If you wish to contribute to Clinical & Forensic Toxicology News, please follow the guidelines below and email your contribution to Joanna Grimes or cftnews@aacc.org .
Feature Articles
- Should be 2500 – 3000 words.
- Include no more than 12 references or suggested readings. If more than 12 references are cited, it may not be possible to include them in the issue due to space constraints.
- At the end of the article, include name, degree(s), current position and location of employer. For example: “Sarah Kerrigan, Ph.D., is the Bureau Chief of Toxicology at the New Mexico Department of Health, Scientific Laboratory Division, in Albuquerque, New Mexico”.
- Should be submitted in electronic format (MS Word preferred).
- There is no honorarium, but the author will receive ten copies of the issue in which his article was published and a complimentary one-year subscription (4 issues).
- First drafts of the article should be sent to the committee member who originally solicited the article. The committee member forwards the article to the committee chair.
- The committee chair arranges for independent reviews.
- Final copies of the article are sent to the Editorial Consultant for copyediting and page layout.
- The Editorial Consultant will provide proofs to the author and committee chair prior to publication.
Medium-Length Articles
Guidelines/procedures are the same as those defined above for feature articles, with two exceptions:
- Articles should be ~1000 – 1500 words.
- Include no more than 6 references or suggested readings.
Short Articles
Guidelines/procedures are the same as those defined above for feature articles, with two exceptions:
- Articles should be ~500 – 750 words.
- Author receives 10 copies of the issue in which his article was published—author does not receive a complimentary one-year subscription.