Guide for Authors
Aims and scope
Annals of Epidemiology is a peer reviewed, international journal devoted to epidemiologic research and methodological development. The journal emphasizes the application of epidemiologic methods to issues that affect the distribution and determinants of human illness in diverse contexts. Its primary focus is on chronic and acute conditions of diverse etiologies and of major importance to clinical medicine, public health, and health care delivery.
Annals encourages the use of epidemiology in a multidisciplinary approach to understanding disease etiology. Review articles, reports from U.S. Federal and International sources, Editorials, Commentaries, Brief Communications, Letters to the Editor, Book Reviews, and selected papers from major symposia are also published.
For more information concerning The American College of Epidemiology (ACE), please visit their home page at acepidemiology.org .
Annals of Epidemiology is a peer reviewed, international journal devoted to epidemiologic research and methodological development. The journal emphasizes the application of epidemiologic methods to issues that affect the distribution and determinants of human illness in diverse contexts. Its primary focus is on chronic and acute conditions of diverse etiologies and of major importance to clinical medicine, public health, and health care delivery. Annals encourages the use of epidemiology in a multidisciplinary approach to understanding disease etiology. The Annals publishes Original articles, Brief Communications, Rapid Reports, Reviews, Commentaries, Editorials, Letters to the Editor, and Book Reviews.
Types of paper
The Annals follows the general instructions established by the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to a Biomedical Journal". Specific guidelines for the different types of manuscripts are as follows:
Original article: a new piece of work-- <=3000 words; structured abstract <=200 words (Purpose, Methods, Results, Conclusions); <=6 Tables, Figures, or other illustrative materials.
Brief Communication: a short Original Article--<=2000 words; structured abstract <=200 words (Purpose, Methods, Results, Conclusions), <=3 Tables, Figures, or other illustrative materials. For Article Type at submission, please select Short Communication, then Brief Communication as the manuscript category.
Rapid Reports: a new fact, method, observation for quick presentation–<=1000 words; no abstract; maximum of one table, figure, or other illustrative materials. For Article Type at submission, please select Short Communication, then Rapid Reports as the manuscript category.
Study Method and Design: a methodologic, logistic, or design focus that may or may not contain results but that presents something of interest in the design itself; simple descriptions of newly established studies, without results or an issue of intrinsic interest, are discouraged—format the same as that for original articles. For Article Type at submission, please select Original Article.
Reviews and Commentaries: a descriptive, analytic or synthetic consideration of a topic or hypothesis; word limit is negotiable, but in general should be <= 5000 words; unstructured abstract <=200 words; illustrative materials as needed.
Editorials: generally invited, but may be author initiated after consultation with Editor; usually ~1500 words directed to a paper in the same issue.
Letters to the Editor: a comment on a paper that has appeared recently in the Annals; generally ~750 words; no abstract.
Book Reviews: generally invited; usually ~1500 words or less.
Contact details for submission
Authors with special issues and concerns should contact the Editorial office. Authors are encouraged to include the name, address, phone/fax, and e-mail address of from one to three individuals they feel would provide an expert and careful review.
The Annals also publishes regular contributions from the American College of Epidemiology. Persons interested in contributing such materials—usually news and events of interest to epidemiologists—should contact the Editorial Office or the College directly.
All editorial questions and correspondence should be addressed to:
Annals of Epidemiology,
C/O Patrick Sullivan & Cory Woodyatt
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
U1518 Clifton Road NE, 4th Floor
Atlanta. GA 30322
Editorial office's e-mail address: annals.of.epidemiology@emory.edu
Submission checklist
You can use this list to carry out a final check of your submission before you send it to the journal for review. Please check the relevant section in this Guide for Authors for more details.
Ensure that the following items are present:
One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact details:
• E-mail address
• Full postal address
All necessary files have been uploaded:
Manuscript:
• Include keywords
• All figures (include relevant captions)
• All tables (including titles, description, footnotes)
• Ensure all figure and table citations in the text match the files provided
• Indicate clearly if color should be used for any figures in print
Graphical Abstracts / Highlights files (where applicable)
Supplemental files (where applicable)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been 'spell checked' and 'grammar checked'
• All references mentioned in the Reference List are cited in the text, and vice versa
• Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including the Internet)
• A competing interests statement is provided, even if the authors have no competing interests to declare
• Journal policies detailed in this guide have been reviewed
• Referee suggestions and contact details provided, based on journal requirements
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