Author Guidelines

These guidelines are in accordance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to
Biomedical Journals, published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
at http://www.icmje.org.

Types of Articles
JDCR welcomes following types of articles:
Case reports (typically 1500-1800 words plus 2-4 figures/tables). Case reports describe clinical case
histories of interest. JDCR will consider for publication case reports of extraordinary significance with
discussion and case of very rare skin diseases with review of contemporary literature for educational
purpouses.
Original clinical observations (typically 1800-2500 words plus 4-6 figures/tables). These are reports of
clinical observations in a number of patients, which enable statistical analysis. Results should be
accompanied by analysis and detailed discussion in the context of current literature. Prospective
clinical trials will generally not be considered for publication.
Review articles (typically 2500-4000 words plus 4-6 figures/tables). A review is a well referenced,
sharply focused, critical assessment of literature provided by experts in the subject matter covered by
this review. Authors may and should express their individual opinion about a topic of controversy or
suggest new approaches for future research. It is required that these opinions are expressed in a
manner which makes them clearly identifiable and distinguishable from literature data.
Original research articles (typically 1500-3000 words plus 4 figures/tables). Reports of new and
original work with significance for clinical dermatology will be considered for publication.
Photoetters to the editor (typically 500-600 words plus 1-2 high quality figures and up to 5
references). This section provides a possibility for publishing exceptional photographs of skin lesions
with a short discussion of the presented case. Short reports of cutting edge pilot research or
observations ilustrated by high quality photographs also will be considered for publication in this
section.
In all cases manuscripts should be written in clear and concise English. Every manuscript should include
discussion of most relevant and recent (recent 5 years) literature related to the topic. The manuscript
should be written in font size 12-14, double-spaced in all portions, abstract, text, acknowledgments,
references, individual tables, and legends. Margins should be about 2,5 cm (1 inch). All pages must be
numbered consecutively, beginning with the title page. Please don't send the title page as separate
file.

Title Page
The title page should include following information:

1. Article type (case report, original clinical observation, critical review, original research article
or photoletter to the editor)
2. Title of the article (bold letters, font size 14 or larger)
 3. Authors list. Authors full names should be given as first names followed by surnames, and
should be clearly linked to the respective institution by use upper case Arabic numbers.
4. Affiliation(s)
5. Disclaimers, (if applicable).
6. Corresponding author. The name, affiliation, mailing address and e-mail address of the author
responsible for correspondence about the manuscript on behalf of all authors. The
corresponding authors e-mail address will be published.The corresponding author is the
guarantor for the integrity of the manuscript as a whole. Medical students and junior residents
will not be accepted as corresponding autors.
7. Source(s) of support in the form of grants, equipment, drugs, or all of these (if applicable)
8. A statement of financial or other relationships that might lead to a conflict of interest
9. Word count for the text (including abstract, acknowledgments, figure legends, and
references)
10. Number of figures , Number of tables.

Abstract
An abstract should follow the title page. It should not be longer than about 250 words and must reflect
the content of the article accurately. The abstract should be structured as follows: For case reports:
Background
Main observations
Conclusions (emphasize new and important aspects of the observations)
For original research articles and original clinical observations:
Background
Objective
Patients/materials and methods
Results
Conclusions (emphasize new and important aspects of the observations)
For review articles:
A non-structured summary should be provided.

Key words
Following the abstract, provide 3 to 10 key words arranged in alphabetical order. Terms from the
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) list of Index Medicus should be used; if suitable MeSH terms are not
yet available for recently introduced terms, non-MESH terms may be used.

Manuscript structure
For case reports:
Introduction
Case report(s)
Discussion
 Conclusions
For original research articles and original clinical observations:
Background
Objective
Patients/Materials and Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
For review articles: Review articles should be divided into sections and sub-sections to achieve highest
possible text clarity.

References
References should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the
text. Identify references in text, tables, and legends by Arabic numerals in upper case. References
cited only in tables or figure legends should be numbered in accordance with the sequence established
by the first identification in the text of the particular table or figure. References to articles and
papers should include: (1) name(s) initials of all author(s), (2) title of paper; (3) title of the journal
abbreviated in the standard manner (see Index Medicus); (4) year of publication; (5) volume; (6) first
and final page numbers of the article (references to online articles should have the same structure and
additionally the appropriate web address following page numbers). (7) PMID number (these numbers
appear under each abstract in PubMed). References which are not PubMed indexed do not require a
PMID number.

Example: Lima XT, Abuabara K, Kimball AB, Lima HC. Briakinumab. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2009
Aug;9(8):1107-13. PMID: 19569977
References to books and monographs should include: (1) name(s) followed by the initials of the
author(s) or editor (s); (2) chapter (if relevant) and book title; (3) edition, volume, etc.; (4) place; (5)
publisher; (6) year; (7) page(s) referred to.

Example: MacKie RM. Lymphomas and leukaemias. In: Textbook of Dermatology (Champion RH, Burton
JL, Ebling FJG, eds), 5th edn, Vol. 3. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1992; 2107-2134

Figures

Figures may be inserted into the text file or may be uploaded separately as additional files as JPEG or
TIFF files. Manuscripts with low quality images will not be considered for publication. Drawn Figures
will not be redrawn by the JDCR. Letters, numbers, and symbols on Figures should be clear and even
throughout and of sufficient size, that when reduced for publication each item will still be legible.
Figures should be made as self-explanatory as possible. Please provide Figure legends at the end of the
manuscript with Arabic numerals corresponding to the illustrations. If photographs of patients are used,
either the subjects must not be identifiable or their pictures must be accompanied by written
permission to use the photograph for publication.
 Manuscripts, which have not been prepared according to JDCR style outlined above will not be
considered for publication

Sending the Manuscript to the Journal

The manuscript should be uploaded directly onto the JDCR website. Please do not send manuscripts by
regular post or e-mail.

Cover letter
Manuscripts must be accompanied following information:
A statement that the same or very similar work has not been published or submitted for publication
elsewhere. A conference presentation with a published abstract is not considered a publication in this
regard.
A statement of financial or other relationships that might lead to a conflict of interest
A statement that the manuscript has been read and approved by all the authors
In the case of manuscripts uploaded directly to the JDCR webside these statements will be required by
the uploading system. Any additional information for the editor may be provided in the Comments for
the Editor box in Step 1 of the uploading procedure.

Processing charges

All articles submitted by 31.12.2015 will be published free of charge, if accepted for publication.
Authors of articles submitted after this date will be asked to pay a service charge of 75 Euros or 95 US$
for accepted articles. Processing charges will be charged for withdrawing a manuscript after
submission. A manuscript may not be withdrawn after it was accepted for publication.

Submission Preparation 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. I have read and followed the Author Guidelines.

2. The submission has not been previously published, nor was it submitted to another journal for
consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
3. The title page contains full names, affiliation(s) and complete address of each author
 4. The title page, abstract, text and references adhere to the stylistic requirements outlined in
the Author Guidelines.
5. When available, references are accompanied by PMID numbers (these numbers appear under
each abstract in PubMed). References which are not PubMed indexed do not require a PMID
number.
6. A statement of financial or other relationships that might lead to a conflict of interest is part
of the title page of the manuscript. Please state: - Authors declare no conflict of interest or -
Authors declare the following potential conflict of interest:.... (conflict of interest will be
published)
7. If applicable, a statement that human studies were performed with the subjects' written
informed consent, is part of the title page in the manuscript.

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