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Technical requirements for IQ preparation--The FASEB Journal

Technical requirements for Initial Query (IQ) preparation

Authors interested in submitting an article for The FASEB Journal must send an IQ to the Journal. After the initial review, you will receive an e-mail indicating whether you should submit the entire manuscript for formal review. The system will not allow you to submit a manuscript without an accepted IQ.

There are four types of articles that The FASEB Journal publishes: Research Communications, Reviews, Hypotheses, and Life Sciences Forum. In the online submission system, you'll need to designate which kind of article you are submitting.

Research Communications
The FASEB Journal seeks to publish Research Communications that integrate one or more disciplines--preferably those that apply molecular biological methods, along with functional studies, to the study of biological questions that bear on developmental biology, pathophysiology, or molecular medicine.

To complete the IQ, you will need:

1. A cover letter desescribe the findings in your proposed paper.

2. An abstract of no more than 200 words stating the PURPOSE(S) of the study or investigation; the basic PROCEDURES, including the kingdom, phylum, and species, etc selected; the tissues, cells, organelles, cell-free systems, or molecules studied; and the observational and analytic methods used. Then give quantitative statements as to the main FINDINGS, i.e. if you are describing the effects of an agent (drug, hormone, xenobiotic, etc. on a selected target you must include the EC50 or IC50 as well as the kinetics of the effect. Then provide the rationale for the CONTROLS you have chosen. Finish with a one-sentence summary of the principal CONCLUSIONS. Do not omit the controls, as in the following caution:

There was nothing that Faust wouldn’t do,
To rush out an abstract or two,
He submitted his soul,
But forgot the control,
So the Devil declined his IQ.

Finally, in the abstract, please describe each abbreviation before its first appearance, either in the title or the abstract (e.g. complement component C5a, myeloid cell line HL-60, transcription factor NFkappa B, eicosanoid LTB4).

3. A title and a complete list of authors and their affiliations

4. A list of key words that does not repeat terms already in the title

5. Answers to the following questions: What was the original aim of the study? What are the most significant, novel findings? How do these findings relate to the state of the field? Why are these findings appropriate for The FASEB Journal?

Reviews
The FASEB Journal seeks to publish Review articles that collect, collate, and compare observations on a topic of broad interest to the readership of the Journal. The ideal Review should be accurate scientifically; describe the most relevant and recent contributions; be fair in its appraisal of the significance of the studies cited; and be generous in the choice of citations, giving equal notice to contributions from both collaborators and competitors, and consider the work published throughout the international community.

To complete the IQ, you will need:

A cover letter describing the focus of your proposed paper
An abstract of no more than 200 words that arouses the readers' interest, be written for a general readership, and be free from jargon
A title and a complete list of authors and their affiliations
A list of key words
Answers to the following questions:
1. What was the original aim of the study?
2. What are the most significant, novel findings?
3. How do these findings relate to the state of the field?
4. Why are these findings appropriate for The FASEB Journal?
5. Please list the major contributions by your laboratory(ies) in this field of research. Please use full bibliographic citations.
Schematic illustration(s) that depict the most important points described in the body of the text. These illustrations should be attached to an e-mail sent directly to journals@faseb.org after submitting your IQ. Please reference your IQ's ID number in the subject line of your message. If you have questions about these illustrations, please contact the Editorial Office at journals@faseb.org

We have recently adopted a new approach to reviews for the Journal, and now require that every manuscript be accompanied by schematic illustrations. We feel that many of our readers will benefit more if the material is clearly illustrated by high quality diagrams, which they may also use for teaching.

Examples of schematic illustrations can be seen in figures from Fogli et al. (The FASEB Journal. 2004;18:664-675.) [Figure 1] [Figure 2] [Figure 3] [Figure 4]

Because we regard this as a high priority, we require all potential authors of reviews to submit to us copies of all the illustrations that will appear in the article before sending us the final manuscript.

Hypotheses
The FASEB Journal seeks to publish Hypotheses that are accessible and interesting to the readership of the Journal and provide an interpretative overview of the most significant new findings of the subject under consideration. The ideal Hypothesis should be accurate scientifically, describe a hypothesis which is both novel and relevant in the context of the most recent scholarship, and be experimentally verifiable.

To complete the IQ, you will need:

A cover letter describing the focus of your proposed paper
An abstract of no more than 200 words that should state biological questions being addressed and include a brief summary of the proposed hypothesis
A title and a complete list of authors and their affiliations
A list of key words

Life Science Forum
Space in The FASEB Journal has been reserved for the publication of original commentaries that deal with a broad range of issues that impact on the life sciences. These might include but are not limited to discussions of governmental policies related to research funding and regulation, the impact of scientific research on higher education, economic or social implications of scientific advances, and the mechanisms now in place for the allocation of research support and peer-reviewed publication of research findings.

To complete the IQ, you will need:

A cover letter describing the focus of your proposed paper
An abstract of no more than 200 words
A title and a complete list of authors and their affiliations
A list of key words