Abbreviated Manuscript Submission Guidelines

Peer review policy

Vascular Medicine adheres to a single-blind peer review process in which the reviewer’s name is routinely withheld from the author unless the reviewer requests a preference for his/her identity to be revealed. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two referees. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible, and an editorial decision is generally reached within 10 weeks of submission.

Article types

Manuscripts are considered for publication with the understanding that they have not been published previously and are not under consideration by another publication.

Vascular Medicine publishes original articles, reviews, clinical images, case reports, vascular disease patient information pages, and correspondence on any subject relevant to vascular medicine. The principal criteria for acceptance of material are originality and quality.

Guidelines for format

Please ensure that you submit editable/source files only (Microsoft Word or RTF) and that your document does not include page numbers; the Vascular Medicine SAGETRACK system will generate them for you, and then automatically convert your manuscript to PDF for peer review. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor’s decision and requests for revisions, will be by email.

Original articles should include title page, keywords, abstract (approximately 150 words, single paragraph), introduction, methods, results, discussion (including limitations as appropriate), conclusion, acknowledgements (optional), disclosures, references, and up to six tables and figures.

If applicable, manuscripts reporting the results of clinical trials should include the clinical trial registration information at the end of the abstract. Please include the name of the registry, the clinical trial registration number and the URL for the registry.

Review articles should include title page, keywords, abstract, introduction, text, conclusion, acknowledgements (optional), disclosures, references, tables or figures.  Unsolicited review articles within the areas of interest of the journal will be considered for publication. 

Research letters which communicate findings of original research in an abbreviated format, should include title page, keywords, text, acknowledgements (optional), disclosures references (generally less than six), and one table or figure.

Images in Vascular Medicine should include title page, keywords, text, references (generally no more than three), and up to four images.  Each image should be labelled as: panel A, panel B, panel C; with multi-panelled images labelled panel A-1, A-2, etc.) and described within the text.  All image captions must be incorporated into the primary text paragraph(s).  There are no separate captions for the images section.

Case reports should include title page, keywords, abstract, introduction, case history, discussion, acknowledgements, references, figures.

Note: Only novel and previously unreported clinical findings and/or highly innovative approaches to patient management will be considered for publication.  Reports of cases that do not meet these criteria but have high quality imaging and/or findings (e.g., clinical photographs, radiographic or ultrasound images, histopathology) should be submitted for the Images in Vascular Medicine section.

Vascular disease patient information pages should include title page, keywords, text, and up to four tables or figures.

Guidelines for word length

• Original articles: 2000–4000 words

• Review articles: 4000–7000 words

• Research letters: 500–800 words

• Images section: 400 words

• Patient information page: 1500–2000 words

• Case reports: 1000–1500 words

• Letters to the editor: 300–500 words

Authorship

Papers should only be submitted for consideration once consent is given by all contributing authors. Those submitting papers should carefully check that all those whose work contributed to the paper are acknowledged as contributing authors.

The list of authors should include all those who can legitimately claim authorship. This is all those who: 1. made a substantial contribution to the concept and design, acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data, 2. drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual content, and 3. approved the version to be published.

Authors should meet the conditions of all of the points above. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content.

When a large, multi-center group has conducted the work, the group should identify the individuals who accept direct responsibility for the manuscript. These individuals should fully meet the criteria for authorship. Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group alone does not constitute authorship, although all contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the Acknowledgments section. Please refer to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) authorship guidelines for more information on authorship.

How to submit your manuscript

Vascular Medicine is hosted on SAGE Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/vascular-medicine to login and submit your article online.

IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.

If you would like to discuss your paper prior to submission or seek advice on the submission process, please contact the editorial office: [e-mail]

All correspondence, including notification of the Editor’s decision and requests for revisions, will be by email.

Permissions

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere.

Further information

The complete Manuscript Submission Guidelines Vascular Medicine can be found at http://vmj.sagepub.com. Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the Vascular Medicine editorial office as follows:

Heather L. Gornik, MD, Editor in Chief Valerie Clark, Managing Editor Vascular Medicine Editorial Office, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, J3-5, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. [phone] Email: [e-mail] Twitter: @VMJ_SVM