Transplantation Proceedings

We are pleased to invite persons with accepted Abstracts for both oral and poster presentations the opportunity to submit a full manuscript to

Transplantation Proceedings

in conjunction with:

The 39th Congress of the Italian Transplantation Society (SITO 2015),

to be held in L’Aquila, Italy from 24 to 26 September 2015

All manuscripts will be received through our online system, EES at http://ees.elsevier.com/transproc by selecting

ARTICLE TYPE: SITO2015

Deadline for Submission: November 30, 2015

 

Transplantation Proceedings invites persons who have accepted Abstracts for both oral and poster presentations to submit a full manuscript in accordance with our Guidelines for Manuscripts Associated With Meetings.  Transplantation Proceedings is peer-reviewed, therefore all manuscripts will undergo extensive review, and authors will be notified of the outcome. We look forward to continued collaboration with the Society in publishing groundbreaking transplantation research.

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION INFORMATION:

Authors may now begin to upload their manuscript to Transplantation Proceedings through our online system, EES at http://ees.elsevier.com/transproc by selecting ARTICLE TYPE:  SITO2015.  You must NOT select any other Article Type while uploading your manuscript.  If you make a mistake, contact EES support immediately and notify the Editorial Office by email to bkahan@transplantation-proceedings.org.   Please ONLY upload your manuscript once as failure to do so may result in rejection of your paper.

All manuscripts must be prepared in English and saved as a Word file (not as PDF).  References must be fully cited and must be in English.  Abstracts and Manuscripts MUST be double spaced using an 11 point font and sized for letter size paper not A4.  All manuscripts must be accompanied by a completed ACIS and Financial Agreement Forms and Check list.

All manuscripts must contain the following and must be uploaded in this order:

  1. Manuscript Check List which states the MEETING NAME and Article Type associated with your manuscript followed by the title of your manuscript. (See below)
  2. Title Page – (See sample below)

    • must not contain abbreviations unless fully spelled out with the abbreviation in parenthesis
    • if an animal study, name the species
    • if a Case Report, place “Case Report” in the title
    • must contain all author information, including fully spelled out names of authors, Institution with full address, telephone number and fax and email addresses of all authors
    • a clearly designated corresponding author with author’s name fully spelled out, Institution with full address, telephone number and fax number and the corresponding author’s email address
    • any Grant support
    • the total number of Tables/Figures contained in the manuscript, and state if in color or not in color
  3. Double spaced Abstract of no more than 250 words. No References, Tables or Figures are to be in the Abstract.
  4. At least 3 double spaced manuscript pages of text (including fully cited References in English) sized for “letter”, not A4
  5. Tables, Figures (with Figure Legends). Tables/Figures (with Figure Legends) – must be placed AFTER the References and must not be embedded within the text
  6. The required ACIS, Financial Agreement and manuscript Checklist forms.

Submission of a manuscript will constitute expression of the author’s commitment to defray the cost of publication. There are NO automatically assigned complimentary pages.  Page charges are based on the typed, submitted page (not on the printed page and not by the pdf), referred to as “manuscript page”.  A publication charge of U.S. $99.95 per manuscript page will be invoiced by our publisher, Elsevier prior to the publication of accepted manuscripts.  No payment is due until the review process is completed by our reviewers and the page proofs are prepared by Elsevier.  Please note that there are no charges incurred for the Abstract, title page, or correspondence information.  Also, each Table or illustration must be counted as one manuscript page due to the increased production time needed for this material.    Extra charges are applied for publication of color graphics.

The proceedings of the Congress will appear in the journal, Transplantation Proceedings.

With every good wish, I beg to remain,

Sincerely,

Barry D. Kahan, PhD, MD
Editor in Chief
Transplantation Proceedings
bkahan@transplantation-proceedings.org