Submission of papers and other items for publication in the British Homœopathic Journal

Submission of papers and other items for publication in the British Homœopathic Journal

British HomceopathicJournal January 1990. Vol. 79. p. 72 Submission of papers and other items for publication in the British Homceopathic Journal Pap...

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British HomceopathicJournal January 1990. Vol. 79. p. 72

Submission of papers and other items for publication in the British Homceopathic Journal Papers must be typewritten, double spaced and on one side of the paper only, preferably on A4 white bond paper, with a margin of about 4 cm at the left, and 2.5 cm at the right. Paragraphs are indented, except for the first one of any paper or chapter. Please submit the top copy and one carbon or photocopy. Pages should be numbered consecutively, with the title given on a separate page which also bears the author's name and degrees, and, at the bottom of the page, the author's address (address for correspondence---one only), and no more than seven key words. References. In accordance with the recommendations of the International Steering Committee of Medical Editors, references should be listed as follows: References must be numbered consecutively, in the Order in which they are first mentioned in the text. The form of references should be that adopted by the US National Library of Medicine and used in the Index Medicus. The sequence is as follows: Journals: Name of author(s) followed by initials (if more than six authors, give only the first three and add et al.). Full title of the paper. Abbreviated title of the journal, in the case of the BRITISHHOMtEOPATHICJOURNAL,Br Hom J (no comma or full stop) year of publication; volume number: page number(s).

Books: Name of author(s) followed by initials (if more than six, as above). Full title of the book. Place of publication: publisher year of publication. Below are two examples of references given in the approved style: PriestmanKG. Adolescentdepression.Br HornJ 1978;67: 248. 2AlmondDC, WhittenDGA. Rocks,Minerals,and Crystals, p. 76. London:Hamlyn1976.

Graphs, tables and illustrations must be on separate pages. Legends should be included for all of these, typed on a separate sheet of paper. Particular spelling rules. The binominal system is used where applicable for hom0eopathic remedies, e.g. Natrum mur., Betula alba. Hom0eopathic potencies are indicated as follows: 6x, 30c, 1M, 10M. No capitals to be used for hom0eopathy, hom0eopathic. Single quotes, please, with double quotes reserved for quotations within quotations. Preference should be given to -ize over -ise where both spellings are in use (see Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors, OUP 1981). Please note: Failure to comply with the above m a y mean that manuscripts have to be returned to their authors.

Copy dates

Late copy for the April 1990 issue (letters to Editor, regional programmes, stop press news, etc.) MUST reach the Faculty Office by 5 March 1990 at the latest. Please send earlier if possible, or give notice of last-minute submissions. Copy for the July 1990 issue should reach the Editor by 9 April 1990. 72