N- SCH ARCHIEV Authore Guidelines

8/17/2019 N- SCH ARCHIEV Authore Guidelines

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Authorship should incorporate and should be restricted to those who have contributed

substantially to the work in one or more of the following categories:

• Conceived of or designed study

• Performed research

• Analyzed data

• Contributed new methods or models

• Wrote the paper

Naunyn!chmiedeberg"s Archives of Pharmacology will consider manuscripts in all #elds

of pharmacology for publication as full papers or $apid communications% &he publication

must make a signi#cant contribution to pharmacological knowledge% &he proceedings of

meetings of the 'eutsche (esellschaft f)r e*perimentelle und klinische Pharmakologie

und &o*ikologie are published separately as supplements%

&he +ournal publishes invited reviews, original articles and short communications%

When submitting a contribution that is part of a !pecial -ssue please include the

following footnote on the title page of your submission:

.&his article is published as part of the !pecial issue on /title of !pecial -ssue0%.

Editorial procedure

&he 1anaging 2ditor assigns each manuscript to one of the editors or to a guest editor%

&he editor selects the referees, corresponds with the authors and makes the #nal

decision as to whether the manuscript is accepted% $apid communications are generally

edited by the 1anaging 2ditor in order to keep the publication delay to a minimum%

When a manuscript is returned for revision, it should be resubmitted within four months3

otherwise it may be regarded as a new manuscript% When a revised manuscript is

submitted, the original version should also be returned% &o avoid unnecessary delays, manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with

+ournal re4uirements%

Manuscript Submission

Manuscript Submission

!ubmission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published

before3 that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else3 that its

publication has been approved by all coauthors, if any, as well as by the responsible

authorities 5 tacitly or e*plicitly 5 at the institute where the work has been carried out%

&he publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for

compensation%

Permissions

Authors wishing to include #gures, tables, or te*t passages that have already been

published elsewhere are re4uired to obtain permission from the copyright owner6s7 for

both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been


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granted when submitting their papers% Any material received without such evidence will

be assumed to originate from the authors%

Online Submission

Please follow the hyperlink 8!ubmit online9 on the right and upload all of your

manuscript #les following the instructions given on the screen%

Title page

Title Page

&he title page should include:

• &he name6s7 of the author6s7

• A concise and informative title

• &he aliation6s7 and address6es7 of the author6s7

• &he email address, telephone and fa* numbers of the corresponding

author

Abstract

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Headings

Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings%

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be de#ned at #rst mention and used consistently thereafter%

Footnotes

Gootnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of

a reference included in the reference list% &hey should not consist solely of a reference

citation, and they should never include the bibliographic details of a reference% &hey

should also not contain any #gures or tables%

Gootnotes to the te*t are numbered consecutively3 those to tables should be indicated

by superscript lowercase letters 6or asterisks for signi#cance values and other

statistical data7% Gootnotes to the title or the authors of the article are not given

reference symbols%

Always use footnotes instead of endnotes%

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc% should be placed in a separate section

on the title page% &he names of funding organizations should be written in full%

Specific remarks

• -ntroduction

&he -ntroduction should state the purpose of the investigation and give a short

review of the pertinent research%

• 1ethods

&he methods section should follow the -ntroduction and should provide

enough information to ensure the reproducibility of the e*perimental work%

&his includes that the full chemical name must be given for all compounds

identi#ed by code name only% !imilarly, the se4uence of primers used in

molecular biology e*periments etc% should be reported%

• $esults

&he $esults section should describe the outcome of the study% 'ata should be

presented as concisely as possible, if appropriate in the form of tables or#gures, although very large tables should be avoided% -n short papers, there

may sometimes be advantages in combining the $esults section and the

'iscussion 6$esults and discussion7%

• 'iscussion

&he 'iscussion should be an interpretation of the results and their signi#cance

with reference to work by other authors%

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• $apid communications

1anuscripts submitted as $apid communications should be brief and contain

complete series of e*periments with results of unusual interest% A $apid

communication should normally not e*ceed >5H printed pages, including not

more than two displayed items 6#gures, tables7% &he review process is

accelerated% Inly minor revision is normally allowed% Papers appear in the

ne*t available issue after acceptance% Authors are asked to e*plain in the

letter that accompanies the manuscript why the data merit publication in this

form% &he editors reserve the right to decide whether a manuscript is suitable

to be published as a $apid communication%

Scientific style

• Please always use internationally accepted signs and symbols for units 6!-

units7%

• Nomenclature: -nsofar as possible, authors should use systematic names

similar to those used by Chemical Abstract !ervice or -PAC%

1anuscripts submitted to the +ournal are e*pected to adhere to internationally accepted

nomenclature

• for receptors:

• www%guidetopharmacology%org

• and enzymes:

• -nternational nion of Fiochemistry and 1olecular Fiology

References

itation

Cite references in the te*t by name and year in parentheses% !ome e*amples:

• Negotiation research spans many disciplines 6&hompson ;JJ=7%

• &his result was later contradicted by Fecker and !eligman 6;JJ@7%

• &his eKect has been widely studied 6Abbott ;JJ;3 Farakat et al% ;JJ===7%

!e"erence list

&he list of references should only include works that are cited in the te*t and that havebeen published or accepted for publication% Personal communications and unpublished

works should only be mentioned in the te*t% 'o not use footnotes or endnotes as a

substitute for a reference list%

$eference list entries should be alphabetized by the last names of the #rst author of

each work% Irder multiauthor publications of the same #rst author alphabetically with

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respect to second, third, etc% author% Publications of e*actly the same author6s7 must be

ordered chronologically%

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• &ables should always be cited in te*t in consecutive numerical order%

• Gor each table, please supply a table caption 6title7 e*plaining the

components of the table%

• -dentify any previously published material by giving the original source in

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6or asterisks for signi#cance values and other statistical data7 and

included beneath the table body%

Artwork and Illustrations Guidelines

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• Name your #gure #les with .Gig. and the #gure number, e%g%, Gig;%eps%

&ine Art

• 'e#nition: Flack and white graphic with no shading%


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• 'o not use faint lines andor lettering and check that all lines and

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• Oalftones should have a minimum resolution of H== dpi%

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• 'e#nition: a combination of halftone and line art, e%g%, halftones

containing line drawing, e*tensive lettering, color diagrams, etc%

• Combination artwork should have a minimum resolution of @== dpi%

olor Art

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Figure &ettering

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usually about >5H mm 6E5;> pt7%

• Qariance of type size within an illustration should be minimal, e%g%, do not

use Ept type on an a*is and >=pt type for the a*is label%

• Avoid eKects such as shading, outline letters, etc%

• 'o not include titles or captions within your illustrations%

Figure 'umbering


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• All #gures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals%

• Gigures should always be cited in te*t in consecutive numerical order%

• Gigure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters 6a, b, c, etc%7%

• -f an appendi* appears in your article and it contains one or more #gures,

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appendi* #gures,

.A;, A>, AH, etc%. Gigures in online appendices 62lectronic !upplementary

1aterial7 should, however, be numbered separately%

Figure aptions

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Figure Placement and Si(e

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achieved by following the rules of good scienti#c practice, which include:

• &he manuscript has not been submitted to more than one +ournal for

simultaneous consideration%

• &he manuscript has not been published previously 6partly or in full7,

unless the new work concerns an e*pansion of previous work 6please

provide transparency on the reuse of material to avoid the hint of te*t

recycling 68selfplagiarism977%

• A single study is not split up into several parts to increase the 4uantity of

submissions and submitted to various +ournals or to one +ournal over time

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must be given 6this includes material that is closely copied 6near

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as from the responsible authorities tacitly or e*plicitly at the

instituteorganization where the work has been carried out, before the

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suciently to the scienti#c work and therefore share collective

responsibility and accountability for the results%

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• Changes of authorship or in the order of authors are not

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newdeleted author% -n case of changes at revision stage, a letter must

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article or in severe cases complete retraction of the article will occur% &he

reason must be given in the published erratum or retraction note%

• &he author"s institution may be informed%

#ompliance wit! Et!ical Standards

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statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals%

Authors should include the following statements 6if applicable7 in a separate section

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• 'isclosure of potential conSicts of interest

• $esearch involving Ouman Participants andor Animals

• -nformed consent

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mentioned guidelines% &he author will be held responsible for false statements or failure

to ful#ll the abovementioned guidelines%

Disclosure of potential conflicts of interestAuthors must disclose all relationships or interests that could have direct or potential

inSuence or impart bias on the work% Although an author may not feel there is any

conSict, disclosure of relationships and interests provides a more complete and

transparent process, leading to an accurate and ob+ective assessment of the work%

Awareness of a real or perceived conSicts of interest is a perspective to which the

readers are entitled% &his is not meant to imply that a #nancial relationship with an

organization that sponsored the research or compensation received for consultancy

work is inappropriate% 2*amples of potential conSicts of interests that are directly or

indirectly related to the research may include but are not limited to the following:

•$esearch grants from funding agencies 6please give the research funderand the grant number7

• Oonoraria for speaking at symposia

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• Ginancial support for educational programs

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• Position on advisory board or board of directors or other type of

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Ginancial relationships, for e*ample e4uity ownership or investmentinterest

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authors% 2*amples of forms can be found

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in the potential conSict of interest disclosure form6s7%!ee below e*amples of disclosures:

Funding: &his study was funded by D 6grant number D7%

Conict of Interest: Author A has received research grants from Company A% Author F

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Author C is a member of committee U%

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Researc! inoling !uman participants and$or animals

./ Statement o" +uman rig+tsWhen reporting studies that involve human participants, authors should include a

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national research ethics committee and have been performed in accordance with the

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-f doubt e*ists whether the research was conducted in accordance with the ;J@?

Oelsinki 'eclaration or comparable standards, the authors must e*plain the reasons for

their approach, and demonstrate that the independent ethics committee or institutional

review board e*plicitly approved the doubtful aspects of the study%

&he following statements should be included in the te*t before the $eferences section:

Ethical approval: 8All procedures performed in studies involving human participants

were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional andor national

research committee and with the ;J@? Oelsinki declaration and its later amendments or

comparable ethical standards%9

Gor retrospective studies, please add the following sentence:

8Gor this type of study formal consent is not re4uired%9

0/ Statement on t+e wel"are o" animals

&he welfare of animals used for research must be respected% When reporting

e*periments on animals, authors should indicate whether the international, national,

andor institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals have been followed, andthat the studies have been approved by a research ethics committee at the institution

or practice at which the studies were conducted 6where such a committee e*ists7%

Gor studies with animals, the following statement should be included in in the te*t

before the $eferences section:

Ethical approval: 8All applicable international, national, andor institutional guidelines

for the care and use of animals were followed%9

-f applicable 6where such a committee e*ists7: 8All procedures performed in studies

involving animals were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution or

practice at which the studies were conducted%9

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authors, please select one of the following statements:

8&his article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of

the authors%9

8&his article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the

authors%9

8&his article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed

by any of the authors%9

Studies wit! %atural &roducts $ &lant Extracts

&here are speci#c guidelines for studies involving investigations on the pharmacology of natural products, details of which can be found in Naunyn!chmiedebergVs Arch

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their informed consent in writing prior to inclusion in the study% -dentifying details

6names, dates of birth, identity numbers and other information7 of the participants that

were studied should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, and genetic

pro#les unless the information is essential for scienti#c purposes and the participant 6or

parent or guardian if the participant is incapable7 gave written informed consent for

publication% Complete anonymity is dicult to achieve in some cases, and informed

consent should be obtained if there is any doubt% Gor e*ample, masking the eye region

in photographs of participants is inade4uate protection of anonymity% -f identifying

characteristics are altered to protect anonymity, such as in genetic pro#les, authors

should provide assurance that alterations do not distort scienti#c meaning%

&he following statement should be included:

Informed consent: 8-nformed consent was obtained from all individual participants

included in the study%9

-f identifying information about participants is available in the article, the following

statement should be included:

8Additional informed consent was obtained from all individual participants for whom

identifying information is included in this article%9

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