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Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines - Journal of Radiation Oncology Informatics

 

The Journal of Radiation Oncology Informatics publishes original investigations related to informatics in radiation oncology. This topic includes clinical radiation oncology, radiation oncology physics, medical informatics as well as management.

 

JROI can be accessed online at its Web site http://jroi.org.

 

Electronic Submissions and Correspondence

 

Journal Policies

 

Conditions of Publication. It is a condition of publication that manuscripts submitted to the JROI have not already been published and will not be submitted simultaneously or published elsewhere. All manuscripts submitted to the JROI are subject to peer review.

 

Conflict of Interest Policy. JROI adheres to the policy on conflict of interest promulgated by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, which states, in part, that "to prevent ambiguity, authors must state explicitly whether potential conflicts do or do not exist." The complete policy can be accessed at the following Web site: www.icmje.org.

 

The order of authorship must be agreed to by all co-authors before the manuscript is submitted for consideration. Any changes in authorship after submission of a manuscript must be explained in a letter to the editors that is signed by all co-authors to indicate their consent to the change. These changes include the deletion and addition of authors as well as any change in the order of authors. Changes can be expected to delay publication.

 

Types of Manuscripts

 

Editorials. Editorials are brief commentary, analysis, or opinion pieces about a published article or other topic of special interest.

 

Scientific Articles. The Journal of Radiation Oncology Informatics publishes scientific articles related to informatics in radiation oncology. This topic includes clinical radiation oncology, radiation oncology physics, medical informatics as well as management.

 

Technical Reports or Case Reports. The Journal of Radiation Oncology Informatics publishes technical reports or case reports related to informatics in radiation oncology. Technical reports and case reports are subject to editorial review. For formatting style please see the scientific article section. Technical reports and case reports are limited to a maximum of 3 pages.

 

Style for Scientific Articles

 

The articles submitted should be clearly divided into sections (such as Abstract, Introduction, Methods and Materials, Results, and Discussion). The submitted article should contain an abstract, the text itself including tables and images to be included and references. All articles are submitted for peer review, so the textfile submitted should not contain the names of the authors. It is the obligation of the authors to register at the jroi.org website to include each author's complete affiliation(s), including department(s), institution(s), city, state, and country; the name and complete mailing address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the corresponding author

 

Journal Style and Guidelines

 

Text and tables may be submitted in Openoffice Write or MS Word format.

 

References must be cited and numbered in consecutive numerical order as they first appear in the text and should be listed in consecutive numerical (not alphabetical) order in the References section. All bibliographic information must be complete and accurate. The author is responsible for the accuracy of all references.

 

Journal references should be given in the following order:

author(s) surnames and initials of the first three authors followed by et al.;

article title (with subtitle if any)

journal abbreviation,

year,

volume number,

part or supplement number,

inclusive page numbers.

 

If the paper has been seen only in abstract form, this should be indicated at the end of the original reference by the addition of the word [Abstract]. Likewise, if the reference is to a volume with a supplement, the supplement number with the abbreviation [Suppl.] should be included.

 

References to books must include

the names of the authors,

title,

edition number,

city of publication,

publisher,

and year.

 

Patient anonymity must be ensured at all times; do not use patient names, initials, hospital numbers, or other identification in the figures or legends.

 

In clinical photographs, identities of patients should be masked or otherwise cropped.

 

Written consent forms from patients must accompany all photographs in which there is any possibility of identifying the patient.

 

Previously published figures must be accompanied by written permission to reprint from the publisher and authors, with sources cited in the text.

 

Supplementary Material. Authors are welcome to submit supplementary material and appendices at the time of submission.

 

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  2. The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  4. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  5. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
 

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