1. „Standardy Medyczne Pediatria” publish the following types of manuscripts:
- papers presenting recommendations of scientific societies or expert groups;
- original papers describing the results of clinical/scientific studies, preferably full or preliminary results of studies funded by institutional, national, statutory etc. grants;
- review articles;
- metanalyses and systemic reviews;
- scientific reports;
- case studies.
2. Scope of the journal
“Standardy Medyczne Pediatria” publish papers in the field of pediatrics (including subspecialties), clinical psychology, public health management, law, medical ethics etc. Original papers help develop and widen medical knowledge. The journal is directed to pediatricians working in hospitals of any referral level, GPs, neonatologists, physicians of other, related specialties and to medical students
3. Formal and legal requirements'
Submission of a manuscript is tantamount to a declaration that:
- the paper has not been previously published;
- all the authors accepted the final version of the manuscript and agree to its publication in “Standardy Medyczne Pediatria” and at the journal’s website;
- the work described has been carried out in accordance with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) and that the study was approved by a bioethical committee and was conducted with respect to the local law.
Authors presenting materials from other papers should get a permission for their use from the papers’ authors and publishers (the editorial team is not responsible for the use of materials without permission).
If the work was financed or cofinanced it should be clearly stated together with information on the source of funding (clinical trial, statutory, institutional, national or other grants).
Submitted manuscripts are anonymized and submitted to at least two reviewers.
The editorial team has a right to publish a comment to a paper.
4. Manuscript preparation
- Manuscripts are accepted in text files in „.doc” format (compatible with WinWord).
- Manuscripts submitted as PDF files are not accepted.
- The lenght of a manuscript should not exceed 12 pages. In some cases, the editorial team can make an exception and accept longer manuscripts.
- The manuscripts should be in A4 format with double interline space and 2,5 cm margins on both sides.
- The pages should be numbered, beginning with the title page.
- Suggested highlighted words or sentences should be marked in bold.
- Generally used medical abbreviations are accepted. They should be explained the first time they appear in the main text.
- References, figures and tables – see below.
5. Layout
Manuscript should contain the following sections:
- title page;
- abstract and key words in Polish and English;
- main arguments of the paper;
- main text;
- compendium;
- acknowledgements;
- references;
- description of tables and figures;
- figures, photos and tables.
6. Title page
The following items should be written on the first page of the manuscript:
- title of the paper, both in Polish and in English;
- full names of all the authors together with their academic titles, a number denoting their affiliation and a letter denoting the person’s contribution to the preparation of the manuscript (see the authorship section);
- names of organization with which the authors are affiliated marked with consecutive numbers;
- the corresponding author's address and, obligatorily, e-mail address; • information regarding external funding if present.
7. Authorship
In case of manuscripts prepared by more than one person, the order of authors should reflect their engagement and responsibility for the paper’s preparation. On the title page next to each authors’ name there should be a letter denoting his or her contribution according to the following categories:
- study design;
- data collection;
- data analysis and interpretation;
- statistical analysis;
- manuscript preparation;
- review of the manuscript;
- verification of the final version of the paper;
- other – please specify.
8. Abstract
Abstract of the paper, both in Polish and in English should be placed on the second page. They should include a concise description of the papers subject. In original papers a division into the following sections should be used: objectives, materials and methods, results and conclusions. The abstract should not exceed 250 words (original papers) or 150 words (review articles).
9. Key words
Key words should be placed below the abstract, both in Polish and in English. There should be 3 to 5 key words chosen using Medical Subject Headings Index Medicus (available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html). The editorial team retains the right to choose the key words on its own.
10. Main text
Original papers should be divided into the following sections: objectives, materials and methods, results and conclusions. Review articles and case studies can have different types of sections and subsections.
11. Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements are accepted and should be placed below the main body of the paper. Only people who helped conduct the study should be acknowledged.
12. References
- References should be numbered consecutively in the order of their occurrence in the text. They should be placed at the end of the manuscript.
- The references in the text should be marked using numbers in upper index.
- The number of references should not exceed 30 (original papers and review articles) or 10 (case studies). In some instances, more references may be accepted.
- It is recommended to refer only to papers meeting the requirements of Evidence Based Medicine.
- Papers from journal should be referred to in the following manner: authors (when there are three or fewer, all should be listed; when there are more than three authors, only the first three should be listed, then "et al." should be added), the paper’s title, the title of the journal (abbreviated according to Index Medicus), publication year, volume number and pages range. Example: Bassotti G, Sietchiping-Nzepa F, de Roberto G i wsp. Psuedo-pseudo-obstruction. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2004;16:1039-1041.
- Chapters from book should be referred to in the following manner: author of the chapter, title of the chapter, followed by „W:” author (editor) of the book, title of the book, publication place, name of the publishing house, publication year, pages range. Example: Cook HW. Fatty acid desaturation and chain elongation in eucaryotes. W: Vance DE, Vance J (red.). Biochemistry of lipids, lipoproteins and membranes. Amsterdam, Elsevier Science Publishers B. V. 1991;141-168.
13. Figures and tables
- Graphics and illustrations should be provided in separate files with a resolution of 300 dpi in one of the following file formats: jpeg, bmp, tiff, eps; tables should be provided in separate “.doc” or “.xls” files. Low quality of graphical material can lead to their rejection!
- Placement of the figures and tables should be marked in the main text of the manuscript. Figures and tables should be numbered. Their descriptions should be placed on a separate page of the manuscript.
- The publisher retains the right to create and correct graphs based on the provided data.
14. Manuscript submission
We encourage papers submissions. Manuscripts prepared following the rules stated above can be sen
- by e-mail to standardy@standardy.pl
- on a CD/DVD-ROM to „Standardy Medyczne Pediatria”, ul. Powstańców Śląskich 26a, 01-381 Warszawa.
15. Copyright transfer
- Upon acceptance of a manuscript for publication the authors transfer copyright to the publisher Media-Press sp. z o.o.
- Once an article is accepted for publication, the information it contains cannot be revealed. The exception to the rule is a publication of the paper online with DOI (with the author’s permission).
- Upon acceptance all published manuscripts become the permanent property of Media-Press sp. z o.o., the publisher of “Standardy Medyczne Pediatria” and may not be published elsewhere without written permission from the publisher.
Submitted papers are not returned.
