Author Guidelines

The International Wound Journal (IWJ) is a journal focused on providing the best quality information,
research data and education on all aspects of wounds and wound healing.
It provides the single best resource of information for all professional disciplines involved in the care
of patients with wounds.

We have assembled a large board of Editorial Executives, who represent a range of professional
groups and originate from around the globe. All of these individuals are recognized international
experts in their own fields.

The journal publishes original peer reviewed material including Review articles, Research papers,
Clinical studies, Letters, Case Conferences - where our Editorial Executives comment on
interesting case scenarios, Clinical Challenges discussing difficult or complex cases, and
International perspectives on educational initiatives, guidelines, different groups and societies.

Manuscripts that describe product evaluations will be considered, but will receive lower priority. The
Journal also welcomes articles that provide the reader with a thorough understanding of a specific
methodology or technique pertinent to wound healing studies. These articles will be subjected to the
same peer review as regular research articles. Manuscripts will be accepted from any country but
must be written in idiomatic English, and will be subject to copyediting before publication.

International Wound Journal has now adopted ScholarOne Manuscripts for online manuscript
submission and peer review. The new system brings with it a whole host of benefits including:
Quick and easy submission
Administration centralised and reduced
Significant decrease in peer review times
SUBMISSION INFORMATION
From now on all submissions to the journal must be submitted online
athttp://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iwj.
Full instructions and support are available on the site and a user ID and password can be obtained
on the first visit. If you require assistance then click the Get Help Now link which appears at the top
right of every ScholarOne Manuscripts page.

The Editor requires that with each submission, the authors provide written assurance that the paper
has not been previously published and that no other submission or publication will be made.
Abstracts of oral or poster presentation are not considered to constitute prior publication.

Please ensure that a Title Page is submitted together with your manuscript, listing the following:

Article title
Authors' names
 Authors' affiliation
Correspondence address
Keywords
Key messages [please note that these are separate from Keywords]
Abstract
3 Reviewers' names (please refer to instructions above)
Title page
The title page will carry (a) the title of the article, which should be concise but informative; (b) first
name, middle initial, and last name of each author, with highest academic degree(s) and institutional
affiliation; (c) name of department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed; (d)
name, address, telephone, fax number, and email address of author responsible for correspondence
about the manuscript; (e) name and address of author to whom requests for reprints should be
addressed.
Authorship
All persons designated as authors must qualify for authorship. Each author should have participated
sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. Participation solely in the
acquisition of funding or the collection of data does not justify authorship. General supervision of the
research group is also not sufficient for authorship.
Abstract and Keywords
Your title page will carry an abstract of no more than 200 words. The abstract should state the
purposes of the investigation, basic procedures, main findings, BE SPECIFIC, and the principal
conclusions. Emphasize new or unique aspects of the investigation. Abbreviations may not be used
in the abstract. This should be followed by not more than 5 keywords in alphabetical
order.Keywords are NOT Key Messages.
Key Messages
Key Messages must include:
A general statement briefly describing the paper (e.g. successful wound healing depends on
tightly regulated haemostasis.)
The aim or goal of your manuscript What was used in your study (e.g. 26 mice were used
for this study. XX software was used for XX.)
1 to 2 sentences briefly summarizing the Results section

Key Messages are not required for Letters to the Editor. For all other article types, kindly ensure that
they are included so that your article can be published according to journal style.

3 Reviewers' names
Please include the names of at least 3 reviewers for the manuscript during submission. Should this
information be missing, acceptance of your manuscript will be delayed. Authors are also encouraged
to indicate individuals they feel should not be considered reviewers and a brief explanation for this
recommendation.
All the above-listed components are absolutely essential to the production and publication
process of your article. Submissions with any of these information missing will be delayed in
acceptance or rejected. Therefore, please ensure that all these details are included in your
submission.
Online Open
OnlineOpen is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article
available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive
the final version of their article. With OnlineOpen, the author, the author's funding agency, or the
author's institution pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon
publication via Wiley InterScience, as well as deposited in the funding agency's preferred archive.
For the full list of terms and conditions, see http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-
406241.html.
Any authors wishing to send their paper OnlineOpen will be required to complete the payment form
available from our website at:https://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/onlineopen_order.asp. Prior to
acceptance there is no requirement to inform an Editorial Office that you intend to publish your paper
OnlineOpen if you do not wish to. All OnlineOpen articles are treated in the same way as any other
article. They go through the journal's standard peer-review process and will be accepted or rejected
based on their own merit.
COPYRIGHT
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will
receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing
Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the
paper.

For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement

If the OnlineOpen option is not selected the corresponding author will be presented with the
copyright transfer agreement (CTA) to sign. The terms and conditions of the CTA can be previewed
in the sample associated with the Copyright FAQs below:
CTA Terms and Conditions http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/faqs_copyright.asp
For authors choosing OnlineOpen
If the OnlineOpen option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following
Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):
Creative Commons Attribution License OAA
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License
OAA Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial -NoDerivs License OAA

To preview the terms and conditions of these open access agreements please visit the Copyright
FAQs hosted on Wiley Author
Services http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/faqs_copyright.aspand
visit http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/details/content/12f25db4c87/Copyright--License.html.
If you select the OnlineOpen option and your research is funded by The Wellcome Trust and
members of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) you will be given the opportunity to publish your
article under a CC-BY license supporting you in complying with Wellcome Trust and Research
Councils UK requirements. For more information on this policy and the Journals compliant self-
archiving policy please visit: http://www.wiley.com/go/funderstatement.
Additionally. authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright
material from other sources.

It is the responsibility of the authors to disclose to the Editor any significant financial interests they
may have in products mentioned in their manuscript. This information will be deemed confidential
and will only be disclosed to manuscript reviewers if, in the opinion of the Editor, the information is
directly pertinent for an informed review.

If the paper is part of a larger study and you, or other authors, have written additional papers that
have been published/submitted for publication using the study as the basis for the article, you must
contact the Editor with details to ensure there is no breach of copyright. Any breach of copyright will
be taken very seriously and appropriate action taken.

NEW: Online production tracking is now available for your article through Wiley-Blackwells
Author Services.
Author Services enables authors to track their article once it has been accepted through the
production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles
online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The author will receive
an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added
to the system. Please ensure that a complete e-mail address is provided when submitting the
manuscript. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/ for more details on online production
tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission
and more.

General instructions for manuscript style

Use double-spacing throughout, including title page, abstract, text, acknowledgments, references,
footnotes, tables, and legends for illustrations. Begin each of the following sections on separate
pages: title page, abstract and key words, text, acknowledgments, references, footnotes, figure
legends, and individual tables.

Number pages consecutively, beginning with the title page. Once a manuscript is accepted, the final
version of the manuscript should be submitted electronically. Guidelines for electronic submission of
accepted manuscripts will be sent to the author by the editorial office.

Text
The text of the original research manuscript should be divided into the following sections with
headings: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion. Longer articles may be further divided with
appropriate subheadings. Review Articles should be suitably divided with appropriate subheadings.
Introduction
State the purpose of the article. Summarize the rationale for the study, giving only pertinent
references, and do not review the subject extensively. Do not include data or conclusions from the
work to be reported.
Materials and methods
Identify the methods, apparatus (include manufacturer's name and address in parentheses), and
procedures in sufficient detail to allow other workers to reproduce the results. Give references to
established methods; provide references and brief descriptions for methods that have been
published but are not well known; and describe in greater detail new or substantially modified
methods. Identify precisely all drugs and chemicals used, including generic name(s), dose(s), and
route(s) of administration.
Ethical considerations
Human investigations. Manuscripts reporting data obtained from research conducted in human
subjects must include assurance that informed consent was obtained from each patient. In addition,
the manuscript must include assurance that the study protocol conformed to the ethical guidelines of
the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki as reflected in approval by the institution's human research review
committee. A statement to this effect must be provided within the Methods section.
Animal investigations. Manuscripts reporting data obtained from research using animals must
include a statement of assurance that all animals received humane care. Study protocols must be in
compliance with the institution's guidelines or the National Research Council's criteria for humane
care as outlined in 'Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals' prepared by the Institute of
Laboratory Animal Resources and published by the National Institutes of Health (NIH Publication No.
86-23, Revised 1985). A statement to this effect must be provided within the Methods section.

Statistics
Statistical methods must be described in sufficient detail to enable a knowledgeable reader with
access to the original data to verify the reported results. Whenever possible, quantify findings and
present then with appropriate indicators of measurement error or uncertainty. Statistical probability
(p) should be reported in tables, figures, and figure legends at only one of the following levels p
Results
Present the results in a logical sequels in the tables and illustrations. DO NOT repeat in the text all
the data in the tables or illustrations; emphasize or summarize only important observations.
Discussion
Emphasize the new and important aspects of the study and the conclusions that follow from them.
DO NOT repeat in detail data or other material given in the Introduction or Results section. Include in
the Discussion section the implications of the findings and their limitations, including implications for
future research. Link the conclusions with the goals of the study, avoid unqualified statements and
conclusions not supported by the data. State the hypotheses when warranted, but clearly label them
as such.
Acknowledgments
This section contains one or more statements that specify (a) contributions that need
acknowledgment but do not justify authorship; (b) acknowledgment of technical help; (c)
acknowledgments of financial and material support (specify the nature of the support); (d) financial
relationships that may pose a conflict of interest (including the involvement of sponsors in writing or
reviewing material).
References
We recommend the use of a tool such as Reference Manager for reference management and
formatting.
Reference Manager reference styles can be searched for
here:http://www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp

Number references consecutively in the order in which they are mentioned in the text. Identify
references in text, tables, and figure legends by Arabic numerals in parentheses. References cited
only in tables or figure legends should be numbered last. Use the style of the following examples,
which are based with slight modification on the formats set forth in 'Uniform Requirements for
Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals,' also known as the 'Vancouver' style for biomedical
journals (JAMA 1993;269:22282-6).
The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in Index Medicus.
'Unpublished observations' and 'personal communications' may not be used as references, but
should be inserted in parentheses in the text. Include among the references papers accepted but not
yet published; designate the journal and add 'In press.' Examples of correct reference styles are
given below:

Articles in journals

1. Standard Journal Article-List all authors

Jorgensen PH, Andreassen TT. Influence of biosynthetic human growth hormone on biochemical
properties of rat skin incisional wounds. Acta Chir Scand 1988;154: 623-6.
2. Organization as author
The Royal Marsden Hospital Bone-Marrow Transplantation Team. Failure of syngeneic bone-marrow
graft without preconditioning in post-hepatitis marrow aphasia. Lancet 1977;2:742-4.

3. No author given
Coffee drinking and cancer of the pancreas [editorial]. BMJ 1981;283:628.

4. Volume with supplement

Iyer R, Jenkinson CP, Vockley JG, Kern RM, Grody WW, Cederbaum S. The human arginases and
arginase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 1998;21 (Suppl. 1):86-100.
5. Issue with supplement
Gardos G. Cole JO, Haskell D, Marby D, Paine SS, Moore P. The natural history of tardive
dyskinesia. J Clin Psychopharmacol 1988;8(4 Suppl):31S-37S.
6. Issue with part
Reif S. Terranova VP, El-Bendary M, Lebenthal E, Petell JK. Modulation of extracellular matrix
proteins in rat liver during development. Hepatology 1990;12(3 pt 1): 519-25.

7. Article containing comment

Piccoli A, Bossatti A. Early steroid therapy in IgA neurophathy: still an open question [comment].
Nephron 1989;51:289-91. Comment on Nephron 1988;48: 12-7.

8. Article commented on
Kobayashi Y. Fuji K, Hiki Y. Tateno S. Kurokawa A, Kamiyama M. Steroid therapy in IgA
nephropathy: a retrospective study in heavy proteinuric cases [see comments]. Nephron
1989;51:298-91.

Books and other monographs

1. Personal author(s)
Majno GA. The healing hand: man and wound in the ancient world. Cambridge: Harvard Univ Press,
1975.

2. Chapters in a book
Phillips C, Wenstrup RJ. Biosynthetic and genetic disorders of collagen. In: Cohen IK, Diegelmann
RF, Lindblad WJ, editors. Wound healing: biochemical and clinical aspects. Philadelphia: Saunders,
1992:152-77.

3. Conference proceedings
Goldstick T, Hunt T. Oxygen tension in the tissue near an implants. In: Proceedings of the 2nd
Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference; 1968; Toronto, Canada. 1968, 3-15.

Unpublished material
1. In press
McMahon SB, Monroe JG. Role of primary response genes in generating cellular responses to
growth factors. FASEB J. In press.

Tables
Type each table double-spaced on a separate sheet of paper. DO NOT submit tables as
photographs. Number tables consecutively using Arabic numerals in the order of their first citation in
the text and supply a brief title for each. Place explanatory matter in footnotes, not in the heading.
Explain in footnotes all nonstandard abbreviations that are used in each table. DO NOT use internal
horizontal and vertical rules.

The use of too many tables in relation to the length of the text may produce difficulties in the page
layout. The Editor may recommend removal or modification of tables if the page layout is untenable.
If the table has been published, written permission must be obtained and appropriate
acknowledgment must be made.
Illustrations
Please submit a complete set of figures with the manuscript. All figures must be produced with
appropriate computer graphics and should be submitted as high resolution TIFF or EPS files. Titles
and detailed explanations belong in the illustration legends, not on the illustrations themselves.

Each file should be labelled accordingly with the number of the figure and authors name.
Photomicrographs must have internal scale markers.

Symbols, arrows, or letters used in the photomicrographs should contrast with the background. If
photographs of persons are used, either the subjects must not be identifiable or their pictures must
be accompanied by written permission to use the photograph. Figures should be numbered
consecutively according to the order in which they have been cited in the text. If a figure has been
published, acknowledge the original source and submit written permission from the copyright holder
to reproduce the material.

International Wound Journal will publish illustrations in colour free-of-charge.

Illustration legends
Type legends for illustrations double-spaced starting on a separate page, with Arabic numerals
corresponding to the illustrations. Explain each symbol used in the illustration, including the internal
scale.

Units of measurement
Measurements of length, height, weight, and volume must be reported in metric units or their
decimal multiples. Temperatures should be given in degrees Celsius and blood pressures in
millimeters of mercury.

All hematologic and clinical chemistry measurements should be reported in the metric system in
terms of the International System of Units (SI).

Footnotes
All nonstandard abbreviations should be grouped into one footnote, with all footnotes placed on a
separate page of the manuscript. Footnotes in the text should be denoted with a superscript Arabic
numeral.

Proofs and offprints

Proofs will be sent to the author submitting the paper and must be returned promptly. This will allow
correction of printers and similar errors. Major changes will not be entertained and authors may be
charged for excessive amendments at this stage. The corresponding author will receive an e-mail
alert containing a link to a website. A working e-mail address must therefore be provided for the
corresponding author. The proof can be downloaded as a PDF (portable document format) file from
this site. Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read this file. This software can
be downloaded (free of charge) from the following web
site:http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen and printed out in order for any corrections to
be added. Further instructions will be sent with the proof. Hard copy proofs will be posted if no e-mail
address is available. Excessive changes made by the author in the proofs, excluding typesetting
errors, will be charged separately. Electronic offprints will be supplied free to the corresponding
author of each paper. Additional paper offprints may be ordered online. Please click on the following
link and fill in the necessary details and ensure that you type information in all of the required
fields: http://offprint.cosprinters.com/cos.

If you have queries about offprints please email offprint@cosprinters.com