Acta Radiologica publishes articles on diagnostic and interventional procedures in radiology based on all medical imaging techniques, as well as works in physiology and physics when related to radiology. Manuscripts dealing with full-length reports, short reports, or correspondence will be accepted for consideration. Extensive articles can be published as Supplements, in which case special conditions apply. Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that the work has not been published before, is not being considered for publication elsewhere, and has been read and approved by all the authors. Submission of the manuscript means that the authors automatically agree to assign exclusive copyright to Taylor & Francis. Articles published in this journal are protected by copyright, which covers translation rights and the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute all articles printed in the journal. No material published in the journal may be stored on microfilm or videocassettes or in electronic databases and the like, or reproduced photographically, without the prior written permission of Taylor & Francis. Decisions on publication are based on the opinions of at least two reviewers (whose names will not be revealed to authors). Manuscripts are subject to editorial revision. The right is reserved to introduce such changes as may be necessary to make contributions conform to editorial standards. The journal cannot be held responsible for the opinions or statements expressed by its authors.

Online Submissions
Acta Radiologica Manuscript Central, a web-based manuscript submission and handling system is now available at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/srad Click on "online submission" which directs you to Acta Radiologica Manuscript Central's log in page. Here either create an account or enter an existing account to log in your "author center" to upload manuscripts. Submit manuscripts as a Word-file and Figures as separate TIFF or EPS format files. Abstract and key words are also required (see below). If you have difficulties in submitting your manuscript electronically, contact ScholarOne via "Get Help Now" on any screen. Your submission will be acknowledged by an e-mail which includes the Manuscript ID number for your paper. Remember to refer to this number in the subject line of any correspondence with the Editorial Office. You can view of the status of your manuscript via your author center.

Acta Radiologica Editorial office
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/srad
Contact e-mail: actarad@informa.com

For All Manuscripts
Language - All manuscripts must be written in American English. Contributors with a non-English native language are encouraged to seek the help of a competent linguist who is familiar with medical terminology prior to submission. It is the author's responsibility to have the language revised before submitting the work for publication. Only minor language revisions are provided after submission.
Title page –Title page, including manuscript title, author(s)'s names and surnames, affiliation(s), corresponding author's name, address, fax and e-mail; must be uploaded separately on Manuscript Central.
Abstract - Structure your Abstract under the headings Background, Purpose, Material and Methods, Results, Conclusion. It is preferred that abstracts do not exceed 300 words. Submit your abstract both in the abstract text box on Manuscript Central and within the manuscript text file.
Keywords – Choose three to six key words, from the drop down list on Acta Radiologica Manuscript Central, and preferably expressions not already used in the title of your article. It is preferred that you pick at least one keyword from each of 6 subject headings on the key word list. Please also include the keywords within your manuscript text file after the abstract.
Spell out non-standard abbreviations at their first mention in the text followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Avoid uncommon abbreviations and clinical jargon. Do not use footnotes, but instead incorporate the information in parentheses within the main text. Supply figure legends, tables and their headings on a separate page. Revise your article carefully and remove inessential material before you upload it at Acta Radiologica Manuscript Central. Carefully review the PDF file that will be created automatically by the Manuscript Central system and especially check the order of figures and tables in the document before you submit it.

Correspondence and Short Communications - Short reports, not exceeding two or three journal pages, can be fast-tracked to publication in Acta Radiologica. These are original studies on limited subjects, or, occasionally, interesting cases. Arrange the manuscript according to the instructions for full-length reports, but keep the length of the Introduction and Discussion to a minimum. Casual observations, the application of diagnostic or therapeutic measures or, for instance, modifications of procedures, are published in the journal as Correspondence (maximum 600 words, i.e. one printed page). Arrange the manuscript in the style of a Letter to the Editor, without subheadings, and list no more than five references. If necessary, include one short table or one single column-width illustration. The editorial processing of manuscripts for correspondence and short communications is rapid. When submitting these types of studies at Acta Radiologica Manuscript Central, write N/A in the abstract box.

Units and Mathematics - Use the International System of Units (SI). Enter a zero preceding a decimal value below 1 (i.e. 0.123). Display mathematical expressions distinctly. In hand-written equations on scanned documents, distinguish e from c, u from n, and r from v, and capitals and lower case letters that are often indistinguishable when hand-written; also primes and apostrophes. Use the solidus (/) for fractions and exp (...) when the exponent is complicated. In displayed formulae, the horizontal fraction line is to be preferred.

Illustrations - Upload illustrations (figures) in digital format, in TIFF or EPS format. Scale the elements of composite illustrations uniformly to facilitate reproduction and overall appearance on the printed page. The files should have the same tonal relations as the original (for example, conventional angiographic films, white vessels on dark background; the reverse for subtraction films), with the patient's right to the reader's left; this obtains also for CT images and other transverse images. Include lettering and arrows within the confines of the pictures if possible. Make sure that lettering is large enough to be legible after photographic reduction. For all illustrations, use the following file naming format: "fig <figure no> ". Figures need to be submitted with an image resolution of at least 300 DPI, so that we can guarantee the legibility of the figure in the printed journal.

References - References should follow the Vancouver format. In the text they should appear as numbers starting at 1. At the end of the paper they should be listed (double-spaced) in numerical order corresponding to the order of citation in the text. All authors should be quoted for papers with up to six authors; for papers with more than six authors, list the first six followed by 'et al'. Abbreviations for titles of medical periodicals should conform to those used in the latest edition of Index Medicus. The first and last page numbers for each reference must be provided. Abstracts and letters must be identified as such. Articles that have been accepted for publication but not yet published should be listed as 'in press'.

Examples:
1. Jakobsen JÅ, Brabrand K, Egge TS, Hartmann A. Review Article. Doppler examination of the allografted kidney. Acta Radiol 2003; 44:3-12.
2. Avni EF, Hall M, Damry N, Schurmans T. Vesico-ureteric reflux. In: Fotter R, editor. Pediatric uroradiology. Berlin: Springer; 2001. p. 121.

For further examples, please turn to the guidelines from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html  

Reprints

When reporting experiments on human subjects, indicate whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 1983. Do not use patients' names, initials, or hospital numbers, especially in illustrative material. Papers including animal experiments or clinical trials must be accompanied by an approval by the local ethics committee. Please give date of issue and registration number.

Identifying information should not be published in written descriptions, photographs, and pedigrees unless the information is essential for scientific purposes and the patient (or parent or guardian) gives written informed consent for publication. Informed consent for this purpose requires that the patient be shown the manuscript to be published.

All articles submitted to Acta Radiologica must comply with the instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication.

Updated: 2008-02-29