Journal of Huntington's Disease

Author Guidelines

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT

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SUBMISSION POLICY

By submitting my article to this journal, I agree to the Author Copyright Agreement, the IOS Press Ethics Policy, and the IOS Press Privacy Policy.

Submission of an article is understood to imply that the article is original and unpublished and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Any possible conflict of interest, financial or otherwise, related to the submitted work must be clearly indicated in the manuscript.

The article type (Research paper, Review paper, Editorial, Case Report, Letter to the Editor, etc) should be clearly mentioned in the cover letter to help the editorial process.

This journal operates with single-blind peer review. If the author prefers double-blind peer review, then please submit the manuscript excluding the author listing and make sure the document is anonymized, and list the authors and affiliations only in the cover letter for the Editor.

The manuscript and accompanying files such as figures and tables can be submitted separately or as part of the main file. The manuscript file should be a Word document. Separate high resolution figures, supplemental material, or a supplemental video can also to be included with the submission. If the video is too large to submit, please contact jhd@iospress.com to arrange a file transfer. Further information about submitting supplementary data can be found below.

Resubmissions should include the manuscript number in the cover letter. The author's replies to the reviewer comments should be included within the revised manuscript itself (at the top). The revised paper should always be a Word document.

Article Publishing Charge
The Journal of Huntington's Disease does not charge an article publishing charge.

ETHICS POLICIES AND PATIENT PERMISSIONS

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PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS

Research Reports

Organization and style of presentation
1. Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are advised to consult a professional English language editing service or a native English speaker prior to submission.

2. Manuscripts should be double spaced throughout with wide margins (2.5cm or 1in), including the abstract and references. Every page of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc., should include a page number centered at the bottom.

3. Manuscripts should be organized in the following order with headings and subheadings typed on a separate line, without indentation.

Title page

• Title (should be clear, descriptive and concise).
• Full name(s) of author(s).
• Full affiliation(s). Delineate affiliations with lowercase letters.
• Present address of author(s), if different from affiliation.
• Running title (45 characters or less, including spaces).
• Complete correspondence address, including telephone number and email address.
• Leave the author information blank if double-blind peer review is wished for, but do include the information in the cover letter.

Changes in Authorship

IOS Press has adopted Sage’s Authorship Policy.  Please go to:  Authorship guidelines | SAGE Publications Ltd for details.

Abstract and Keywords
-The abstract for research papers should follow the "structured abstract" format:
BACKGROUND: 
OBJECTIVE:
METHODS: 
RESULTS:
CONCLUSIONS:
The abstract should try to be no longer than 250 words.
- For other papers such as Reviews, the abstract should be clear, descriptive, and self-explanatory, and no longer than 250 words.
- Include a list of 4-10 keywords. These keywords should be terms from the MeSH database.

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results

Discussion

Acknowledgments

Include individuals or companies which have assisted with your study, including advisors, administrative support and suppliers who may have donated or given materials used in the study.

If there are no acknowledgments, then do still include this section and insert: "The authors have no acknowledgments to report."

Funding

Include all funding sources for the study. If there is no funding involved, then do still include this section and insert: "The authors have no funding to report."

Conflict of Interest

All affiliations or financial involvement (e.g., employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants, patents received or pending, royalties) with any organization or entity with a financial interest in, or in financial competition with, the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript must be disclosed in the submitted manuscript.

If there is no conflict of interest to declare, do still include this section and insert "The authors have no conflict of interest to report". If an author is also on the Editorial Board of this journal, the following statement should be included in this section: "<AUTHOR> is an Editorial Board member of this journal, but was not involved in the peer-review process nor had access to any information regarding its peer review.''

Datasets/Data Availability Statement (Required for Research Reports, Short Communications, and Systematic Reviews/Meta-Analyses)

All datasets and data articles cited in your manuscript should be included in the reference list of your article (not in a separate box or in the article text). Data references should include: author name(s), dataset title, data repository, version (where available), year, and identifier (DOI/URL/etc.). Authors should include a Data Availability statement at the end of the manuscript (before the References) to describe the availability or the absence of shared data. Authors are required to deposit sequence or proteomic data into a public repository (eg. GEO, Chorus) and include a link to the repository and data, and encouraged to publicly archive their research data including, but not limited to: software, algorithms, protocols, methods, and/or materials. Exceptions are made if sharing data compromises ethical standards or legal requirements.

Examples for your paper's "Data Availability" statement:

1. The data supporting the findings of this study are openly available in [repository name] at [DOI and/or URL]. These data were derived from the following resources available in the public domain: [list resources and URLs].
2. The data supporting the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.
3. The data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article and/or its supplementary material.
4. Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during this study.

Artificial Intelligence Policy

Artificial intelligence (such as language models, machine learning systems, or similar technologies) cannot be authors of a manuscript. If these models or tools are used to produce content or aid in writing and manuscript preparation, the authors of the manuscript bear the responsibility for the quality and ethical standards of the generated content. Authors must acknowledge the utilization of these tools/technologies in the Methods section if integrated into formal research design or methods or if used for literature searches. If these tools/technologies are used to modify text written by the authors, this should be included in the Acknowledgment section. Authors must include details such as a description of the content created or modified, the name of the language model or tool, its version, extension numbers, and the manufacturer. Examples: "Approximately 15% of the text in this manuscript was generated with the assistance of ChatGPT, version [version number], a language model developed by OpenAI." or "ChatGPT, version [version number], a language model developed by OpenAI, was used for language refinement of this manuscript.

References
Authors are requested to use the Vancouver citation style. Place citations as numbers in square brackets in the text. All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references at the end of the manuscript. List the references in the order in which they appear in the text. Only articles published or accepted for publication should be listed in the reference list. We discourage textual references to unpublished and unavailable data. With permission, the author can reference a personal communication with name in the discussion section. If an article has a DOI, this should be provided after the page number details. The number is added after the letters 'doi'. Manuscripts will not be considered if they do not conform to the Vancouver citation guidelines.

References must be listed in Vancouver style:
[1] Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002;935(1-2):40-6.
[2] Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.
[3] Berkow R, Fletcher AJ, editors. The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy. 16th ed. Rahway (NJ): Merck Research Laboratories; 1992.
[4] Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGrawHill; 2002. p. 93-113.
[5] Canadian Cancer Society [homepage on the Internet]. Toronto: The Society; 2006 [updated 2006 May 12; cited 2006 Oct 17]. Available from: www.cancer.ca/.
[6] Tian D, Araki H, Stahl E, Bergelson J, Kreitman M. Signature of balancing selection in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. In press 2002.
[7] Fletcher D, Wagstaff CRD. Organisational psychology in elite sport: its emergence, application and future. Psychol Sport Exerc. 2009;10(4):427-34. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2009.03.009.

Tables
- Number according to their sequence in the text. The text should include references to all tables.
- Provide each table on a separate page of the manuscript after the references.
- Include a brief and self-explanatory title with any explanations essential to the understanding of the table given in footnotes at the bottom of the table.
- Vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Leave some extra space between the columns instead.

Figure Legends

Figures
- Number the figures according to their sequence in the text. The text should include references to all figures.
- Figures should preferably be formatted in TIF or EPS format. JPG is also acceptable.
- A description of the statistical treatment of error analysis should be included in the figure or legend. We discourage the use of bar graphs where possible.
- Figures should be designed with the format of JHD in mind and preferable sized as they will appear when printed. A single column of the journal is 77mm and two columns are 165mm.
- Figures should be at 300 dpi or higher and be cropped to include the figure only (no blank space). CMYK is preferred for color figures.
- On figures where a scale is needed, use bar scales to avoid problems if the figure needs to be reduced.
- Each illustration should have a brief self-explanatory legend that should be typed separately from the figure in the section of the manuscript following the tables.
- Costs for color figures in the print version of the journal are as follows: 1 figure - 650 euro; 2 figures - 900 euro; 3 figures - 1050 euro; 4 figures - 1200 euro; 5 figures - 1350 euro. Cost for each additional color figure will be 150 euro. Color figures are free in the electronic version of the journal. You may opt to send in both black/white figures for print, and color figures for the online PDF (please adjust the figure legend appropriately).

Supplementary Material
Supplementary material can be submitted with the manuscript, included within the manuscript after the Figures and Tables (or otherwise after the References). Each supplementary item should have a legend and should not exceed the file size of 10MB. Supplemental videos can be submitted separately (see top of page for submission guidelines of videos). A short description of the supplementary items should be included under the header of “Supplementary Material” within the manuscript before the “References”. Supplementary material will be made available in the format in which it was provided. Large datasets should be hosted on the author’s own or institute’s website or in an appropriate database, and should be properly cited within the manuscript.

Review Articles
Reviews should be authoritative and topical and provide comprehensive and balanced coverage of a timely and/or controversial issue. Reviews should be prepared as detailed above for a Research Report, omitting Introduction through Discussion, and include a conclusion.

Short Communications
A short communication is an article of original scholarship of unusual interest of less than 1500 words (not including references). An abstract of 100 words or less should be included with no subdivison of text into sections. References should be formatted as above. A total of two tables and/or figures are allowed.

Hypotheses
A hypothesis article should be a balanced and insightful consideration of a topic with novel hypotheses well presented and supported. The article should be prepared as a Research Report but without Methods or Results sections.

Book Reviews
Book reviews should be 750 words or less and without sections. Suggestions can be proposed to the Editors-in-Chief.

Section: Inclusions in JHD
JHD Inclusions are brief commentaries written by the authors of recent high-impact papers in the field of HD research.

The JHD Editors will reach out to authors of highly significant publications to provide a short summary of their work. This can include additional insights or interpretations on the relevant topic. Potential authors for these Inclusion commentaries are welcome to also contact one of the Editors-in-Chief to inquire about the possibility of submitting to JHD.

The Inclusion commentary can include new data of relevance to the original paper including updating reported findings or additional data excluded from the original paper due to length restrictions. In addition we recommend adding a graphical description of the key findings of the original article.

There is no formal abstract (first paragraph should be a short summary and will be used as an abstract in pubmed) Total text length should be from 750 to 1500 words (limited to less than 1,500 words) with a maximum of 3 figures/tables. Word count does not including figure legends, which should be a maximum of 150 words for each figure. Inclusions can have up to 10 references but will need to have a very clear focus on the the original paper. Inclusions will be citable in punned.

Section: Controversies
This will be a section with Pro and Con commentaries on a specific topic of interest to the HD community. Each author will generate a short opinion piece which will have a maximum of 1000 to 2000 words (with one figure and max 15 references) to make the basic argument. Both sets of authors will receive a copy of both articles, and will be given two weeks to generate a short (200 word max.) rebuttal prior to publication. It is recommended that unsolicited authors email a proposal letter and formal academic outline of the discussion to the Editors (at jhd@iospress.com) to assess the topic, before submitting manuscripts.

Section: Correspondence
These are short letters to JHD that are either:

A). relating to a specific issue/case history in HD. Authors can submit commentaries or case reports of 1000 words or less for possible inclusion in the JHD. It is recommended that authors email a proposal letter and formal academic outline of the manuscript to the Editors (at jhd@iospress.com) to assess the topic, before submitting the full manuscript. Commentaries and case reports should include an abstract  (100 words max) but no other subdivisions, and should not include more than 15 references and one figure or table.

B). a response to a specific article published in JHD. Inclusion in JHD will be based on editorial decision and revision may be requested. Letters relating to a previous article will be shared with the authors of the original article for possible response prior to publication. Letters should not exceed 500 words (excluding references) and should not include more than 5 references and one figure or table. A letter can be signed by no more than three authors. Submit these to jhd@iospress.com.

REMEMBER TO INCLUDE

In the submission form:
- Name, postal address, phone number, and e-mail address of the corresponding author.
- Name of an Associate Editor with expertise in the area of the study (if no Associate Editor is suitable, the Editorial Office will handle the submission).
- Statement that all authors have contributed to the work, agree with the presented findings, and that the work has not been published before nor is being considered for publication in another journal.
- A list of at least 4-6 potential reviewers knowledgeable in the area of the study and potential reviewer conflicts.
- Statement that procedures involving experiments on human and animal subjects are done in accord with Publication ethics and research integrity: policy guidelines for authors | SAGE Publications Ltd.

In manuscript:
- Compliance with guidelines on human and animal experimentation – for more details go here: Publication ethics and research integrity: policy guidelines for authors | SAGE Publications Ltd.
- Statement of all financial and material support for this research and any potential conflicts should also be clearly identified in the the acknowledgment and Conflict of Interest sections. If there is no Conflict-of-Interest then still add this statement.

Resubmissions
Resubmissions should include the manuscript number and a reference that the paper is a revision. The point-by-point response to the previous reviews should be included at the top of the manuscript. Please submit a tracked version of the paper so editors and reviewers can easily find the changes, or otherwise highlight the edited sections by color or by another detectable way.

PRE-PRESS AND PROOFS

The corresponding author will receive a pdf proof and is asked to check this proof carefully (the publisher will execute a cursory check only). Corrections other than printer's errors, however, should be avoided. Costs arising from such corrections will be charged to the authors. Please be sure to return your corrections as quickly as possible.

The corrected proofs will be placed in the online contents as a pre-press, and indexed in PubMed as "Epub ahead of print" article, after corrections are received from the authors. The pre-press article is fully citable by using the DOI number. This is not the final version. When the article is published in an issue, the final, updated version replaces the pre-press version.

Note: Any changes to authors or title after acceptance should also be sent to the editorial office (jhd@iospress.com) so our records can be updated.

IOS Press has adopted Sage’s Authorship Policy.  Please go to:  Authorship guidelines | SAGE Publications Ltd for details.

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Authors who do not select open access publication may self-archive and post the final manuscript version on their own institution, company, or funding agency repositories immediately upon acceptance. Authors that are funded by the NIH, Research Councils UK (RCUK) and Wellcome Trust are welcome to deposit their final manuscript version to PubMed Central (Submission Method C) and Europe PubMed Central immediately upon acceptance. In all cases a publication reference and URL to the journal’s website must be provided on the first page of the manuscript.

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