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Society for Endocrinology Journals:
General Instructions for Authors

For journal scope, types of papers and submission instructions please refer to the author instructions for each individual journal:

Journal of Endocrinology, Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, Endocrine-Related Cancer

General instructions

• Include a covering letter stating that the work has not been, and will not be, submitted for publication elsewhere until the journal has reached a decision on whether to publish the paper. If rejected the authors are free to submit elsewhere; if accepted the assurance automatically extends indefinitely.

  It will be assumed that submitted manuscripts carry the approval of all the authors.

• Acknowledge all of the major sources of funding relevant to the research reported and declare that there is either: (a) no conflict of interest that would prejudice its impartiality; or (b) a potential conflict of interest that is fully declared within the text of the article. Please include this before the reference list (and after the Acknowledgements section, where present) in a section entitled ‘Disclosure’.



• Papers reporting clinical trials will only be considered if the trials have been pre-registered according to the guidelines set out in The Lancet 364 (9438) 911-912.



• Papers quoted as ‘In Press’ (particularly those concerned with methodology) must be provided as additional electronic files.

Preparation of manuscripts

• Use double spacing throughout (including reference list and figure legends) preferably in a Times font, and with a size of at least 10 point



• Spelling should follow The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary or Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary



• Number all pages, and number the lines down the left-hand side of each page



• All abbreviations must be defined when first mentioned



• Arrange your manuscript as follows: Title page, Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Figure Legends, Figures and Tables

Title page

• Include a separate title page with the title (limited to a maximum 20 words), authors' names, and full addresses of institutions (the address of the laboratory where the work was carried out should be given first)



• Provide a short title for page headings



• Include a minimum of four keywords describing the manuscript

Abstract

• The abstract should be no more than 5% of the length of the paper



• State clearly the objective of the study, the methods used, and summarize results and conclusions



• Avoid abbreviations and references

Introduction

• The introduction should set the study in context by briefly reviewing relevant knowledge of the subject; follow this with a concise statement of the objectives of the study

Material and methods

Ethics of experimentation

• Manuscripts must contain a statement that consent has been obtained from each patient or subject after full explanation of the purpose and nature of all procedures used
• It must be stated that the investigation was approved by the local ethical committee, functioning according to the 3rd edition of the Guidelines on the Practice of Ethical Committees in Medical Research issued by the Royal College of Physicians of London (11 St Andrew's Place, London NW1 4LE, UK; Tel: +44 (0) 207 935 1174; Fax: +44 (0) 207 7486 4514; Email: publications{at}rcplondon.ac.uk; Web: www.rcplondon.ac.uk). Copies of the MRC recommendations can be obtained from the Medical Research Council, 20 Park Crescent, London W1B 1AL, UK (Tel: +44 (0) 20 7636 5422; Fax: +44 (0) 20 7636 6179) or at www.mrc.ac.uk

Papers which do not conform with these guidelines or with UK legal requirements cannot be accepted.

Include the source of chemicals, reagents and hormones and give the manufacturer’s name and location (town, country) in parentheses. Give the generic name, dose and route of administration for drugs. Specify the composition of buffers, solutions and culture media. SI symbols must be used, concentrations should be given in mol 1-1 and the term % must be defined as w/v or v/v for all solutions. For international units iu should be used (U should be used for enzyme activity)

References

All references cited in the text should be included in the reference list and vice versa.

Reference in the following format:

See RH, Calvo D, Shi Y, Kawa H, Luke MP & Yuan Z 2001 Stimulation of p300-mediated transcription by the kinase MEKK1. Journal of Biological Chemistry 276 16310-16317.

Harvey SS 1975 Hypnotics and sedatives. The barbiturates. In The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, edn 5, pp 102-123. Eds LS Goodman & A Gilman. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.

Please note that papers with incorrectly formatted references will be returned and the acceptance date changed to the date of receipt of the correctly formatted paper.

Tables

• Tables should be concise and informative
• The title should be a single sentence at the head of the table and should include the name of the organism studied
• Tables should be self-contained, and not require further explanation; they should be numbered (arabic numbers) and cited in the text
• Give a short heading for each column, and do not use internal horizontal and vertical lines
• Any additional explanatory material should appear as footnotes, cross-referenced to the column entries
• Explain all abbreviations used in the table in the footnotes

Figures

The Society for Endocrinology is committed to publishing high quality figures

• EPS or TIFF files are preferred; files should be exported in Illustrator compatible format
• Any Photoshop (TIFF or JPEG) or PDF files should be at least 300 dpi at the final published width (avoid using PowerPoint files)
• Amino acid, DNA, RNA, and PCR primer sequences should use Courier or similar non-proportional font; hightlight sections of homology between sequences with grey shading
• Label figure sections as A, B etc in the top left-hand corner
• Indicate magnification with a scale bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the image; give the measurement in the legend
• Use the preferred symbols of closed and open circles, squares and triangles. Ensure that symbols are large enough to be read clearly when the figure is reduced for publication. Do not enclose figures in boxes. Arial font is preferred for text labels
• Include legends to all figures, giving any keys to any symbols used and the name of the organism studied

Colour

• The cost of colour reproduction over and above that for black and white will be charged to the authors.
  This must be paid by credit card before publication. Please see colour charges form.


• Supply colour figure files in the following format:
  
  • CYMK not RGB
  
  
  • EPS files for graphical data, TIFF for photographs and colour images, or high-quality JPEG files where neither EPS or TIFF files can be generated
  
  
  • Resolution of 300 dpi for print; avoid importing files into PowerPoint or Word for submission

Additional information regarding the submission of figures can be found here.

Supplementary data

• Supplementary data too large for print publication or exceeding the bounds of the manuscript may be suitable for online publication


• Supplementary data files intended for online publication should be submitted online to Manuscript Central as a ‘Supplemental File for Review’, and referred to as supplementary data in the text


• Supplementary information will be reviewed as part of the manuscript, evaluated for its importance and relevance, and if accepted should be referenced in the text of the article, directing readers to the web site
• There is a charge to the author of £50 for the first file and £10 for subsequent files

• The observations must be novel and of immediate relevance


• Methods must be described to permit repetition; results must be adequate to justify claims


• Communications must be accompanied by a separate brief statement setting out the author's reasons for requesting rapid rather than regular publication
• The Editor-in-Chief will assign the communication to two referees, one of whom may be a member of the Editorial Board
• The date of acceptance assigned to the paper will be the date that the final version suitable for inclusion in the journal is received
• In all instances the decision of the Editor-in-Chief will be final
• In general the author guidelines for original research papers apply
• The communication should not exceed 4000 words
• The text and figures should be uploaded online as separate RTF and EPS/TIFF files

Short reviews, and commentaries on topical subjects (no more than four printed pages long (~2500 words), will be considered and subjected to the usual refereeing process. Both reviews and commentaries must include abstracts.

Copyright

Articles are considered on the understanding that if they are accepted for publication the entire copyright shall pass to the Society for Endocrinology. All authors are asked to sign a copyright agreement to this effect. To facilitate the processing of your manuscript please print out the agreement, and submit the completed form and accompanying notes with your paper. Requests for permission to reproduce any part of papers published in the Society for Endocrinology's journals should be addressed to the Permissions Secretary.

Open archiving and online repositories

Please note the Society’s policy on self-archiving. Acceptance of this policy is a condition of publication.

Offprints

A free PDF will be emailed to the corresponding author. Offprints can be ordered on the form accompanying the proof.