Pediatric Dermatology

Published on behalf of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology, The European Society for Pediatric Dermatology, the International Society of Pediatric Dermatology, the Dutch/Belgian Pediatric Dermatology Society, the Latin American Pediatric Dermatology Society and the Spanish Society of Pediatric Dermatology

Edited by:
Ilona J. Frieden, M.D. and Lawrence F. Eichenfield, M.D.

Online ISSN: 1525-1470
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Current Volume: 27 / 2010
ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 37/43 Dermatology; 57/86 Pediatrics
Impact Factor: 1.039

TopAuthor Guidelines

SUBMISSION INFORMATION:

Manuscripts must be submitted online. For complete instructions on uploading a manuscript, please read the submission instructions on the Pediatric Dermatology online submission site: (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/peddermj). Any major word processing software may be used, and both DOS-based and Macintosh operating systems are acceptable.

Complete instructions for preparing and submitting manuscripts online are provided at the submission site. If assistance is needed, please contact the support staff by phone at 1-434-817-2040 × 167 or via e-mail at Support@Scholarone.com. There is also an online tutorial available at ScholarOne Online Users Guide.

All articles are subject to review by experienced referees. The Editors and Editorial Board judge manuscripts suitable for publication, and decisions by the Editors are final. Material accepted for publication is copy-edited and typeset. If English language, grammar and syntax need extensive revisions, authors may be asked to use a translation service at their own expense - http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/english_language.asp. Proofs will be sent to the corresponding contributors for review and should be returned within 48 hours of receipt. Changes to proofs are subject to final editorial review. Extensive changes to the proofs may incur costs charged to the contributors and could delay publication.

Papers must be submitted exclusively to Pediatric Dermatology and are accepted on the understanding that they have not been and will not be published elsewhere. The Editors retain the usual right to modify the style and length of a contribution (major changes being agreed upon with the corresponding author) and to decide the time of publication.

ARTICLE TYPES:

Original contributions may be submitted for consideration in the following journal sections:

Clinical and Laboratory Investigations
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Fetal and Neonatal Investigations
State-of-the-Art Reviews
Technique for Tots
Case Reports/Series
Brief Reports
Pediatric Dermatology Photo Quiz
Correspondence

SPECIFICS FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION BY ARTICLE TYPE:

CLINICAL AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS, PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS, AND FETAL AND NEONATAL INVESTIGATIONS:
Original research that has not been published elsewhere may be submitted to any of these three sections. The material should be presented as concisely as possible.
• Title Page: The title page should contain the names, affiliations and place of work of all authors and corresponding author's contact information. A full as well as short running title should be submitted.
• Structured Abstract: A structured abstract, not exceeding 250 words, should be included and organized into the following sections: Background/Objectives; Methods; Results; Conclusions.
• Text Body: The paper should include Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion. The text (excluding abstract and references) should not exceed 2,000 words except for unusually meritorious articles requiring more space. No more than 25 references should be cited.
• Reports of clinical trials should adhere to the tenets of the CONSORT statement (JAMA 1996; 276: 637-639).

STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW ARTICLES:
These are intended to be concise up-to-date reviews which document and synthesize current information on a specific topic area such new insights into a disease process, meta-analysis of a therapy, important new developments, or findings in another topic area.
• Articles should not exceed 3000 words and 50 references.
• Questions, including queries about whether a specific review would be of interest to the readership, can be addressed to Associate Editor, Bernard Cohen M.D: bcohena@jhmi.edu. Acceptance is always contingent on peer review.

TECHNIQUES FOR TOTS:
Submissions to this section of the journal are intended to be brief descriptions of specific techniques, including surgical techniques, "tricks of the trade" or clinical pearls, which may enhance the practice of pediatric dermatology. As examples, previous published articles have included methods of administering oral medications which could not be dissolved in a liquid form, child-friendly techniques for suturing, a technique for measuring the volume of infantile hemangiomas, and the use of potassium hydroxide preparation for diagnosis of eruptive vellus hair cysts.
• Typically, submissions are 1000 words or less, include two or three illustrations, and a maximum of 10 references. The journal has the ability to publish streaming video online as an adjunct to a printed publication and encourages consultation with the section editors if the submission of an accompanying video adds to the value of the printed publication.
• Questions may be addressed to bcunningham@rchsd.org.

CASE REPORTS AND SMALL CASE SERIES:
Most clinical cases and clinical observations may be submitted in the Brief Reports format (see below). However, case series and case reports of unusual interest, or warranting a more comprehensive description or literature review requiring more than 500 words of text, may be submitted.
• Text should generally not exceed 1,500 words, more than 5 illustrations or tables, or more than 15 references. Justification must be provided if more than 5 authors are included in the submission.

BRIEF REPORTS:
The Brief Reports section contains short case reports or brief observations.
• Text should be limited to 500 words (excluding title, authors, abstract, and references), 5 references, and 2 figures. A 2-to-3 sentence abstract is required. The word count should be submitted on the title page.

PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY PHOTO QUIZ:
The Pediatric Dermatology Photo Quiz is formatted to present high-quality clinical images and a brief clinical history as a diagnostic unknown, with the diagnosis and key case features succinctly discussed on a separate print page. Specifications for the length of text discussion depends upon the number of illustrations and is summarized in the table below. The submissions for this section differ from standard submissions in the following ways:
• No abstract is needed.
• No figure legends are needed. Descriptions of certain figures needing explanation (such as radiographs or histopathology) should be included within the body of the article.
• Photomicrographs and illustrations must be sharply focused, with excellent color balance and submitted as separately numbered TIFF or JPG files, of sufficient DPI and resolution to allow high resolution photographic print quality (300 DPI and 5 inches wide or greater). • References should be limited to a maximum of 10. Photographs of less than 300x300 DPI (1500 pixels) and less than 5'' (125mm) in width will not be accepted. Papers submitted with photographs of unacceptable quality will not be considered
• Tables are not permitted.

The submission should be divided into 2 major sections on separate text pages:
o A case presentation, ending with a question, nearly always: "What is the Diagnosis?"
o Diagnosis/Discussion

• Laboratory and/or Microscopic findings may be included in either section. Most often, the microscopic findings will appear in the discussion section, however for some cases the microscopic findings may appear with the Case Presentation and the Diagnosis/Discussion will include other ancillary tests or simply a discussion of the entity in question. When needed, specific subheadings such as 'Microscopic Findings' or 'Microscopic Findings and Laboratory Findings' or 'Microscopic Findings and Clinical Course' may be appropriate.
• The length of the case presentation and the diagnosis/discussion are dependent in part on the number of images in each section. The length of the allowable text is determined by the "Total Character Count including Spaces" rather than word count.
o The "character count with spaces" can be calculated using word processor tools (e.g. in Microsoft Word, see File/Properties/Statistics or Tools/Word count, noting "Characters (with spaces)." It should not include article title or subheadings but should include references.
• Two images may be submitted as a single composite image.
The following tables can serve as guides to calculate allowed text based upon number of images:

Any questions regarding the Photo Quiz or these instructions should be addressed to the Pediatric Photo Quiz Section Editor, Maureen Rogers:
maureenr1717@yahoo.com.au

CORRESPONDENCE:
The correspondence section of Pediatric Dermatology provides a forum for exchange of ideas and for response to articles previously published in the journal.
• Letters referring to Pediatric Dermatology articles should contain specific references and be received within 4 months of the article's publication.
• Correspondence should not exceed 500 words, should not contain more than 5 references and should have none or at most 1 figure or table.

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS FOR ALL ARTICLE TYPES:

Submissions should include:

• Names, affiliations and place of work of all authors. Authorship attribution implies a substantial contribution to the manuscript.
• The corresponding author's contact information, including e-mail, address, fax and telephone numbers.
• Consent for publication from all authors.
• Conflict of interest disclosure from all authors. Conflicts of interest may fall under any of the following categories: Financial support, interests or commercial associations, or potential competing interests. These may include but are not limited to equity or stock ownership, payments for conducting or publicizing studies, or consultant arrangements.
• The names of three or four potential objective reviewers and e-mail addresses/contact information.
• Statement of appropriate institutional board approval and informed consent. For experimental investigations of human or animal subjects, state in the 'Methods' section that an appropriate institutional review board approved the project, and that informed consent was appropriately obtained. For those investigators who do not have formal ethics review committees (institutional or regional), the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki should be followed and attested to.
• Copyright assignment: Authors are required to assign copyright in their paper to Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc. Papers subject to government or Crown copyright are exempt from this requirement.

Illustrations:

Color illustrations are encouraged, and will not attract a cost to authors. Photomicrographs and illustrations must be sharply focused, with excellent color balance and submitted as separately numbered TIFF or JPG files, of sufficient DPI and resolution to allow high resolution photographic print quality.

Photographs of less than 300x300 DPI (1500 pixels) and less than 5'' (125mm) in width will not be accepted.

The dimensions are evident in the PDF files of your manuscript which you create for submission.

The following are generally adequate for publication:

65mm at 600 DPI

125mm at 300 DPI

250mm at 150 DPI

500mm at 75 DPI

Resolution less than this and/or papers submitted with photographs of unacceptable quality will not be considered.

For different artwork type, general guidelines are: (1) Line art - minimum 600 dpi; (2) Halftone (i.e. both B/W and color photographs) - minimum 300 dpi; (3) line and tone (line art and halftone combined) - minimum 600 dpi. Adherence to these requirements from the outset will prevent the Production Editor from contacting the author at a later stage for better quality figures. EPS or JPEG files may be acceptable. Please see the instructions on our website at site http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/illustration.asp.
Legends: A legend should be provided for each image, and in the case of photomicrographs, the magnification and stain utilized should be included.

Notice of informed consent and releases to publish photographs of recognizable persons should be submitted with the manuscript.

Credits and Permissions:

Notice of informed consent and releases to publish photographs of recognizable persons should be submitted with the manuscript. Written permission should be submitted for use of nonoriginal material (quotations exceeding 100 words, any table or figure) from author and publisher of the original material. Credit the source in a text or table footnote or at the end of a figure legend.

Units and Abbreviations:

All measurements should be in SI units with the exception of hemoglobin (g/dL) and blood pressure (mmHg). Original observations recorded in other units should be stated, together with the appropriate conversion factors.

Standard abbreviations, without punctuation, are used. Units, Symbols and Abbreviations (1988) published by the Royal Society of Medicine, and SI: The International System of Units (1982), from HMSO provide useful guides.

Abbreviated words must be spelled out on first appearance in both summary and text. Abbreviations, used sparingly, should follow the first full spelling, in parentheses.

Drug Names:

Generic names must be used. If authors so desires, brand names may be inserted in parentheses.

Statistics:

Methods should be referenced. Two-tailed significance tests should be used unless explicitly stated. Controls should be described as completely as experimental subjects.

Measures of location should be accompanied by measures of variability (e.g. mean and confidence intervals) as well as conventional probability values. Clinical trial reports should include the power of the study design.

References:

All references should be numbered consecutively and be listed in the order to which they are referred to in the text of the manuscript. The references should be typed double-spaced and abbreviations of journals must conform to those used in Index Medicus of the National Library of Medicine. Spell out single word journal titles and abbreviate all others as shown in the latest edition of the 'List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus,' available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, or found in the January issue of Index Medicus. All references must be verified by the author(s).

Sample reference citations follow. For questions, consult 'Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals,' available from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

Journal
List all authors when three or fewer; when four or more, list only first three and add et al.

Lewis BR, Bradbury Y. The role of the nursing profession in hospital accident and emergency departments. J Adv Nurs 1982;7:211-221.

Books and Monographs
Personal Author(s)
Varney H. Nurse-midwifery. Boston: Blackwell Scientific Publications, Inc., 1980.

Corporate Author
The Geological Society. List of serial publications held in the library of the Geological Society, London. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, Ltd, 1978.

Editor, Compiler, Chairman as Author
Kneedler JA, Dodge GH, eds. Perioperative patient care: the nursing perspective. Boston: Blackwell Scientific Publications, Inc., 1983.

Chapter in Book
Nahm HE. History of nursing - a century of change. In: Mc-Closkey JC, Grace HK, eds. Current issues in nursing. Boston: Blackwell Scientific Publications, Inc., 1981.

Page Proofs:

Page proofs will be sent via e-mail as an Acrobat PDF file to the corresponding author. Acrobat reader is required to read these proofs and it can be downloaded free of charge from http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/main.html. This will enable the proof to be opened, read on screen and printed out for any corrections to be made. Further instructions will be sent to authors with the proofs. Proof corrections should be returned to Wiley-Blackwell Publishing within three days. Major alterations to the text cannot be accepted.

Author Services:

Online production tracking is now available for your article through Wiley-Blackwell's Author Services. Author Services enables authors to track their article - once it has been accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors may check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production so they don't need to contact the production editor to check on progress. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.

Author Material Archive Policy:

Please note that unless specifically requested, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing will dispose of all hardcopy or electronic material submitted two months after publication.

Please contact the Editorial Office with any questions:

Katherine Lawrence
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
111 River Street, 8-02
Hoboken, NJ 07030
kalawren@wiley.com
Fax: 201-748-6313