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General Information: Dose-Response,
formerly Nonlinearity in Biology,
Toxicology, and Medicine, is a quarterly
peer-reviewed electronic journal devoted to the
publication of original findings on the
occurrence of nonlinear dose-response
relationships across a broad range of biological
disciplines including physiology, biochemistry,
molecular biology, toxicology, radiation
biology, pharmacology, medicine, experimental
psychology, plant biology, as well as
environmental and related sciences. In addition
to descriptive experimental findings of
nonlinear dose responses, particular interest
will focus on experimental evidence providing a
mechanistic understanding of nonlinear
dose-response relationships. The journal also
welcomes the submission of biologically
motivated statistical modeling of nonlinear
dose-response relationships. While the emphasis
of the journal is on the publication of
experimental findings, population-based
epidemiological studies relating to nonlinearity
are encouraged. In addition, the journal
encourages submittal of mini-reviews on topics
at the forefront of research interest. Finally,
the journal is interested in receiving
manuscripts that apply the concept of
nonlinearity to current developments in drug and
chemical testing procedures and in
environmental, occupational, and medical risk
assessment.
Managing Editor: Denise
Leonard, University of Massachusetts,
Environmental Health Sciences, Morrill Science
Center 1, N344, 639 North Pleasant Street,
Amherst, MA 01003; Telephone: 413-545-1239,
email:
dleonard@schoolph.umass.edu.
Manuscripts should be
submitted at
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dose-response.
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new manuscript. Follow the step-by-step
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Please provide the names,
complete addresses, telephone numbers, and email
addresses of three potential reviewers for the
manuscript.
Authors of published papers
will receive a free pdf of their article.
High-quality reprints of articles will also be
available for purchase at the author’s page
proof stage or any time thereafter.
Only original papers will be
considered. Manuscripts are accepted for review
with the understanding that the same work has
not been published, that it is not under
consideration for publication elsewhere, and
that its submission for publication has been
approved by all of the authors and by the
institution where the work was performed and
that any person cited as a source of personal
communications has approved such citation.
Written authorization may be required at the
Editor’s discretion. Articles and any other
material published in Dose-Response
represent the opinions of the authors and should
not be construed to reflect the opinions of the
Editors or the Publisher.
Disclosure of all financial
and personal relationships that might bias the
work of the author(s) is required. This applies
to original manuscripts, review articles,
letters to the editor, commentaries, and any
submissions to the journal. In such cases,
please submit a conflict of interest
notification page. If additional details are
necessary, please include these in your cover
letter. Please note in your cover letter if
your study or research was sponsored and if so,
by whom, and whatever role your sponsor had
and/or currently has. If your study was funded
by a group with a proprietary or financial
interest in its results, please indicate that
you had full access to your data and are
completely responsible for its integrity and
analysis.
The International Committee
of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) has produced
and updated the “Uniform Requirements for
Manuscripts (URM) Submitted to Biomedical
Journals”. Dose-Response adheres to
these guidelines, which can be found at
www.icmje.org.
Preparation of Manuscripts:
The entire manuscript must
be typed double-spaced (including title page,
text, references, footnotes, figure legends and
tables).
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Title page,
abstract page, references and figure legends
must be on separate pages.
The title page must include the title,
authors’ names and addresses, and the phone
and fax numbers and email address of the
corresponding author.
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All manuscripts must be accompanied by an
abstract not to exceed 200 words as well as
a list of three to six key (indexing) terms.
The key terms must follow the abstract and
be on the same page.
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A running head not to exceed 60 characters,
including spaces, must appear only on the
title page, placed near the bottom.
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Each page should contain line numbers in the
left-hand margin.
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All pages must be numbered consecutively in
the lower right-hand corner, starting with
the title page and including pages
containing tables and figure legends.
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Tables, figure legends and furnished art
should be grouped together at the end of the
manuscript to facilitate processing.
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Times Roman is the preferred typeface for
printouts of manuscripts.
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Microsoft Word is the
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Authors should write in clear, concise English.
The responsibility for
all aspects of manuscript preparation rests with
the authors. Extensive changes or
rewriting of the manuscript will not be
undertaken by the Editor.
It is the responsibility of
the author to obtain permission to use
previously published material. Permission must
be obtained from the original copyright owner,
which in most cases is the publisher.
Acknowledgments: Acknowledgments
should be gathered into a brief statement at the
end of the text. All sources of financial
sponsorship are to be acknowledged, including
the names of private and public sector sponsors.
This includes government grants, corporate
funding, trade associations and contracts.
References: References must follow
the text and begin on a separate page, be
double-spaced and alphabetized. Each line after
the first of each reference must be indented,
using the “hanging paragraph” format available
in word processors. If there is more than one
reference by one author or group of authors in
the references, they must be placed in
chronological order. Use small letters (1999a,
b) for references published in the same year.
Abbreviate journal titles according to the
Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (1985).
A.
Journal Article:
Voss AK and Fortune JE. 1993. Estradiol-17-beta
has a biphasic effect on oxytocin secretion by
bovine granulose cells. Biol Reprod 48:1404-1409
Hall JL, Ye JM, Clark MG, and Colquhoun EQ.
1997. Sympathetic stimulation elicits increased
or decreased VO2 in the perfused rat hindlimb
via alpha 1-adrenoceptors. Am J Physiol
272:H2146-H2153
B.
Document:
USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency).
1983. Health Assessment Document for
Acrylonitrile. EPA-600/8-82-007F. Office of
Health and Environmental Assessment, Washington,
DC
C.
Book:
Kondo S. 1993. Health Effects of Low-Level
Radiation. Kinki University Press, Osaka, Japan
D.
Chapter in an Edited Book:
Jegou B and Sharpe RM. 1993. Paracrine
mechanisms in testicular control. In: de Kretser
DM (ed), Molecular Biology of the Male
Reproductive System, pp 271-310. Academic Press,
San Diego
E.
Materials from a Website:
ATSDR (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry). 2000. Resources for information on
asbestos and asbestos-related disease. Available
at
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/NEWS/asbestosinfo2.html
References Cited in Text: All
references must be referred to in the text by
author’s name and year of publication typed
within parentheses (Voss and Fortune 1993),
(Hall et al. 1997) or Kondo (1993). If
there is more than one reference cited, they
must be placed in chronological order within the
parentheses (Kondo 1993; Hall et al.
1997) or USEPA (1999, 2000). If there is more
than one reference cited with the same
publication year, they must be alphabetized
(Kondo 1993; Voss and Fortune 1993; Hall et
al. 1997).
Tables: Tables should be used
only when they can present information more
effectively than running text. Care should be
taken to avoid any arrangement that unduly
increases the size of a table, and the column
heads should be made as brief as possible, using
abbreviations liberally. Lines of data must not
be numbered unless those numbers are needed for
reference in the text. Columns should not be
used to contain only one or two entries, nor
should the same entry be repeated numerous times
consecutively.. Titles should be typed above
tables, using the format illustrated inside the
parentheses (Table 1. Average body weight data
for rats receiving biphenyl in their diet.).
Figures and Graphs:
Figures and graphs should be furnished as E.P.S.
files or T.I.F.F. files with a minimum
resolution of 300 dpi. Please do not embed your
images within the Word document.
Given that the journal is
only published electronically, there are no
additional charges for the publication of color
images. Color reprints, however, will incur
additional charges.
Reprints: Forms and instructions for
ordering reprints will be available at the page
proof stage of the review process. Reprints can
also be ordered any time thereafter. |
