期刊名称：JOURNAL OF TELEMEDICINE AND TELECARE
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
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This journal publishes peer-reviewed papers on all aspects of telemedicine and telecare, including telehealth, online health and e-health. Review articles, original articles, preliminary communications, case reports, and letters to the editor are all regularly included.
The Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare is indexed in Index Medicus, MEDLINE and the Institute for Scientific Information: SciSearch, Research Alert and Current Contents. It has an impact factor of 1.733 and is ranked 9th out of 43 in the world in the category of Healthcare Sciences & Services. |
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Instructions to Authors
Telemedicine has been defined in general terms to be 'medicine practised at a distance' and as such it encompasses both diagnosis and treatment, as well as medical education. During the last decade certain telemedicine applications, such as videoconsulting and teleradiology, have matured to become essential health-care services. Others, such as telepathology, remain the subject of intensive research effort. The Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare is the first academic journal intended specifically for publication of peer-reviewed papers on all aspects of telemedicine and telecare, including online health and e-health.
Contributions on all aspects of telemedicine and telecare, telehealth, online and e-health — whether human or animal — will be considered for publication, but material must not be submitted if it has been published previously in any printed or electronic media, including the Web. All papers will be reviewed by independent referees; the final decision about acceptance or rejection remains with the Editor. Papers on which the Editor is a co-author are handled by another member of the Editorial Board and are normally sent to at least two independent referees. The authors of all material accepted for publication will be required to assign copyright to the publishers, the Royal Society of Medicine Press, and a form for this purpose will accompany the proofs.
Contributions in the following categories will be considered: original articles, preliminary communications, review articles, case reports and letters to the Editor. Unsolicited book reviews will not be considered for publication. Typescripts must be accompanied by a covering letter signed by all authors confirming (1) that they consent to publication, and (2) that the paper is not under consideration/accepted for publication elsewhere. Typescripts should be prepared in accordance with the guidelines given below and should be submitted by post: one copy of the typescript should be on floppy disk or CD-ROM (together with digital images of any figures) and two copies printed on paper. They should be sent to:
The Editor, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, Centre for Online Health, Level 3, Foundation Building, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston, QLD 4029, AUSTRALIA, Fax +61 7 3346 4705.
An editorial decision will normally be made within four weeks of receipt of the paper.
Format
Typescripts may be prepared using any word-processing software, but see below regarding the requirements of submission. Use plain, unjustified text throughout, with subheadings in bold upper and lower case (not underlined). Press ENTER (carriage return) only at the end of each paragraph, each subheading, and each entry of a list. Avoid using footnotes and automatically numbered notes and paragraphs. Tables and figure legends should appear on separate pages at the end of the typescript. The text file (incorporating all tables and figure legends, but not the figures themselves) must be exported (or 'saved as') an RTF file (i.e. in 'rich text format'). Figures must be submitted as high-quality, camera-ready artwork. Line artwork should be included on disk in WMF format (i.e. as 'Windows meta-files'); photographic images should be included as TIFF or JPEG files at a resolution of 300 dpi.
Title page
This should contain: (1) the full title of the paper; (2) the names of all authors; (3) the department(s) and institution(s) where the work was carried out; (4) the name and address of the author responsible for correspondence about the typescript and proofs. Note that the editorial process will be speeded up if the author for correspondence can give an email address and a fax number.
Text
Original articles and preliminary communications should carry a summary of about 200 words, which states the main purposes of the study, the basic procedures used and the most important conclusions drawn. The rest of the paper should be structured in conventional style (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgements, References).
Review articles also require a summary, indicating the scope of the review, the methods used to retrieve the relevant literature, the principal findings and conclusions drawn. Subheadings should be used within the article to highlight the content of different sections.
Case reports should be prepared in a narrative style and comprise: (1) a short introduction stating the reasons for reporting the case; (2) the case report, including history, investigations and treatment; (3) a discussion referring to the relevant literature.
Letters to the Editor are afforded priority publication. They should be no longer than 2000 words, with no more than six references, and will typically report work in progress. A full address is required for the corresponding author. All authors and their institutional affiliations should be given at the end of the letter.
Measurements and abbreviations
Measurements should be reported in SI units. Where non-SI units are in common use, for example blood pressure in mmHg, SI units should be given in parentheses. Abbreviations must be defined at first mention in the text. Further details may be found in: Units, Symbols, and Abbreviations. A Guide for Medical and Scientific Editors and Authors
Acknowledgements
Only the help of those who have made substantial contributions to the study and/or the preparation of the paper should be acknowledged. The sources of financial support, or of donated equipment, must be acknowledged. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed to the Editor in the first instance.
References
Only essential references should be included and authors should verify them against the original source material. References should be identified in the text by superscript Arabic numerals, and numbered and listed at the end of the typescript in the order in which they are first cited in the text. Any sort of automatic numbering should be avoided.
All references should include the names and initials of all authors (unless there are more than six, in which case only the first three should be given, followed by et al.). Publications for which no author is apparent may be attributed to the organization from which they originate. Simply omit the name of the author for anonymous journal articles - avoid using 'Anonymous'.
References to papers should include the title of the paper; the journal title in full; year of publication; volume number (and issue number in parenthesis if volumes are not numbered consecutively throughout); first and last page numbers. References to books and reports should give the title, place of publication, publisher and year. References to chapters in books and papers in conference proceedings should also include the chapter or paper title, page numbers and the names and initials of the editors, as well as the place of publication, publisher and year of publication. Punctuation in references should be kept to a minimum, as shown in the following examples:
1 Baron DN, ed. Units, Symbols, and Abbreviations. A Guide for Medical and Scientific Editors and Authors. 5th edn. London: Royal Society of Medicine, 1994
2 Tang P, Venables T. 'Smart' homes and telecare for independent living. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 2000; 6: 8-14
3 Meade MS. Implications of changing demographic structures for rural health services. In: Gesler WM, Ricketts TC, eds. Health in Rural North America. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992: 69-85
Papers accepted for publication but not yet published should be included in the list of references, followed by '(in press)'. Papers in preparation, personal communications and unpublished observations, if essential to cite, may also be listed as references.
Material on Websites should be referenced using the following format:
4 http://www.rsm.ac.uk/pub/jtt.htm. Last checked 31 January 2001
Tables
Tables should not duplicate information given in the text. The tables feature of the word processor should be used to prepare them. They should be numbered in the order in which they are referred to in the text and appear on separate pages at the end of the typescript. A brief title should be placed above each table. Vertical rules and/or background shading should not be used.
Illustrations
Illustrations (figures) should be numbered in the order in which they are mentioned in the text. A list of legends (one for each figure) should appear on a separate page at the end of the typescript. Separate files must be provided for the figures and printouts of these appended to the typescripts. All illustrations should be provided in camera-ready form. Charts (e.g. histograms and graphs) should be supplied as Excel spreadsheets (preferably one spreadsheet per chart). Other line figures (e.g. maps and flow charts) should be supplied in WMF format. Photographic images should be supplied in TIFF or JPEG format at a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Any lettering/numbering should be sufficiently large to ensure legibility after reduction for publication - i.e. to a width of 82 mm (single column) or 170 mm (page width). One set of black and white photographs should be supplied for any images on the disk that are not line 'drawings'. Illustrations may be altered or deleted at the Editor's discretion.
The consent of patients and approval of the protocol by an ethics committee should be confirmed for human investigations.
Where a patient might be identified via an illustration or from the text, it is essential that written permission is obtained from that patient and forwarded with the typescript.
Any statements which might be construed as being potentially defamatory must be avoided.
Original textual matter quoted from other authors must have formal citation and be appropriately referenced.
Any tables or illustrations previously published should be accompanied by the written consent of the copyright holder to replication, an acknowledgement included in the caption, and the full reference included in the list.
Proofs will be sent to the author designated to receive them; corrections should be kept to a minimum.
Twenty-five offprints of each published article will be supplied free of charge and additional offprints may be ordered from the publisher at preferential rates when the proofs are corrected.
Editorial Board
The Editor, Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, Centre for Online Health, Level 3, Foundation Building, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston, QLD 4029, AUSTRALIA, Fax +61 7 3346 4705.
Stephen Mell, PTM Publishers Limited, 282 High Street, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1PQ, UK
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8642 0162
Fax: +44 (0)20 8643 2275
Email: rsmjournals@ptmpublishers.com.
Kirsty Orriss, Royal Society of Medicine Press, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE, UK
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7290 3945
Fax: +44 (0)20 7290 2929
Email: kirsty.orriss@rsm.ac.uk
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