Submissions

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About

The journal Lymphology is the official organ of the International Society of Lymphology. It includes papers and special symposia dealing with clinical and basic studies of the lymphatic system and related fields. Original ideas, bold hypotheses, historical reflections, and exciting observations are printed in "Lymphspirations" and interesting images are published in "Lymphographias".

Focus and Scope

Lymphology contains original articles, special features, and information regarding the International Society of Lymphology. It seeks original papers dealing with clinical and basic studies of the lymphatic system and its disorders including related fields. Articles are accepted for external review and publication on the condition that they are contributed to Lymphology only and that no substantial part has been or will be published elsewhere. The general style of the manuscript should be in accordance with the AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition).

The journal accepts no advertising.

Special features include:

  • Lymphspiration
    Original ideas, bold hypotheses, historical reflections, and exciting observations relating to lymphology.
  • Editorials
    Forceful viewpoints on issues germane to lymphology.
  • Lymphographia
    Original lymphangiograms or other images of the lymphatic system of special interest. No more than three figures accompanied by brief clinical summary of presentation, image methodology and interpretation, subsequent diagnosis, and treatment.
  • Letters to the Editor
    Correspondence pertaining to articles in LYMPHOLOGY or other issues of lymphologic interest. No more than 300 words.

Lymphology is Indexed/Abstracted in: MEDLINE, PubMed; Science Citation Index Expanded; Biological Abstracts; BIOSIS Previews; Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition; EMBASE/Excerpta Medica; Scopus; and Chemical Abstracts.

Copyright for articles published in volumes 1 through 53 (through 2021) is held by the journal Lymphology. These articles cannot be reproduced without permission. Copyright for articles published in volumes 54 and later are held by the authors.

Submission Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  2. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  3. Where available, URLs and DOIs for the references have been provided.
  4. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references and quotations. Authors should make sure they are correct, in substance and style.
  5. The text is double-spaced; uses Times New Roman 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  6. If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review (below) have been followed.

Ensuring a Blind Review

To ensure the integrity of the blind peer-review for submission to this press, every effort should be made to prevent the identities of the authors and reviewers from being known to each other. This involves the authors, editors, and reviewers (who upload documents as part of their review) checking to see if the following steps have been taken with regard to the text and the file properties:

  • The authors of the document have deleted their names from the text, with "Author" and year used in the references and footnotes, instead of the authors' name, article title, etc.
  • With Microsoft Office documents, author identification should also be removed from the properties for the file (see under File in Word), by clicking on the following, beginning with File on the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save As > Tools (or Options with a Mac) > Security > Remove personal information from file properties on save > Save.
  • With PDFs, the authors' names should also be removed from Document Properties found under File on Adobe Acrobat's main menu.

Copyright Notice

Authors retain all rights to their work published by the University of Arizona Libraries' Publishing Program. The specific terms of our author agreements may vary slightly from journal to journal, but they all constitute nonexclusive licenses covering the rights required to publish, index, abstract, and preserve the content. Authors are free to reuse their work and to enter into other agreements as long as they credit the relevant journal as the site of first publication and provide a link to the journal website. We support the use of Creative Commons licenses by our journals and encourage them to allow further distribution and reuse of their content as appropriate.

The author(s) are responsible for ensuring their article does not infringe upon any copyright; violate any other right of any third parties; contain any scandalous, libelous, or unlawful matter; or make any improper invasion of the privacy of any person. The author(s) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the University of Arizona against any claim or proceeding undertaken on any of the aforementioned grounds. Permission to use 3rd party materials e.g. figures, tables, photographs, illustrations, trade literature and data must be secured prior to publication and authors must include these permissions with their final submission.

Peer Review

All submissions accepted for external review will undergo evaluation from 2-4 expert outside reviewers for:

  1. scientific soundness,
  2. judgment on innovative and new research ideas and findings,
  3. assessment of communication and adherence to publishing style,
  4. human and/or animal ethics and approval, and
  5. possible conflict of interest issues identified.

A review by the Editorial Committee and a final review by the Editor will complete the review process. The Editorial Committee and Editor either have no conflict of interest or are required to disclose a conflict and recuse themselves from review.

The Editor and Editorial team strive to perform the highest quality of Editorial work and follow all minimum standards and most aspirational Best Practice Guidelines from the ICMJE’s “Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals”, COPE’s “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors”, and “Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing” produced by the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association.

Licences

The following licences are allowed:

  • Copyright
    © the author(s). All rights reserved.
  • CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
    Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Publication Fees

Journals published in journals hosted by the University of Arizona Libraries' Publishing Program do not charge author publishing fees. All journals hosted by the University of Arizona Libraries are fully open access, with no charges to access or to publish.

Publication Cycle

Lymphology is published quarterly.

Sections

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