"Call for Papers"

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. 

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,
Ifenpfad 2– 4, 12107, Berlin, Germany. Director: A. B. F. Mueller, HRB 91291

Court domicile and place of performance: Berlin, Germany.

schaefermueller publishing GmbH
Ifenpfad 2– 4
12107 Berlin
Germany

Telephone: +49 (0) 30 / 85748513
Fax: +49 (0) 30 / 52137724
E-mail: medup@schaefermueller.de

Website: http://www.schaefermueller.de