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Volume 106 Number 2
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Requirements for Manuscripts
ALL CAPITALS or with the “Caps Lock” on. Do not
underline headings. Headings should be justified to the
left-hand margin, not centered.
• Use of Italic or Bold. Use
italic
sparingly (in the text
only) for emphasis.
• Units. Always insert a space between a number and a
unit; e.g., 5 mm.
• Quotes. Please use “double” quotation marks. Use
‘single’ quotation marks for quotes within quotes.
• Footnotes. You may use the Footnote or Endnote com-
mand in software programs for pdf or .doc document
writing. This automatically creates consecutively num-
bered superscripts (1,2,3…) and places the reference text
in a footer at bottom of page (Footnote function) or at
end of text (Endnote function). Alternatively, in your MS
you can manually type footnote numbers in parentheses
( ) and use NO superscripts, then write the reference text
at the end of the article
, indicating the footnote number.
MAKE A CHOICE; do not use both superscripts and pa-
rentheses.
• Charts, Tables, Illustrations. All graphics are to be sent
in 2 ways: 1st ‒ placed as desired within the article; 2nd
‒ sent as individual, separate files. For example, if you
have 8 charts, you will send 10 files: one containing the
article and all the charts placed properly in the text, one
containing only the text, and 8 other files containing one
chart each. This allows the publisher to work with the
charts on the page.
All graphics must be sent as pdf, .doc or Tiff files – NOT
ppt or jpeg.
Be sure that each table or illustration is cited in the text.
Explain in footnotes all nonstandard abbreviations that
are used in each table.
• If you use data from another published or unpublished
source, acknowledge the original source and submit
written permission from the copyright holder to repro-
duce the material. Permission is required irrespective of
authorship or publisher except for documents in the pub-
lic domain. If photographs of people are used, either the
subjects must not be identifiable or their pictures must
be accompanied by written permission to use the pho-
tograph (
see
Protection of Patients’ Rights to Privacy).
•
Send by email. Include the author’s name(s), address,
and email address within the body of the text. Manuscripts
must be accompanied by a covering letter signed by all
coauthors. This must include 1) information on prior or
duplicate publication or submission elsewhere of any part
of the work as defined earlier in this document; 2) a state-
ment of financial or other relationships that might lead to
a conflict of interest; 3) a statement that the manuscript
has been read and approved by all the authors, that the
requirements for authorship as stated earlier in this docu-
ment have been met, and that each author believes that
the manuscript represents honest work. The manuscript
must be accompanied by copies of any permissions to re-
produce published material, to use illustrations or report
information about identifiable people, or to name people
for their contributions.
Copyright Transfer
All accepted articles are copyright and become the perma-
nent property of theAmerican Institute of Homeopathy. The
author maintains co-copyright status, should s/he intend the
article to be part of a future publication.
Title Page
The title page should carry 1) the title of the article, which
should be concise but informative; 2) the name bywhich each
author is known, with his or her highest academic degree(s)
and institutional affiliation; 3) the name of the department(s)
and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed; 4)
disclaimers, if any; 5) the name and address of the author
responsible for correspondence about the manuscript; 6)
source(s) of support in the form of grants, equipment, drugs,
or all of these; and 7) a short running head or footline of no
more than 40 characters.
Authorship
All persons designated as authors should qualify for author-
ship, and all those who qualify should be listed. Each author
should have participated sufficiently in the work to take
public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content.
One or more authors should take responsibility for the in-
tegrity of the work as a whole, from inception to published
article.
Abstract and Key Words
The second page should carry an abstract of no more than
150 words. The abstract should state the main points of the
article or, if a research study, the purposes of the study or
investigation, basic procedures, main findings, and principal
conclusions. It should emphasize new and important aspects
of the study or observations. Below the abstract authors
should provide, 3 to 6 key words or short phrases that will
assist indexers in cross-indexing the article.
Acknowledgments
List all contributors who do not meet the criteria for author-
ship, such as a person who provided purely technical help,
writing assistance, or a department chair who provided only
general support. Financial and material support should be
acknowledged.
Research Studies.
Arrange both the Abstract and Text in the following se-
quence: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion.
Subheadings may be used within sections to clarify content.
References
References should be numbered consecutively in the order
in which they are first mentioned in the text. Identify ref-
erences in text, tables, and legends by Arabic numerals in