Clinician in Management is now known as The International Journal of Clinical Leadership.

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Contributing

Papers should be sent in triplicate and on disk to the editor:

Dr Jenny Simpson
Clinician in Management
BAMM, 3rd Floor, Petersgate House
St Petersgate, Stockport, SK1 1HE

Tel:  +44 (0)161 474 1141     Fax: +44 (0)161 474 7167
Email: cim@bamm.co.uk

 

General

  • All material submitted for publication is assumed to be submitted exclusively to the journal unless the contrary is stated.

  • All authors must give signed consent to publication and declare any financial conflicts of interest.

  • Permission to reproduce previously published material must be obtained in writing from the copyright holder (usually the publisher) and the author and acknowledged in the manuscript.

  • Submissions are subject to double-blind peer review, a process which is undertaken with a minimum of delay so that those accepted for publication can be included in the first available issue.

  • Manuscripts rejected for publication will not be returned. 

  • The editors retain the customary right to make editorial and literary corrections.

Specific points

PAPER TYPES

  • Academic papers: 5000-8000 words.  Scholarly papers based upon empirical research, which are of a qualitative or quantitative nature, or which make a significant contribution to policy-orientated discussions.

  • Research notes: 2000-3000 words.  Shorter papers for the early publication of important research findings, or which detail issues for practice or policy making that are informed by academic research.

  • In practice: 2000-4000 words.  Practical papers that describe topics of clinical or managerial importance.

  • Reviews: 500-1000 words.
    1 Review essays: 2000-3000 words, focusing on a particular theme within recently published literature.
    2 Head to heads: reviews on a single book from perspective of two or more reviewers looking at the same work from different angles.
    3 Occasional reviews: from time to time, the journal will publish occasional reviews of single books.

  • Letters about healthcare management or related topics are welcomed.  Publication is at the editors' discretion.

Papers should be set out with each section starting on a separate page; title page, abstract, keywords, text of paper, acknowledgements, references, boxes, tables, figures and captions.

TEXT

  • All manuscripts and correspondence should be typed, double spaced with 3cm margins at the top and left hand side, and the pages numbered.

  • Structure papers to enable readers to identify the principle arguments or subjects under discussion.

  • The title page should include the paper title; names, qualifications, current appointment, affiliated institution, and location of each author; the name, address, telephone, fax and email of the corresponding author.

  • Papers should generally conform to the conventional format of the abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, conclusions, references.

  • When first using abbreviations in the text, the term the author wishes to abbreviate should be spelt out in full with its abbreviation in parentheses.  Thereafter the abbreviation should be used (in capital letters and unpunctuated).

  • Whenever possible give numbers of patients/subjects studied (not percentage alone).

  • Express all scientific measurements (except blood pressure - mm Hg) in S1 units.

FIGURES, TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

  • Figures should not duplicate information provided in the text or tables.  They should be on a separate sheet and have a caption.

  • Tables should only be used when data cannot be expressed clearly in any other form.  They should not duplicate but rather supplement information given in the text.  They should be typed on a separate sheet and have a caption.  Do not use vertical rules in tables.

  • Illustrations may be line drawings or black-and-white photographs of good quality, preferably with a gloss finish.  Illustrations will not be returned after publication unless specifically requested.  All illustrations are submitted at the owner's risk, the publisher accepts no liability for loss or damage while in possession of the material.

REFERENCES

  • The style of referencing is the Harvard system.

  • Cross-referencing should be inserted in parentheses in the text in full for single or dual authors (Smith and Eades, 2003) but abbreviated (Owen et al. 1999) for multiple authors.

  • References should be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper.

  • Each reference should give the names and initials of all the authors or editors (unless there are more than six, when the first three should be given followed by et al.), the year of publication, the title of the paper or chapter, and the full title of the journal or book.  Journal references should include the volume number, and page numbers.  Book references should include the publisher, place of publication, and page numbers where necessary.

  • Information from manuscripts not yet in press, papers reported at meetings, or personal communications should be cited in the text, not as formal references.

  • Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references.

PROOFS

Proofs will be sent to the author submitting the paper and must be returned promptly.  This will allow correction of printer's  and similar errors.  Major changes will not be entertained and authors may be charged for excessive amendments at this stage.

REPRINTS

Reprints may be ordered when proofs are returned.