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guidelines are in accordance with the Uniform Requirements
for Manuscript Submitted to Biochemi- cal Journals (December
2018; http://www.icmje.org).
Complete information for authors can be found on our
Web site http://www.onk.ns.ac.rs/archive/InstructionsForAuthors.pdf.
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AIMS
AND SCOPE
Archive of Oncology is comprehensive open-access oncology
journal that publish articles in the fields of clinical
and experimental oncology, cancer epidemiolo- gy, prevention,
social and ethical aspects of cancer in English language.
Archive of Oncology publishes reviews on topics in oncology
and considers original research contributions that advocate
change in or illuminate oncological clin- ical practice.
The journal publishes manuscripts from all aspects of
medical, surgical, radiation and experi- mental oncology,
and covers topics on the mechanism, cause, and treatment
of cancer including environmen- tal and genetic risk
factors and cellular and molecular carcinogenesis.
The editorial board adheres to the principles of Good
Scientific Practice related to the publishing policy.
Au- thors are kindly asked to read the following information
in advance of manuscript preparation and submission.
Manuscripts that are not written according to this in-
formation will be sent back to authors in order to make
corrections before sending them to reviewers. |
EDITORIAL
POLICY
The journal publishes editorials, research articles,
review articles, clinically relevant studies, special
ar- ticles, case reports, imaging in oncology, letters
to the editor, commentary, and book reviews. All submitted
manuscripts will be reviewed by at least two reviewers
and, when necessary, a statistician. Authors will be
notified of acceptance, rejection, or need for revision
within 4-6 weeks after submission. |
SUBMISSION
OF MANUSCRIPTS
Articles should be written according to the unique rules
for manuscripts published in biomedical journals, published
by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
(Vancouver style) in www.icmje.org. Separate files should
be prepared for text, figures and tables.
The preferred file format for text (manuscript) is Word
(.doc or .docx). Text should be prepared in English
lan- guage, double-spaced, with 12-pt font, preferably
in Arial or Times New Roman, as single-column, single
sided, and with 25 mm margins. Allowed formating of
the text is for: CAPS, italic, bold, and bullets and
num- bering, only. Number the pages of the manuscript
suc- cessively, beginning with the title page as page
1. Ac- ceptable formats for pictures, photographs and
figures are .jpg and .tif.
Graphics prepared in Excell can be exported to PDF,
but at min 600 dpi resolution and font size 8-pt. Scanned
photographs must be at min 300 dpi resolu- tion, horizontal
base 20 cm and font size 8-pt.
TITLE PAGE. The title page should include a concise
but informative title, the authors' full names, the
de- partment/institution and each author's address with
the symbol to link authors and their addresses. Also,
the title page must include name, address and e-mail
of the author to whom correspondence should be ad- dressed,
details of source of support in the form of grant, equipment
and drugs, word counts for summary and text without
summary, and total number of figures and tables.
SUMMARY. Summary starts on the
second page. Original articles must contain a structured
summa- ry of up to 300 words, titled Background, Methods,
Results, and Conclusion. Structured summaries are not
required in review articles and case reports. KEY WORDS.
Include 3 to 6 key words below the abstract, taken from
the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
CONFLICT OF INTEREST. Declaration on Competing
Interests must be stated during electronic submisson
of manuscript. Declaration of Competing Interest Form
can be downloaded from the website (http://www.onk.
ns.ac.rs/archive/Declaration.pdf). |
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PROTECTION
OF RESEARCH HUMAN AND ANIMAL SUBJECTS
When reporting experiments on human subjects, indicate
whether the procedures applied were in ac- cordance
with the ethical standards of the responsi- ble committee
on human experimentation (institutional or regional)
or with the Helsinki Declaration (2013) of the World
Medical Association. Do not use patients' names, initials,
or hospital numbers, especially in any illustrative
material. When reporting experiments on an- imals, indicate
whether the institution's or the National Research Council's
guide for, or any national law on the care and use of
laboratory animals was followed. |
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ARTICLE
TYPES |
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RESEARCH
ARTICLES.
Research articles are scien- tific reports of the results
of original clinical or experimental research. The text
is limited to 3,000 words, with structured abstract
up to 300 words, maximum of 5 tables and figures (total),
and up to 50 references. CLINICAL TRIALS. All randomized
controlled trials submitted for publication in the Archive
of Oncology should include a completed Consolidated
Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) flow chart.
Please refer to the CONSORT statement website at: http://www.consort-statement.org/
for for more information.
Clinical trials should be registered in accordance with
the criteria outlined by the International Committee
of Medical Journal Editors. (http://www.icmje.org).
META-ANALYSES. Meta-analyses are reviews of randomized
trials. Authors are encouraged to submit QUOROM Statement
(Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses) which con-sists
of a checklist and flow diagram) or the MOOSE (Meta-analysis
of Observa- tional Studies in Epidemiology). See: http://www.consort-statement.org.
REVIEW ARTICLES. The editor generally solicits
reviews. These manuscripts summarize the state-of-the-
art in a particular field. They should contain no more
than 4,000 words, up to 75 references, maximum of 5
tables and figures (total), and a non-structured abstract
of up to 300 words.
CASE REPORTS. These articles should contain no
more than 2,000 words, excluding the references (up
to 25), a non-structured abstract of up to 200 words,
and up to 3 figures. There should be no more than five
authors. A written consent for publication must be ob-
tained from the patient.
EDITORIALS. Editorials may express opinions on
any subject relevant to the journal's aims and scope,
or may comment the significance of articles in the same
issue of the journal. The editors usually commission
editorials, but we are happy to consider unsolicited
submissions also. Editorials should contain about 1,200
words but its length may be negotiated at the time of
invitation, and up to 15 references. An abstract is
not required.
SPECIAL ARTICLE. Articles on clinical oncology,
ex- perimental oncology, cancer epidemiology and preven-
tion, and social and ethical aspects of cancer. Recom-
mended: an unstructured abstract of 200 words, and no
more than 3,000 words of the article itself.
IMAGING IN ONCOLOGY are classic images of common
medical conditions. Visual images are important part
of much of what we do and learn in medicine. This feature
is intended to capture the sense of visual discovery
and variety that physicians experience. Imaging in clinical
oncology are not intended as a vehicle for case reports.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Letters are welcome and
will be published if appropriate. They should be no
lon ger than 500 words and a maximum of 10 references
and 1 figure or table.
COMMENTARY. These manuscripts describe an important
topic in oncology which is not linked to a specific
article. Recommended lenght: up to 2,000 words and 1
table or figure, and no more than 25 references.
BOOK REVIEWS. Book reviews are solicited by the
book review editor. Unsolicited book reviews are wel-
come and may contain up to 500 words.
SUPPLEMENTS / PROCEEDINGS OF SYMPOSIA. Papers
from meetings can be published as an extended supplement
to the journal, providing for the full expens es of
such supplements. Supplements are accepted for publication
on the discretion of the Editor-in-Chief if they are
to adhere to editorial policy and acceptance standards,
and be subject to peer review.
ERRATA
Any substantial error in a published paper will be corrected
as soon as possible. |
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JOURNAL
STYLE |
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TABLES.
Each table with a brief title should be typed double-spaced
on a separate sheet of paper at the end of your file.
Number tables consecutively (with Arabic numerals) in
the order of their first citation in the text. Give
each column a short or abbreviated heading. Place explanations
in legends of all nonstandard abbre- viations used in
the table (up to 40 words).
For units and measurements see the paragraph be- low.
Do not use internal horizontal and vertical rules. Always
separate the individual columns using tabula- tors,
not a space bar, i.e. tables must be in text format.
FIGURES. Line drawings, diagrams and halftone
il- lustrations (photographs, photomicrographs, etc.)
should be designated as figures. They should also be
listed on a separate sheet and numbered consecutively
with Arabic numerals according to the order in which
they have been first cited in the text.
Photomicrographs must have internal scale markers, and
symbols, arrows or letters should contrast with the
background. Photographs of patients must conceal their
identity unless patients' written consent for pub lishing
the photograph is obtained. If you borrow or use already
published photographs, please submit a written permission
for reproduction. Permission is not required for the
documents in the public domain.
Captions and detailed explanations of the figures should
be given in the legends. If symbols, arrows, numbers,
or letters are used to identify parts of the fig- ure,
identify and explain each one clearly in the legend.
Submit the text and tables of each manuscript as a sin-
gle file, but place all figures, charts etc., in separate
files. Allowed graphic formats are EPS, JPG, and TIF.
Graphics prepared in Excell can be exported to PDF,
but at min 600 dpi resolution and font size 8-pt. Scanned
photographs must be at min 300 dpi resolution, hori-
zontal base 20 cm and font size 8-pt.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Acknowledgments should precede
the reference list, specifying general support
(Grant name and number, and funding institution), ac-
knowledgements of technical help and of financial and
material support.
PERMISSIONS. The author must obtain a permission
to reproduce figures, tables, and the text of the previ-
ously published material, even if that is the author's
own work. A written permission must be obtained from
the original copyright holder (generally the publisher,
not the author or editor) of the journal or book con-
cerned. An appropriate credit should be included in
the reference list. A written permission must be obtained
from the author of any unpublished material cited from
other institutions and should accompany the manu- script
as supplementary material.
FOOTNOTES. Footnotes to the title page and the
text are to be designated consecutively with superscript
Ar- abic numerals.
ADDENDA. Data acquired after acceptance of the
pa- per, by the authors themselves or by others, cannot
be added to the text. An addendum may be included at
the proof stage as a "note added in proof",
preceding the reference section. However, such addenda
are subject to approval by the Editor-in-Chief and could
result by delay of publication. Addenda should be kept
extremely brief.
UNITS OF MEASUREMENT. Authors should use Inter-
national System of units (SI) in text, figures and tables
(http://www.bipm.org/en/measurement-units).
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS. Archive of Oncol-
ogy accepts Standard Journal of Biological Chemistry
Abbreviations. Generally, avoid abbreviations in the
title and summary. In the text, whenever possible, use
stan- dard abbreviations. However, if non-standard abbrevi-
ations are used, the full term of which an abbreviation
stands for should precede its first use in the text.
DRUG NAMES. Use generic names for drugs. Com-
mercial names may be included in parenthesis at first
mention in the text. Complicated drug names or regi-
mens may be abbreviated, with the abbreviation in pa-
renthesis after first mention.
GENE NOMENCLATURE. The Archive of Oncology does
italicize the symbols designating genes, alleles, or
loc. All Human Gene Mapping designations for human genes
should be capitalized.
BIOCHEMICAL NOMENCLATURE. For biochemical no
menclature, authors may consult https://iubmb.qmul.ac.uk/.
MICROARRAY AND PROTEOMIC DATA. The Archive of
Oncology requires that the manuscripts describing microarray
data are prepared to supply peer reviewers with the
data in a format that conforms to the Minimum Information
About a Microarray Gene Experiment (MIAME) guidelines
of the The Functional Genomics Data Society - FGED Society
(FGED) (https://www.fged.org/
home). Authors are also encouraged to deposit the
data with either the GEO (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
projects/geo) or Array Express (http://www.ebi.ac.uk)
public archives.
SEQUENCE INFORMATION. The authors of a manu-
script containing new nucleotide and/or aminoacid se
quences are asked to deposit the sequence information
with the GenBank database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.
gov/Genbank/submit.html), or to either the
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) database
(http://www.ebi.ac.uk/embl/Submission),
or the DNA Databank of Japan (https://www.ddbj.nig.
ac.jp/index-e.html).
GUIDELINES FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH. Research with
embryonic stem cells should adhere to the National Academies'
Guidelines for Hu- man Embryonic Stem Cell Research,
as published in the National Academies Press.
TUMORS. Authors are advised to use the TNM stag-
ing system approved by the International Union Against
Cancer and the American Joint Committee on Cancer.
STATISTICAL GUIDELINES. The methods of statistical
analysis describe sufficient details on the analyses
car- ried out to enable reader to reproduce the analysis
if the data were available. Authors should identify
and cite all computer programs or statistical packages
used in the analysis, and measures of precision and
uncertainty for all statistical estimates. The word
"significant" should be used only for statistically
significant results. A p-value or confidence interval
(CI) or other measures should be cited in the text for
any statistically significant finding reported. Outcome
variables should be given as estimates, with 95% confidence
intervals rather than standard deviations or standard
errors.
The statistical analysis may be performed using the
regression analysis, adjust/trends, and explanations
for insufficient data. For clinical trials, it is necessary
to re- port: important study dates, sample size, interim
analy- ses, compliance to treatments, patient accounting,
and characteristics, follow-up, toxicity, and negative
studies. See:
Bailar JC III, Mosteller F. Guidelines for statistical
re- porting in articles for medical journals. Amplifications
and explanations. Ann Interna Med. 1988;108:266-73.
Altman DG. Statistic in medical journals: some recent
trends. Statistic Med. 2000;19:3275-89.
Moher D, Schultz KF, Altman DF, CONSORT Group. The CONSORT
statement: revised recommendations for improving the
quality of reports of parallel-group randomized trials.
Clin Oral Investig. 2003;7:2-7.
Cummings P, Rivara FP. Reporting Statistical Informa-
tion in Medical Journal Articles Arch Pediatr Adolesc
Med. 2003;157:321-4 (http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/ cgi/con-tent/full/157/4/321).
Hadživuković S. Statistika. 3rd ed. Beograd: Privredni
pregled; 1989.
REFERENCES. Archive of Oncology reference style
follows the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted
to Biomedical Journals (http://www.icmje.org).
Authors are responsible for accuracy of the literature
data. References should be listed in a separate section
immediately following the text. Only references import-
ant for the study should be cited. Number references
in the order of their first mention in the text. Cite
only the number assigned to the reference, not the author.
Journal article
The first 6 authors are listed; thereafter add et al.
Examples:
Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ trans- plantation
in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 25;347(4):284-7.
Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM,
Schiding JK, et al. Regulation of interstitial excit-
atory amino acid concentrations after cortical contu-
sion injury. Brain Res. 2002 Jul 2025;935(1-2):40-6.
Awua AK, Wiredu EK, Afari EA, Tijani AS, Djanmah G,
Adanu RMK. A tailored within-community specimen collection
strategy increased uptake of cervical cancer screening
in a cross-sectional study in Ghana. BMC Public Health
[Internet]. 2018 Dec [cited 2023 Aug 5];18(1):80. doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4631-y
If a cited journal carries continuous pagination throughout
a volume the month and issue number may be omitted:
Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-or- gan transplantation
in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002;347:284-7.
Addition of a database's unique identifier for the ci-
tation: Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ
transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med.
2002 Jul 25;347(4):284-7. PubMed PMID: 12140307.
The DOI should be cited in a reference as follows: Zhang
M, Holman CD, Price SD, Sanfilippo FM, Preen DB, Bulsara
MK. Comorbidity and repeat admission to hospital for
adverse drug reactions in older adults: ret- rospective
cohort study. BMJ. 2009 Jan 7;338:a2752. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a2752.
Books and chapter citations
Personal author(s)
Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical
microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002. Editor(s),
compiler(s) as author
Gilstrap LC 3rd, Cunningham FG, VanDorsten JP, editors.
Operative obstetrics. 2nd ed. New York: Mc- Graw-Hill;
2002.
Author(s) and editor(s)
Breedlove GK, Schorfheide AM. Adolescent pregnan- cy.
2nd ed. Wieczorek RR, editor. White Plains (NY): March
of Dimes Education Services; 2001.
Chapter in a book
Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations
in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW,
editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York:
McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 93-113.
MSc and PhD Theses:
Huang W. Illness perception and lymphedema risk management
behavior among breast Cancer survivors. Sun Yat-Sen
University, Guangzhou [MSc Thesis]. 2018. Huang W. Illness
perception and lymphedema risk management behavior among
breast Cancer survivors. Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou
[PhD Thesis]. 2018.
References to information on the Internet
If the authors feel that such information would be valu-
able to the readers, the URL should be cited in a footnote.
Articles in journals:
Shelby JS, Gavin LJ. Overview of pulmonary resec- tion.
UpToDate [Internet]. 2018 (updated 2018 March 16; cited
2018 December 15).
Available from: https://www.uptodate.com/contents/ overview-of-pulmonary-resection
Notice: Only first words of the article title and words
that normally begin with a capital letter are capitalized.
In press / Forthcoming
Tian D, Araki H, Stahl E, Bergelson J, Kreitman M. Signature
of balancing selection in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad
Sci U S A. In press / Forthcoming 2002.
Unpublished material
Papers in preparation or submitted for publication,
un- published data, and personal communications should
be cited in a footnote, not in the reference section.
The names of all authors should be given, along with
manuscript titles if possible. Permission must be obtained
from persons cited in a personal communication. |
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DIGITAL
OBJECT IDENTIFIER
The Archive of Oncology assigns a unique digital ob-
ject identifier (DOI) to every article it publishes.
The DOI initiative is an international effort for electronic
content identification and is guided by the International
DOI Foundation, composed primarily of academic publish-
ers and societies. The DOI appears on the title page
of the article. |
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ELECTRONIC
SUBMISSION SYSTEM
Manuscripts should be submitted via Journal's electronic
submission system Journal's
electronic submission system. You will have to register
first. Please note that instructions and help are available
at every step of the process.
Here are some hints:
1. Submit text of the manuscript as New submission
2. Upload text file of the manuscript (Step 2. Upload
Submissions)
3. Enter information about all Authors, Title, Summary,
Acknowledgments, Supporting Agencies (if available)
and References as metadata (Step 3. Enter Metadata)
4. Upload Tables and Figures as separate files (Step
4. Supplementary material) |
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COPYEDITING
After acceptance and copyediting of the manuscript Authors
will be asked to check for errors and sugest corrections
of copyedited text. Comments and corrections should
be submitted via Journal's
electronic submission system or Journal's e-mail
address (archive@onk.ns.ac.rs).
Instructions and help are available at copyediting level.
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PROOFREADING
Proof corrections should be returned within 48 hours
of proof receipt via Journal's
electronic submission system or Journal's e-mail
(archive@onk.ns.ac.rs).
Corrections should be restricted to typewriting errors
as any substantial changes may be charged to the authors.
Instructions and help are available at proofreading
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