Instructions to Authors

Canadian Journal of Geriatrics (CJG) publishes concise papers, which are subject to peer review. The Journal considers articles of original research, reviews, scholarly addresses, case reports, book reviews, historical interest, clinical tips, guidelines, letters to the editor and so on. Requirements are in accordance with “Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals” (www.councilscienceeditors.org/services/draft_approved.cfm)

Authors must disclose any commercial interest in the subject of study and the source of any support. A covering letter should state that the work is original and should include the address for correspondence, as well as the phone and fax numbers and e-mail address to ensure rapid processing. After acceptance, the author(s) must sign a copyright transfer agreement.

The Journal reserves the right to edit manuscripts to ensure conformity with the Journal’s style. Such editing will not affect the scientific content.

Manuscript Preparation

Manuscripts should be double-spaced and approximately four to seven pages long (800 to 1,000 words). The manuscript must be sent by e-mail attachment (Word or Rich Text Format only). An abstract of up to 200 words should be provided, followed by three to eight key words for indexing. The abstract should be structured as Background, Methods, Purpose, Results and Conclusions. A statement that the study was approved by the relevant research ethics board should be included in the methods section.

References

References should be numbered consecutively in the text by superscript numerals. Corresponding references should be listed at the end of the text. Unpublished sources such as personal communications should be cited within the text and not included in the reference list.

The sequence for journal references should be as follows: author(s), title of article, journal name abbreviated as in the Index Medicus, year of publication, volume number, first and last page numbers. When there are more than three authors, shorten to three and add "et al."

Col NF, Eckman MH, Karas RH, et al. Patient specific decisions about hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women. JAMA 1997;277:1140-7.

The Sequence for chapters of a book should be as follows: author(s) of chapter, chapter title, editor(s) of book, book title, edition, place of publication, publisher, year of publication, page numbers.

Galloway AC, Colvin SB, Grossi EA, et al. Acquired heart disease. In: Schwarts SI, Shires GT, Spencer FC, eds. Principles of Surgery, 6th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1994:845-99

Table and Illustrations

Each table should be typed on a separate page, and should have a legend at the top indicating the information contained.

Illustrations must be accompanied by a legend typed on a separate page at the end of the manuscript. Symbols, arrows, or letters used to identify parts of the illustration must be explained clearly in the legend. Names of the authors and figure number should be written in pencil on the back, with an indication of orientation. Three copies of good-quality illustrations should be submitted, two of which may be photocopies. Illustrations may be sent electronically as a TIFF file on a disk or CD. JPEG quality is not acceptable. Do not embed images, etc., in text files. Note: Figure reproduction cannot improve on the quality of the originals.

Number, units and Abbreviations

Measurements are to be metric. When using numbers, use words for numbers up to nine and numerals thereafter, for example, six patients, 10 patients. For measurements, use numerals, for example, 2 kg, 6mmol, 5 hours.

Use only standard abbreviations, and avoid using abbreviations in the title. Define all abbreviations, except for those in very common use (e.g., DNA), on their first mention.

Permissions

Written permission must be obtained for material that has been published in copyrighted material; this includes tables, figures and quoted text that exceeds 150 words. Signed patient release forms are required for photographs of identifiable persons. A copy of all permissions and patient release forms must accompany the manuscript.

Proofs

Proofs for correction will be sent to authors by e-mail as a Word file. Authors are asked to fax or e-mail corrections back to the publisher within 72 hours. Unless otherwise indicated by the author, manuscripts will be published as sent.

Please submit manuscripts to:

Dr. David Hogan
dhogan@ucalgary.ca
Room 1308, Camp Hill Veterans’ Memorial Building
5955 Veterans Memorial Lane
Halifax, NS B3H 2E1
P: 902-473-3888
F: 902-473-7133

Only electronic submissions will be accepted.