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“Trabalho enviado para revista: Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound”
Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound – Instructions for Authors
Editorial Policy
Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound publishes material of interest to practitioners, specialists and scientists in the fields of
veterinary imaging and radiation oncology. Occasionally, invited articles, editorials, letters and invited commentaries will be
published. Manuscripts, including figures and tables, must be original and not under consideration by another publication.
Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound is published bimonthly. The journal reserves the right to reject any material submitted for
publication, including advertisements. No responsibility is accepted by the Editor or Associate Editors for the opinions expressed by
contributors. The right is reserved to introduce changes to make manuscripts conform to the editorial standards of Veterinary
Radiology & Ultrasound.
Manuscript Types
Manuscripts should conform to one of the following types:
• Original Investigation: Reporting results of prospective studies or investigations
• Retrospective studies: Reports dealing with a review of information obtained from archival material
• Imaging Diagnosis: Reports of findings from an individual patient. These submissions should be short descriptions of patient
and/or imaging findings. They should contain less than 2500 words and 4 or fewer illustrations.
• Letter to the Editor: Letters are invited, commenting on any aspect of journal material or policy.
In general, individual detailed case history reports are not accepted. This material is more meaningful when presented in an Imaging
Diagnosis format.
Reports based on findings that have not been substantiated by gross or histopathologic confirmation are generally not accepted
Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts must be written in English. When necessary, authors should seek the assistance of experienced, English-speaking
medical editors before submission. Articles written in substandard English will be returned before peer review.
In preparing manuscripts, authors should follow the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals.
Information can be found at http://www.icmje.org.
Specific guidelines below supersede those found in the Uniform Requirements.
Prepare the manuscript using a Microsoft Word compatible word processing program. This journal does not accept Microsoft Word
2007 documents at this time. If you are a Word 2007 user, please save your document as an older (.doc) file type. The entire
manuscript must be double-spaced using font size 12 with a 1” margin all over. Paginate the entire manuscript starting with title
page. Each manuscript line should be distinctly numbered; do not begin renumbering on each page.
Title Page: Include the main title of the paper; and the first name (no initials), middle name or initial(s) (optional), last name of all
authors. Do not list academic degrees or specialty board certification. Specify a running head (45 characters) that condenses the
subject of the paper. Specify all funding sources (grants, or institutional or corporate support) and the meeting, if any, at which the
paper was presented.
An Abstract must be included with each manuscript. The abstract should not contain more than 250 words (100 words for Imaging
Diagnosis submissions, and should not be broken down into subheadings. The abstract is more than a summary and should capture
the essence of the purpose and findings of the paper.
In the Text, any brand name or trademarked product mentioned must be followed by the name, city and state of the manufacturer in
parentheses. The use of generic names is preferred to the use of brand names or trademarked names. The text of scientific and
methodology articles is usually divided into the following sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion and
Conclusion. These divisions may be altered for Imaging Diagnosis submissions.
References should be cited in consecutive numeric order at first mention in the text and designated by superscript number. Do not
include the name of the author of a citation when referring to that work in the text, e.g. In 1999, Smith found.
Reference style is based on an ANSI standard style adapted by the National Library of Medicine. For samples of reference citation
formats, authors should consult the National Library of Medicine web site http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html.
Titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus. Consult the following web site for a list of
journals indexed http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html
“Unpublished observations” and “personal communications” should not be used as references. References listed as “in press” must
have been accepted for publication and not merely in preparation or submitted. The author is responsible for the accuracy of all
references and must verify them against the original document.
All Units of Measurement should be listed in Système Internationale (SI) units. Non-SI units may be used after the SI units but
should be placed in parentheses. Use becquerels, not curies, as the unit of activity (1 mCi = 37 MBq).
With the exception of measurements, the journal discourages the use of Abbreviations. Whenever possible, terms should be
spelled out in full rather than being abbreviated.
Tables to summarize data are encouraged. For retrospective clinical studies, detailed tables enumerating specific individual patient
criteria or findings will generally not be allowed. These clinical data are more useful when summarized and placed into less detailed
tables or the text. Number all tables with Arabic numbers consecutively in order of appearance (Table 1). Type each table double-
spaced on a separate page. Title should have the first letter of each word as upper case (except prepositions, conjunctions and
articles). Every table must have a caption typed above the tabular material. Symbols for units should be used only in column
headings. Do not use internal horizontal or vertical lines; place horizontal lines between table caption and column headings, under
column headings, and at the bottom of the table (above the