ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

MANUSCRIPTS. Manuscripts must be written in English and is necessary to contain genuine material. All manuscripts are submitted online, Word Doc, with all figures, references, figure legends and tables in the same document. Will be used Times New Roman font 12 and 1.0 spacing throughout. Acceptable formats for pictures, photos, and figures are JPG or TIF.

TITLES AND AUTHORS´ NAMES. Manuscript’s title (in English, as well as Romanian version) must be concise and descriptive (12 words maximum), Times New Roman font 12, upper case, bold. First name and name (bold) of the authors will be mentioned under the title, without their professional and/or scientific degrees, including their affiliations, Times New Roman font 12, italic. Affiliations should be specified by numbers and not symbols (e.g. 1. "Ana Aslan" National Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Bucharest, Romania, 2. "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania). If all authors were main authors and so, had equal contributions to the paper, then the authors should be listed in a subtitle, in alphabetical order, followed by their contact e-mails. The corresponding author and his contact e-mail must be written just after the institutional affiliations.

ABSTRACT. After title and authors will insert the abstract in English, as well as Romanian version, each of them with no more than 250 words, Times New Roman font 12.

KEY WORDS. In the bottom of each abstract version, should be added three to five key words.

HEADINGS. Manuscripts that show the results of original studies must contain 2500 words maximum and include the following sections: Introduction, in which the objectives and assumptions should be clearly stated; Materials and Methods; Results; Discussions; Conclusions. In the section "Results" should be included tables, figures and figure legends.

FIGURES, TABLES AND IMAGES. The figures will be made with a statistical software, the title written below, Times New Roman font 10, and for numbering will be used Arabic numerals. The title of every table should be written above, with Roman numerals for numbering, Times New Roman font 10. Place explanatory matter in footnotes. Do not repeat results of the tables as illustrations. If photographs of patients are used, is necessary either written permission of the patient or their pictures should not be identifiable.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Acknowledgments should be included before "References", using 30 words maximum. Authors can express gratitude for support in the conduct of research projects.

CONFLICT OF INTERES. Should be included before "References".

REFERENCES. References should be numbered in the order of their insertion in the text, given in square brackets; using Arabic numerals (e.g. [1]; [1,3,8]; [9-12]). References will contain maximum 30 titles, representing recent publications (in the past 10 years). Old publications are accepted only if they have special importance in the respective field. References must be numbered consecutively as they are cited. List only the first three authors followed by et al. The following are sample references:

For journal articles: Shapiro A.M.J., Lakey J.R.T., Ryan E.A., et al. Islet transplantation in seven patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus using a glucocorticoid-free immunosuppressive regimen, N. Engl. J. Med., 2000, vol. 343, 4: 230-238.
For journal articles in electronic format: Niki E. Role of vitaminE as a lipid-soluble peroxyl radical scavenger: in vitro and in vivo evidence, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2014, 66: 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2013.03.02223557727.
For books: Goadsby P. J. Pathophysiology of headache. In: S. D. Silberstein, R.B. Lipton and D. J. Dalessio (Eds.), Wolff´s headache and other head pain 7th ed. 2001, Oxford, England: Oxford University Press (pp. 57-72).
For conference paper: Brown S. & Caste V. Integrated obstacle detection framework. Paper presented at the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, May 2004, Detroit, MI.
For conference Paper from the Internet: Balakrishnan R. Why aren´t we using 3d user interfaces, and will we ever? Paper presented at the IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces March 25-26, 2006. doi:10.1109/VR.2006.148

ABBREVIATIONS. The full term for which an abbreviation (acronym) stands should precede its first use in the text.

DRUG NAMES. Generic names should generally be used. When proprietary brands are used in research, include the brand name in parentheses in the "Materials and Methods" section.

UNITS OF MEASUREMENT. In the manuscript, wherever units of measurement are used, they will be expressed in the international system. Temperatures should be given in degrees Celsius. Blood pressures should be given in mm Hg. The results of the clinical laboratory tests will be expressed in terms of the International System of Units SIU.

PERMISSIONS. The authors take full responsibility for original materials, copyright trespassing and international ethical standards.

EVALUATION OF MANUSCRIPTS. Manuscripts are accepted for consideration only if no parts of the manuscript (including tables, figures photos or legends) have been or will be published or submitted elsewhere. The journal discourages the submission of more than one article dealing with related aspects of the same study. Manuscripts are examined scientific by the editorial staff and could be sent to outside reviewers. Decisions about potentially acceptable manuscripts may take longer. The authors will be given an e-mail result of the evaluation of the manuscript.

More information may be provided at:

Phone: +4 021 223 71 94

Fax: +4 021 223 14 80

E-mail: journal@rjgg.ro

Website: www.rjgg.ro, www.srgg.ro or www.ana-aslan.ro