Submissions to the BJUI Journal
The Editor of BJUI welcomes original contributions on topics of interest and importance to urologists, whether written by urologists, nephrologists,radiologists, nurses or basic scientists. We are able to offer fast publication and encourage colour reproduction of illustrations wherever appropriate. All histological illustrations should be supplied in colour. To help us to help you and to avoid delay we would be grateful if authors would comply with the following requirements:
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Submit your contribution online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bjui.
Authors will need their entire manuscript in an electronic format, full names and correct email addresses for all authors. Full instructions, and the required user ID and password can be obtained by visiting the site.
Support is provided through the site, by e-mailing support@scholarone.com or telephoning 1 434 817 2040 ext 167.
Editorial correspondence should be sent to The Editor, BJU International, 47 Eccles Street, Dublin 7,Ireland; telephone +353 1 803 2098, fax +353 1 803 4389, e-maileditor.bjuint@mater.ie Authors unable to submit their manuscript online should contact the Editorial Office.
ArticleTypes
Reviews are only commissioned by the editor.
Mini-reviews are usually commissioned but the Editor is happy to consider potential articles from authors who would like to contribute. They will only be acceptable if they are no more than 2500words, with a maximum of 20 references. Please send a brief synopsis of themini review you would like to submit to: editor.bjuint@mater.ie.
Comments submitted should be no longer 1000 words.
Original Articles on clinical and scientific aspects of urology and its associated specialities should be no more than 4,000 words (word count excludes figures, tables, references and abstract) with no limit on references and include the following:
a A summary,sub-divided into: Objective, which must start with ‘To . . .’ and be followed by simple statement of the objectives, with no discursive material, subjects/patients(or materials) and methods, results and conclusion.
b A list of 3–6 keywords
c Text, sub-divided into: introduction subjects/patients (or materials) and methods results discussion acknowledgements references
d Legends to illustrations
e Tables and their legends Please ensure that any Tables and Figures are cited in the text.
Letters Questions or comments concerning published papers may be sent to the Editor who will refer them to the authors. The readers’ comments and authors’ replies may subsequently be published together.Please submit letters online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bjui
Surgery Illustrated
Submissions to Focus on Details are welcome. This second part of “Surgery Illustrated” intends to highlight one surgical step with one or two figures and a brief description. Articles must not be related to a surgical procedure previously published in the “Surgical Atlas”. Let us know if you have any questions in this regard. Manuscripts highlighting one step of a surgical procedure (e.g. specific instrument or surgical trick) should be no more than two or three pages and contain a maximum of two illustrations. Material for the illustrator:
• Good quality drawings, and/or photos, labelled and defined. The text should be structured as follows:
• Short introductory paragraph describing the problem
• Description of technique as legends to figures
• Summary,including benefits over standard surgical step, shortcomings, possible complications and troubleshooting.
If accepted for publication, all illustrations will be redone to conform with the formatand appearance of Surgery Illustrated. Submissions to Focus on Details should be directed to: Joachim W. Thüroff, Associate Editor, BJU International,Department of Urology, Johannes Gutenberg University Hospitals, Langenbeckstrasse1, 55131 Mainz, Germany; telephone +49 6131 172311, fax +49 6131 1747 2311,e-mail: surgeryillustrated@urologie.klinik.uni-mainz.de
Video Submission Videos can be submitted with a manuscript online, but it must also be sent under a separate cover to the editorial office by emailing it to: editor.bjuint@mater.ie with the corresponding manuscript number. It is recommended that you submit two videos, a long and a short version. The short version should be no more than 2 minutes long focussing on the main procedure, if surgery related. If an article includes video, the upper right corner of the title page of the manuscript must be marked “Video ispart of ms.” Formats/File Types: We will accept digital files in MPG4, MP4,MOV, and WMV Formats or videos on cd/dvd sent by post to: Gavin SharrockBJUI Publisher, Wiley Blackwell 9600 Garsington Road Oxford, OX4 2DQ England. Please upload as a “Supplementary File” on Manuscript Central. Combined files of a manuscript, including video, tables, pictures and text must not exceed 100MB.
Content:Contributors are asked to be succinct, and the Editors reserve the right to require shorter video duration. Legends for the video segments should be placed at the end of the article. The video should be high quality (both in content and visibility). The video should make a specific point; particularly, it should demonstrate the features described in the text of the manuscript. In addition,the content of the video sequence should directly follow the content of the video legend. The content of the video should not display overt product advertising. Educational presentations are encouraged.
Patient Consent: The corresponding author must confirm in the Exclusive LicenseForm (ELF) that he or she has received a signed release form from each patient video taped authorizing the offline and/or online distribution of this video material. Videos will not be sent out for review until the signed ELF has been received. Ideally patients should not be identifiable from the video. Publication:The video will be hosted on BJUI.org the same day as the manuscript is published on PubMed. A reference link to the video will be provided. TheEditors reserve the right to request additional video editing by the authors(which may delay publication) and to edit video submissions prior to posting and/or distribution, including the insertion of a voice over by the Editor.
Points of Technique and Case Reports are no longer accepted for publication in the journal. However, please note that Case Reports can be submitted for publication on the BJUI website http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bjui-web. Points of Technique submitted will be returned immediately to the sender. All submissions on bjui.org will receive a doi number for citation purposes BUTcurrently there is not a facility to search for bjui.org submissions on PubMed.
Format
All manuscripts should start with a title page detailing: (1) the title of the article, (2) initials and names of each author, and (3) the name(s) of their institution(s). Correspondence during submission will be with the submitting author. All authors should be listed with their institutions on the title pageof the manuscript. A correct email address for all authors is essential.
covering letter should be included with the submission and should confirmthat the paper has not been submitted elsewhere.
Abstracts All abstracts should appear in bullet point format. With the following headings "Objectives" 2 bullet points, "Patients and Methods" Max 4 bullet points, "Results" max 5 bullet points and "Conclusion" 3 bullet points.
References These should conform to the Vancouver style. The references in the text should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they appear and indicated by Arabic numerals in parentheses, e.g. [1]. If there are six or fewer authors, all should be listed. If there are more than six, then the first three should be listed followed by et al. Number of references for manuscripts: Original Articles - unlimited; Review Articles - >120; Mini Review <20; Comment <15. Examples are given below.
1 Hall SA,Link CL, Hu JC, Eggers PW, McKinlay JB. Drug treatment of urological symptoms: estimating the magnitude of unmet need in a community-based sample. BJU Int.2009 104(11):1680-8.
2 Wright FS,Howards SS. Obstructive injury. In Bremner BM, Rector FC eds, The Kidney,2nd edn, Vol.II. Chapt 38. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1981: 2009–44.
We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager forreference management and formatting. EndNote reference styles can be searched for here: http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp Reference Manager reference styles can be searched for here: http://www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp
• References to unpublished work, including papers in preparation, should be kept to a minimum and should be mentioned in parentheses in the text as unpublished work,not in the reference list. The names of all contributors to the work should be given.
• Unpublished observations, personal communications and abstracts published only in proceedings of meetings should be quoted within the text of the manuscript, in parentheses. Information from manuscripts submitted but not yet accepted should be cited in the text as unpublished observations.
Illustrations Where possible,please provide high quality digital artwork files (seehttp://authorservices.wiley.com/prep_illust.asp) Magnification should be given with a scale bar or in the legend; magnification values in caption should be correct for enlargement/ reduction of the illustration. Figures or tables reproduced from a published work must have the original source quoted and the permissionof the author and publisher. Colour photographs may be submitted and will bepublished free of charge. Authors wishing any submitted material (e.g.slides) to be returned should clearly identify as such.
Units/Abbreviations Authors should follow the SI system of units (except for blood pressure which will continue to be expressed in mmHg) (Grange, RI. BJU 1996; 78: 961–963). Numbers are written in full to nine; numerals are used from 10 upwards. Authors should limit their use of abbreviations and they should be used consistently throughout the text (see Abbreviations list at the end of each issue).
Forms
Submission. A submission form must be completed and should accompany every paper. This form is available under the ‘Instructions and Forms’ button on Manuscript Central.
Copyright Information. Accepted papers must be licensed for publication in the Journal and an ExclusiveLicence Form (ELF) must accompany every accepted paper. An appropriate ELF will be supplied by the Editorial Office. This form is available under the ‘Instructions and Forms’ button on Manuscript Central.
Conflict of Interest. The Editor requests that authors provide him with a statement of any conflict of interests, using the form specifically designed for this purpose. This form is available under the ‘Instructions and Forms’ button on Manuscript Central. Although the Editor will not reject a paper simply because of a conflict of interest, he will publish a statement of declared interests. In the event of no declared interests, the Editor will publish: ‘Conflict of interests: None declared’.
Peer Review
Papers considered for publication will be submitted by the Editor to one or more expert external advisers. Any statistics included will be analysed by astatistician. Other experts may be invited to comment where appropriate.Similar procedures may be used for other contributions to the Journal. If a manuscript is sent for revision to an author, whether major or minor, the revised manuscript must be returned within two months. If it is not received at the Editorial Office within this time frame, it will be treated as a new submission and sent out for review to different reviewers.
Author Services
Online production tracking is now available for your article through Wiley-Blackwell’sAuthor Services. This service enables authors to track their article – once it has been accepted – through the production process to publication online and inprint. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete e-mail address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.
Proofs The corresponding author will receive an e-mail alert containing a link to a secure web site where the proof can be downloaded as an Acrobat PDF file. A working e-mail address must therefore be provided for the corresponding author. In the absence of the corresponding author, please arrange for a colleague to access the e-mail to retrieve the proofs.Corrections should be returned within 3 days of receipt to the Production Editor. Corrections should be kept to a minimum. Extensive changes may be charged to the author.
Ethics
Institutional Animal care and use committee and procedures. When experimental animals are used, the Materials and Methods section must briefly but explicitly state measures which were taken to minimize pain or discomfort, e.g. type and dose of anaesthetic used. Experiments should be carried out in accordance with the EuropeanCommunities Council Directive of 24 November 1986 (86/609/EEC) or with theGuidelines laid down by the NIH in the US regarding the care and use of animals for experimental procedures. All studies using human or animal subjects should include and explicit statement in the Materials and Methods section identifying the review and approval committee for each study. Editors reserve the right to reject papers if there is doubt whether appropriate procedures have been used.
Funding and Acknowledgements State sources of funding for the research and its publication, or for the publication (or state ‘none’), including a short description of involvement of the funderin study design, data collection, data analysis, manuscript preparation and/or publication decisions. Acknowledge individuals who do not qualify as authors but who contributed to the study or manuscript (or state ‘none’). Contributions that should be acknowledged include administrative, technical, or material forms of support like writing assistance, literature searching, data analysis,administrative support, supply of materials. (Authors should secure approval from anyone listed in acknowledgements.)
Note to NIH Grantees Pursuant to NIH mandate, Wiley-Blackwell will post the accepted version of contributions authored by NIHgrant-holders to PubMed Central upon acceptance. This accepted version will be made publicly available 12 months after publication. For further information, see www.wiley.com/go/nihmandate.
Author Material Archive Policy Wiley-Blackwell will dispose of all hard copy or electronic material submitted two months after publication. If you require the return of any material submitted, please inform theProduction Editor (bju@wiley.com) as soon as possible. All the above forms are also available to download from http://www.bjui.org/GeneralPage.aspx?id=17
UsefulLinks
Submit: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bjui
Support: support@scholarone.com
Editorial Office: editor.bjuint@mater.ie
Forms: http://www.bjui.org/GeneralPage.aspx?id=17
Author Services: http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor
Surgery Illustrated: surgeryillustrated@urologie.klinik.unimainz.de
Focus on Details: surgeryillustrated@urologie.klinik.unimainz.de
Website Submissions: http://www.bjui.org/ContentSubmission.aspx NIH
Grantees: www.wiley.com/go/nihmandate
Inquires to the journal: editor.bjuint@mater.ie
Inquires to the website: daria.bierla@bjui.info