. The major concerns of the critique will be accuracy of diagnosis and relevance to equine practice.

Special Sections are meant to communicate an idea or opinion. Sections include Equine Foot Science; Sports Medicine; and Equine Nutrition. Material for special sections should be limited to 1500 words and should indicate the section for which it is intended. Generally these papers will not be subjected to peer review.

Book Reviews are accepted and should provide an overview of the workís contents and a critique of the workís value. Book reviews should be limited to 1000 words.

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Peer review 

All submissions will be reviewed by two to three anonymous reviewers to evaluate them for originality, clear statement of a hypothesis, experimental design appropriate for the hypothesis, statistics, completeness of methods, and thoughtfulness of the discussion and conclusions that are supported by data. If only two reviews are solicited/received and there is conflict in their assessment, a third review will be undertaken. Authors may name up to five potential reviewers when they submit the manuscript and must provide complete contact information, including e-mail addresses; however, the Editor-in-Chief retains the right to assign different reviewers as deemed appropriate.

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Authors' rights 

As an author you (or your employer or institution) may do the following:

•make copies (print or electronic) of the article for your own personal use, including for your own classroom teaching use

•make copies and distribute such copies (including through e-mail) of the article to research colleagues, for the personal use by such colleagues (but not commercially or systematically, e.g., via an e-mail list or list server)

•post a pre-print version of the article on Internet websites including electronic pre-print servers, and to retain indefinitely such version on such servers or sites

•post a revised personal version of the final text of the article (to reflect changes made in the peer review and editing process) on your personal or institutional website or server, with a link to the journal homepage (on elsevier.com)

•present the article at a meeting or conference and to distribute copies of the article to the delegates attending such a meeting

•for your employer, if the article is a “work for hire”, made within the scope of your employment, your employer may use all or part of the information in the article for other intra-company use (e.g., training)

•retain patent and trademark rights and rights to any processes or procedure described in the article

•include the article in full or in part in a thesis or dissertation (provided that this is not to be published commercially)

•use the article or any part thereof in a printed compilation of your works, such as collected writings or lecture notes (subsequent to publication of your article in the journal)

•prepare other derivative works, to extend the article into book-length form, or to otherwise re-use portions or excerpts in other works, with full acknowledgement of its original publication in the journal

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NIH “public access” policy 

US National Institutes of Health (NIH) voluntary posting (“Public Access”) policy Elsevier facilitates author response to the NIH voluntary posting request (referred to as the NIH “Public Access Policy”; see “http://www.nih.gov/about/publicaccess/index.htm”) by posting the peer-reviewed author's manuscript directly to PubMed Central on request from the author, 12 months after formal publication. Upon notification from Elsevier of acceptance, we will ask you to confirm via e-mail (by e-mailing us at NIHauthorrequest@elsevier.com) that your work has received NIH funding and that you intend to respond to the NIH policy request, along with your NIH award number to facilitate processing. Upon such confirmation, Elsevier will submit to PubMed Central on your behalf a version of your manuscript that will include peer-review comments, for posting 12 months after formal publication. This will ensure that you will have responded fully to the NIH request policy. There will be no need for you to post your manuscript directly with PubMed Central, and any such posting is prohibited.

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Submission of manuscripts 

All manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science should be sent electronically (including complete artwork) via email to the Editor-in-Chief at: esquires@colostate.edu, or on CD to Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, c/o E.L. Squires, Colorado State University, ARBL†1683, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1683. Text should be in Microsoft Word. All digital artwork submissions MUST adhere to Elsevier's electronic artwork guidelines. The guidelines can be found at the following URL: http://www.authors.elsevier.com/artwork.

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Copyright 

Submission of an article is understood to imply that the article is original and not being considered for publication elsewhere. Submission also implies that all authors have approved the paper for release and are in agreement with its content, and that any person cited as a source of personal communications has approved such citation. It is understood that materials accepted for publication reflect the opinion(s) of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent the opinion of the Editor, the Editorial Board or the Publisher.

Upon acceptance of the article by the journal, the author(s) will be required to transfer the copyright of the article to the Publisher. This transfer will enable the widest possible dissemination of information.

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Preparation of manuscripts 

Authors should have their manuscripts reviewed before submission by persons who have advanced command of English spelling, grammar, syntax and semantics and who are familiar with scientific style.

1.Manuscripts should be written in clear, concise and grammatically correct English and formatted according to the instructions listed below. Authors whose native language is not English are strongly advised to have their manuscripts checked by an English-speaking colleague prior to submission. Manuscripts that do not conform to standard English style, usage and grammar, and/or which are not adequately prepared, will be returned to the authors for modification prior to scientific review. Authors please note: Upon request, the Editorial Office will provide authors with a list of people who can check and improve the English of their paper (before submission).

2.Every page of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc. should be numbered. Also, each line of text should also be numbered consecutively. However, in the text no reference should be made to page numbers; if necessary, one may refer to sections. Avoid excessive usage of italics to emphasize part of the text.

3.Manuscripts are required to be organized in the following order (arrangement of the sections should be modified as appropriate for review articles, case reports, special section, and book review submissions after consultation with the Editor).):

Title Page (to include):

•Title, which should be clear, descriptive and not too long

•Running title, not more than 48 characters

•Names, degrees, and professional affiliations of all author(s)

•Current and complete postal addresses of all authors and affiliate institutions

•Clearly indicated Corresponding author with complete correspondence information including mailing address, full telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address to which proofs should be sent

Abstract: on a separate sheet not more than 250 words. The abstract should include the objective, main findings of the paper, and conclusions.

Five keywords (indexing terms)

Introduction: should acquaint the reader with the subject and justify the objective(s) of the research. There should be three parts to the introduction: first, a clear description of the nature and extent of the problem to be studied; second, a presentation of the pertinent research by others in the field of the study; and third, a statement of how the authors' study challenges, expands or improves the known material. The hypothesis or objective(s) addressed in the study must be clearly stated in the final paragraph.

Manuscript Body: The body of the manuscript must have suitable subheadings.

Materials and Methods (if appropriate): must contain enough information to allow another scientist to duplicate the study. Materials should be named specifically, including the manufacturer, city and state or country where the equipment or supplies were obtained. Descriptions of animals should include species, breed, sex, and age as well as husbandry methods, climate, photoperiod and geographic location of the study. A logical description of the experimental methods should follow and should include an explanation of the experimental design. Here, it may be useful to prepare a table or schematic diagram to explain procedures, such as how the animals were divided into groups or how samples were obtained. The method of statistical evaluation must be stated, the treatment and response variables identified, and assignment of experimental units into groups specified.

Results (if appropriate): must contain sufficient information to fully describe the outcome of the research. The use of tables and figures is encouraged, but use text to emphasize important points, to connect results with one another, and to restate the significant findings. Tables and figures must contain enough information within them and in their respective titles or legends to be understandable without referring to the text.

Discussion and Conclusion: contains an explanation of the meaning of the results. The principles, relationships, and general truths shown by the results should be presented without retelling the results if at all possible. Exceptions or lack of correlation should be pointed out and unsettled points defined. Agreement or disagreement with previous work should be shown. The theoretical or practical implications of the work should be discussed. Finally, the major conclusions and implications should be stated in a brief paragraph.

Acknowledgements: and any additional information concerning research grants, etc.

References

Tables

Figure captions

4.In typing the manuscript, titles and subtitles should not be run within the text. They should be typed on a separate line, without indentation. Use lower-case letter type.

5.SI units should be used.

6.When a typewritten character may have more than one meaning (e.g. the lower case letter l may be confused with the numeral 1), a note should be inserted in a circle in the margin to make the meaning clear to the typesetter. If Greek letters or uncommon symbols are used in the manuscript, they should be written very clearly, and if necessary a note such as “Greek lower-case chi” should be put in the margin and encircled.

7.Elsevier reserves the privilege of returning to the author for revision accepted manuscripts and illustrations that are not in the proper form given in this guide.

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Tables 

1.All tables should be referred to in the text by consecutive Arabic numerals (Table 1, Table 2, etc.).

2.Authors should take notice of the limitations set by the size and layout of the journal. Large tables should be avoided. Reversing columns and rows will often reduce the dimensions of a table.

3.If many data are to be presented, an attempt should be made to divide them over two or more tables.

4.Tables should be numbered according to their sequence in the text. The text should include references to all tables.

5.Each table should be typewritten on a separate page of the manuscript. Tables should never be included in the text.

6.Each table should have a brief and self-explanatory title.

7.Column headings should be brief, but sufficiently explanatory. Standard abbreviations of units of measurement should be added between parentheses.

8.Vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Leave some extra space between the columns instead.

9.Any explanation essential to the understanding of the table should be given as a footnote at the bottom of the table.

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Illustrations 

1.All digital artwork MUST adhere to the Elsevier Author Artwork Instructions found at the following URL: http://www.authors.elsevier.com/artwork. Any illustrations submitted in a format not acceptable for print will be returned to the author, and a new file requested.

2.All illustrations should be referred to in the text by consecutive Arabic numerals (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc).

3.Units should be indicated in the figures.

4.Each illustration should be identified by its number and the name of the first author. An indication of the top of the illustrations is required in photographs of profiles, thin sections, and other cases where doubt can arise.

5.Illustrations should be designed with the format of the page of the journal in mind. Illustrations should be of such a size as to allow a reduction of 50%.

6.Make sure that the size of the lettering is big enough to allow a reduction of 50% without becoming illegible. The lettering should be in English. Use the same kind of lettering throughout and follow the style of the journal.

7.If a scale should be given, use bar scales on all illustrations instead of numerical scales that must be changed with reduction.

8.Each illustration must have a caption. The captions to all illustrations should be typed on a separate sheet of the manuscript.

9.Explanations should be given in the typewritten legend. Drawn text in the illustrations should be kept to a minimum.

10.Photographs are only acceptable if they have good contrast and intensity. Reproductions of photographs already printed cannot be accepted.

11.If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable color figures, Elsevier will ensure that these figures appear free-of-charge in color.

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Preparation of supplementary data 

Elsevier now accepts electronic supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com. In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data are provided in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. Detailed instructions are available online on Elsevier's Author Gateway at the following URL: http://authors.elsevier.com/ArtworkInstructions.html?dc=AI43

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References 

1.All publications cited in the text should be presented in a Reference section immediately following the Acknowledgements.

2.References in the text should be indicated by Arabic numerals in brackets (with multiple citations separated by a comma with no space between comma an next citation, and three or more consecutive citations separated by a hyphen) and should be listed in the Reference section in numerical order with reference number enclosed in brackets. See recent issue of Journal of Equine Veterinary Science for examples.

3.References should use the following style:
a.For periodicalsConnor EE, Ashwell MS, Dahl GE. Characterization and expression of the bovine growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) receptor. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2002;22:189-200.

b.For booksBetteridge KJ. Embryo Transfer. In: Reproduction in Domesticated Animals, King GJ (Ed.), World Animal Science B9, Elsevier Science B.V., 1993, pp. 413-418.

c.For multi-author booksVan Zutphen LFM, Baumans V, Beynen AC. Principles of Laboratory Animal Science, Revised Edition. Elsevier Science B.V., 2001.


4.Abbreviate the titles of periodicals mentioned in the list of references in accordance with BIOSIS Serial Sources, published annually by BIOSIS. The correct abbreviation for this journal is: Domest Anim Endocrinol.

5.In the case of publications in any language other than English, the original title is to be retained. However, the titles of publications in non-Latin alphabets should be transliterated, and a notation such as “(in Russian)” or “(in Greek, with English abstract)” should be added.

6.Work accepted for publication but not yet published should be referred to as “in press”.

7.References concerning unpublished data and “personal communications” should not be cited in the reference list but may be mentioned in the text.

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Footnotes 

1.Footnotes should only be used if absolutely essential. In most cases it should be possible to incorporate the information into the normal text.

2.If used, they should be numbered in the text, indicated by superscript numbers, and kept as short as possible.

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Nomenclature 

1.Authors and editors are, by general agreement, obliged to accept the rules governing biological nomenclature, as laid down in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria, and the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.

2.All biotica (crops, plants, insects, birds, mammals, etc.) should be identified by their scientific names when the English term is first used, with the exception of common domestic animals.

3.All biocides and other organic compounds must be identified by their Geneva names when first used in the text. Active ingredients of all formulations should be likewise identified.

4.For chemical nomenclature, the conventions of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and the official recommendations of the IUPAC-IUB Combined Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature should be followed.

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Permissions 

1.Authors, when quoting from someone else's work or when considering reproducing an illustration or table from a book or journal article, should make sure that they are not infringing a copyright.

2.If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the Author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in the article. Elsevier has preprinted forms for use by Authors in these cases: contact Elsevierís Rights Department, Philadelphia, PA, USA: phone (+1) 215 239 3804, fax (+1) 215 239 3805, e-mail healthpermissions@elsevier.com. Requests may also be completed online via the Elsevier homepage (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions).

3.Material in unpublished letters and manuscripts is also protected and must not be published unless permission has been obtained.

4.A suitable acknowledgement of any borrowed material must always be made.

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Proofs 

One set of proofs will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author as given on the title page of the manuscript. Only typesetter's errors may be corrected; no changes in, or additions to, the edited manuscript will be allowed.

Elsevier will do everything possible to get your article corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication. Subsequent corrections will not be possible, so please ensure your first sending is complete.

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Offprints 

Offprints in multiples of 50 (up to a maximum of 400) can be ordered on an offprint order form, which is included with the proofs.

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Author services 

Enquiries concerning manuscript preparation or manuscript status should be directed to the Editor-in-Chief at Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, c/o E.L. Squires, Colorado State University, ARBL†1683, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1683; Tel: 970-491-8409 (Editor), 970-491-6481 (Editorial Assistant); Fax: 970-491-3557; Email: esquires@colostate.edu.

Authors can also keep a track of the progress of their accepted article, and set up e-mail alerts informing them of changes to their manuscript's status, by using the “Track a Paper” feature of Elsevier's Author Gateway, http://authors.elsevier.com.

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Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 229-232, May 2006

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