INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Microbial Drug Resistance: Mechanisms, Epidemiology, and Disease, will publish original peer-review articles, reviews, short communications, and other information from all sectors of the scientific and public health community which cover the most pressing issues in the field.
All new manuscripts must be submitted online at:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mdr
Please read all the instructions to authors before submitting.
Manuscript Submission and Copyright Agreement Form
The Copyright Agreement form (transfer_of_copyright.pdf) should be submitted once your manuscript has been accepted for publication. Manuscripts cannot be published without this form. The corresponding author is responsible for obtaining signatures of coauthors. Authors not permitted to release copyright must still return the form signed under the statement of the reason for not releasing the copyright. Upon acceptance of your manuscript, all authors will receive instructions on how to submit this form online.
PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPT
Submit text manuscript in Microsoft Word double spaced.
On the first page, give the title of the article, name(s) of author(s), institutional affiliation(s), and the name and complete address, phone and fax numbers of the corresponding author. Following this, please include the introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgments, references, tables, and figure legends. Results and Discussion should be separate sections. Number pages consecutively; the first author's last name should appear on each page. Authors should review the style and clarity of their manuscripts with colleagues before submission. Please follow this protocol to avoid delay in publication. Authors should note that manuscripts may be edited if needed for grammar and usage. Be prepared to enter a running title of no more than 45 characters, as well as an abstract of about 200 words, stating the aims, results, and conclusions drawn from the study.
TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Number each table consecutively and give each table a title. Each table must be in its own file. Each table must stand alone, i.e., contain all necessary information in the caption, and the table itself must be understood independently of the text. Details of experimental conditions should be included in the table footnotes. Information that appears in the text should not be repeated in tables, and tables should not contain data that can be given in the text in one or two sentences.
A legend should be supplied for each figure, and all legends numbered consecutively and provided (double spaced) in a separate file or as part of the text file. Figures should be numbered in the order cited in the text. Images should not show the name of a manufacturer or reveal patients’ name(s). Please keep in mind that the figures will be reduced, so please do not submit large figures/graphs that contain small type, as the text within the figure will not be readable after reduction.
Please follow these guidelines for submitting figures:
- Do NOT embed art files into a Word or PDF document.
- Line illustrations should be submitted at 1200 dpi.
- Halftones and color should be submitted at a minimum of 300 dpi.
- Save as either TIFF or EPS files.
- Color art must be saved as CYMK - not RGB.
- Black and White art must be submitted as grayscale – not RGB.
- Do NOT submit PowerPoint, PDF, Bitmap or Excel files.
Please name your artwork files with the submitting authors name i.e. SmithFig1.tif, SmithTable2.tif etc. Authors who do not follow these guidelines may have their submission returned to them without being reviewed.
In order to expedite your submission as quickly and efficiently as possible we ask that all artwork be checked using Digital Expert before submitting. This is a free tool that will ensure that you prepare and submit quality digital materials suitable for print.
Go to http://dx.sheridan.com to check your image files.
You will be given directions on how to correct any files which do not pass.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ART FILES
Converting Word or Excel files: Perhaps the best and easiest way to convert Word or Excel files into a format which is suitable for print is to scan them using the below guidelines:
· All files should be scanned at 100% size.
· 300 dpi
· Final color mode: cmyk
· save file as: .tif or .eps
If you need directions on how to convert a Power Point slide to acceptable format go to http://www.liebertpub.com/MEDIA/pdf/ppconvert.pdf
The Journal will publish color photographs, but the cost must be borne by the author. For further details, contact the Publisher.
If no conflicts exist, the authors must state “No competing financial interests exist."
Disclosure Statement
Immediately following the Acknowledgments section, include a section entitled “Author Disclosure Statement.” In this portion of the manuscript, authors must disclose any commercial associations that might create a conflict of interest in connection with submitted manuscripts. This statement should include appropriate information for EACH author, thereby representing that competing financial interests of all authors have been appropriately disclosed according to the policy of the Journal. It is important that all conflicts of interest, whether they are actual or potential, be disclosed. This information will remain confidential while the manuscript is being reviewed and will not influence the editorial decision. Please see the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals at http://www.icmje.org/index.htlm#conflicts for further guidance.
REFERENCES
All references must be cited in the text using a superscript Arabic number. Arrange the reference list in alphabetical order by first author and then number consecutively. Abbreviate journal names according to Serial Sources for the BIOSIS Data Base (BioSciences Information Service, 1992). Use the following format:
Journal articles:
De Lencastre, H., M. Chung, and H. Westh. 2000. Archaic strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: molecular and microbiological properties of isolates from the 1960s in Denmark. Microb. Drug Resist. 6:1-10.
Book:
Doyle, M.P., L.R. Beuchat, and T.J. Montville. 2001. Food Microbiology Fundamentals and Frontiers. 2nd ed. ASM Press, Washington, DC.
Chapter in a book:
Tomasz, A. 1990. Auxiliary genes assisting in the expression of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. In R.P. Skurray and R.A. Novick (ed.), Molecular biology of the staphylococci. VCH Publishers, New York, pp. 565-583.
Abstract:
Scacheri, P., J. Crabtree, A. Kennedy, G. Swain, J. Ward, S. Marx, A. Spiegel, and F. Collins. 2006. V804 RET mutation in MEN2A: first report. J. Int. Med. 255:712 (abstract).
Proceedings:
Lavilla, S., J.J. González-López, M.N. Larrosa, R.M. Bartolomé, and G. Prat. 2008. Prevalence of the quinolone-modifying enzyme aac(6´)-Ib-cr in extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing enterobacterial isolates in Barcelona. Abstract presented at the 18th Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Barcelona, April 19–22. Abstract no. P1523.
Website:
Health Protection Agency (HPA). 2005. Detection of Campylobacter species. National Standard Method F 21, Issue 2. Available at www.hpa-standardmethods.org.uk/pdf_sops.asp. (Online.)
When dates from an unpublished source are given, supply the researcher's name. If work is in press, give journal in which it is to be published.
PERMISSIONS
The author must obtain permission to reproduce figures, tables, and text from previously published material. Written permission must be obtained from the original copyright holder (generally the publisher, not the author or editor) of the journal or book concerned. An appropriate credit line should be included in the figure legend or table footnote, and full publication information should be included in the reference list. Written permission must be obtained from the author of any unpublished material cited from other laboratories. All permissions listings must be shown in the manuscript—they cannot be entered on proofs.
Manuscripts submitted to this Journal must not be under consideration elsewhere.
REPRINTS
Reprints may be ordered by using the special reprint order form which accompanies the proofs. Reprints ordered after the issue is printed will be charged a substantially higher rate.
PUBLISHER
Microbial Drug Resistance is published quarterly by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 140 Huguenot Street, 3rd Floor, New Rochelle, NY 10801-5215. Telephone: (914) 740–2100; fax: (914) 740–2108.; E-mail: info@liebertpub.com Internet: www.liebertpub.com