HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR STORY IDEA TO THE RHEUMATOLOGIST
The Rheumatologist publishes articles about news, trends, and issues in rheumatology. Every story must present practical, usable information for our readers—material that is immediately helpful to them in their professional lives.
We accept both first- and third-person articles, and we desire story leads that utilize testimonials, real patient situations, and similar techniques to set the tone for clinical pieces. We appreciate academic and heavy clinical tones in a story but prefer narratives that are a bit less formal.
If you have a story idea, send us a query about it by e-mail. Please do not send completed manuscripts. A query consists of a few paragraphs that tell us why our readers would value your story, who you intend to interview and/or source in your story, and how the story would influence the provision of rheumatology. In your query, include your name, title, and organization, as well as a daytime phone number.
Handy Tips for Turning in Your Manuscript to The Rheumatologist
Once your story idea is accepted, here are some general submission guidelines to help you assist the editors in preparing your manuscript for publication. Questions? Contact Staff Editor Dawn Antoline at dantolin@wiley.com or by phone at (201) 748-7757.
- Submit your article in Microsoft Word format via e-mail. Use 12-point, Times type.
- Include a headline and byline in your document.
- Don't use:
- Double spaces between words
- Embedded references (instead manually insert the numbers)
- Abbreviations
- Automatic numbering or bullets. When creating a numbered or bulleted list, use three hyphens to notate bullets (---) or manually insert numbers
- All caps in running text
- Do use:
- Credentials after the first complete reference to a source (e.g., David Pisetsky, MD, PhD, and thereafter Dr. Pisetsky)
- The American Medical Association Manual of Style when creating your reference section
- Double-line spacing throughout
- Present-tense throughout (e,g., “Dr. Pisetsky says” instead of “Dr. Pisetsky said”)
- High-res images. If you're submitting a photo, we accept both hard copy photos and also electronic images that are 300 dpi in resolution or greater