The requirements for submission are in accordance with the “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals” (www.icmje.org) and the “World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki: Ethical principles for Medical Research involving human subjects [2004] (www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm).

Manuscript submission: If sending through the post, or by hand, three copies of the manuscript should be submitted plus a CD-ROM containing a softcopy of the manuscript in Microsoft’s ‘Word for Windows’. Illustrations should be in jpeg high resolution files. Tables and figures should be clearly labelled. If submitting via e-mail, the manuscript and illustrations should be in be in the formats mentioned above. Manuscripts should be accompanied by a covering letter providing complete contact information for the corresponding author and whether the authors have published, or submitted, any related papers from the same study.
 

Manuscript preparation: Manuscripts should be double spaced with wide margins. Do not justify the text, i.e. leave the right hand-side ‘ragged’. Font size should be 10, 11 or 12 point and style should be Times New Roman, Arial or Courier. Do not use the automatic formatting features of your word processor such as endnotes, footnotes, headers, footers, boxes, etc. Provide appropriate headings and sub-headings as in the Journal. We use the following hierarchy: BOLD CAPS, bold lower case, Plain Text, Italics. Cite illustrations in numerical order (Fig. 1, Fig 2, etc.) as they are first mentioned in the text. Tables must be embedded where cited in the text. Images must not be embedded in the text but submitted as individual files. All pages should be numbered consecutively, containing the following sections:

1. Title page: Concise titles are preferred wherever possible. The title page should include: the authors’ names and institutional affiliations; the name of the department(s) and institutions(s) to which the work should be attributed; disclaimers (if any); corresponding authors with their name, mailing address, telephone, fax and e-mail and publishable address for correspondence; sources of support (if any) and the total word count.

2. Conflict of interest information.

3. Abstract: The abstract should not exceed 250 words and should outline the purpose of the article. Original articles require structural abstracts defining objectives, materials, methods, results and conclusions.

4. Introduction: The introduction should briefly describe the study, question, scope and relevance to emergency medicine.

5. Methods: Should include the study design, population, setting, etc.

6. Statistics: Describe statistical methods with enough detail to enable a knowledgeable reader, with access to the original data, to verify the reported results.

7. Results: Should include the statistical analysis of the data. Results should be presented in a tabular or graphic form and should be referred to in the text.

8. Discussion: The discussion should put the results in the context of the current information about the study topic.

9. Figures and figure legends: Figures and figure legends must be referred to in the text in sequential order and submitted on separate pages. If a figure has been published, acknowledge the original source and submit written permission from the copyright holder to reproduce the material.

10. Photographs: If photographs of people are used, either the subjects must be unidentifiable or their pictures must be accompanied by written permission to use the photograph(s).

11. References: Should be listed in numerical order with abbreviated journal names according to the Index Medicus Style. If there are more than three authors the first three authors should be listed followed by “et al”.

As a general rule, manuscripts and illustrations are not returned to the author regardless of whether or not they are accepted for publication. Editors of the Journal are not responsible for the views and ideas of the authors as presented within their manuscripts.

Reprints may be available if ordered in advance when the manuscript is submitted.

Receipt of manuscripts: Upon receipt, the corresponding author will be issued with a unique reference number as an identifier for all correspondence linked to the manuscript. In addition, an ‘Authorship Form’ will be sent which must be completed and returned to the Journal before acceptance can be made.


Submission of contributions should be sent to:

The Editor-in-Chief, The Middle East Journal of Emergency Medicine
HITC, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, QATAR

E-mail: mejem@hmc.org.qa