Authors are invited to submit manuscripts for review,
in English, relating to any
aspect of Wound
Care. The JACCWS is interested in the publication
of manuscripts spanning the entire spectrum of
wound care: clinical,
basic, and translational science,
from any relevant perspective. A clear indication
of clinical relevance is essential for publication.
Manuscript categories for submission include
but are not limited to: Scientific/Clinical papers,
Case-Reports, Case Studies, Literature
Review,
Review of Current Wound Care Issue Review of
New Procedures, Review of New Products, Interviews
with Wound Care Specialists,
Relevant
Clinical News Inquiries for the Editor-in-Chief
should be made to: Dr. Richard Simman's email: plasticsimman@yahoo.com
MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES
Scientific/Clinical Research Report: A full-length
report of an original basic, applied, or clinical
research investigation that advances the clinical
science of wound care.
Systematic reviews and randomized clinical trials
of different
interventions, performed prospectively
with adequate controls, are typical of the
reports in this category.
Case Report: A detailed
description of the management
of a unique clinical case problem. The
description of the case includes but not limoted
to the relevant
patient characteristics, examination/
evaluation, diagnosis, and a description of
the interventions that were provided.
Case series
describing the management of a small
group of similar patients, with no comparison
group, also fit this category.
Literature Review:
A comprehensive review of
the literature, addressing a topic of interest and relevance
to wound care. Reviews of literature may
take
the form of a traditional review, or a metaanalysis.
The Editor-in-Chief may invite manuscripts
submitted in this category. Selfnominations
for an invitation to submit a literature
review may be sent via email be to the Editorin-
Chief, and should include a cover letter and
current curriculum vitae.
Review of Current Wound Care Issue Review of
New Procedures, Review of New Products: These
reviews must
address a topic of interest and relevance
to wound care.
Interviews with Wound Care Specialists: The editor-
in-chief will review all
submitted interviews.
However, this category is generally reserved for
invited interviewers.
Letters to the Editor: All letters and/or
relevant
comments regarding the content of the JACCWS
Therapy must be submitted by email to:letters.jaccws@gmail.com.
BOOK REVIEWS
Book reviews are accepted after invitation from
the Assistant Editor. Potential reviewers may contact
the Assistant
editor by email to: jaccwseditors@gmail.com.
Submission of Manuscripts: All new manuscripts
must be submitted through
the JACCWS online
submission and review Web site (http://ees.elsevier.com/jaccws/ ).
Reviews are requested to submit
the text, tables,
and artwork in electronic form (text should be
formatted in MS Word, not as a PDF).
Submission items include a cover
letter (save as a
separate Word file for upload), a title page (because
we employ a double-blinded review process
you will be asked to
save the title page as a separate
file for upload), the manuscript, (without the
title page) formatted with a font size no smaller
than
11 point and with 1-inch margins and indented
paragraphs. The manuscript should include
the abstract, main text, references, and
figure
legends. Revised manuscripts should also
be accompanied by a unique file (separate from
the cover letter) with responses to the reviewers'
comments. Authors must follow the guidelines
of the EES submission process. Please contact
the editors for any questions regarding the
submission
process.
COVER LETTER
In an accompanying cover letter to the Editor-in
Chief, authors should state that any manuscript,
or parts of it, have not been and will not be submitted
elsewhere for publication.
The name of the Institutional Review Board that
approved the research protocol involving human
subjects must also be included in the cover letter
(the methods section must also contain
a statement
that informed consent was obtained and
that the rights of the human subjects were protected).
For a description of ethical
principles for
medical research involving human subjects see
the "World Medical Association Declaration of
Helsinki policy" www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm.
Case Reports, when applicable, should include a
statement that each subject was informed that
data concerning
the case would be submitted for
publication or a statement indicating approval
by an appropriate review board.
Patient confidentiality
must be protected. Any use
of experimental animals in submitted research papers
must include a statement that an animal utilization
study
committee approved the study.
Manuscripts with experimental results on cadavers
must include a statement that a relevant
utilization
study committee approved the study.
Finally, the cover letter should include a statement
concerning any potential conflicts of interest
and/
or a financial disclosure of any support received.
TITLE PAGE
Because we employ a double-blind review process,
please
save the title page as a separate file
(it will not be built into any documents seen by
reviewers). The title page should contain the
title
of the article, the authors' names, their academic
degrees, and their present affiliations.
The name of the corresponding author
should be
given with a reliable mailing address, telephone
number, and fax number. Authors should indicate
whether the paper was adapted
from a presentation
at a meeting and should acknowledge any
grant support related to the paper. Disclaimers:
if there are no disclaimers,
please enter "none".
MANUSCRIPT and ABSTRACT
All manuscripts should include the abstract (suggested
150 word limit), main
text, references,
and figure legends. All authors should consult
the uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted
to biomedical journals:
"Writing and Editing
for Biomedical Publication" (www.icmje.org/icmje.pdf).
Due to the doubleblind review process
the manuscript should not carry any author, facility,
or institution identifiers.
Authors should
use the following terminology
when naming their study design. We recognize
that this list is not all-inclusive and that more appropriate
descriptors might be suitable for some
studies. Authors are encouraged to pick the
most appropriate study design descriptors for their
study. These suggestions are merely provided as a
means of encouraging consistency where it would
be both useful and informative.
Quantitative Study design options (for treatment
effectiveness and prognosis types of research - may
also apply to diagnosis study.
1. Systematic review: a synthesis of the better
quality quantitative studies
2. Randomized Clinical Trial: patients are enrolled
at
a relevant baseline and allocated to different
intervention arms based on a random
concealed process; outcomes are ascertained
prospectively
3. Prospective Cohort: a longitudinal study
where subgroups of patients are enrolled and
research questions defined at a relevant
baseline
point (prior to when outcomes occur); patients
are followed forward in time for outcomes
ascertainment. For treatment studies
at least 2
groups are defined at baseline; in prognostic
studies potential predictors are collected at
baseline
4. Retrospective Cohort:
a longitudinal study
where subgroups of patients are involved in a
prospective data collection but the research questions
(and variables)
were defined retrospectively;
treatment groups or prognostic factors may have
been defined after data collections was initiated
e.g.
database research
5. Case-Control: a longitudinal study where
subgroups of patients are identified/enrolled
after outcomes have been
ascertained and data
are collected retrospectively (recall or pre-exising
data) on the treatment or prognostic factors of
interest
6.
N-of-1: Asingle patient is enrolled at a
relevant baseline andallocated to cross-over
different intervention arms based on a random
concealed
process; outcomes are ascertained
prospectively
7. Case Series*: Data are collected on a single
subgroup of patients (no comparison
group)
8. Case Report: Data are collected on a single
subject
2. Descriptive*: Includes surveys, other descriptive
data collection
3. Economic Analysis
4. Consensus statements: Systematic processes
used to define or develop consensus on
clinical
topics
5. Bench (experimental laboratory based) research*:
biomechanics, electromyography, physiology*
may be sub-grouped as
a.
Longitudinal: data were collected at multiple
time points
b. Cross-sectional: data were collected on a
single occasion
Qualitative
Study Designs
1. Meta-syntheses: a synthesis of the better
quality qualitative studies
2. Grounded Theory: research that seeks
to
understand and identify theoretical processes;
themes used to develop an understanding and
theoretical explanation
3. Case Study:
an in-depth study of an individual
lived experience and perspective Authors
will need to determine the level of evidence for
all eligible
studies. The Oxford Centre for Evidence-
based Medicine website at www.cebm.-net/levels_of_evidence.asp
provides guidelines as
to determining the level of evidence.We recognize
that not all forms of studies can be classified.
For example,
these criteria do not apply to practice
forum, practice guidelines, clinical measurement,
lab or qualitative studies.
TABLES
Save each table, double spaced, as a separate file
for upload. It must include a table number and
a title. Each table should first be
cited in numerical
order in the text
PHOTOGRAPHS/ILLUSTRATIONS
Save illustrations as separate files, logically named
(e.g.,
Fig1.tif, Fig2.eps). When submitting the illustrations,
please use either JPEG, an EPS or TIF
format. Graphics software such as Photoshop
and
Illustrator, not presentation software such as
PowerPoint, CorelDraw, or Harvard Graphics,
must be used to create art. Color images
need to
be saved as CMYK, at least 300 dots per inch
(dpi). Grayscale images should be at least 300
dpi. Line art (black and white or
color) should
be at least 1,000 dpi, and combinations of grayscale
and line art should be at least 600 dpi. Please
note that once you
create digital art at low resolution,
you cannot adjust it. You must create your
art at the proper resolution (dpi) to begin with.
For
step-by-step instruction and screenshots on
how to create your art correctly the first time,
please click on the "Artwork Guidelines"
link in
the Author Information box on our submission
site homepage or go to Elsevier's Author Gateway
(http://authors.elsevier.com)
and click on "Artwork
instructions" and then select "Application
Guidelines."
REFERENCES
Each reference in the text must
be indicated by
number, and the references as first cited in text
must be in numerical order. The Index Medicus
style for journal abbreviations
should be used,
and references should be based on American Medical
Association Manual of Style, 9th ed., 1998.
See site examples at http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/styleguides/ama.html .
PERMISSIONS
Borrowed material must be accompanied by written
permissions from the publisher and from the
corresponding
author of the book or journal article
in which the material originally appeared.
Signed releases must accompany photographs of
identifiable
living persons. Please indicate that
you have secured these rights in your cover letter.
CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST POLICY
A conflict-of-interest
statement will be required
for each manuscript accepted for publication.
This statement will have no bearing on the editorial
decision
to publish a manuscript. That decision
will be based solely on the value of the
article to the readers of the Journal.
AUTHOR INQUIRIES
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This site
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