Call for Papers!

The International Journal of Naturopathic Medicine is now accepting manuscripts for publication.

Manuscripts will be considered in the following categories:

Editorials

Editorial style articles will be considered in three formats and do not require an abstract nor references in most cases.

Editorials (limited to 1500 words).

Editorials will normally be requested by the editor; however, we will consider unsolicited manuscripts.

Elder's letters (limited to 2000 words).

Letter from elders can be requested by the editor or suggested from potential authors with at least ten years of experience as a practicing clinician. We welcome suggestions from elder naturopathic physicians on particular clinical pearls.

Short Communications (limited to 1000 words)

We encourage short comunications in the form of letters to the editor that stimulate debate and provide relevant commentary especially on articles published in the journal.

Original Research

Original research manuscripts will be considered in three formats:

Major Articles (limited to 4000 words)

Major articles are uninvited articles that report clinically relevant investigations or observations within IntJNM's scope of interests. The abstract should be structured (as described in Instructions to Authors), the text should not exceed 4000 words, and there should be approximately 20 to 40 references. Figures and tables are encouraged and should be included where possible; however, data should not be repeated in both a table and a figure and accompanying text need not reiterate the information provided in tables and figures.

Brief Reports (limited to 1500 words)

Brief Reports are condensed articles with a focused message. They should include a brief abstract of no more than 200 words, a text of no more than 2000 words, 5-15 references, and 2 tables or figures.

Case Reports/Series (limited to 3000 words)

Case reports provide a summary of a single case of several cases and give a concise review of the literature. Case reports should present unusual aspects of common problems or novel perspectives upon, or solutions to, clinically relevant issues. For further advice on writing detailed case reports, please source Aronson JK. Anecdotes as evidence. BMJ 2003;326:1346 and Leung B and Seely D. Guidelines to case report writing for naturopathic doctors. IntJNM 2008;4(1)

Synthesis Papers

We welcome articles of an academic nature that is educational to the Naturopathic community. We also welcome articles that may be hypothesis generating and may create dialogue within the readership.

Review Articles (limited to 5000 words)

Review papers provide a synthesis of topics related to clinical aspects of Naturopathic Medicine. The text should not exceed 5000 words and have an abstract that does not exceed 200 words. Review papers can be written as focused systematic reviews or mroe broadly as narrative reviews.

Viewpoints/Opinion Pieces (limited 2000 words

Viewpoints are somewhat review in nature however ther are designed to provide an argument to convince the reader. This type of narratice paper presents the opinions of an author or authors rather than providing a blanced literature review or new experimental data.

Educational Articles (limited to 3000 words)

Educational articles are written for a broad audience in order to provide specific instrtuctions on how a specific research methodology can be used or how to best employ a therapy or diagnostic technique.

Instructions for Authors

The requirements for publishing in the IntJNM are in accordance with the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals." http://www.icmje.org/.

Authors are to submit:

Article submissions will only be accepted electornically at the following email address (editor@intjnm.org)

Electronic submissions should include the following files:

A cover letter
Acopy of the text with tables and references
Individual files for each figure (files whould be in ppt, jpeg, or gif)

Indicate in your cover letter at least three individuals who could act as peer reviewers for your manuscript. Please provide the names, institutional affiliations, and email addresses for each of these individuals.

Electronic submissions should use MS Word or WordPerfect as the word processing system.

Label the attached files by primary author's last name, short title of the article, component of article, and date submitted. For example a submission to the editor for an article written by Jones and Smith on the use of curcumin in cancer might include the following files sent by email to the editor@intjnm.org

Jones_Curcumin and cancer review_cover letter_Aug 15 2008
Jones_Curcumin and cancer review_main article_Aug 15 2008
Jones_Curcumin and cancer review_figure 1_Aug 15 2008
Jones_Curcumin and cancer review_figure 2_Aug 15 2008

Formatting Requirements

The following formatting guidelines should be adhered to:

The text should use a common typeset
• (i.e. helvetica, arial, new york times, or garamond)
Use 12 pt font
Have 1" margins
Be double spaced

Please structure the manuscript as outlined in the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals."
http://www.icmje.org

For reports of randomized controlled trials authors should refer to the CONSORT statement (http://www.consort-statement.org/).
For reports of meta-analyses authors should refer to the QUOROM statement (http://www.consort-statement.org/).
For reports of meta-analyses of observational studies authors should refer to the MOOSE statement (http://www.consort-statement.org/).
For reports of controlled trials of acupuncture authors should refer to the STRICTA statement (http://www.ftcm.org.uk/stricta.htm).

References

References should be numbered in the order in which they appear in the text. At the end of the article the full list of references should follow the Vancouver style.

Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Med Educ. 1999; 33(1):66-78

Please give the names and initials of all authors (unless there are more than six, when only the first six should be given followed by et al).
The authors' names are followed by the title of the article; the title of the journal abbreviated according to the style of Index Medicus; the year of publication; the volume number; and the first and last page numbers.
References to books should give the names of any editors, place of publication, editor, and year.

Examples:

21 Soter A, Wasserman SI, Austen KF. Cold urticaria: release into the circulation of histamine and eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis during cold challenge. N Engl J Med 1976;294:687-90

22 Osler AG. Complement: mechanisms and functions. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1976.

Information from manuscripts not yet in press, papers reported at meetings, or personal communications should be cited only in the text, not as a formal reference.
Authors should get permission from the source to cite personal communications.
Authors must verify references against the original documents before submitting the article.

Electronic citations

You may know of other websites that will interest people reading your article. If you know the web addresses (URLs) of those sites, please include them in the relevant places in the text of your article. If we accept your article we will insert hotlinks in the electronic version so that people can jump directly from your article to those related sites.