ARTICLES
The Title Page should contain the title of the article, a shortened version (no
more than 50 characters including spaces) for the running head, the authors
(first name, middle initial and last name), affiliations (please do not use
superscript or subscript characters to denote affiliations), and the full mailing
address, telephone, fax and E-mail addresses of all authors. The first author
will be assumed to be the corresponding author unless otherwise indicated.
- A
single SRO Category should also be designated on the Title Page.
- In addition, a
Current Claim, which is a one sentence declarative statement of the major
findings of the research, should be included on the Title Page.
- The Abstract
should be approximately 200 words in length. It should state concisely and
specifically what was done, what was found, and what conclusions were reached.
- The Introduction should describe the objectives of the research; they should be
placed in perspective to previous work in the area.
- The Methods section should
describe how the research was carried out.
- The Results should present clearly,
but succinctly, the experimental findings of the study.
- The Discussion section
should include a brief statement of the principal findings followed by a
discussion of the validity of the observations and their relation to other
published work.
Authors are especially encouraged to present their views
regarding the significance of their work and suggest future hypotheses that could
be tested and/or avenues that others could explore.
SRO Categories
A single Sleep Research Online Category
should be listed on the Title Page. It will be used to categorize the article for
review and bibliographic purposes. Please include the most appropriate Category
name and number from the following list: - Aging
- Alertness and
Performance
- Behavior
- Biochemistry
- Biological Rhythms
- Books, Reviews, and Theoretical Discussions
- Dreaming (Physiology and
Behavior)
- Effects of External Stimuli
- Endocrinology
- Epidemiology
- Instrumentation and Methodology
- Miscellaneous
- Molecular Biology
- Neurophysiology-General
- Neurophysiology of the Visual System
- Ontogeny
- Personality and Psychopathology
- Pharmacology
- Phylogeny
- Physiology
- Sleep Cycle in the Human Adult
- Sleep Deprivation
- Sleep
Disorders-Apnea
- Sleep Disorders-Insomnia
- Sleep Disorders-Miscellaneous
- Sleep Disorders-Narcolepsy
- Sleep Disorders-Parasomnias
- Sleep in Other
Medical Disorders
References
References should be listed in
the reference list at the end of the article. They should consist of only
published and "in press" articles (i.e., accepted for publication in a
specific journal or book). "Submitted", "personal
communication", "unpublished observations" and "in
preparation" references should be cited only in the text in the following
form: (Hypnos et al., unpublished observations). References in the text should be cited
as follows: "The procedure used has been described elsewhere
(Hypnos, 1995)," or "Our observations are in agreement with those of
Hypnos and Morphius (1993) and of Van Winkle et al. (1994)," or with multiple
references, in chronological order: "Earlier reports (Hypnos and Morphius,
1990, 1992; Van Winkle et al., 1993; Hypnos, 1994, 1995)..."
In the list
of references, citations should be numbered and presented in alphabetical order
according to the last name of the first author. In two-author articles with
first authors of the same last name, the order is alphabetical by the second
author's name. The name of the author(s) should be followed by the full
title of the article as it appears in the original publication together with the
source of the reference, the year of publication, the volume number (and issue,
if applicable) and the first and last page numbers. When an author's name
includes a designation such as "Jr.", "III", etc., please use the
following format (Hypnos H JR). "In press" articles should be listed as
follows: ...Journal title year (in press). Abbreviations of journal titles
should follow those listed in Index Medicus
(see
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/jbrowser.html
).
Please do not use periods following abbreviations.
REFERENCE FORMATS
Journal Article
Aserinsky E, Kleitman N. Regularly occurring
periods of eye motility and concurrent phenomena during sleep. Science 1953; 118:
273-4.
Book
Kryger M, Roth T, Dement W, eds. The Principles and Practice of
Sleep Medicine. Second Edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1994.
Chapter in a Book
Mahowald MW, Schenck CH. REM Sleep Behavior
Disorder. In: Kryger M, Roth T, Dement W, eds. The Principles and Practice of
Sleep Medicine. Second Edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1994, pp. 574-588.
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments should be brief and include references
to sources of financial and logistical support.
Figures and Tables
Figures may
be in color or black-and-white; they should include an explanatory title and
sufficient detail in the legend so as to be intelligible without reference to the
text. Figure legends should be grouped separately at the end of the article.
Figures and Tables should be referred to in the text using Arabic numbers (i.e.,
Figure 1, Table 1, etc.) in order of appearance and their approximate position
should be indicated in the article (i.e., "Place Table 1 about here").
For hard copy submission, each Figure and/or Table should be marked on the back
with its appropriate number, together with the name(s) of the author(s) and the
title of the article. Photographs and photomicrographs should be unmounted
glossy prints and should not be retouched.
Additional Guidelines
Abbreviations should be spelled out at their first occurrence, then introduced by
placing the abbreviation in parentheses after the abbreviated term. Unit
Measurements should be expressed using the metric system for all volumes,
lengths, weights, etc. Temperatures should be measured in degrees celsius
(centigrade). Units should conform to the International System of Units (SI).
Use generic names in referring to drugs. Trade names may be given in parentheses
after the first mention, but the generic name should be used thereafter. Please
try to use symbols within the standard character set (normal or ASCII) or the
symbols within the "Symbol" font. Also, if you are familiar with the
program "Key Caps" on the Macintosh or "Character Map" in
Windows, please use these for adding additional symbols to your manuscript. If
the symbol you wish to use cannot be found using the above criteria, please spell
out the symbol (e.g., beta for ß) or your symbol might not appear on the Web
properly.
By
Diskette
1) The preferred medium is a 3 1/2 inch diskette in
MS-DOS or Macintosh format. Please make sure that the diskette contains only the
relevant files (one article and any accompanying figures per diskette).
2)
If possible, tables should be created using your wordprocessor's table
function.
3) Save figures separately as GIF, PICT or TIFF files. Do
not embed the figures in your document. If you are not able to save your figures
electronically, please send a printed copy by snail-mail to the address below.
4) Label the diskette
with your name, the file(s) on the diskette, and the wordprocessing package and
computer used.
By FTP
If
you are familiar with FTP (for example, Fetch for Macintosh or WS-FTP for the
PC), you can transfer your files via the Internet directly to us. Name your file
as the last name of the first author plus the file format of your document (e.g.,
Smith.doc). Use .doc for Microsoft Word, .wpd for WordPerfect, .rtf for Rich
Text Format, and .txt for text. You will need the following information when
using FTP:
- Hostname: ftp.sro.org
- Login: SROsubmit
- Password: SROsubmit1
- Initial
Directory: /SROsubmit
Please note that it would be most helpful if a hard
copy is also sent by snail-mail, even if you submit your article by any of the
above electronic methods.
By Printed
Copy
If you are unable to submit your article in electronic
form, you may send a printed copy of the article and unmounted glossy print(s) of any
table(s) and/or figure(s) to:
