Clinical Nephrology appears monthly and publishes manuscripts containing original material with emphasis on the following topics: diagnosis, therapy, prophylaxis, immunology and pathophysiology of renal disease, dialysis and renal transplantation.
Publication Policies
– Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement: pdf.
– Ethical responsibilities of authors: pdf.
Submission
1. Manuscripts: All manuscripts must be submitted online at http://cn.dustri-manus.com. If assistance is needed, contact [email protected].
Include a covering letter containing the declaration given below.
2. Declaration: The covering letter must contain the statement: "The results presented
in this paper have not been published previously in whole or part,
except in abstract form". All authors are required to give signed consent for publication on a separate sheet together with the covering
letter. (If submitting online or by email, the signature sheet may be faxed to (321) 414-0219 (America) or (+49-89) 6135412 (Rest of World) or uploaded as a scanned document). Possible conflicts
of interest following publication must be disclosed.
For a sample for the signed consent click here, cover letter here. If you have posted your paper to a preprint server, a link must be included in the submission.
3. Registration of clinical trials: Only registered trials will be accepted with the exception of long-term trials begun before 2002. We define a clinical trial as any research project that prospectively assigns human subjects to intervention or comparison groups to study cause and effect relationships of interventions. Trials must register at or before the onset of patient enrollment. Registries that currently meet required standards (e.g. of accessibility, information validation, comprehensive documentation) include: US National Library of Medicine, http://www.clinicaltrials.gov – The International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number Registry, http://www.controlled-trials.com – European Clinical Trials Database, https://eudract.emea.europa.eu/ – The National (UK) Research Register, http://www.update-software.com/national.
4. Copyright:
On acceptance of a manuscript/paper for publication, the copyright is automatically transferred to the publisher. Published manuscripts or parts of them may not be translated into other languages, reproduced in
any form or recorded on files or in computer systems without written permission of the publisher.
Images and illustrations previously appearing (including those used in modified form) in works produced by other publishing houses may only be used if the author has secured and can present the permission to reprint (with no time limitations and including the online version) from the original publisher.
A sample copy for a permission inquiry can be found here.
1. A manuscript processing fee of US$ 70.00/€ 70.00 (+ VAT for authors from EU-countries) will be charged for each manuscript submission.
2. Exceeding pages: A page fee of US$ 70.00/€ 70.00 (+VAT for authors from EU-countries) for each page will only be charged in excess of 6 printed pages (1 printed page has ~ 4,000 characters with blanks, plus figures).
3. For supplemental material, a handling fee of US$ 180.00/€ 150 (+ VAT for authors from EU countries) will be charged. Supplemental material will be published only online and must be submitted in one file not exceeding 10 MB.
4. Commercial interests: A page fee of US$ 140.00/€ 120.00 (+ VAT for authors from EU countries) for each printed page will be charged for articles reporting research serving commercial interests and financed by pharmaceucal companies.
5. Metaanalysis studies: A page fee of US$ 70.00/€ 60.00 (+ VAT for authors from EU countries) per printed page will be charged for metaanalysis studies with commercial value in Drug Development and in Regulatory Processes.
6. Studies revolving around therapy options: A page fee of US$ 140.00/€ 120.00 (+ VAT for authors from EU countries) per printed page will be charged for studies revolving around therapy options for registered drugs with commercial value in Drug Development and in Regulatory Processes.
7. Withdrawals: If a manuscript is withdrawn by the authors during the review process, the processing fee mentioned in point 1 will not be waived and will not be reimbursed. If a manuscript is withdrawn after acceptance, a fee of US$140.00/€ 120.00 (+ VAT for authors from EU countries) per typeset page applies in addition to the processing fee.
Manuscripts
1. Only original papers written in clear, concise English can be accepted. The regular length of a manuscript should not exceed 24,000 characters with blanks including tables, illustrations, and references. This corresponds to 6 printed pages. For manuscripts exceeding 6 printed pages, a page fee applies (see section “Publication Fees”, point 2).“
2. Non-native English speakers and international authors who would like assistance with their writing before submission can be find a selection of services below.
If a manuscript is accepted for scientific merit despite linguistic errors, authors will be requested to improve the language. If requested by the authors, linguistic correction can also be carried out by the publisher for a fee.
Services for scientific editing
a) http:/www.bioscienceeditingsolutions.com.
Bioscience Editing Solutions provides premier scientific editing and translation services for the international community.
b) http://www.journalexperts.com/.
Journel experts specialize in helping international researchers, scientists and scholars to prepare their manuscripts for publication.
c) http://lifescience-editorial.info/.
The staff of Life Science Editorial Ltd. are all native English speakers with extensive experience revising draft English manuscripts for leading medical and biotech researchers at universities as well as for pharmaceutical companies.
d) http://proofreading.org/.
Cambridge Proofreading LTD's editing team includes specialized support for medical authors. We have two native-speaking, fully qualified British doctors with extensive experience editing medical papers by ESL speakers for submission to universities and medical journals.
3. The authors should include with the submission of the manuscript a list of 5 suggested reviewers with postal and email addresses.
4. The following sequence of arrangement is recommended: abstract, key words, introduction, methods, material or case histories, results and discussion, each section being clearly marked. The manuscripts should be typed double-spaced on consecutively numbered pages. The lines should be numbered consecutively. Illustrations, legends, tables, references, abstract [1,400 or less characters with blanks (~ 250 words)] and running title (max. 80 characters) are to be submitted on separate pages but within the same file. The references list, tables and figure legends should be included in the manuscript file, rather than in separate files. The abstract should precisely outline aims, material, method, results and conclusions and be structured accordingly. It should be comprehensible to readers before they read the paper. For the purpose of documentation, indicate 3 to 5 relevant key words that may or may not appear in the title. They should be given below the abstract and separated from each other by a dash (–). Do not use markups in first submissions; marked up files in first submissions will be rejected. Markups must, however, be used for submissions of revised manuscripts.
5. The title should be as concise as possible and begin with the main concept in order to facilitate electronic search. The title page should present the institutions and the full postal addresses of all authors. Each author should be correctly linked to the appropriate institution by means of numerical superscripts. The author to whom correspondence should be addressed should also be stated on the title page together with fax, telephone number and e-mail address.
6. Funding: All support, financial or otherwise, for any work described should be acknowledged, including support from employing institutions identifiable from the title page.
7. Neph-Ed/Case reports: Neph-Ed is a section devoted to manuscripts with educational value to trainees in nephrology. These include in-depth comprehensive review articles with pedagogical value, case reports and articles pertaining to novel methods of teaching and assessment in nephrology education. Case reports must be highly educational and accompanied, when appropriate, by literature reviews. They must demonstrate one or more of the following characteristics: 1) highly probable causal relationship, 2) in-depth and thorough insights into the pathophysiology of a particular disease or phenomenon, 3) a novel and unambivalent finding of important clinical value, 4) a breakthrough finding that will pave the way for further studies. A priority score will be given to case reports written by trainees in nephrology and internal medicine. Processing fees are waived for manuscripts written by a trainee as first author and accompanied by a letter of good standing from his/her training program director.
For case reports we offer publication in our new open access electronic journal Clinical Nephrology – Case Studies. All manuscript submissions are identical to the submission and review of Clinical Nephrology. Upon acceptance, the authors of Case Reports have the option to choose between immediate publication in Clinical Nephrology – Case Studies, or to remain in the cue for publication in the printed journal. The following fee schedule applies to case reports submitted to Clinical Nephrology: Upon submission of manuscript, a standard processing fee of € 70 (European countries) or US$ 70 will be charged; Clinical Nephrology – Case Studies will be published online free of charge; Clinical Nephrology will be published for € 150 (European countries) or US$ 175 per printed page (one printed page contains approximately 4,000 characters, with spaces included).
8. Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor do not have an Abstract and no sections like Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion. References have to be included. Letters to the Editor containing brief descriptions of original research or novel cases must not exceed 800 words. Research letters must have no more than 5 authors, 2 figures or tables, and 10 references. Letters to the Editor in response to an article published in Clinical Nephrology not exceed 250 words. Response letters must have no more than 3 authors, 1 figure or table, and 5 references, including a reference to the original article. The title should begin with “Comment to [title, Vol., pages]. Letters to the Editor have to be submitted online. In the box for the Abstract type in the word “Letter".
9. Controversies in Clinical Nephrology Editorials: This section is dedicated to discuss current topics in clinical nephrology that have paucity of data or controversial evidence-based practice approaches. Controversies in Clinical Nephrology Editorials are invited by the Section Editor or Editor in Chief. The submission is in two stages: a) The Thesis/Antithesis positions and b) The Rebuttals.
a) Thesis/Antithesis Positions
– Structure: Title, Introduction, The Thesis or Antithesis Position, Conclusion, and Disclosures (abstract is not needed)
– Text length: 2,000 words
– Reference count: 20 references
– Table or Figure limit: 3
b) Rebuttals
– Text length: 1,000 words
– Reference count: 8 references
– Table or Figure limit: 1
Proofs
Authors will be sent page proofs. To avoid delays in publication, proofs should
be checked immediately for typographical errors and returned to the publisher as requested. Costs ensuing for corrections made by the author, far in excess of mistakes made by the printer, must be carried by the author. However, under certain circumstances, essential changes of an extensive nature may still be possible; this inform of a "note
added in proof".
Style
For style and presentation authors should consult a recent copy of the journal. Webster’s Third New International Dictionary is the standard for spelling and compounding. See also under Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, http://www.icmje.org.
Illustrations and tables
Submit images and figures as jpg or tif in high resolution (300 dpi). Images should be provided together with magnification scales when appropriate and should be large enough to be legible when reproduced. All images and figures should be referred to as figures and should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals. The legends for images should be typed on a separate sheet. Color images can be printed at author’s expense; price estimate upon request. Please only use Arial font in all figures. For the labeling of graph axes use Arial 10 pt. bold. Tables should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals and submitted within the manuscript file, after the list of references.
Citation
References should be numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals in brackets [..]. The first text reference will be [1]. If a reference is repeated, it keeps the same number. The numbered references list at the end of the manuscript should correspond to the text references.
References should be limited to a critical selection. All papers quoted in text must be listed in the bibliography. Abbreviations should be made according to Index Medicus.
Examples:
1. Papers published in journals:
[1] El-Husseini A, Chakraborty A, Yuan Q, Inayatullah S, Bush H, Sawaya BP. Urinary calcium excretion and bone turnover in osteoporotic patients. Clin Nephrol. 2017; 88: 239-247.
2. Books:
[1] Schönermarck U, Fischereder M, Samtleben W. Nephrology in a nutshell. 2nd ed. Munich - Orlando: Dustri; 2012.
3. Contributions in books:
[1] Luft FC. Erythropoietin and arterial hypertension. In: Hampl H, Riedel E (eds). Cardio renal anemia syndrome. Deisenhofen – Orlando: Dustri; 2009. p. 59-62.
Reference Management Software
Authors using EndNote for managing citations and reference lists are welcome to download the “Endnote-style” for “Clinical Nephrology” at:
http://endnote.com/downloads/style/clinical-nephrology.
Reprints
Corresponding authors are entitled to 5 copies of the journal free of charge. Larger quantities of reprints can be provided for a fee listed on the reprint order form to be returned with proofs.
