Magnetic Resonance Engineering
INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS
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Concepts in Magnetic Resonance |
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Lois Polese |
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AIM AND SCOPE
Magnetic
Resonance Engineering (MRE) is an international journal devoted to the publication of
original investigations concerned with the hardware and software of the
engineering and physics aspects of magnetic resonance instrumentation. Articles concerned with both clinical and
analytical systems are within the scope of the journal.
The
target audience is those professionally concerned with signal transduction in
magnetic resonance. This includes
researchers from the academic, industrial, governmental and medical
communities, who are involved in building new equipment or in modifying
existing devices. Although the majority
of the articles are likely to be related to medical applications, submission of
articles containing non-medical or analytical applications is encouraged. When appropriate, a reasonable attempt should
be made to make the articles comprehensible to engineers in other fields; for
example, acoustic engineers and those engaged in all forms of communications.
TYPES OF ARTICLES
MRE
publishes four types of articles:
Research
Articles. Full research papers should be as concise as possible
without sacrificing documentation of results.
For studies on humans, a clear statement must be provided on the use of
informed consent and that the study was conducted after Human Experimentation
Review by the relevant committee.
Pedagogical
and Review Articles.
Pedagogical articles must not only be scientifically sound, but must also have
an exceptionally clear pedagogical approach and delivery. Review articles should be concise and be
critical assessments of a rapidly developing area. For both of these types of articles, special
reviewers will be solicited, and authors must contact the Editor-in-Chief
concerning the suitability of the subject before submitting a manuscript.
Notes.
Articles containing pertinent and interesting observations, and reports
on new observations or studies that do not justify a full research article will
be considered for the Notes section.
Length should not exceed 4000 words (3 printed journal pages.) These articles will undergo full peer review.
Letters
to the Editor. Comments on published papers and
controversial issues will be considered for publication as Letters to the
Editor. Letters may be peer reviewed.
EDITORIAL PROCESS AND POLICIES
All papers
will be assessed initially by the Editor, and then sent for external review to
experts in the field. When a decision is
reached, a decision letter will be sent to the authors, including the comments
of the referee(s). To aid in the peer
review, authors are invited to suggest potential reviewers of their paper and
are asked to include the potential reviewer’s contact information in their
cover letter. The receipt of the
manuscript will be acknowledged by e-mail and the assigned manuscript number
will be provided at that time.
Authors submitting a manuscript to Magnetic Resonance Engineering agree
that the work is original in presentation and content, has not been published
elsewhere (including being posted on any site on the internet), nor is simultaneously
under submission as a complete paper with another journal. Publication in any reasonably retrievable
source constitutes prior publication, but meeting abstracts or preprints do
not. If parts of the manuscript have been presented at a scientific meeting,
this should be indicated on the title page.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
Manuscripts must be submitted to the Editor
in a word file (doc or rtf), for text and tables, and a TIFF, EPS file for
figures.
Manuscripts must be written in English. Improper use of the English language will
weaken the presentation. All text is to
be typed double spaced. Every page of
the submitted manuscript is to be numbered.
Manuscripts are not limited to a specific number of pages. In some instances, however, lengthy
manuscripts may need to be broken into two or more parts. Multiple part manuscripts should be submitted
in their entirety. A different abstract
is required for each part. An
introduction and summary are recommended for each part. The labeling of new equations, figures,
tables and references should begin with the Roman numeral I in each part. In parts subsequent to Part I, equations
referenced from earlier parts should be prefaced by the corresponding Roman
numeral (i.e. equation 4 from Part I would be referenced [I-4], equation 10
from Part II would be referenced [II-10].
Title
Page. The first
page of the manuscript should contain the article title, all authors’ names and
contact information. The corresponding
author and contact information must be clearly indicated, and, if applicable,
an alternate corresponding author with contact information should be provided.
Abstract. Following the
title page, a 100 – 250 word abstract must be provided. This should concisely describe the substantive
content. Because the abstract may be
used directly by an abstracting service, it must be self-contained, having no
references to formulas, equations, or bibliographic citations that appear in
the body of the manuscript.
Key Words. A listing of key
words must accompany all manuscripts.
Key words are terms that are essential to the understanding of the text,
and will become part of the Subject Index that appears annually in the October
issue.
Titles of Sections. The use
of headings (i.e. Introduction, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, etc.)
should appear in capital letters.
Subheadings also may be used and should appear in upper- and lower-case
letters.
Symbols, Abbreviations and
Acronyms. The American Chemical Society’s
latest edition of the Handbook for Authors or the Style Manual of the American
Institute of Physics are to be followed for standard abbreviations, names and
symbols for units. If computer
capability is not available, Greek letters or mathematical symbols may be
identified in pencil in the margin.
Acronyms and abbreviations must be written out where they first appear
in the text, followed by the acronym or abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter, they may appear in their
shortened forms.
Mathematical Expressions.
Italicize all variables and leave constants in roman typeface. Vectors are bold roman.
Equations.
All equations should be numbered consecutively. Complicated structural formulas must be
submitted as figures.
Preparation of Figures. To ensure the highest quality print
production, figures must be submitted in TIFF or eps format according to the following minimum
resolutions:
▪ 1200
dpi (dots per inch) for black and white line art (simple bar graphs, charts,
etc.)
▪ 300
dpi for halftones (black and white photographs)
▪ 600
dpi for combination halftones (photographs that also contain line art such as
labeling or thin lines)
Vector-based figures (usually created in
Adobe Illustrator) should be submitted as EPS.
Do not submit figures in the following formats: JPEG, GIF, Word, Excel, PDF, PowerPoint, or
Lotus 1-2-3.
Graphs must show an appropriate grid
scale. Each axis must be labeled with
both the quantity measured and the unit of measurement.
Color figures must be submitted in a CMYK colorspace. Do not
submit files as RGB. All color figures
will be reproduced in full color in the online edition of the journal at no
cost to authors. Authors are requested
to pay the cost of reproducing color figures in print. Authors may submit color illustrations that
highlight the text and convey essential scientific information. For best reproduction, bright, clear colors
should be used.
To ensure that your digital graphics are
suitable for print purposes, please go to RapidInspector
™ at http://rapidinspector.cadmus.com/wi/index.jsp.
This free, stand-alone software application will help you to inspect and verify
illustrations right on your computer.
Tables. Tables are to be numbered consecutively, be
accurately grouped, and clearly labeled. Footnotes to the table are placed
directly below each table and are indicated by superscript, lower-case, italic
letters (a,b,c). No table should be longer than one journal
page.
Footnotes.
Authors are asked not to use footnotes within the text of the
manuscript. All relevant material should
be placed into the text of the manuscript.
References.
Wiley’s Journal styles are in EndNote. This software product is recommended to
journal authors to simplify and streamline the research process. Using EndNote’s bibliographic management tools enables you to
search bibliographic databases, build and organize your reference collection,
and then instantly output your bibliography in any Wiley journal style.
To
download the reference style for this journal or to purchase a copy of EndNote, go to: www.interscience.wiley.com/jendnotes. For technical support or assistance using EndNote, visit: www.endnote.com/support
or contact endnote@isiresearchsoft.com
Literature
references are to be cited in order of appearance in the text by in-line,
parenthesized, italic numerals.
References to “unpublished” or “to be published” works should not be
used. However, dissertations may be
cited, and papers actually accepted may be referred to as “in press” if the
name of the journal is included. Each
reference should contain the authors’ initials, last names, article title (in
quotes), journal name (italicized), year (bold), volume (italicized), and
initial and final page numbers, in that order.
The name of the journal should be abbreviated in the style of the most
recent Chemical Abstracts Service Source
index.
Examples:
Journal
references shall
include the specified information listed in the following order: Authors,
article title and subtitle, journal abbreviation, year, volume number in Arabic
numerals, and inclusive pages.
1. Schweitzer D, Spiess HW. 1974. Nitrogen-15 NMR of pyridine in high
magnetic fields. J Magn Reson
15:529–539.
Book
references are
listed as follows: Authors, title,
edition (if other than the first), volume (if more than one), city, publisher,
year, page(s).
2. Abragam
A. The principles of nuclear magnetism. Oxford: Clarendon; 1961. 4 p.
Book
chapter references are listed as: Authors
of the chapter, title of the chapter, AIn:@ editors/authors of the book, title of the book, edition (if there are
more than one), volume (if there are more than one), city, publisher, year, and
inclusive pages of the chapter.
3. Luketich
JD, Ginsberg RJ. Diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. In: Johnson BE, Johnson
DH. Lung Cancer. New York: Wiley-Liss; 1995. p 103–33.
Theses are
referenced as follows:
4. Kanter
H. Title, Ph. D. Theses. University of California at San Francisco; December
1984.
Patents are referenced
as follows:
5. Norman LO. Title, U.S. Patent 4 379 752. 1983.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURES
Carefully
review the Instructions and Forms given at the site, and then let the
system guide you through the submission process. Online help is available to you at all times
during the process. The site allows you
to exit and re-enter at any stage before finally “submitting” your work. It also allows you to monitor the progress of
your manuscript throughout the review process by logging into the Author
Center. All submissions are kept
strictly confidential. For additional
questions, please contact support@scholarone.com.
No
article can be published unless accompanied by a signed publication agreement,
which serves as a transfer of copyright from author to publisher. A copy of the agreement, executed and signed
by the author, is required with each manuscript submission. If the article is a “work made for hire”, the
agreement must be signed by the employer.
A publication agreement may be obtained from the editor or the
publisher. Only original papers will be
accepted and copyright in published papers will be vested in the
publisher. It is the author’s
responsibility to obtain written permission to reproduce material that has
appeared in another publication.
Accepted manuscripts become the
permanent property of Magnetic Resonance Engineering and cannot be
printed elsewhere without prior permission of the publisher.
Submissions
Prepare
manuscript and illustrations in appropriate format (refer to “Manuscript
Preparation” above). A cover letter must
accompany the manuscript clearly stating the corresponding author’s name, address,
e-mail, phone and fax numbers as well as any recommendations for potential
reviewers. For articles written by more
than one author, an alternate corresponding author should be designated in the
event the primary author cannot be reached.
The address, e-mail, phone and fax numbers for this alternate should
also be provided in the cover letter.
COMPLETION OF REVIEW PROCESS
Accepted Manuscripts. When a manuscript is accepted for publication,
the corresponding author is notified by e-mail, and the accepted manuscript is
sent to the publisher for typesetting, copy-editing, and printing. A galley proof of the typeset and copy-edited
version will be sent to the author via e-mail for approval. Any changes must be reported immediately to
John Wiley. Any questions concerning
the proofs may be directed to the editor=s office or the publisher.
Revised
Manuscripts. With the revised manuscript, please provide a
detailed list of changes that have been made as well as a listing of those
suggestions you have not addressed and why.
In certain instances, a revised manuscript may need to be returned to
the original reviewers for reassessment, which may cause a slight delay in the
review process of the revised manuscript.
The Editor maintains the option of rejecting a paper in a second or
third round of revision if the specific concerns have not been met.
Rejected
Manuscripts. Manuscripts can be rejected based upon the
opinion of the Editor, or on the comments of external reviewers. CD/diskettes of rejected manuscripts will be
returned upon request only. Magnetic Resonance Engineering is unable
to assure the return of any hard copies of manuscripts as it cannot guarantee
their return from reviewers.
Revised in October 2006