Instructions for Authors (revised 4-08)

Contributions

Articles submitted for publication becomes the sole property of the Journal and must not have been published elsewhere. The Editorial Board reserves the right to edit any material submitted.

Authors are required to submit their manuscripts on computer disk or by email in , Microsoft Word file format. The computer disk must be clearly labeled with the manuscript’s title, author, and date. Manuscripts must be formatted in a standard typeface, and the text font must be 10-12 pt.

Biographical information for each contributing author must accompany the manuscript submission. This information must include name, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, school of graduation and year, specialty, and current position, title or practice as it relates to the manuscript.

The Journal does not assume responsibility for the statements or opinions of any contributor.

Style

All manuscripts should be limited to 2500-3500 words and approximate the style adopted by the American Medical Association as illustrated in JAMA and detailed in the AMA’s Manual of Style (9th Edition). An abstract of 150 words or less should accompany each manuscript, stating the exact question considered, the key points of methodology,  the key findings, and the conclusion directly supported by these findings.

Bylines may contain no more than six names and shall include only those individuals who can attest that they have contributed to the conception and design or analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, and the final approval of the version to be published. Other contributors may be recognized in an acknowledgment.

All references must be listed in their order of appearance in the manuscript and must conform to the style used both in the Journal and JAMA (for example: Richter RW, Farlow MR. Recent advances in the treatment of Alzheimer’s. J. Okla State Med Assn 1998;91(8):431-437.). Footnotes, bibliographies, and legends for illustrations should appear on separate sheets.

Accompanying Material and Illustrations

Materials other than the author’s will not be accepted for publication unless accompanied by written permission from the original source. Illustrations must be labeled with the author’s name and must be numbered in the order to which they are referred in the article. Tables and figures must also be identified in the order to which they are referred in the article and must be accompanied by an appropriate title or outline. The quality of all accompanying materials must be in keeping with the quality of the Journal.

Reprints
Authors will receive reprint order forms from the Transcript Press, PO Box 6440, Norman, OK 73070-6440, with their manuscript proofs. All requests for reprints must be made to the Transcript Press within 30 days of publication.