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Aims and Scope

The mission of The American Journal of Bioethics and bioethics.net is to provide those in clinical, legal, academic, scientific, and religious disciplines and the community-at-large with a comprehensive debate of issues in bioethics. Our further goal is to inspire and inform research and writing across disciplines, through target articles, peer commentary, book reviews, qualitative research, literary criticism, and comments on developments in law and medical science. In service to the disciplines of bioethics, bioethics.net publishes the latest announcements, job offerings, and analysis of the educational and job opportunities in the discipline, and offers a comprehensive bioethics bookstore, multimedia and print news, curricular materials for secondary students, and streaming media Q&A for the general public.

Submission of Manuscripts

The American Journal of Bioethics now recieves all manuscript submissions electronically via the Manuscript Central website located at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/uajb. Manuscript Central allows for rapid and easy submission of original and revised manuscripts as well as reviewing and internal communication between authors, editors and reviwers via a web-based platform. Please submit all manuscripts to the Editor via the journal's online web-basedScholarOne Manuscript Central submission system at the following link: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/uajb. Contact the Executive Editor for assistance if you are having difficulty submitting your manuscript online. Please use e-mail: mansucript@bioethics.net

Manuscripts may not exceed 7500 words in length. Each manuscript must be accompanied by a statement that it has not been published elsewhere and that it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted material from other sources and are required to sign an agreement for the transfer of copyright to the publisher. All accepted manuscripts, artwork, and photographs become the property of the publisher.

All parts of the manuscript should be typewritten, double-spaced, with margins of at least one inch on all sides. Number manuscript pages consecutively throughout the paper.

The title page should include the name, address, and professional affiliation of all authors. Authors should also supply a shortened version of the title suitable for the running head, not exceeding 50 character spaces.

Each article should be summarized in an abstract of not more than 150 words. Avoid abbreviations, diagrams, and reference to the text in the abstract.

Six keywords should also be included for indexing purposes.

References

Cite references in the text by author and date (Smith 1983). A corresponding list of works cited should also appear at the end of the article. Please abbreviate the first name and spell out the last name for authors. Use headline capitalization for titles of journals and sentence capitalization for titles of books, journal articles, and chapters. Please do not abbreviate the names of journals. Some examples of common citation formats, as well as more specific guidelines, are provided online at http://editorial.bioethics.net.

Notes and Quotations

Avoid extracts, tables, and paragraphs in notes. Quotations of more than two lines should be set off in a separate paragraph with double indentation. Quotations of less than two lines may remain in the main body of the text, placed within double quotation marks. All extract citations must include page numbers.

Illustrations

Illustrations submitted (line drawings, halftones, photos, photomicrographs, etc.) should be clean originals or digital files. Digital files are recommended for highest quality reproduction and should follow these guidelines:

• 300 dpi or higher
• Sized to fit on journal page
• EPS, TIFF, or PSD format only
• Submitted as separate files, not embedded in text files

Color illustrations will be considered for publication; however, the author will be required to bear the full cost involved in their printing and publication. The charge for the first page with color is $900.00. The next three pages with color are $450.00 each. A custom quote will be provided for color art totaling more than 4 journal pages. Good-quality color prints should be provided in their final size. The publisher has the right to refuse publication of color prints deemed unacceptable.

Tables and Figures

Tables and figures (illustrations) should not be embedded in the text, but should be included as separate sheets or files. A short descriptive title should appear above each table with a clear legend and any footnotes suitably identified below. All units must be included. Figures should be completely labeled, taking into account necessary size reduction. Captions should be typed, double-spaced, and on a separate sheet. All original figures should be clearly marked in pencil on the reverse side with the number, author's name, and top edge indicated.

Conflict of Interest

The full Conflict of Interest policy for The American Journal of Bioethics can be found online at http://editorial.bioethics.net. Briefly, authors must disclose any financial or other material, professional, or scholarly relationships that involve the area under discussion in their essay. A statement of such conflicts should appear on the first page of the manuscript. All disclosed conflicts of interest in articles submitted to AJOB will be reviewed by a conflict of interest committee comprised of members of the editorial board, but not the editors. This committee will make recommendations as to disclosure to peer reviewers, and the nature of disclosure required should the article be accepted. All appropriate disclosures will be printed alongside each article in the paper and online AJOB.

Proofs

Page proofs are sent to the designated author using Taylor & Francis' EProof system. They must be carefully checked and returned within 48 hours of receipt.

Offprints/Reprints

The corresponding author of each article will receive one complete copy of the issue in which the article appears. Offprints of an individual article may be ordered from Rightslink, our authorized reprint provider. Up to 10 additional issue copies may also be ordered. If offprints are not ordered by the required date, reprint pricing goes into effect, and issue copies may not be ordered.