Author Guidelines
Clinical Geriatrics is a peer-reviewed,
clinical journal dedicated to the dis-
semination of the most up-to-date,
peer-reviewed information on the
clinical and practical issues related to
the care, treatment, and management
of the older community-dwelling
patient. Evidence-based, clinical
review articles, case reports, and vari-
ous departments are designed to edu-
cate clinicians about the often signifi-
cant clinical differences found in this
rapidly expanding patient population.
Clinical Geriatrics does not accept
manuscripts whose content previously
has been published elsewhere, in print
or online.
Please submit all materials by e-mail
as Microsoft Word attachments to:
medwards@hmpcommunications.com.
Upon submission, list all authors
on a title page indicating title and
affiliation for each. Provide a mailing
address, e-mail address, and phone/
fax numbers for the corresponding
author.
Full author financial disclosure
and any information regarding conflict of interest must be included in
the title page at the time of manuscript submission.
Tables, figures, and photographs
that reflect the general subject matter
of the article are encouraged and
should accompany the manuscript
when first submitted. Tables should
be included at the end of the manuscript in the main document, excluding any use of table formatting features. Photos, charts, graphs, and
other figures that are supplemental to
the main document should be submitted as digital files in JPEG, TIFF,
or EPS formats, or as printed copies
of the originals (slides cannot be
accepted). 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 along with the
manuscript.
All references should be cited in
full and provided in AMA style, as
shown below. Please do not use an
endnotes format, as this makes editing difficult. References with more
than four authors listed should use
“et al”; “et al” should be written after
the third name. References should be
numerically cited in the text and list-
ed at the end of the article in the
order in which they appear.
Style:
1. Das B, Greenspan M, Muralee S,
et al. Late-life depression: A review.
Clinical Geriatrics 2007;15(10):
35-44.
All medications should be referred
to by their generic names throughout
the manuscript and in all illustrations.
The Journal does not publish original research articles.
Review Articles
Review articles provide a thorough, critical, up-to-date overview of
existing literature on a clinical topic.
Full-length review articles should be
approximately 2000-3500 words in
length, excluding references and
tables/figures. As these are reviews,
please limit the number of references
so as not to exceed approximately 40
citations.
Case Reports
Case reports have instructional
value, such as revealing successful
interventions in managing uncommon syndromes or cautioning
against a poor outcome of management of treatment. They should be
approximately 2000 words in length.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor are encouraged to be brief, approximately
250-750 words. Those referring to
an article published earlier in the
Journal should be submitted within
3 months of the article’s publica-
tion. Other letters may serve to
express a viewpoint on a relevant
topic or event or to comment on
matters of general interest to healthcare professionals.
Other acceptable types of manuscripts include Point of View articles
(authors of these articles are encouraged to share their opinions on clinical issues pertaining to the care of
the older patient), practice management concerns, Medicare issues, or
other special articles that address
topics of interest regarding the care
of the older patient.
All manuscripts submitted for
publication in Clinical Geriatrics
will be sent out for review; the corresponding author is notified of the
medical editor’s decision within
approximately 6-8 weeks of submission; however, at certain times,
delays are unavoidable. During the
review process, authors are often
requested to revise their manuscript.
The final decision on acceptance for
publication can be made only after
the revised version of the manuscript has been reevaluated.
Accepted manuscripts are edited
according to AMA style; the corresponding author will receive a copy-edited manuscript for approval prior
to publication.
Submit articles by e-mail (MS Word preferred; otherwise, indicate which program was used) to:
Meredith Edwards
Managing Editor, Clinical Geriatrics
HMP Communications
Phone: 800-237-7285, ext. 102
