Child's Nervous System
Submission guidelines
Instructions for Authors
Types of papers
The format of the papers published in CNS may vary according to the specific goals of the authors.
Review articles and invited papers
Review papers may be narrative or systematic and are subject to the peer review process. They should offer exhaustive information on a given subject. The Editor will invite experts in the various fields of the neurosciences to publish Invited papers, although unsolicited reviews may also be considered. The Abstract must not be structured and the text may be arranged freely. The contribution should not be signed by more than 7 authors, while the text should not exceed 4000 words. Up to 15 figures or tables and 70 references are allowed. Exceptions at the discretion of the Editor in Chief.
Case-based reviews
Case-based review papers are unsolicited papers and aim at reviewing a specific nosographic entity and its management on the basis of a sample clinical case. They should include structured Abstracts and up to 4 keywords (excluding terms already present in the title). These papers should be organized in sections: Introduction, Historical background, Clinical presentation, Diagnosis, Management, Prognosis and Outcomes, Exemplary case description, Conclusions. They should not be signed by more than 7 authors and not exceed 3000 words; 6-8 illustrations or tables and up to 50 references are permitted.
Annual issue papers
These invited papers are meant to make up the Special Annual Issue that the ISPN dedicate yearly to a specific topic.
Original articles
Original papers report the results of laboratory or clinical studies and they should present original observations. The text should be arranged as follows: structured Abstract (and up to 4 keywords, excluding terms already present in the title), Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. Original articles normally should not exceed 3,000 words, not be signed by more than 8 authors, not include more than 6-8 illustrations and tables, while references should be limited to 50 (exceptions at the discretion of the Editor in Chief) The authors number can exceed 8 in case of multicenter studies.
Raimondi Award papers: Original articles meant at competing for the Raimondi Award should be accompanied by a specific letter to the Editor. They should be accepted for publication at least three months prior to the ISPN Annual Scientific Meeting.
Technical Notes
Technical Notes introduce new surgical modalities or variants of existing techniques. Follow-up and outcome need to be clearly stated. Abstracts do not need to be structured and they should not exceed 1,000 words; 4 illustrations or tables and up to 20 references are permitted.
Letters to the Editor
We encourage Letters to the Editor on matters of general pediatric neurosurgery concern or about articles recently published in our journal. When appropriate, the authors of the original article will be invited to reply.
Letters to the Editor can also be published if they describe original case reports or facts of unusual or rare clinical experience. Case reports in the format of Letters to the editor should comprise a short statement explaining the interest of the case or fact, a concise clinical description and a brief discussion focused on the peculiar features compared to available knowledge.
Letters to the Editor must not include an Abstract, not exceed 800 words, not be signed by more than 5 authors, not include more than 2 illustrations or tables and 5 references. They should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief and may be subject to shortening and editorial revision.
Case Reports
Case reports are accepted only if they illustrate exceptional or extremely rare clinical experiences and should include, whenever possible, a review of the related literature. Abstracts do not need to be structured. Case reports should not be signed by more than 6 authors and not exceed 1,000 words; 4 illustrations or tables and up to 30 references are permitted.
Cover Editorials
Cover Editorials are intended to illustrate a cover of the journal and to report on subjects of particular interest to pediatric neurosurgery or to neurosciences in general.
Editorial procedure
If you have any questions please contact:
Concezio Di Rocco, M.D.
(Editor-in-Chief)
Istituto di Neurochirurgia
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 Rome, Italy
e-mail: cdirocco@rm.unicatt.it
Fax: +39-06-305 13 43
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