​Information for Authors
Writing Your Article
We hope you will consider submitting your work to
Advances in Neonatal Care! This page contains several resources and pointers to help you as you prepare your manuscript and navigate the submission experience.
Before preparing your article, please be sure to read over our Instructions for Authors thoroughly and carefully. This document will provide guidance on how to structure your article as you begin writing as well as how to format your files when you're ready to submit. We also have written several editorials with tips, tricks, and recommendations in our
Writing Resources Collection that we'd encourage you to peruse.
ANC also prefers our articles to adhere to several standard recommended guidelines, dependent on the type of article being written:
- Original Research articles should follow the
Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research.
- Authors of randomized controlled trials should consult
the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist which identifies key items to report.
- For authors writing about evidence-based practice projects, use either ANC's Original Research guidelines, Evidence-Based Practice Briefs guidelines, or the
SQUIRE Guidelines.
- If you are doing a literature review, please follow the
PRISMA Guidelines.
- If you are doing a quality improvement report, please follow the
SQUIRE Guidelines.
- Case Reports should follow the
CARE Guidelines.
- Evidence-Based Practice and Educational Training articles should follow the
GREET Guidelines.
- Professional Growth and Development articles should follow
GREET Guidelines if they reflect Evidence-Based Practice and Educational Training.
- Professional Growth and Development articles are also sometimes research studies around nursing practice or quality improvement projects and thus, research articles should follow the
CONSORT Guidelines and quality improvement reports should follow the
SQUIRE Guidelines.
- If you are unsure about how to best format your manuscript for publication in
Advances in Neonatal Care, please consult one of the co-editors.
Manuscript Submission
When you're ready to submit your article, please do so by using our
Editorial Manager submission site. If you haven't already done so, you'll need to register with the website to create an author profile before submitting your article. You'll be asked to upload your submission documents and fill out a few questions on article metadata as well as a Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA). Each co-author will also be asked to fill out a CTA form once the article is formally submitted, which will be sent to the email addresses provided in the online submission form.
If you have any questions about the submission process or get stuck on anything at all, please do not hesitate to contact our editorial office at
[email protected] for further guidance.
Once your article is submitted, it will be reviewed to ensure that it has followed our formatting requirements and you may be asked to make a few tweaks before it's passed on to the editors for review. Please see our
Overview of Journal Workflow diagram for further information on what to expect during the peer review process.
Language Editing Services
Wolters Kluwer, in partnership with Editage, offers a unique range of editorial services to help you prepare a submission-ready manuscript:
- Premium Editing: Intensive language and structural editing of academic papers to increase chances of journal acceptance.
- Advanced Editing: A complete language, grammar, and terminology check to give you a publication-ready manuscript.
- Translation with Editing: Write your paper in your native language and Wolters Kluwer Author Services will translate it into English, as well as edit it to ensure that it meets international publication standards.
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For more information (including pricing), please visit Wolters Kluwer Author Services
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