Publication Ethics

Annals of Neonatology Journal (ANJ): Publishes peer-reviewed original research articles, expert opinions and reviews in the field of neonatology, perinatology, and maternal-fetal medicine.

Editorial policies: The following articles will be considered for publication: original research articles, review articles, expert opinions and letters to the Editor and case reports. Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without written consent of the publisher.

Articles must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are requested to have their manuscripts checked for linguistic correctness before submission through the journal website: http://anj.journals.ekb.eg.

Online submission: Submission is carried totally online via the web submission system for this journal, http://anj.journals.ekb.eg you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. Once the uploading is done, the system automatically generates an electronic (PDF) proof, which is then used for reviewing. All correspondence, including the Editor's decision and request for revisions, will be by e-mail.

Author agreement: An agreement by all authors is required for submission and publication. A statement to this effect is clearly during submission process.

Changes to authorship: This policy concerns the addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship of accepted manuscripts:
Before the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Requests to add or remove an author, or to rearrange the author names, must be sent to the journal Editor in Chief from the corresponding author of the accepted manuscript and must include: (a) the reason the name should be added or removed, or the author names rearranged and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, fax or letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. In the case of addition or removal of authors, this includes confirmation from the author being added or removed. Requests that are not sent by the corresponding author will be forwarded by the journal Editor in Chief to the corresponding author, who must follow the procedure as described above. After the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue; any request to add, delete, or rearrange author names in an article published is not accepted.  

Manuscript categories: During submission the author must select a category from the following list: review article, research article, letter to the Editor or case report. In preparing submissions, authors should check the general requirements for the preparation of manuscripts (see below)

Review articles: As well as invited articles we welcome submitted reviews on topics of current interest in neonatology/perinatology. Reviews are allowed a maximum of 3500 words (excluding title page, abstract and references), not more than 10 figures and 10 tables. The reference list should not exceed 8o references.

Expert opinions: These are generally ″invited″ by the Editor-in-Chief but submission may be considered, with a maximum of 2000 words, 20 citations and 2 figures or 2 tables.

Research articles: There is a limit of 2500 words (excluding title page, abstract and references), maximum 10 figures and 10 tables. The reference list should not exceed 80 references.

Letters to the Editor:Are limited to a maximum of 600 words (excluding references, names and addresses of the signers, and the phrase "to the Editor").

Case report:Max 600 words, max 5 references, max 1 table or 1 figure, no abstract, no keywords, no headings. The information must be presented as a true letter, e.g. starting with ″Dear Editor, we found that... etc.″ Brief communications that do not meet this criterion will be returned to the author.