Author Guidelines
Please note that, as of 26 November 2018, Clinical Cardiology has moved to an Open Access model. New submissions and submissions actively in review and revision as of that date will be subject to an Article Processing Charge (APC). Letters to the Editor and Responses to the Letters to the Editor less than 2 pages (including references) are not subject to the APC. Please direct any questions to the editorial office at CLCeditorial@wiley.com.
Free format submission
Clinical Cardiology now offers free format submission for a simplified and streamlined submission process.
Before you submit, you will need:
Your manuscript: this can be a single file including text, figures, and tables, or separate files – whichever you prefer. All required sections should be contained in your manuscript, including abstract, introduction, methods, results, and conclusions. Figures and tables should have legends. References may be submitted in any style or format, as long as it is consistent throughout the manuscript. If the manuscript, figures or tables are difficult for you to read, they will also be difficult for the editors and reviewers. If your manuscript is difficult to read, the editorial office may send it back to you for revision.
The title page of the manuscript, including statements relating to our ethics and integrity policies, some of which will apply to your article:
data availability statement
funding statement
conflict of interest disclosure
ethics approval statement
patient consent statement
permission to reproduce material from other sources
clinical trial registration
(Why is this important? We need to uphold rigorous ethical standards for the research we consider for publication.)
Your co-author details, including affiliation and email address. (Why is this important? We need to keep all co-authors informed of the outcome of the peer review process.)
An ORCID ID, freely available at https://orcid.org. (Why is this important? Your article, if accepted and published, will be attached to your ORCID profile. Institutions and funders are increasingly requiring authors to have ORCID IDs.)
To submit, login at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/clc and create a new submission. Follow the submission steps as required and submit the manuscript.
If you are invited to revise your manuscript after peer review, the journal will also request the revised manuscript to be formatted according to journal requirements as described below.
General Information
Editors of the HEART Group Journals:
The editors of the HEART Group (representing the world's cardiovascular journals) recommend that all investigators and editors carefully select language to "match" the type of study conducted, without overstating findings or drawing erroneous conclusions about causality when they cannot be established. As an illustrative example, when reporting results from an observational study that shows fewer deaths in one arm than in another, one should use descriptive statements such as "the intervention is associated with lower mortality", rather than definitive statements such as "the intervention reduces mortality". Conversely, when reporting the results of a rigorously conducted RCT with complete follow-up, in which the only difference captured between the 2 groups was the intervention, it may be appropriate to use somewhat more declarative statements such as "the intervention reduced risk".
Example: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/clc.22067/full
The journal uses a single-blind peer review model, meaning that the author is not aware of the reviewer’s identities, but the reviewers are aware of the author’s. All work must be reviewed by a native English speaker prior to submission for clarity.
Clinical Cardiology is fully refereed and is included in Index Medicus, Current Contents/Clinical Practice, ISI BioMed, Science Citation Index, Index Internacional de Cardiologia, and Excerpta Medica.
Clinical Cardiology publishes the following online-only sections: Clinical Investigations, Editorials, Letters to the Editor, and Reviews. This journal follows the AMA style guide.
Submit your manuscripts online at ScholarOne Manuscripts (formerly known as Manuscript Central). For more detailed instructions, please see the journal website at www.clinical-cardiology.com.
Copyright
All articles are published under a Creative Commons license. With Creative Commons licenses, the author retains copyright and the public is allowed to reuse the content. The author grants Wiley a license to publish the article and identify as the original publisher. Please visit the OA Licensing and Copyright page to learn more.
Submissions Requirements
Clinical Investigations and Reviews must be in English. Clinical Investigations are limited to 3,000 words, including figure legends. References are limited to 45 and are not counted in the word limit. There is a limit of no more than 5 figures and/or tables; additional figures/tables will publish online-only as supporting information. Authors must provide word count during the submission process. Reviews are limited to 5,000 words References are limited to 40 and are not counted in the word limit. There is a limit of no more than 5 figures and/or tables; additional figures/tables will publish online-only as supplementary data. Authors must provide word count. Case Reports and Images in Cardiology submissions are not being accepted. All appendices will publish online-only.
Number pages consecutively and arrange as follows: title page, summary/abstract and key words, text, acknowledgement(s), references, tables, figure legends, and figures. The title page should contain the title of the paper; a short title; the name(s) and academic degrees of the author(s); the department(s) and institution(s) at which the work was done; the full name and address, including the direct telephone, fax, and/or e-mail of the author to whom all correspondence and reprint requests should be mailed; and acknowledgement of conflicts of interest/disclosures/support grants. A running title of 30 words should be supplied.
•The summary/abstract is approximately 250 words or less. For Clinical Investigations and Reviews, structure as follows: background, hypothesis, methods, results, conclusions. The text begins with an introduction briefly stating what was studied and why.
•Methods describes, in sufficient detail to allow replication of the work, the methodology and technology or preparations used. In a clinical trial, patient population should be defined. New or modified methods should be critically evaluated. For well-known methods, references may be supplied. Chemical agents, drugs, anesthetics, and methods of application should be identified (trademarked products require manufacturer name, city, state and country), and route, concentration, frequency, and time of additional doses should be described. It should be stated that investigations were in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
•Results should appear in a logical order, with tables and figures.
•The discussion should interpret results relative to previously published work in the field. Hypotheses and speculations should be clearly labeled.
•Conclusions: Authors are encouraged to draw conclusions from their findings and indicate areas of future investigation.
•Values should be given in mean ± standard deviation (X ± SD).
Other Article Types
Trial Designs
The Trial Design section of Clinical Cardiology intends to publish trial rationale and design papers (also known as "methods papers") for large cardiovascular clinical trials and registries. Preference is given for large phase III randomized clinical trials, but the editors will consider well-designed registries and large phase II or phase IV studies. Manuscripts may be up to 4,000 words and may include up to 40 references and 5 table/figures. Authors should include the following sections:
Structured abstract (Introduction, Methods and Discussion).
Introduction - discussion of the trial rationale and prior relevant data.
Include the trial hypotheses and objectives.
Methods - trial design (please include a figure of the trial schema), entry criteria, and statistical section that describes the key endpoints, power/sample size calculation, and major analytic plan.
Discussion - place your trial in the context of prior and ongoing trials, and the implications for future practice
Publication of baseline characteristics and baseline data are encouraged, but not required
Appendices that list the trial organization, including major committees, countries, core laboratories, etc. may also be included.”
Quality and Outcomes
Quality and Outcomes section publishes original research articles focused on cardiology quality and outcomes research. The articles will include original research from registries, performance improvement programs, and other studies relevant to clinical decision making and patient centered outcomes research.
Manuscripts should be approximately 3,000 words, including figure legends. A structured abstract of 250 words or less should be included. References are limited to 40 and are not counted in the word limit. There is a limit of no more than 5 figures and/or tables; additional figures/tables will publish online-only as supporting data. There is also the opportunity to publish accompanying slides as online-only supporting materials.
Clinical Trial Updates
The Clinical Trial Updates section was created to publish new analyses from cardiovascular clinical trials, including subgroup analyses or additional end points. We are targeting principal investigators and their colleagues for secondary or substudy trial analyses. Authors should place their trial data in the context of prior and ongoing trials and detail the clinical implications for today's practicing cardiologists.
Manuscripts should be approximately 3000 words and may include up to 40 references and 5 table/figures. A structured abstract of 250 words or less is required. We welcome supporting information and slide sets that can be published online. We encourage you to contact the editors with submission queries or manuscript ideas. Of note, if authors have had peer reviews from a prior journal and wish to submit them with the manuscript, the editors can consider them and potentially expedite the review and possible publication.
Benefits to Publishing Clinical Trial Designs, Outcomes, and Secondary Analyses in CLC
•Clinical Cardiology offers authors rapid peer review and publication of major clinical trials and other original research articles with significant findings that would benefit cardiologists through rapid dissemination. Authors who wish to have manuscripts considered for CLC’s rapid peer review process should email a cover letter and abstract of their article to CLCeditorial@wiley.com.
•Clinical Investigations authors may publish supplementary materials with their articles that include, but are not limited to, relevant slides and graphics.
•Clinical Cardiology offers all articles open-access so there are no barriers to readers accessing clinical trials articles in CLC
Supplement Policy
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Tables and Figures
Tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals (e.g., Table 1). Tables should be submitted in a separate file from the main manuscript in a .doc/.docx file.
Figures: EPS/PDF/TIFF are preferred, but any standard file format outlined in the artwork guideline is acceptable.
Figure legends should be separate from text and figures. All symbols and abbreviations must be identified. For previously published figures, written permission from the copyright holder and the author of the work must be provided at time of submission and proper citation given in the legend.
Publication Ethics
This journal uses iThenticate's CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley's Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley's Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.
References
Citations of reference material in the text should be given by number (rather than by author name or in the bibliographic style). References are placed at the end of the text. Type double-spaced throughout. List up to three authors; if more than three, list three and “et al.” Arrange in a numbered list in order of citation. Abbreviate journal titles according to the Index Medicus and cite inclusive page numbers. Include only published work in the references.
Examples:
Book: Fox SM, Haskell WL. The exercise stress test: needs for standardization. In: Eliakim M, Neufeld HN, eds. Cardiology: Current Topics and Progress. New York, NY: Academic Press; 1970:149–154.
Journal: Kim YI, Noble RJ, Zipes DP, et al.: Dissociation of the inotropic effect of digitalis from its effect on atrioventricular conduction. Am J Cardiol. 1975;36:459–464.
Abbreviations and acronyms that follow AMA style should be used only in instances of long, frequently used words or phrases and must be defined at first use. For acceptable abbreviations and usage, see the Council of Biology Editors Style Manual at www.councilscienceeditors.org. Units, quantities, and formulas should be expressed according to the recommendations of the International System of Units (SI). For further information, please contact the Editorial Office at CLCeditorial@wiley.com.
Note to NIH Grantees Pursuant to NIH mandates
Wiley-Blackwell will post the accepted version of contributions authored by NIH grant-holders to PubMed Central upon acceptance. It is the responsibility of the author to identify their submission as NIH-funded and alert the editorial staff that it should be deposited to PubMed Central. This accepted version will be made publicly available 12 months after publication. For further information, see www.wiley.com/go/nihmandate.
Guidelines for Cover Submissions
This journal accepts artwork submissions for Cover Images. This is an optional service you can use to help increase article exposure and showcase your research. For more information, including artwork guidelines, pricing, and submission details, please visit the Journal Cover Image page.
Open Access Journal, Health Science Reports
This journal works together with Wiley’s Open Access Journal, Health Science Reports, to enable rapid publication of good quality research that is unable to be accepted for publication by our journal. Authors will be offered the option of having the paper, along with any related peer reviews, automatically transferred for consideration by the Editor of Health Science Reports. Authors will not need to reformat or rewrite their manuscript at this stage, and publication decisions will be made a short time after the transfer takes place. In some cases, Authors may receive an editorial recommendation to transfer their paper. In all cases, transferred papers undergo independent review at Health Science Reports. The Editor of Health Science Reports will accept submissions that report well-conducted research which reaches the standard acceptable for publication. Health Science Reports is a Wiley Open Access journal and article publication fees apply. For more information please go tohttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2398-8835/homepage/ForAuthors.html.
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Author Editing Services
Authors for whom English is a second language may choose to have their manuscript professionally edited before submission or during the review process. Authors wishing to pursue a professional English-language editing service should make contact and arrange payment with the editing service of their choice. For more details regarding the recommended services, please refer to http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/english_language.
