Gastroenterology Nursing
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Gastroenterology Nursing is the official publication of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates. Gastroenterology Nursing seeks articles related to the practice of gastroenterology and endoscopy. Examples of areas of interest are clinical practice, research, management issues, professional and patient education, practice issues, ethical and legal topics, holistic health management, alternative therapies, letters to the editor, and book reviews. We encourage submissions with interprofessional authorship. Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome. Authors are invited to submit queries, by letter or e-mail, for feedback and advice about potential topics and topic development prior to manuscript submission. All manuscripts undergo blind peer review and a decision regarding publication is generally made within six weeks of submission.

Electronic Manuscript Submission
Manuscripts for Gastroenterology Nursing must be submitted via Editorial Manager. Please go to www.editorialmanager.com/gnj/, to review instructions and login as an author. Authors should submit an original copy of the manuscript as well as retain a personal copy of their manuscript and all supporting documents. Original manuscripts will be accepted with the understanding they are contributed solely to Gastroenterology Nursing. Authors are responsible to notify the editor if data from submitted research has been used in other publications.

Copyright Transfer Form: Each author must complete and submit the journal's copyright transfer agreement, which includes a section on the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest based on the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" (www.icmje.org/update.html).

A copy of the form is made available to the submitting author within the Editorial Manager submission process. Co-authors will automatically receive an Email with instructions on completing the form upon submission.

Manuscript Preparation: Manuscripts are typewritten using a 12-font Time New Roman print, double-spaced for 8½ by 11 inch paper, with 1 inch margins. A checklist for manuscript format is included below. Manuscripts are generally 15-20 pages in length excluding tables, figures, and supplemental digital content.

1. Title page: Title of manuscript, name of author(s), degree(s) and certifications, authors’ institutional affiliation and current status, complete mailing address, business phone number, fax number, e-mail address, and conflict of interest statement (see below). Include a brief acknowledgment of grants or other assistance if applicable.

The title page must also include disclosure of funding received for this work from any of the following organizations: National Institutes of Health (NIH); Wellcome Trust; Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI); and other(s).

2. Abstract: The abstract contains 150 to 200 words, and summarizes the manuscript purpose, relevance, and principal content. Research abstracts will summarize the research process and findings. No abbreviations, acronyms, footnotes, or references should be used.

3. References: The style of references is the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). References used in the text are cited by author’s name and date of publication in parentheses (Smith, 2000), with page numbers cited for direct quotations. All references cited in the text must be included on the reference list. Authors are responsible for bibliographic accuracy and must check every reference in manuscript and proofread again in page proofs.

The reference list is double-spaced with the citations arranged alphabetically by first author’s last name. The reference list should include only references cited in the text.

Examples of correct forms of references:

Standard journal article:
Schmelzer, M., Case, P., Chappell, S., & Wright, K. (2000). Colonic cleansing, fluid absorption, and discomfort following tap water and soapsuds enemas. Applied Nursing Research, 13(2), 83–91.

Complete book:
Hickey, J. V., Ouimette, R. M., & Venegoni, S. L. (Eds). (2000). Advanced practice nursing: Changing roles and clinical applications (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Chapter in a book:
Hixon, M. E. (2000). Professional development: Socialization in advanced practice nursing. In J. V. Hickey, R. M. Ouimette, & S. L. Venegoni (Eds.). Advanced practice nursing: Changing roles and clinical applications (2nd ed.), (pp. 46–65). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Online document:
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). (2001). Twinrix®. Combined Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B vaccine. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/twinrix.htm

4. Figures: Gastroenterology Nursing encourages the use of figures and quality photographs to illustrate key aspects of your manuscript. Type the figure legend in text as double-spaced. Refer to the figure in the manuscript as part of a sentence "as in Figure 1" or parenthetically at the end of the sentence (Figure 1).

A) Creating Digital Artwork

  1. Learn about the publication requirements for Digital Artwork: http://links.lww.com/ES/A42
  2. Create, Scan and Save your artwork and compare your final figure to the Digital Artwork Guideline Checklist (below).
  3. Upload each figure to Editorial Manager in conjunction with your manuscript text and tables.

B) Digital Artwork Guideline Checklist
Here are the basics to have in place before submitting your digital artwork:

Remember:

5. Tables: Tables are consecutively numbered, self-explanatory, typed double-spaced with each one on a separate page, and headed by a brief, but descriptive title. Refer to tables using the same method as referring to figures.

6. Implications for Practice: Authors should briefly describe for the reader how their article applies to their nursing practice.

7. Permissions and Consents: Figures, tables, or quotations fully identify their original author and source. If text material totaling 75 words or more is borrowed, written permission must be obtained for use of the material. Letters granting this permission are submitted with the manuscript.

Use of Artificial Intelligence
Authors who use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the writing of a manuscript, production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or in the collection and analysis of data, must be transparent in disclosing in the Materials and Methods (or similar section) of the paper how the AI tool was used, and which tool was used. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, even those parts produced by an AI tool, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics.

Supplemental Digital Content

Supplemental Digital Content (SDC): Authors may submit SDC via Editorial Manager to WKH journals that enhance their article's text to be considered for online posting. SDC may include standard media such as text documents, graphs, audio, video, etc. On the Attach Files page of the submission process, please select Supplemental Audio, Video, or Data for your uploaded file as the Submission Item. If an article with SDC is accepted, our production staff will create a URL with the SDC file. The URL will be placed in the call-out within the article. SDC files are not copy-edited by WKH staff, they will be presented digitally as submitted. For a list of all available file types and detailed instructions, please visit http://links.lww.com/A142.

SDC Call-outs
Supplemental Digital Content must be cited consecutively in the text of the submitted manuscript. Citations should include the type of material submitted (Audio, Figure, Table, etc.), be clearly labeled as "Supplemental Digital Content," include the sequential list number, and provide a description of the supplemental content. All descriptive text should be included in the call-out as it will not appear elsewhere in the article.
Example:
We performed many tests on the degrees of flexibility in the elbow (see Video, Supplemental Digital Content 1, which demonstrates elbow flexibility) and found our results inconclusive.

List of Supplemental Digital Content
A listing of Supplemental Digital Content must be submitted at the end of the manuscript file. Include the SDC number and file type of the Supplemental Digital Content. This text will be removed by our production staff and not be published.
Example:
Supplemental Digital Content 1. wmv

SDC File Requirements
All acceptable file types are permissible up to 10 MBs. For audio or video files greater than 10 MBs, authors should first query the journal office for approval. For a list of all available file types and detailed instructions, please visit http://links.lww.com/A142.

Review and Action
All manuscripts are blind reviewed by members of the Editorial Board and Reviewer Panel. Reviewers evaluate the accuracy and relevance of content, organization, style, clarity, originality, use of verifiable and current references, and the contribution of the manuscript to the specialty of gastroenterology and endoscopy. Author identification should only appear on the title page. Authors are notified of the results of the review of their manuscript and potential for publication.

Conflicts of Interest
Authors must state all possible conflicts of interest in the manuscript, including financial, consultant, institutional, and other relationships that might lead to bias or a conflict of interest. If there is no conflict of interest, this should also be explicitly stated as none declared. All sources of funding should be acknowledged in the manuscript. All relevant conflicts of interest and sources of funding should be included on the title page of the manuscript with the heading “Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding:”. For example:

Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding: A has received honoraria from Company Z. B is currently receiving a grant (#12345) from Organization Y, and is on the speaker’s bureau for Organization X—the CME organizers for Company A. For the remaining authors none were declared.

In addition, each author must complete and submit the journal’s copyright transfer agreement, which includes a section on the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest based on the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals”(www.icmje.org/update.html). The form is readily available on the manuscript submission page at www.editorialmanager.com/gnj and can be completed and submitted electronically. Please note that authors may sign the copyright transfer agreement form electronically. For additional information about electronically signing this form, go to http://links.lww.com/ZUAT/A106.

Open access
Authors of accepted peer-reviewed articles have the choice to pay a fee to allow perpetual unrestricted online access to their published article to readers globally, immediately upon publication. Authors may take advantage of the open access option at the point of submission. Please note that this choice has no influence on the peer review and acceptance process. These articles are subject to the journal's standard peer-review process and will be accepted or rejected based on their own merit.

The article processing charge (APC) is charged on acceptance of the article and should be paid within 30 days by the author, funding agency or institution. Payment must be processed for the article to be published open access. For a list of journals and pricing please visit our Wolters Kluwer Hybrid Open Access Journals page.

Authors retain copyright
Authors retain their copyright for all articles they opt to publish open access. Authors grant Wolters Kluwer an exclusive license to publish the article and the article is made available under the terms of a Creative Commons user license. Please visit our Open Access Publication Process page for more information.

Creative Commons license
Open access articles are freely available to read, download and share from the time of publication under the terms of the Creative Commons License Attribution-Non Commercial No Derivative (CC BY-NC-ND) license. This license does not permit reuse for any commercial purposes, nor does it cover the reuse or modification of individual elements of the work (such as figures, tables, etc.) in the creation of derivative works without specific permission.

Compliance with funder mandated open access policies
An author whose work is funded by an organization that mandates the use of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license is able to meet that requirement through the available open access license for approved funders. Information about the approved funders can be found here.

Read and Publish Agreements

Wolters Kluwer currently has read-and-publish agreements with institutional consortia listed here.

Corresponding authors who are affiliated with the participating institution and who qualify as eligible authors* can publish their eligible articles open access in the eligible LWW journals at no direct cost to them. Please see your institution’s individual policy for guidance on eligible article types and license choice. To qualify for the APC waiver, the corresponding author must provide their participating institution’s name and institutional email address in the journal’s submission system. On acceptance, the corresponding author will be asked to place an open access order in the publisher’s payment portal where they will be able to request the APC be funded in accordance with this agreement. A $0.00 APC will then be applied.

*Eligible authors: Corresponding authors who are teaching and research staff employed by or otherwise accredited to one of the participating institutions as well as students enrolled or accredited to one of the institutions and who want to publish open access articles.

Compliance with National Institutes of Health Accessibility Requirements
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires authors to submit the “post-print” (the final manuscript, in Word format, after peer-review and acceptance for publication but prior to the publisher’s copyediting, design, formatting, and other services) of research the NIH funds to a repository that is accessible online by all without charge. As a service to our authors, LWW will identify to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) articles that require deposit and will transmit the post-print of an article based on research funded in whole or in part by the NIH to PubMed Central.

FAQ for open access
https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/lippincott-journals/lippincott-open-access/faq

Compliance With NIH and Other Research Funding Agency Accessibility Requirements
A number of research funding agencies now require or request authors to submit the post-print (the article after peer review and acceptance but not the final published article) to a repository that is accessible online by all without charge. As a service to our authors, WKH will identify to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) articles that require deposit and will transmit the post-print of an article based on research funded in whole or in part by the National Institutes of Health, Wellcome Trust, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, or other funding agencies to PubMed Central. The revised Copyright Transfer Agreement provides the mechanism.

Permissions: For permission and/or rights to use content for which the copyright holder is the society, please go to the journal's website and after clicking on the relevant article, click on the "Request Permissions" link under the "Article Tools" box that appears on the right side of the page. Alternatively, send an e-mail to [email protected].

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For Special Projects and Reprints (non-U.S./Canada), contact Silvia Serra, Translations Rights, Licensing & Permissions Manager, Wolters Kluwer Health (Medical Research) Ltd, 250 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8RD, UK. Phone: +44 (0) 207 981 0600. E-mail: [email protected]