Chapter length

One printed page of full text contains approximately 650-700 words per page (if written as one single paragraph). However, in a book of this type there should be figures and tables to facilitate the reading and interpretation of content. The running text may therefore be 60-70 % of the contracted length.

Cover sheet

Each author should supply a cover sheet with the manuscript which should detail:

• Contributor name in the form first name, middle initial(full point), surname
• Contributor correspondence address, telephone, fax and email details
• Chapter title
• Folio count (total number of manuscript pages including figures)
• Total number of illustrations
• Total number of tables

Figures and Tables

Number the figures and tables in each chapter Figure 1, Figure 2, etc., Table 1, Table 2, etc. Please indicate in the text where the figure or table is to be located, e.g. "Table 1 HERE".

References

Refer mainly to overview articles, books and book chapters. Please use the following style for journal articles, text books and edited books, respectively:
Henry RR, Wallace P, Olefsky JM. Effects of weight loss on mechanisms of hyperglycemia in obese non-insulin-dependent diabetes. Diabetes 1986; 35: 990-8.
Bliss M. The discover of insulin. University of Chicago Press, 1982.
Volk BW, Wellman KF. Historical review. In Volk BW, Arquilla ER (eds) The diabetic pancreas. New York: Plenum, 1985: pp 1 - 6.

Copyright permission

Don't forget that you must obtain permission to use any material which has already been published elsewhere, either in print or on the WWW. You should ensure that you obtain permission to use material for all rights and in all media. This means that it is not enough to secure print only rights, you must ensure that you obtain electronic rights (i.e. rights to publish on CD-ROM or on the Web.) In order not to delay publication you are advised to apply for such permission at an early stage. The Copyright Permission Request form is provided for this purpose. Please photocopy this form for multiple use.

To record accurate information about the status of your permissions you must also complete a Book and Chapter Permissions Catalogue. All paperwork concerning the permissions, including the permissions catalogue should be sent with the draft manuscript when you deliver it to the Publisher.

Further information and guidance can be found on http://www.wiley.com/about/permissions

Keywords

You should list out between 5-10 keywords for your article. These will not appear in print but will be incorporated in the electronic version of the article for use in online searches.

Abstract

You should include a short abstract (one paragraph) for your article. The abstract will not be displayed in print but will be made available free of charge in the online edition of the work. The abstract acts as a 'taster' to potential subscribers to give them an idea of what the article is about and to encourage them to subscribe to the full electronic article.

As the abstract will be made available independently of the main article, it must contain no direct cross reference to elements contained in the rest of the article. For example you should not include in the abstract cross references to figures, tables, etc which appear only in the main body of the article. Similarly, you must not include within the abstract citations to references.

Manuscripts

The draft manuscript should be sent directly to the Publisher. Please send both a paper version and a disk.

Write double-line-spaced throughout, also for references, table headings, etc. Do not bind or staple the manuscripts. Figures and tables should be on separate pages at the end of the manuscript. Photographs must be originals and not photocopies.

The Publisher will be responsible for sending manuscripts to the Commissioning Editor and the Editors-in-Chief for review.

Manuscript Deadline

The manuscript deadline is detailed in your contributor agreement. Please try and adhere to this deadline, but contact your Commissioning Editor and the Publisher if you know that you will have trouble meeting the deadline. It is vital that you let the Commissioning Editor and the Publisher know if you are unable to meet the deadline as we need to keep track of all the submission dates in order to accurately arrive at an agreed publication date.

Remuneration

Details of the remuneration are to be found within your Contributor Contract.

Wiley Contact

The Coordinator for this project at Wiley is Dr David Hughes, and he can be contacted as follows:

Dr David Hughes
John Wiley & Sons Ltd
The Atrium
Southern Gate
Chichester
West Sussex PO19 8SQ
ENGLAND
Tel: (44) 1243 770 240 Direct
Fax: (44) 1243 770 154 Dept
E-mail: dhughes@wiley.co.uk