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Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts submitted for consideration and editorial correspondence should be directed to:
Jonathan E. Prousky, ND, MSc, Editor
Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, 16 Florence Avennue, Toronto,ON,Canada M2N1E9 editor@orthomed.org
All manuscripts will be subjected to a peer review process once they have been approved by the Editor.

Editorials
Editorial style articles will be considered in three formats. An abstract is not required. Editorials (limited to 2,500 words) Editorials will normally be requested by the editor; however, we will consider unsolicited manuscripts.

Clinician’s Letters
Letter from clinicians (limited to 2,000 words) can be requested by the editor or suggested from potential authors with at least ten years of clinical experience as a practicing orthomolecular practitioner. We welcome suggestions from elder orthomolecular practitioners on particular clinical pearls.

Short Communications
We encourage short communications (limited to 1,000 words) 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 5,000 words) Major articles are papers that report clinically relevant investigations or observations within the journal’s scope of interests. The abstract should be structured (as described in page two of “Instructions to Authors”), the text should not exceed 5,000 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
Brief Reports are condensed articles (limited to 1500 words) with a focused message. They should include a brief abstract of no more than 200 words, text of no more than 1500 words, 5-15 references, and two tables or figures.

Case Reports/Series
Case reports (limited to 3,000 words) provide a summary of a single case or 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. They should include a brief abstract of no more than 200 words, text of no more than 3,000 words, and there should be approximately 10-30 references. For further advice on writing detailed case reports, please refer to Aronson JK: Anecdotes as evidence. BMJ, 2003;326:1346.

Synthesis Papers
We welcome articles of an academic nature that are educational to the orthomolecular community. We also welcome articles that may be hypothesis generating and may create dialogue within the readership.

Review Articles
Review papers (limited to 5,000 words) provide a synthesis of topics related to clinical aspects of orthomolecular medicine. The text should not exceed 5,000 words and have an abstract that does not exceed 200 words. Review papers can be written as focused systematic reviews or more broadly as narrative reviews.

Viewpoints/Opinion Pieces
Viewpoints (limited to 2,000 words) are somewhat review in nature, however they are designed to provide an argument to convince the reader. The text should not exceed 2,000 words and have an abstract that does not exceed 200 words. This type of narrative paper presents the opinions of an author or authors rather than providing a balanced literature review or new experimental data.

Educational Articles
Educational articles (limited to 3,000 words) are written for a broad audience in order to provide specific instructions on how a specific research methodology can be used or how to best employ a therapy

Submission Requirements

The requirements for publishing in the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine are in accordance with the “Uniform Re- quirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals.” http://www.icmje.org. Email is the preferred method of submission and should be sent to the following email address: editor@orthomed.org. If this is not possible, submit manuscript in duplicate, double-spaced on standard paper. Author’s full names, academic or professional affiliations and degrees should be given. A CD or flash drive containing the text of the paper must be included, specifying the file name and program used.

Electronic Submissions should Include the following
1. A copy of the text with tables and references 2. Individual files for each figure 3. 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. 4. Electronic submissions should use a standard, current word processing system. 5. Label the attached files by primary author’s last name, short title of the article, and date submitted.

References
In the manuscript, reference sentences are ended with a reference number.3 Journals cited should conform to standard abbreviations (ie. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is cited as Am J Clin Nutr). Book references are not abbreviated. Manuscript references should be listed consecutively, in the order in which they are cited, as follows. Ab- breviate four or more authors to et al after the third author.

For Journal References Cited
1. Pauling L, Itano HA, Singer SJ, et al: Sickle cell anemia: a molecular disease. Science, 1949; 110: 543–548. For books cited: 2. Williams RJ: Biochemical individuality. New York. John Wiley & Sons. 1973; 32–36. For papers cited from books:
3. Cameron, E: Vitamin C, Carnitine and cancer. In. eds. Bland J. A year in nutritional medicine. New Canaan, CT, Keats Publ. 1986; 115-123.

Tables and Illustrations
Placement in manuscripts should be indicated with a line break and the entry: Place Table/Illustration 1 here. Include illustrations, tables and photographs on separate sheets, identifying each with number referring to manuscript placement. Illustrations and diagrams on CD must be created using a vector based drawing program and saved in EPS or 300 dpi TIFF file format. Create tables using column tabs rather than spaces. Legends must accompany each illustration. The author will assume the cost if illustrations require re-rendering.

Abstracts
For original research and synthesis papers, provide an abstract of 200 words or less describing, respectively the issue being studied, the methods used, the general results and the conclusions of the authors from the results.

Author’s Corrections
Proofs will be submitted to authors for correction; prompt return will facilitate prompt publication.

Copyright
Please do not submit material that is being considered by another publication. Manuscripts published in the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine are copyrighted and should not be submitted to another publication without specific written permission, and without credit given to the Journal.

Reprints
Authors may order reprints, at regular rates, by completing order forms sent with their published article.