Clinical Geriatrics

Clinical Geriatrics (CG) is a peer-reviewed, clinical journal dedicated to the dissemination of the most up-to-date information on the clinical and practical issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of the older community-dwelling patient. Evidence-based, clinical review articles, case reports, and various departments are designed to educate healthcare providers about the often significant clinical differences found in this rapidly expanding patient population.


Submission
CG does not accept manuscripts whose content has been previously published elsewhere, in print or online. Failure to disclose the existence of duplicate articles, manuscripts, or other material is unethical and may represent a violation of copyright law.

Manuscripts for consideration should be submitted online using the Rapid Review Web-Based Review System, which is accessible at https://www.rapidreview.com/HMP2/CALogon.jsp or at www.clinical
geriatrics.com by selecting “Submit Now” from the “Manuscript Submission” dropdown menu. Authors should follow the online instructions in the Rapid Review system for uploading and formatting their manuscript and for providing supporting files.

Manuscripts should not include author names, affiliations, or contact information. These are entered separately in the “Cover Letter” field of the Rapid Review system. Manuscripts that do not remove this information will require additional processing, delaying the peer-review process.

Full author financial disclosure and information regarding any potential conflicts of interest must be provided at the time of manuscript submission. Each author must sign and complete an author disclosure form, which is available on the CG Website under the “Manuscript Submission” dropdown menu. The form may be uploaded with your submission as a scanned copy in PDF format or faxed to (866) 800-4236.

Tables, figures, and photographs that reflect the general subject matter of the article are encouraged and should accompany the manuscript when first submitted. Graphics that are supplemental to the manuscript may be embedded in the document or uploaded separately in JPEG or PNG formats. All graphics should be numbered in proper sequence and should include legends.

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission and paying fees to reproduce any tables, figures, or other illustrations that were originally published elsewhere; written documentation of this permission should be submitted with the manuscript.

All references should be cited in full and provided in American Medical Association (AMA) style, as shown below. Please do not use an endnotes format. References should be cited in chronological order in the text using Arabic numerals and included in a citation list at the end of the article. References with more than six authors listed should use “et al” after the third name.

Style:
1. Syed M, Jan S, Patel NA, et al. Vertebroplasty: the alternative treatment for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in the elderly. Clinical Geriatrics. 2006;14(2):20-24.


Categories
CG does not publish original research articles.

Case Reports
Case reports have instructional value, such as revealing successful interventions in managing uncommon syndromes or cautioning against a poor outcome of a particular treatment. They should be approximately 2000 words in length, excluding references, tables, and figures.

Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor are encouraged to be brief, approximately 250 to 750 words. Those referring to an article published in a previous issue of CG should be submitted within 3 months of the article’s publication. Other letters may serve to express a viewpoint on a relevant topic/event or to comment on matters of general interest to healthcare professionals.

PhotoDx
These quiz-based manuscripts outline an interesting or complex case in an elder. All articles must include high-resolution diagnostic photographs, a brief case description, a quiz question with 3 to 5 possible answers, and an evidence-based discussion on the correct diagnosis.  

Review Articles
Review articles provide a thorough, critical, up-to-date overview of the existing literature on a clinical topic. Full-length review articles should be approximately 2000 to 3500 words, excluding references, tables, and figures. References should be limited to approximately 40 citations.

Other acceptable types of manuscripts include Point of View articles (authors of these evidence-based articles share their opinions on clinical issues pertaining to the care of elders), practice management concerns, Medicare issues, or other special articles that address topics of interest to those caring for geriatric patients. For additional information on these types of articles, e-mail amusante@hmpcommunications.com.


Review Process
All manuscripts submitted to CG will be reviewed by two or more referees. The corresponding author is notified of the medical editor’s decision within 8 weeks of submission; however, at certain times, delays are unavoidable. Following peer-review, authors may be requested to revise their manuscript. In such cases, the final decision regarding acceptance for publication can be made only after the revised version has been reevaluated.

Accepted manuscripts are edited according to AMA and house style. The corresponding author will receive a copyedited manuscript for review prior to publication.