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Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
- 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). While the manuscript is undergoing the peer review phase, the authors will not submit the manuscript to another journal without notifying the editor.
- The submission file is Microsoft Word, RTF, or PDF document file format.
- We fight plagiarism: please understand that your article will be checked with available tools for discovering plagiarism.
- The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed at the end. If tables are used, they should be double spaced on separate pages. They should be numbered and cited in the text of the article. If abbreviations are used in the text, authors are required to write full name+abbreviation in brackets [e.g. Multiple Myeloma (MM)] the first time they are used, then only abbreviations can be written (apart from titles; in this case authors have to write always the full name).
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- Authorship and Contributorship: All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship according to the ICMJE criteria. Authors must disclose whether they used artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted technologies (such as Large Language Models [LLMs], chatbots, or image creators) in the creation of submitted work. Authors who use such technology must explain how they used it in both the cover letter and the submitted work, and they must guarantee that their paper, including text and images generated by the AI, is free of plagiarism. Changes in Authorship: If authors request removal or addition of an author after manuscript submission or during the peer-review process, the journal editors should receive a letter clearly explaining the reason for the change. Please note that if your manuscript is accepted you will not be able to make any changes to the authors, or order of authors.
- Authors are aware that the Editors may decide to decline manuscripts that do not include statements regarding:
- funding and potential conflicts of interest;
- informed consent obtained from patients;
- compliance with institutional and national guide for the care and use of laboratory animals (when reporting experiments on animals).
- Please fill in the “Uniform Format for Disclosure of Competing Interests in ICMJE Journals” and upload it on the Web site of the PAGEPress journal your work is involved with or email it back to us, in mind to allow PAGEPress to peer-reviewing your work. Kindly note that the format has to be completed and signed by each author of the work: if this Disclosure Form is missing, we will not be able to publish your work.
- Authors are kindly invited to suggest at least two potential reviewers (name, affiliation and e-mail) for their manuscript in the "Comments to the Editor" field (Step 1. Submission Process).
Original Articles
3500 words max, abstract 180 words max, 30 references max, 3/5 tables and/or figures.
Papers should follow this structure: Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and References. A maximum of 10 authors is permitted and additional authors should be listed in an ad hoc appendix.
Reviews
4000 words max, abstract 250 words max, minimum 40 references, 3/5 tables and/or figures.
Reviews should be introduced by a general summary of content in the form of an Abstract. Following a short introduction, putting the study into context and defining the aim, reviews will concentrate on the most recent developments in the field. A review should clearly describe the search strategy followed (key words, inclusion, exclusion criteria, search engines, ...). No particular format is required; headings should be used to designate the major divisions of the paper.
Brief Reports
About 2000 words, abstract 150 words max, 20 references max, 3 tables and/or figures.
Short reports of results from original research. They should be introduced by a general summary of the content in the form of an Abstract. They must provide conclusive findings; preliminary observations or incomplete findings cannot be considered for publication.
Case Reports
About 2000 words, abstract 150 words max, 20 references max, 3 tables and/or figures.
Reports describing observations on clinical cases that can be educational, including adverse effects of drugs or outcomes of a specific treatment. To ensure the quality of the papers, Case Reports should follow the CARE guidelines (see Gagnier JJ, Kienle G, Altman DG, et al. The CARE guidelines: consensus-based clinical case reporting guideline development. BMJ Case Rep 2013;2013:bcr2013201554 for further information). Max 10 authors.
Mini Reviews
3500 words max, abstract 180 words max, 50 references max, 4 tables and/or figures.
This kind of paper should include a highlight (3-5 bullet points, max 90 words), and should be divided into an Abstract, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and References.
Mini Reviews can include the discussion of a case report functioning as an introduction to the topic, and they will be given precedence over simple case reports in the publication on the journal.
Letters to the Editor
800 words max
These are written on invitation, short essays that express the authors’ viewpoint, may respond to published manuscripts in our journals, or deliver information or news regarding an issue related to the Journal scope. If the letter relates to a published manuscript, the authors of the original manuscript will be given the opportunity to provide a respond. Authors of Letters to the Editor should provide a short title.
Book Reviews
No abstract, no references needed
They should be a short critical analysis and evaluation of the quality, meaning, and significance of a short book which addressed at least one of main topics of the Journal (the authors have to contact the Editor-in-Chief of the journal before submitting a Book Review).
Images in Emergency
Max three authors.
This section is structured as a quiz. The papers in this section should include one/two particularly significative images, accompanied by a 400-words max text structured as follows: a brief image description that should not include the diagnosis, followed by a multiple choice question accompanied by 4 possible answers, and finally the correct answer complete of explanation with reference to the literature. Max 8 references are allowed. The paper should be accompanied by an 8-word max title (the title should not include the diagnosis).
Educational Papers
3500 words max, abstract 350 words max, 50 references max, 3/4 tables and/or figures. Contribution from experts, focused on important issues of Emergency Medicine and useful for professional development.
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