Guidelines for Authors
Manuscript Categories
Manuscript Submission
Authorship Contributions
Manuscript Preparation
Additional Information Upon Acceptance
Contacting the Editorial Office
Manuscript Categories
Medical Teacher invites the following types of submissions:
Articles Articles are the primary presentation mode of communication in the Journal, and are usually between 2500–5000 words in length. All articles must include abstracts, practice points and notes on contributors (see section 4 for further details).
Short Communications Short communications are brief articles on matters of topical interest or work in progress, limited to two pages (maximum 1700 words) to include title page, notes on contributors, abstract, text, references and one small table (optional).
Letters should be a maximum of 400 words in length, including title, text, name and address of author(s), and maximum two references. Tables and figures are not permitted.
Medical Teacher regularly publishes additional papers in specific formats unique to the Journal, e.g., Twelve tips, What is …?, How to …?, Personal view. Authors are referred to recent issues of the Journal and asked to copy exactly the format therein. Alternatively, the Editorial Office can send further details of how to construct these articles.
Manuscript Submission
All submissions should be made online at Medical Teacher’s Manuscript Central site. New users must first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre. For assistance with any aspect of the site, please refer to the User Guide which is accessed via the ‘Get Help Now’ button at the top right of every screen.
A covering letter or email should be included indicating that the submission is made on behalf of all authors, although it is not necessary for each author to sign the letter (see Authorship Contributions). On receipt, the manuscript will be immediately acknowledged by email.
Authorship Contributions
Contributions must be substantial in order to warrant authorship. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. All other contributors should be listed as acknowledgements.
Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts submitted to Medical Teacher should be written in English and conform to the style guidelines set forth by APA, as per the 2001 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition).
Manuscripts should be typed using double-spacing (except tables which should be single-spaced), with margins of at least 2.5 cm (1 inch). All pages should be numbered.
Title page The first page of the manuscript should contain the following information:
i) the title of the paper
ii) a short title not exceeding 45 characters for use as a running head
iii) names of authors
iv) names of the institutions at which the research was conducted
v) name, address, telephone and fax number, and email address of corresponding author.
Abstract All papers should be accompanied by an abstract of up to 200 words. The abstract should reflect the content of the paper including methods used, results, and conclusions drawn.
Text This should in general, but not necessarily, be divided into sections with the headings: ‘Introduction’, ‘Methods’, ‘Results’, ‘Discussion’ and ‘Conclusion’.
‘Practice Points’ Up to 5 short bullet points which summarises the key messages of the article should be included (not required for short communications). ‘Practice Points’ will be included in a box at the end of the article.
All articles should be accompanied by ‘Notes on contributors’, short biographical notes on each contributor to a maximum of 50 words per contributor.
References References should be in 'Harvard' format, i.e, names and dates in brackets in the text, and the full reference listed at the end of the paper, in alphabetical order by first author, as follows:
Kozlowski, L.T., Henningfield, J.E. & Brigham, J. (2001) Cigarettes, Nicotine, and Health (Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications).
Weinstein, N. (2001) Smokers' recognition of their vulnerability to harm, in: P. Slovic (Ed), Smoking: Risk, Perception, & PolicyI, pp. 81–96 (Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications).
Perkins, K. A., Donny, E., & Caggiula, A. R. (1999) Sex differences in nicotine effects and self-administration: review of human and animal evidence. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 1, pp. 301–315.
Titles of journals should not be abbreviated.
Illustrations and tables Illustrations and tables should not be inserted in the appropriate place in the text but should be included at the end of the paper, each on a separate page.
All photographs, graphs and diagrams should be referred to as Figures and should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals (e.g., Figure 3). A list of captions for the figures should be submitted on a separate sheet (or where figures are uploaded as separate files, captions can be entered during the electronic submission process) and should make interpretation possible without reference to the text. Captions should include keys to symbols.
Tables should be given Arabic numbers (e.g., Table 3), and their desired position in the text should be indicated. Units should appear in parentheses in the column heading but not in the body of the table. Words or numerals should be repeated on successive lines; 'ditto' or 'do' should not be used. Tables should be typed using single-spacing.
Additional Information Upon Acceptance
Electronic proofs When proofs are ready, corresponding authors will receive email notification with a password and Web address from which to download a PDF. Hard copies of proofs will not be mailed. To avoid delays in publication, corrections to proofs must be returned within 48 hours, by electronic transmittal, fax or mail.
prEview Following return of corrected proofs by authors, the paper may be included in the prEview section of Medical Teacher’s website. The abstract will be freely available and the full text available to subscribers in advance of the formal publication date.
Copyright It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or licence the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Taylor & Francis. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors may, of course, use the article elsewhere after publication without prior permission from Taylor & Francis, provided that acknowledgement is given to the Journal as the original source of publication, and that Taylor & Francis is notified so that our records show that its use is properly authorised. Authors retain a number of other rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies documents. These policies are referred to at the publisher’s website.
Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
Copyright forms can be downloaded with proofs, and returned by fax or by mail.
Offprints and reprints Offprints and reprints of articles published in Medical Teacher can be obtained through Rightslink®. Please visit www.copyright.com to obtain a quotation or to place an order. Copies of the Journal can be purchased at the author's preferential rate of £15.00/$25.00 per copy.
Contacting the Editorial Office
For help or further clarification on any of the above, contact Morag Allan, Editorial Assistant or Pat Lilley, Managing Editor, Medical Teacher.
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