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Author Guidelines



Please adhere to the following format:

Provide one document including:
1. Cover page, including title, authors (with mail and email addresses) and disclosures.
2. Manuscript, containing:



  • Title

  • Abstract

  • Case Report

  • Discussion

  • Teaching Point

  • References

  • Figures

  • Abbreviations


Download manuscript template: Manuscript

To better understand the review process and to help, writing a proper stylistic and sound manuscript, you may take a look which criteria the reviewers evaluate.
Download reviewer template: Review


Teaching point
The teaching point should explain the educational value of this case report in no longer than 2 sentences.
 
References
Please adhere to the following format:
The authors are responsible for the accuracy of the  bibliographic information.
A minimum of 5 references is recommended. There is no maximum of references. References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first cited. References given in tables or figure legends must be numbered in sequence with those in text. Periodical titles should be abbreviated in the style of Index Medicus. Issue numbers and inclusive page numbers should be given for all references.
If there  are six or less authors, so please list surnames and initials of all authors as following:   

1. Hirsch W, Paetzel M, Talanow R. www.PedRad.info, the first bilingual case-oriented publication platform for pediatric radiology. Pediatr Radiol. 2005 Mar;35(3):344-8.
 
If there are seven or more authors, please list only the first three names, followed by “et al.” In  the case of books, the authors of a chapter, title of the  chapter, editor(s), title of the book, edition, city, publisher, year, and chapter pages must be provided: 

1. Paetzel M. Thorax. In: USMLE Help Step 1 Anatomy Q & A. 1st ed. Cleveland Heights: EduRad, 2007; 316.
2. Haaga JR, Lanzieri CF, Sartoris DJ, Zerhouni EA. Neoplastic Diseases of the Lung. In: Computed Tomography And Magnetic Resonance Imaging Of The Whole Body. 3rd ed. St. Louis; Mosby,1994; 724-729.

Author Citations of Online-only Articles
Online-only article citations should include the authors’ names, title of the article, journal or website title, year, volume, and issue of publication,  the complete URL for the document and the date the document was accessed or consulted: 

1. Gossner J. Lissencephaly Type 1. PedRad [serial online]. 2008; vol 8, no. 5. Available at: www.PedRad.info/?search=20080522125523. Accessed June 10, 2008.
  
Figures & Tables
Figures should be either submitted as PNG or uncompressed JPG files. (Tables as PNG or TIF) All figures need to be de-identified/anonymized. The figures may be initially implemented into the word file, but have to be uploaded separately for the high quality final version. As many imaging modalities as well as pathology/OP images are welcomed if applicable for the particular case. There is no limitation of submitted images. Figure legends should be included in the manuscript.




For the interactive case report: After acceptance of the case report for publication, the submitter is asked to provide for each cross-sectional modality (CT, MRI - also PET, SPECT) a stack of images. The stack of images should be numerated chronologically, e.g. first image starts with "1", e.g. 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, ... n.jpg. All images of an individual sequence are collected in a separate zip-file. For sequential studies, such as fluoroscopy (IR or GI) or nuclear medicine studies (e.g. gastric emptying, HIDAA scan etc.) please provide also all images for the particular sequence. These images should be also collected in a separate zip-file. An example of such an image stack zip file can be downloaded here. (Only parts of the abdominal CT are saved in this example to save you download time, however the author is required to submit the entire exam.) Please include also the topogram/localizer image in case of CT or MR exams. The zip-file can be either uploaded in the submission section or directly sent through email to journals@edurad.org. If technical questions, please write to the same email address.

Only case reports which provide stacks of images for the interactive mode will receive a DOI number!

 

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) and the authors permit EduRad (the publisher) and its affiliates to publish the submitted work.

  2. The author used the manuscript template (download template here); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed at the end of the manuscript.

  3. When available, the URLs to access references online are provided, including those for open access versions of the reference. The URLs are ready to click (e.g., http://www.radiologycases.com).

  4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

  5. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in "Ensuring a Blind Review" have been followed.

  6. The submitting author assures that all contributing authors agree with the submitted version of the manuscript and no violoation of patient rights are associated with the submitted work.

  7. Is this manuscript written in proper english? Did you do spell check and grammar check in English or did an English-proficient person proof read the manuscript? (Poor English is the most frequent reason for rejection!)

  8. Cover Letter (included in manuscript template) includes: Title, Authors, Author Addresses, Statement of authorship, Notifications of conflicts of interest and Ethical adherence.
    Manuscript includes: Title, Cover letter, Abstract, Text body, References, Figures and Figure legends. (Figures can be in lower quality. After acceptance, the author needs to submit figures in high quality.)

 

Copyright Notice

The articles in this journal are open-access articles distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License, which permits reproduction and distribution, provided the original work is properly cited. The publisher has the right to use the text, images and other multimedia contents from the submitted work for further usage in affiliated programs. Commercial use and derivative works are not permitted, unless explicitely allowed by the publisher.

 

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