Submissions

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

All submissions must meet the following requirements.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
- PLEASE BE SURE THAT THE METADATA ONLINE ARE CORRECT (WHEN YOU FILL OUT THE FORM OF SUBMISSION THE ARTICLE). REQUESTS FOR ADDITION/DELETE/CHANGE OF AUTHORS OR AFFILIATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF THE ISSUE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Metadata are crucial for the indexing of the paper and of authors and for attribution of copyright to ALL authors. Attention: Any submission received for a manuscript with more than one contributor, in which only one author has been inserted in the metadata, will result in immediate rejection, asking for a correct re-submission. The author names and affiliations inserted in the online submission system will be those which will be published in Databases. The Editorial staff is therefore not responsible for eventual inaccuracies or mistakes in the affiliations inserted during the submission process.
- With this submission, you agree, in the name and on behalf of any co-authors too, to the use of personal data collected for each purpose connected with this registration, to receive promotional material and, for any other purposes that may be necessary pursuant to EU Reg. N. 679/2016 and of the Legislative Decree n. 101/2018, as well as any other provision on the subject. Note for the Italian researchers: Effettuando tale submission, acconsenti, anche in nome e per conto di eventuali coautori, all’utilizzo dei dati personali raccolti per ogni finalità connessa alla presente registrazione, per ricevere materiale promozionale e, per ogni altro scopo che si rendesse necessario ai sensi del Reg. UE n. 679/2016 e del D.lgs. n. 101/2018, nonché di qualsiasi altra disposizione in materia.
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Author Guidelines

Guidelines for Authors

Aesthetic Medicine is a multidisciplinary Journal with the aim of informing readers about the most important developments in the field of Aesthetic Medicine.

Submission of manuscripts

All articles in their final version - completed with name, surname, affiliation, address, phone number and e-mail address of the author (s) - must be sent in word format to the Editorial Committee at the following e-mail address: aemj@aestheticmedicinejournal.org or to the website.

Manuscripts must be written in English, and authors are urged to aim for clarity, brevity, and accuracy of information and language. All manuscripts must include a structured abstract. Authors whose first language is not English should have their manuscripts checked for grammar and stylistic accuracy by a native English speaker.

Manuscript specifications
Title page
The title page should include:
• The name(s) of the author(s)
• A concise and informative title
• The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)
• The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author
• Include a short title (not to exceed 30 characters in length, including spaces between words) for use as a running head
• The authors must disclose any commercial interest that they may have in the subject of study and the source of any financial or material support

Abstract
The length of the abstract should be no more than 250 words and should include the following headings: Background, Aim, Methods, Results, Conclusions

Keywords
Up to six keywords should be listed and separated by a comma (please, verify keywords on MeSH).

Manuscript categories
Original article
The manuscript should be organised in the following sections:
• Structured Abstract. The length of the abstract should be no more than 250 words and should include the following headings: Background, Aim, Methods, Results, Conclusions
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Results
• Discussion and Conclusions
• Acknowledgments
• Conflict of interest
• Reference list
• Legends (max 10)

The manuscript must not exceed 4000 words and 50 references.

Review
This type of article uses Unstructured Abstract. It must not exceed 4000 words and includes figures and tables (max 15), legends, and up to 200 references.

Mini-review
This type of article uses Unstructured Abstract. It must not exceed 2000 words and includes figures and tables (max 12), legends, and up to 100 references.

Case Report
This type of article uses Unstructured Abstract. It must not exceed 1500 words and includes figures and tables (max 6), legends, and up to 30 references.

Style
• Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 12-point Times Roman) for text
• Double-space the text
• Use italics for emphasis
• Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages
• Do not use field functions
• Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar
• Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables

Brief Report
These manuscripts are short reports of original studies or evaluations or unique, first-time reports of clinical case series. A structured abstract is required. These type of the article must not exceed 1200 words (not including abstract, tables, figures, acknowledgments, references, and online-only material) with no more than a total of 3 tables and/or figures and no more than 15 references.

Letter to the Editor
The Letter to the Editor should start with "To the Editor", and contain the body of the article of not longer than 500 words which may be broken into subsections with short, informative headings. No Abstract is necessary.

Research Letter
Research Letters are concise, focused reports of original research. These should not exceed 600 words of text and 6 references and may include up to 2 tables or figures. Online supplementary material is only allowed for brief additional and absolutely necessary methods but not for any additional results or discussion. Research Letters may have no more than 7 authors. The text should include the full name, academic degrees, and a single institutional affiliation for each author and the email address for the corresponding author. Other persons who have contributed to the study may be indicated in an Acknowledgment, with their permission, including their academic degrees, affiliation, contribution to the study, and an indication if compensation was received for their role. Letters must not duplicate other material published or submitted for publication. In general, Research Letters should be divided into the following sections: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. They should not include an abstract. Letters not meeting these specifications are generally not considered.

Acknowledgments
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
If potential conflicts of interest do exist, the authors should provide details (see below) for each affected author in a note in a separate DISCLOSURE section of the manuscript document text, before the list of references.

Conflict of interest disclosure
Conflicts of Interest need to be explicitly defined before any manuscript can be considered for publication.

References
References must be cited consecutively in the text as superscript numerals and listed on a separate sheet in numerical order at the end of the text. The references must be cited according to the AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA) CITATION STYLE.
For this reason, they must contain author’s surname and name initial, the original title of the article, the title of the journal (abbreviated and in italic), the year of publication, the number of the volume, the number of the first and last page.

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA) CITATION STYLE (Rev. 11/1/2012)

General rules from the 10th edition
• Items are listed numerically in the order they are cited in the text
• Include up to 6 authors
• For more than six, provide the names of the first three authors and then add et al
• If there is no author, start with the title
• Periodicals (journals, magazines, and newspapers) should have abbreviated titles; to check for the proper abbreviation, search for the Journal Title through LocatorPlus at the National Library of Medicine website

Citation Type	Example
Journal article - in print - one author	Spencer J. Physician, heal thyself - but not on your own please. Med Educ. 2005; 89: 548-549.
Journal article - in print - 2-6 authors	Salwachter AR, Freischlag JA, Sawyer RG, Sanfey HA. The training needs and priorities of male and female surgeons and their trainees. J Am Coll Surg. 2005; 201: 199-205.
Journal article – in print - more than 6 authors	Fukushima H, Cureoglu S, Schachern P, et al. Cochlear changes in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005; 133: 100-6.
Journal article - online* *if there is no DOI, provide the URL for the specific article	Coppinger T, Jeanes YM, Hardwick J, Reeves S. Body mass, frequency of eating and breakfast consumption in 9-13- year- olds. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2012; 25(1): 43-49. doi: 10.1111/j.1365- 277X.2011.01184.x
Journal article - online from a library database* *there is no specific way to cite articles found in library databases according to the AMA so double check with your professor	Calhoun D, Trimarco T, Meek R, Locasto D. Distinguishing diabetes: Differentiate between type 1 & type 2 DM. JEMS [serial online]. November 2011; 36(11):32-48. Available from: CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Ipswich, MA. Accessed February 2, 2012.
Newspaper article - in print* if the city name is not part of the newspaper name, it may be added to the official name for clarity if an article jumps from one page to a later page write the page numbers like D1, D5	Wolf W. State’s mail-order drug plan launched. Minneapolis Star Tribune. May 14, 2004:1B.
Newspaper article - online	Pollack A. FDA approves new cystic fibrosis drug. New York Times. January 31, 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/ business/fda-approves-cystic-fibrosis-drug.html?ref=health Accessed February 1, 2012.
Websites	Outbreak notice: Cholera in Haiti. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site. https://www.cdc.gov Published October 22, 2010. Updated January 9, 2012. Accessed February 1, 2012.
Entire book - in print	Modlin J, Jenkins P. Decision Analysis in Planning for a Polio Outbreak in the United States. San Francisco, CA: Pediatric Academic Societies; 2004.
Book chapter - in print	Solensky R. Drug allergy: desensitization and treatment of reactions to antibiotics and aspirin. In: Lockey P, ed. Allergens and Allergen Immunotherapy. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker; 2004:585-606.

To find more AMA style citations, go checkout the

AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. 10th ed. Oxford: Oxford UP.

Citing sources within your paper

Unlike APA or MLA, you will not use the author’s last name for the in-text citations. Instead, you will number each instance when you are referencing an article. The order of numbering will be contingent on the order in which you use that reference within your paper. In the example below, the first article referenced is given the number one in superscript. In the References section, you will find the matching article listed as number 1.

Example Article

1. Zoellner J, Krzeski E, Harden S, Cook E, Allen K, Estabrooks PA. Qualitative application of the theory of planned behavior to understand beverage consumption behaviors among adults. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2012;112(11):1774-1784. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.06.368.

In-Text Citation Example

LARGE INCREASES IN AMERICANS’ CONSUMPTION

OF sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) have been

a topic of concern. Between 1977 and 2002, the intake of “caloric” beverages doubled in the United States, with most recent data showing that children and adults in the United States consume about 172 and 175 kcal daily, respectively, from SSB,¹ lt is estimated that SSB

account for about 10% of total energy intake in adults 2,3. High intake of SSB has....

References Section Example

References

1. Duffey KJ. Popkin BM. Shifts in patterns and consumptions of beverages between 1965 and 2002. Obesity. 2007:15(11):2739-2747.

2. Nielsen SJ. Popkin BM. Changes in beverage intake between 1977 and 2001. Am J Prev Med. 2004;27(3):205-210.

3. Drewnowski A. Bellisle F. Liquid calories, sugar, and body weight. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007;85(3):651-661.

Use commas to separate multiple citation numbers in text, like you see between references 2 and 3. Unpublished works and personal communications should be cited in the text (and not on the reference list).1 Superscript numbers are placed outside periods and commas, and inside colons and semicolons. When citing the same source more than once, give the number of the original reference, then include the page number (in parentheses) where the information was found. See pages 41-44 of the AMA Manual of Style for more information.

References
Citing AMA guide website http://libguides.stkate.edu/c.php?g=101857&p. Updated April 2011. Accessed October 24, 2012.

Images and Tables
All images within the word file must be numbered progressively and accompanied by the corresponding captions, with precise references in the text. Moreover, the images should be sent separately and in HD (at least 300 Dpi, in TIFF or JPEG format).
Graphs and charts are progressively numbered and accompanied by the corresponding captions, with precise references in the text. They must be sent separately, preferably in Excel format.
It is necessary to give the authorization to reproduce already published materials or to use people portraits, in case they are recognizable. The Authors has full, exclusive and personal responsibility and respect for the rules protecting privacy, originality and content (text, images) of the articles.

Artwork instructions
Permission
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