IMID Medical Journal

IMID MEDICAL JOURNAL, Immunological, Allergological and Environmental Review, is a journal of original scientific papers publishing, in both English and Italian language. Our area of interest is the understanding and practice of “clinic immunology and allergology”. Particularly, we focus on clarifying the etiologic, pathogenetic, clinic and therapeutic nature of Immune-mediated diseases (Immune Mediated Inflammatory Disorders).

The IMID MEDICAL JOURNAL publishes:
- Editorials, i.e. brief considerations on both general and practical aspects of current topics;
- Updating reviews;
- Original researches;
- Short research reports;
- Original articles or reviews dealing with diagnostics and researches on immune-allergic diseases from a laboratory point of view;
- Articles reviews;
- Case study reports;
- Reports on educational activities (ECM);
- Pictures and photos;
- Letters to the editor are welcome, and they will be published in the mailing section, if it is the case.

How to cooperate with the Journal
It is possible to submit papers and articles for publishing in the journal, only by sending the material to the following site: http://www.imidmedicaljournal.it.

In this site it is possible to access to all the e-version issues of the Journal, moreover, it is a useful and expedient tool for drafting the upcoming issues, on both e-version and paper-version. If you are willing to cooperate with IMID, you should register online at the link above and login for submitting your material. You can only submit your articles online, by uploading it on the available “forms”. Once your article has been uploaded, a referee group will consider whether or not it can be published. If the article gets a positive response, the editorial staff will elaborate it in a suitable layout, in order to format the article in the same journal format. The last step is the publication of the article, which will now appear on both the e-version and paper-version of the Journal.

General instructions
- Material for publication should be submitted with no particular graphic layout. Every article will be laid out according to the graphical standards of the Journal.
- bold fonts and/or colors shouldn’t be used to highlight concepts or key words. In these cases, only cursive fonts should be used.
- Lists must be made by using small, non bold letters (i.e.: a)……., b)….., c)), not bullet points.
- It is required to specify the section of the Journal where the article should be published in. Editors might publish it in other sections of the journal, though.
- Every submitted article should feature the elements below, in the exact order as they are listed:
- Author/authors, in the form: Name Surname
- Authors’ qualifications, in the following form (e.g.): “Luigi Trianni, Head Physician of gastroenterology, Policlinico Gemelli, Rome”.
- Institutional belonging, including contact details and email address.
- Title, in both English and Italian language.
- The title must not exceed 90 letters, including spaces and commas.
- Article abstract in both English and Italian language, abstract should not exceed a limit of 50 words.
- Key-words in English language, from 3 to 8 words
- Article text: Italian or English
- Eventual Acknowledgements
- Bibliography

Tables, pictures and illustrations
- Tables and pictures must be submitted separately, each image in an appropriate file format (.jpg or preferably .tiff format), it is required a graphic resolution of at least 200 dots. A 300 dots resolution is best recommended for an acceptable print quality.
- Tables and illustrations must be submitted separately, and labelled in numerical order. Plus, authors should make clear references in the text to any of the pictures attached (e.g.: “as it is shown (tab.I)”).
- Tables must be labelled with roman numerals, (i.e: tab.I, tab.II,…) whereas illustrations with Arabic numbers (i.e.: 1, 2, 3, …)
- Do not use expressions like: “as shown in the picture below”, as a picture might not be put in the exact position the author could be referring to in the text. Thus, it is necessary to refer directly to the number of the illustration or table that is mentioned in the text (e.g: “as it can be seen from fig.1”).
- Additional comments to tables or illustrations must be listed in an appropriate file,
mentioning the element of interest and the additional comment to this element. E.g.:
“Tab I: chart of…”

Updating Articles, original Researches, study case, research, diagnostics or laboratory research Reports
For these kind of papers, articles text must be divided into the following parts:
- Introduction
- Materials and Methods
- Results
- Conclusions

Aknowledgements
- eventual acknowledgements should be set out in a paragraph after Conclusions

Text references and bibliography
- Standard British bibliography style must be adopted. Thus, syntax for this part should be formulated as follows:
- quotes must be written in commas <<>> and not “ ”. E.g.: << To be, or not to be: that is the question >> and not: “To be, or not to be: that is the question”.
- for paraphrased quotes, which means that a comparison has been made, or a reference, it should be written as follows : (author’s surname, year of publication)
     Ex.:(Shakespeare 2001)
In case of multiple publications by an author in a particular year, then a small letter for every book must be added to the notation. The same letters
has to be added in the bibliography as well.
     Ex: (Shakespeare 2001a) - (Shakespeare 2001b)
- In case of literal quotes, therefore reporting the exact same words of the author, from one or more pages, the notation will have to be: (author’s surname, year of publication, page n) or (author’s surname, year of publication, pages n-m)
     Ex: (Shakespeare 2001, 5) -> quote from page 5
     Ex: (Shakespeare 2001, 5-7) -> quote from page 5 to page 7
In case of more than one author, up to a maximum of three, all of them have to be mentioned
     Ex: (Finbur, Cosby 1996)
     Ex: (Finbur, Cosby, Gunless 1998)
- for more than three authors, only the first one who is mentioned in the front cover should be reported, followed by the expression “et al.”
     Ex: (Zanetti et al. 1997)
- all the quotes in the text have to be reported in the bibliography at the end of the article, listing them in chronological order, by the year of publication, according to the following syntax:
     Ex:
     2001, Manzoni A., I promessi sposi, Mondadori, Milano.
In case of multiple pubblications by an author in a year:
     2001a, Manzoni A., I promessi sposi, Mondadori, Milano.
     2001b, Manzoni A., Tutte le poesie, Einaudi, Torino.
     In case of more than one author:
     1996, Finbur C., Cosby B., Title, Feltrinelli, Bologna (2 authors)
     1998, Finbur C., Cosby B., Gunless A., Title, Feltrinelli, Bologna (3 authors)
     1997, Zanetti C. et al., Title, Einaudi, Torino (more than 3 authors)
- all the rules here listed still hold in case of editors and not authors. The only difference in the syntax is to add “by” after editor’s surname and name or editors’ surnames and names.
     Ex: 1998, Finbur C., Cosby B., Gunless A., by, Title, Feltrinelli, Bologna
- in case of quotations of articles in journals: all the rules here listed still hold, as far the author/authors of the article of interest is/are concerned. Although additional information has to be added: the heading under which the article has been published, and the pages range of the articles itself. therefore, the following syntax has to be put after hat have already been described: ...................in “heading of the journal”, number, series, location of edition.
     Ex: in the text: (Finbur 1998). In the bibliography:
     1998, Finbur C., Title of the article, in “heading of the journal”, n., location of edition, pp.n-m
- the name of the journal has to be shorten according to the “Index Medicus” standards.