Guidelines for Review Articles

Authors: Six authors maximum.
Abstract: A concise unstructured abstract of no more 250 words is required.
Keywords: 3-5 keywords, preferably taken from Index Medicus or Excerpta Medica Index.
Word limit: Less than 3500 words, excluding abstract, tables, figures, references.
Structure of manuscript: Introduction, Other headings as required by the topic, Summary.
Tables / Figures: 6 or less.
References: 60 or less.
For Cover Letter, Title Page, Acknowledgement, Declarations, References, Tables, and Figures see general guidelines.

Consent for publication

If your manuscript contains any individual person’s data in any form (including individual details, images or videos), consent to publish must be obtained from that person, or in the case of children, their parent or legal guardian. All presentations of case reports must have consent to publish.

You can use your institutional consent form or our consent form if you prefer. You should not send the form to us on submission, but we may request to see a copy at any stage (including after publication).

If your manuscript does not contain data from any individual person, please state “Not applicable” in this section.