The Scottish Medical Journal is the College's educational journal and is distributed to all members of the College apart from Dental Fellows and Members who receive Dental Update.
http://www.smj.org.uk/
Mission Statement
The Scottish Medical Journal has the following aims:
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To be the voice of the educationalist to help the training of undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental students and others in the caring profession.
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To be the voice for the scientist to publish original articles and disseminate knowledge to all the readers of the Journal.
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To have a political voice to discuss issues to do with the health care of the nation and other global issues that affect mankind.
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To be the voice of the historian to remind us about the people and the events that allow us to practice medicine to the highest possible standard and to enable us to deliver the best care to our patients.
We must acknowledge our thanks to the reviewers of the many articles and the contributors who have been commissioned to write articles as well as submit originals scientific articles audits to the Journal.
Professor Robert Carachi, Editor SMJ
Editorial Board
Editor
Professor Robert Carachi
Section of Surgical Paediatrics
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Yorkhill
Glasgow
G3 8SJ
Assistant Editor
Dr Jill Murie
Sub-Editor (History)
Mr David Hamilton
Sub-Editors (Education)
Mr Graham Sunderland
Dr David Bilsland
Sub Editor (Science)
Dr Colin Geddes
Web Editor
Dr Guy Fletcher
Board of Management
Professor Roger Sturrock (Chairman)
Dr T M S Reid (Secretary/Treasurer)
Mr K Burnside (Business Manager)
Editorial Committee
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Dr Colin Geddes |
Dr C John Scott |
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Dr John Petrie |
Dr Jill Murie |
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Dr Adrian Stanley |
Dr Alistair Howie |
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Dr Tim Welsh |
Dr A J Simpson |
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Dr Guy Fletcher |
Mr John Murie |
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Dr Jack Beattie |
Professor Peter Kennedy |
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Dr Alan Cameron |
Dr Craig Mowat |
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Dr Howard McAlpine |
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Guidelines for Submission
The Scottish Medical Journal is published four times per year - in February, May, August and November - and is devoted to the publication of original investigations in all branches of medicine, review articles, historical subjects of medical interest, and clinical memoranda. Papers are accepted for publication on condition that they are offered to this journal alone and that they become the property of the Scottish Medical Journal.
Manuscripts should be submitted as follows:
One copy on paper sent to:
Professor R Carachi, Editor, Scottish Medical Journal,
Department of Surgical Paediatrics
Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Yorkhill
Glasgow
G3 8SJ
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An email attachment in Word to smjsubmit@yahoo.co.uk
Papers
Papers should be written in clear concise English language and spelling. Manuscripts should be typed, double spaced including title page, abstract, text, acknowledgements, references, figures, tables and legends. Number pages consecutively beginning with the title page. Total word count should not exceed 2500 words.
The title page should include the name(s) and address(es) of all author(s) and a word count. The corresponding author’s email address should be included. Authors should include any declaration of any financial or commercial interest. Proofs will be sent to the corresponding author’s address unless otherwise stated.
Abstracts
The second page should carry an abstract of not more than 200 words. Abstracts should be sub-divided under the following headings: Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion). Below the abstract include three to five key words or short phrases for indexing. The description of methods and results should be in sufficient detail to allow repetition by others. Data should not be repeated unnecessarily in text, tables and figures. The discussion should simply repeat the results, but should present their interpretation against the background of existing knowledge.
References
References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they appear in the text. Identify references in text, tables and legends by arabic numerals in superscript e.g. 3 or 2-4. Use the style of references adopted by Index Medicus. The titles of journals should be abbreviated and when there are more than six authors, it should be abbreviated to three authors followed by et al. The title of article, abbreviated name of journal, year, volume, first and last page numbers. ‘Personal communications’ and ‘unpublished observations’ (including information from manuscripts submitted but not yet accepted) should be so identified in parenthesis in the text and not included as references. Reference to books should include surname and initials of author(s), title of chapter, editor(s), title of book, place of publication, name of publisher, year, volume and page numbers.
Tables
Tables numbered in roman numerals should be designed to appear in either one column or across the whole page. Do not submit tables as photographs. Each table should be submitted on a separate sheet with a short legend as a heading with explanatory matter in footnotes.
Figures
Figures should be numbered in arabic numerals. Image files should be supplied IN ADDITION to the manuscript as high resolution (300dpi) JPEG, TIFF or as EPS vector files. They should be technically excellent. If image files are not supplied, the quality of images may deteriorate when extracted from Word. Please indicate clearly in the copy where figures should be inserted. Each figure should be submitted on a separate sheet with a short legend as a heading with explanatory matter in footnotes. The name(s) of the author(s) should be written on the reverse side of the paper copy.
Case Reports
These will be summarised in the Journal and full text will be available on the Journal website. The authors should not include names, initials or hospital numbers of patients, which might lead to their recognition. A patient must not be recognisable in any photograph unless written consent has been obtained.
The Scottish Medical Journal is indexed in MEDLINE, Current Contents (Clinical Practice), Science Citation Index and EMBASE/Excerpta Medica