Authors' Guidelines

Dear author,

Welcome to Thieme! We are delighted that you want to publish in a Thieme journal.

Thieme is an international publisher of medical and science books, journals, electronic products and services, with a long-standing reputation for consistent quality and integrity. On publication, you will have benefited from peer review at the highest level and you will reach a broad professional audience.

To make submission of your article as efficient as possible, see the information below.

We look forward to receiving your manuscript!

Please note: We only accept manuscripts that have not yet been published or submitted elsewhere. If the content of your article has already been presented orally at a conference, please note this with details of the conference type, place, and date.

The corresponding author must ensure that all the other authors agree with the publication of the article in the version presented.

With acceptance of the manuscript, the publisher acquires rights of use for the duration of the legal protection term.

This following section does inform you about:

• Thieme’s Journal Policies
• Artificial Intelligence and Authorship
• General Information for Authors
• Special Authors' guidelines for Ultrasound International Open (UIO)
• Submission – online submission system

Thieme's Journal Policies

For the Thieme Group, the integrity of our content and publishing process is of the utmost importance. When preparing your manuscript for submission, please ensure that you have read and understood Thieme's  Journal Policies in all its parts. Our specific guidelines and policies for authors on research integrity and ethics are based on the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and, where appropriate, the International Council of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME) and other relevant industry agencies.

Artificial Intelligence and Authorship

Thieme aligns itself with the COPE Position Statement on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Authorship.

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools must not be listed as authors, as they do not fulfil all criteria for authorship. They cannot take responsibility for the integrity and the content of paper, and they cannot take on legal responsibility. Instead, GenAI use must be transparently documented in the Acknowledgements or Material and Methods sections (see Disclosure and Transparency paragraph).

General guidelines for scientific articles

In addition to the specific author guidelines for UIO (see below), please note the following general author information.

Journal Authors Lounge

Our Author Lounge will provide you with all the useful information you’ll need- from finding a journal to publishing and promoting your article.

In the author's lounge, we have summarized all the information step by step on the following aspects:

1. Find a journal
2. Prepare your manuscript
3. Open Access
4. Submission
5. Peer Review
6. Publication
7. Promotion

Please follow the Link Author Lounge.

General author guidelines (pdf-file for download)

The formal requirements your manuscript must meet are explained in our general author guidelines for original contributions, review articles or scientific case reports. You can download our general author guidelines as a PDF document Please, follow the link ARL_Wiss_Publikation_engl.pdf

In this document, we have compiled the formal requirements for the following points:

• Figures: rights of use / copyright / personal rights
• Scientific vocabulary
• Code names / fake names / fictional personal data
• Bibliography (If you are working with citation management software (Endnote, Zotero, Mendeley), please use the output style "Thieme-English". It is available in the relevant software or can be downloaded here.)
• Open Access
• Legal aspects
• Ethical aspects
• Financial support
• Submitting your manuscript
• Peer review of your manuscript
• Author’s proofs and approval
• Electronic reprint for personal use
• Check List — Structure of your article

Special Authors' guidelines for Ultrasound International Open (UIO)

Aims and Scopes

Ultrasound International Open (UIO) is an Open Access journal in the field of interdisciplinary ultrasound in medicine and biology.

It publishes original contributions reporting on new developments from a variety of disciplines on the diagnostic and therapeutic applications of ultrasound, with an emphasis on clinical applications. Technical papers with a physiological theme as well as the interaction between ultrasound and biological systems are also considered for publication.

UIO offers authors the opportunity to share their latest results quickly with its online submission system and rapid online publication and – based on the Open Access model – with a free, broad and easy access for everybody. 

UIO  publishes original and review articles as well as rapid communications, contributions on technical developments, case reports, pictorial essays and letters to the Editor.

Submission and additional publication of video material is welcome. All articles submitted to UIO undergo rigorous blind peer review. Authors will also benefit from the high-quality editorial services provided by Thieme, in addition to usage marketing and publicity to ensure wide visibility and readership.

Special attention should be paid to the Thieme Journal Policies. 

As an Open Access publication, all articles in UIO are made freely available for all to read and download from Thieme eJournals.

Abstracting and Indexing

DOAJ, ESCI, PubMed Central, EBSCO, ProQuest, Scopus

Double blinded peer-review

All articles submitted to Ultrasound International Open undergo rigorous double-blind peer review. With web-based manuscript submission and expedited turn-around, rapid electronic and print publication is guaranteed.

Open Access

All papers in UIO are published open access and are available online immediately upon publication without registration. Thieme publishes the papers under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 license, which permits any user to read, download, copy, distribute, and use the content for any lawful purpose. Alternative licenses, such as the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license, may also be available for use.

Article Processing Charges

You may be personally invited to publish in UIO or you have a submission voucher - in this case no article processing charge (APC) will be charged and you will be asked to fill in the code number when submitting your manuscript.

Article processing charges (APCs) are due upon acceptance. For current prices, please visit

• Open Access - Journal authors - Thieme Group,
• navigate to "APC", and select the Price List.

APCs are regularly reviewed and may be subject to change.

No additional fees, including submission fees, editorial processing charges, or page and color charges apply.

If your institution participates in a Thieme Science Open Access Funding Agreement, as a corresponding author, you can publish open access at no cost to you, or at a discounted rate.

Thieme participates in the Research4Life program. If you are a corresponding author residing in the world’s lowest income countries, we may offer waivers and discounts on our gold journals. For more information, please contact the journal. To learn more about Thieme's Open Access programme, please visit Open Access - Journal authors - Thieme Group.

Author fees or waiver status do not influence editorial decisions.

Publication language

English

Plagiarism

The journal combats plagiarism, double publication, and scientific misconduct with the software CrossCheck powered by iThenticate. Your manuscript may be subject to an investigation and retraction if plagiarism is suspected. This journal follows recommendations as laid out in the ICMJE related to retractions.

Preprint repositories

UIO encourages the submission of manuscripts that have been deposited in an initial draft version in preprint repositories (e.g. Research Square, arXiv, medRxiv etc.). Drafts of short conference abstracts, degree theses posted on the website of the degree-granting institution, and draft manuscripts deposited on authors’ or institutional websites are also welcome. All other prior publication is forbidden. During submission, authors should

1. note use of the preprint repository in the cover letter,
2. state what adjustments and/or updates the draft has undergone between deposition and submission and
3. cite the preprint, including the DOI, as a reference in the manuscript.

After submission to the journal, and until a final decision has been made, authors are discouraged from depositing versions of their manuscript as preprints.

Upon publication authors should add a link from the preprint to the published article. Twelve months after publication, authors can update the preprint with the accepted manuscript.

Categories of articles accepted for review

Original articles

Theoretical or experimental (basic or applied) research or practical applications. Either original work or the replication of work that better establishes basic principles will be considered. Original articles should not exceed a total of 24,000 characters, including spaces.

Review articles

Review articles on topics of broad interest. Review articles should not exceed 34 000 characters, including a maximum of 50 Citations. The references are included in the total number of characters.

Rapid Communication

Max.16,000 characters including a maximum of 30 citations. The references are included in the total number of characters.

Contributions on technical developments

Max. 24,000 char. including spaces including a maximum of 30 citations The references are included in the total number of characters.

Case Reports

Max. 6,000 characters including spaces. Up to 5 references integrated into the text in brief form (M. Frieser et al. Ultraschall in Med 2007; 28: 176 – 180).

Pictoral Essays

Max. 6,000 characters including spaces. Up to 5 references integrated into the text in brief form (M. Frieser et al. Ultraschall in Med 2007; 28: 176 – 180).

Letters to the Editor

Max. 6,000 characters including spaces and including the references (if present).

You can download a pdf that summarizes the most important points of our authors’ guidelines in an pdf by following this link: scientific articles_pdf

 

Submission of manuscripts – formal requirements

Manuscripts can be submitted exclusively via online submission at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/uio

Our Instructions for Authors are available as comprehensive pdf-file for download:

• Instructions for Authors

Declaration of consent forms

• Declaration of consent (patient)
• Declaration of consent (model)
• Declaration of consent (portrait photo)

Endnote Style Thieme Journals

please download file.

 

For questions about manuscript submission or technical inquiries, e.g. regarding the use of figures, please contact the UIO Editorial Office at uio.editorialoffice@thieme.de or call +49/(0)7 11/89 31-614.

Hard copy submission and electronic submission via email are not accepted.

See below under “Uploading files on submission” for further information on the online submission process.

Style

Manuscripts may be rejected without review based on poor English or lack of conformity to stated standards of style.

Title

The title should be concise but informative about the results. (Note: Articles with shorter titles are frequented more often in online databases.)

First page and Manuscript blinding

Names and addresses of the authors should not appear on the first page or elsewhere in the main document. These data are entered separately in the online submission system.

Because of the double-blind peer review process, the manuscript must be anonymous in all parts, i.e. names, addresses and any information indicating the identity of the author must not be included in the manuscript.

Abstract

The abstract should be informative. It should be self-explanatory without reference to the text of the manuscript. It should include essential significant results that support the conclusion of the work. Three to six key words not used in the title should also be provided (these can be entered during the online submission). Abbreviations should not be used in the abstract.

Introduction

Should be comprehensible to the general reader. Give a clear statement of the purpose of the paper and provide relevant context to support the basis for the paper and the significance of the work. Do not exhaustively review the literature.

Materials & Methods

Provide sufficient information in the text or by reference to other work to permit the submitted work to be repeated without the need to communicate with the authors. Relevant validity and reliability data should be provided for critical methods.

State the type of statistical tests used. Include the number of observations and the statistical findings when appropriate. Parametric and non-parametric statistics must be used as appropriate.

Results

Should be presented precisely and should not contain material that is appropriate in the discussion. Units, quantities, and formulas should be expressed according to the Système Internationale (SI units): Bureau international des poids et mesures | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations. All measurements should be given in metric units.

Discussion

Emphasize the new and important aspects of the study and conclusions derived from the study.

Acknowledgements

Financial support should be stated.

References

References should be cited in the text by number and listed in order of their citation in the paper. Authors bear complete responsibility for the accuracy of the references.

Only published or “in press” papers or books may be cited in the reference list. Information from manuscripts submitted but not yet accepted should be cited in the text as “unpublished observations” in parentheses. Personal communications should be listed in the text in parentheses. Published abstracts must not be used as references. Use of many abstracts or non-peer-reviewed articles in the reference section will be grounds for rejection of the submission without review.

Citation management software

If you are working with citation management software (Endnote, Zotero, Mendeley), please use the output style "Thieme-English". It is available in the relevant software or can be downloaded from our authors' lounge

Examples of references

Journal articles

Davidsen JR, Laursen ChB, Kainberger Bendstrup E et al. Lung Ultrasound – A Novel Diagnostic Tool To Phenotype Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction? Ultrasound International Open 2017; 03(03): 117 – 119. DOI: 10.1055/s- 0043-116489

Books

Talano JV, Gardin JM. Textbook of Two Dimensional Echocardiography. London: Gruene & Stratton, 1983

Chapters in books

Aichner F, Gerstenbrand F, Homma H. Carotid evaluation by Doppler echolfow scan, frenquency analysis and duplex scan. In: Gerstenbrand F, Grcevic N, Aidchner F. (eds.): Neuroimaging. Stuttgart: Fischer, 1985: 261 – 269

Citing works from UIO:

Please use the international journal abbreviation: Ultrasound International Open

Figures

Unfortunately, we cannot accept images that have already been published in books, journals, or electronic products of other publishers. That is because it is almost impossible to obtain the necessary rights of use even when licensing fees are paid. Therefore, please do not pay any licensing fees (e.g. to "RightsLink" / Copyright Clearance Center). Standard license contracts from "Creative Commons" are unfortunately also insufficient for our purposes. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding the use of images.

We cannot accept or store illustrations that include personal data of third parties. Please submit only images in a completely anonymous form, free of all personal data. This refers not only to data directly visible in the image (e.g., a patient name or a date of birth on an X-ray image) but also to information included in the metadata of the image that is accessible with the appropriate software. It includes data that may have been obscured by a cropping feature (such as in PowerPoint or Word) but can still be made visible.

If you have questions about data protection regulations, please contact us before submitting your manuscript.

Figure quality: 1000 pixel width (300 dpi with a width of 8.5 cm)

• File formats: JPG or TIFF for images.
• Figures with multiple sub-elements: please use small letters to classify each (a, b, c, d, etc.).
• Legend /caption texts: English only; Figures having sub-elements which are classified using small letters (a, b, c, d, etc.) should have a legend that addresses each sub-element.

Please do not include figures in the main document. Each figure should be uploaded as a separate file.

Tables

Each table must have a table legend and either one table header over all columns or a header for each column. The editors and the publisher reserve the right to publish some of the tables online only – especially large ones, if their size exceed the provided space.

• Tables should be self-explanatory and bear a short title.
• Table legends should be typed on the same sheet as the table as a header.
• A footnote to the table should explain all abbreviations used in the table.

To submit your manuscript, please click below and create your personal account first before uploading your article.

Submission of manuscripts – uploading files on submission

For submission of all manuscripts, follow the instructions of the online submission system at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/uio

Before submission, keep ready full metadata of the manuscript

• title,
• full names referenced by Arabic superscripts with affiliation and addresses of all authors, and also,
• the complete list of references, footnotes, figure legends, and tables.

Authors and Institutions

The author submitting the manuscript will be corresponding author.

Authorship Change

Any authorship changes must adhere to Thieme’s policy on authorship criteria and must be approved by all authors. If any authors are removed or added during revision, all authors will be notified via email and must approve or deny the change before the submission can proceed further. Any changes will be subject to a final approval by the Publisher.

Author Contributions

CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) should be used to describe each author's contribution to the paper. During the submission process, authors will be asked to provide their CRediT roles via a dedicated section in the submission form. The corresponding author is responsible for accurately assigning contributions to each listed author. The assigned CRediT roles will be automatically combined and published as part of the manuscript.

 

Upload as many files as needed for your manuscript. If you have updated a file, please delete the previous version and upload the revised file.

If you are submitting a revision, please include only the latest set of files. All files will be combined into a single PDF document for the peer review process.

When uploading your manuscript, you are required to select the File designation:

• Main document. The main document should be in Word format. It must not include any figures or tables.
• Figures and tables. Each one should be uploaded separately. Images should be uploaded as .tif or .jpg files in a resolution of 300 dpi. Tables should be uploaded either as Word or Excel files. When uploading, a form appears requesting the following information:
  • File tags: Please enter the figure/table number e. g. Figure 1a, Table 1
  • Caption/legend: Please enter the figure/table number plus legend Figure legends should be brief, but must contain all the information to make the illustration comprehensible without taking recourse to the text.

Please do not upload PDFs! To designate the order in which your files appear, use the dropdowns in the “order” column.

Authors' correction, imprimatur, specimen copy

Galley proofs and proof-reading

A PDF file of the galley proofs will be sent via e-mail to the corresponding author for proof reading. Proof reading is for typesetting errors only. At this stage the manuscript cannot be changed. The galley proofs should be returned to the appropriate address within 48 hours so the publication of the submission is not delayed. In addition, authors are asked to return a conflict of interest declaration (COI, check here: Thieme_COI_Conflict_of_interest_english.pdf) mandatory for the publication of an article (if a manuscript is accepted for publication, the COI statement is added to the published article).

PDF for personal use

After publication, the corresponding authors will receive a free electronic reprint (PDF file). They may use this file for professional exchange with colleagues and may upload the file to their personal homepage. Please note that all further use of this PDF is subject to approval by the publisher. In particular, any commercial use or deposition of the file in repositories (e.g. document servers of libraries and other institutions) is prohibited.

Questions?

If you have any questions please contact the Editorial Office

• via email: Alexandra.Heise@thieme.de