MedUp Information

  1. Abstract
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  3. Manuscript Instructions
  4. General Information
  5. Appeal of Decision
  6. Permissions and Waivers
  7. Copyright Assignment
  8. Ethical Guidelines
  9. Editorial Office
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Author Guidelines

MedUP Information

30. January 2019

 

Manuscript Instructions

MedUp VISU 

Aimes and Scope    

(Veterinary International Science Update) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal, publishing latest scientific information mainly on companion animals, pets, exotic animals, and on equine medicine.

VISU Manuscript Format and Lenght of papers

Contributed papers are limited to 10 manuscript pages and a maximum of 20 images and 2 videos.

Technical specifications:

  • Deliver your texts in .doc files 
  • Use standard word document with approx. 2200 characters per page.
  • Provide images as .jpg (≈ 1.024 x 768 pixels)
  • Videos as mp4, codec: H.264 (max: 0,5 GB)

Submission of papers

New papers are submitted to the editorial office: medup@schaefermueller.de. 

After proceeding a peer-review process the authors will be informed by the editor. For the main manuscript, we prefer to receive a single complete file that includes all figures (incl. figure caption, each named with a label, “Fig. 1.” for example, as a new paragraph) and tables in Word’s .docx format. The Supplementary Material as images should be submitted as single separate files.

Figures and Tables (word table tool) should be called out within the text and should be numbered in the order of their citation in the text. They should be included after the paragraph in which they are called out.  

Images should be delivered as  .jpg files (≈ 1.024 x 768 pixels) - file names: 01_image.jpg - 20_image.jpg

So that we can easily identify the parts of your paper, please begin each section with the specific key words listed below, some of which are followed by a colon. Several of these headings are optional, for example, not all papers will include tables, or supplementary material. Please do not use paragraph breaks in the title, author list, or abstract.

Title:

One Sentence Summary:

Authors:

Affiliations:

Abstract:

Main Text:

References and Notes:

Acknowledgements: 

Citation examples:

Journals

1. N. Tang, On the equilibrium partial pressures of nitric acid and ammonia in the atmosphere. Atmos. Environ. 14, 819-834 (1980).

2. W. R. Harvey, S. Nedergaard, Sodium-independent active transport of potassium in the isolated midgut of the Cecropia silkworm. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.51, 731-735 (1964).

3. N. H. Sleep, Stagnant lid convection and carbonate metasomatism of the deep continental lithosphere. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 10, Q11010 (2009). [online-only paper; use article number instead of page]

4. J. M. Dinning, Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 42 (suppl. 1), 12 (1984). [journal with supplement noted]

Books

1. M. Lister, “[Chapter title goes here]” in Fundamentals of Operating Systems (Springer, New York, ed. 3, 1984), pp. 7-11.

2. J. B. Carroll, Ed., Language, Thought and Reality, Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf(MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1956).

3. R. Davis, J. King, “[Chapter title goes here]” in Machine Intelligence, E. Acock, D. Michie, Eds. (Wiley, 1976), vol. 8, chap. 3. [use short form of publisher name, not “John Wiley & Sons”]

4. J. Sprung, Corals: A Quick Reference Guide (Oceanographic Series, Ricordea, Miami, FL, 1999). [for books in series, include the series title]

5. National Academy of Sciences, Principles and Procedures for Evaluating the Toxicity of Household Substances (National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 1977). [organization as author and publisher]

 

Theses

1. B. Smith, thesis, Georgetown University (1973).

2. R. White, “[Thesis title goes here],“ thesis, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL (1983). [Optional: The title of the thesis may be provided in quotes after the author name.]

Online publications

1. E. M. Pietras, G. Cheng, A new TRADDition in intracellular antiviral signaling. Sci. Signal. 1, pe36 (2008). [Science Signaling]

2. R. K. Aziz, V. Nizet, Pathogen microevolution in high resolution. Sci. Transl. Med. 2, 16ps4 (2010). [Science Translational Medicine]

3. A. Clauset, S. Arbesman, D. B. Larremore, Systematic inequality and hierarchy in faculty hiring networks. Sci. Adv. 1, e1400005 (2015). [Science Advances]

 

Article Processing Charges (APC) 

The need of libraries, scientific associations and research funders to have scientific articles freely accessible will be met with affordable Article Processing Charges (APC) of € 540,-  per article, due with acceptance of the article.

IBAN DE 84 1004 0000 0182568600

BIC/Swift Code COBA DE FF

Additional Information

For further information please see Author Guidelines in the "authors lounge" menue. 

MedUp vetpool 

Is an open access and practice oriented short monography periodical for veterinary surgeons in the fields of small animal and equine medicine. The short monographies are published as limited print editions, just after author invitation. Selected articles will appear in the online version MedUp vetpool.

MedUp rookie 

Is an open acces journal for scientific young talents, publishing online versions of awarded poster presentations.  Posters should be send to  medup@schaefermueller.de as pdf and if available as original Word file and original digital images. The submission is free. 

For further information please see Author Guidelines in the "authors lounge" menue. 

 

General Information

Medical Update (MedUp) publishes only clinically relevant scientific papers, topic reviews, systematic reviews and method presentation articles in the field of veterinary medicine. Original articles are published in all veterinary-related disciplines, relevant to veterinary diseases and treatment. The journal aims to serve veterinarians in their practice by sharing scientific knowledge with the aim of improving the work for practitioners.

Please read the instructions below for details on the submission of manuscripts and the journal’s requirements and standards.

Original articles are considered for publication on the condition that they have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. The publisher reserves the right to edit manuscripts for length and to ensure conciseness, clarity, and stylistic consistency, subject to the author’s final approval.

Manuscripts are reviewed and selected in a blinded process by editors and appropriate content experts. Therefore, it is important that submitted manuscripts and illustrations do not contain information that will identify the paper’s origin (except for the title page, which will not be sent to reviewers).

Manuscripts that do not follow these instructions will be rejected.

 

Appeal of Decision

The editorial board’s decision is final and cannot be appealed.

Manuscript Submission Procedure: Upload manuscripts as Word files with tables and downsized figures at the end of the document. Authors are required to send the manuscripts to the MedUp editors medup@schaefermueller.de 

Permissions and Waivers

If all or parts of previously published material are used, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder. It is the author’s responsibility to obtain these in writing and provide copies to MedUp.

Waivers must be obtained for photographs showing identifiable people. When such waivers are not supplied, faces will be masked to prevent identification.

Permissions and waivers must be sent with the Mandatory Submission Form to the Managing Editor.

 

The submission of the manuscript to be published in MedUp Journals by the authors means that the authors agree to assign exclusive copyright to schaefermueller publishing if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication. The work shall not be published elsewhere in any language without the written consent of the publisher. The articles published in these journals are protected by copyright, which covers translation rights and the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute all of the articles printed in the journals. No material published in the journals may be stored in electronic databases and the like or reproduced photographically without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Correspondence to the journal is accepted on the understanding that the contributing author licenses the publisher to publish the letter as part of the journal or separately from it, in the exercise of any subsidiary rights relating to the journal and its contents.

 

Ethical Guidelines

Authorship

Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that it has been read and approved by all authors and that all authors agree to the submission of the manuscript. The number of authors is limited to 6; the inclusion of more than 6 authors must be justified in writing.

Acknowledgments

Specify contributors to the article other than accredited authors. Also include any funding sources for the study, as well as any potential conflicts of interest.

Conflict of Interest/Source of Funding

It is necessary that information on potential conflicts of interest be part of the manuscript. Quintessence MENA requires all sources of institutional, private, and corporate financial support for the work within the manuscript to be fully acknowledged and any potential conflicts of interest noted. Grant or contribution numbers should be acknowledged, and principal grant holders should be listed. Please include the information under Acknowledgments.

Ethical Approval

Experimentation involving human subjects will be published only if such research has been conducted in full accordance with ethical principles, including the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki and any additional requirements of the country in which the research was conducted. Manuscripts must include a statement that the experiments were undertaken with the understanding and written consent of each subject and according to the abovementioned principles. A statement regarding the fact that the study has been independently reviewed and approved by an ethical board should also be included. Editors reserve the right to reject papers if there is doubt as to whether appropriate procedures have been used.

Clinical Trials

Report clinical trials using the CONSORT guidelines at www.consort-statement.org. A CONSORT checklist and a flowchart should also be included in the submission material.

 

Editorial Office

Publisher                              Dr. Andreas B. F. Müller

Journal Publications Editor  Ursula Tanneberger

Production Manager             Peter Schöpperle  

Editorial Office - schaefermueller publishing GmbH

Auguststraße 53

10119 Berlin

Germany

e-Mail                                     medup@schaefermueller.de

 

Medical Update journals are published by schaefermueller publishing GmbH, 

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Germany

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E-mail: medup@schaefermueller.de

Website: http://www.schaefermueller.de  

  1. Abstract
  2.  
  3. Manuscript Instructions
  4. General Information
  5. Appeal of Decision
  6. Permissions and Waivers
  7. Copyright Assignment
  8. Ethical Guidelines
  9. Editorial Office
  10.