Clinical Pediatrics is a practice-oriented journal emphasizing outpatient pediatric care. We solicit and encourage submission of manuscripts of value to the practitioner in all areas of child care including pediatric practice, clinical research, behavioral and educational management, community health issues, medical education, and subspecialty or affiliated specialty applications to pediatric practice.

Original Articles
Clinical research concerning diagnosis and management, sociologic and anthropologic studies, and studies on delivery of health care. Original articles have no word limitations; this is left up to the discretion of the author(s). Original articles should be accompanied by an abstract of 150 words or less and keywords.

Commentaries
Review articles on subjects relevant to the delivery of health care to children, particularly with emphasis on current diagnostic and management recommendations. No abstract is necessary. Before submission, authors of these commentaries are encouraged to consult with the editor via e-mail at clpjournal@ochsner.org since similar articles may be in press.

Brief Reports
Articles of less than 1500 words with no abstract, a total of 1 or 2 tables or figures, and no more than 10 references. To be acceptable, such reports should offer a new clinical observation or new management approach.

Resident Rounds
Case reports written by a resident, fellow or medical student with the guidance of a faculty/staff physician. They should be cases that taught the physician in training something appropriate to be shared with colleagues in a similar stage of education. They will usually be patients who presented in an unusual fashion or who demonstrated unique clinical or laboratory manifestations of their diseases. The case report should be approximately 500 words, the discussion 1000 words, and the manuscript should include no more than 1 or 2 tables and figures and 10 references. A "hospital course" section and "final diagnosis" should also be included. The title should be a descriptive wording of the initial presentation and not give away the diagnosis. Contributors are encouraged to review other published. Resident Rounds should not have abstracts and keywords and the structure should be as follows:
a) Case report
b) Final Diagnosis
c) Hospital Course
d) Discussion
e) Conclusion

Letters to the Editor
Letters pertaining to manuscripts published in Clinical Pediatrics or on topics of interest. They should be approximately 300 words with no more than five references.

Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/clp. Authors will be required to set up an online account on the SageTrack system powered by ScholarOne. Files should be submitted in Microsoft Word and should include the following elements: complete author names, author contact information, including credentials, departmental and institutional affiliations, any source of financial assistance, acknowledgments, abstract (150 words or less), keywords, references, tables, illustrations, and legends.

Manuscripts will be sent out anonymously for editorial evaluation. Obtaining permission for any quoted or reprinted material that requires permission is the responsibility of the author. Submission of a manuscript implies commitment to publish in the journal. Authors submitting manuscripts to the journal should not simultaneously submit them to another journal, nor should manuscripts have been published elsewhere in substantially similar form or with substantially similar content. Authors in doubt about what constitutes prior publication should consult the editor. Clinical Pediatrics follows the editorial style of the American Medical Association. For reference style, please see the reference section below. Original illustrations are returned only if requested by the authors. Laboratory values may be described in either metric mass units or the International System of Units (SI units). The equivalent value in the alternate system should be given in parentheses immediately after the primary value. The same sequence should be used in each article. All acronyms should be spelled out with the first appearance in text.

References. References should be numbered in order of appearance in the text, following the format set forth in the "Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals," with journal abbreviations according to Cumulated Index Medicus. Examples of references are as follows:

Journal articles:
Pasricha JS, Khaitan BK, Shantharam R, et al. Toxic epidermal necrolysis. Int J Dermatol. 1996;35: 523-527.

Books: Oski FA, DeAngelis CD, Feigin RD, Warshaw JB, eds. Principles and Practice of Pediatrics. Philadelphia, PA: JB Lippincott; 1996:132-157.

Chapter in a book: Rosenthal G. Prevalence of congenital heart disease. In: Garson A Jr, Bricker JT, Fischer DJ, Neish SR, eds. The Science and Practice of Pediatric Cardiology. Baltimore, MD: Williams and Wilkins; 1998:1092-1093.

Figure and Artwork Submission
There is a charge to authors to print color figures (See Color Figure section). Therefore, if you do not want to pay for color figures, please make sure the figures you submit to the journal have already been converted to grayscale.

Sizing. Please save the image as the same size as the final printed version; files should not be saved at a size greater than 10% larger than the intended size of the illustration.Electronic copies of figures: Electronic submission of figures is required when created in the following electronic formats: TIFF (identified *.TIF) Tag Image File Format, EPS (identified *.EPS) Encapsulated Postscript File, and JPEG (identified *.JPG) Joint Photographic Experts Group. The following graphic application file formats are supported: Adobe Illustrator version 8.0, and Adobe Photoshop version 5.5 or higher Scanned art specifications. If you are submitting scanned art, please follow these guidelines: Line art (black and white) should be scanned at 1200 ppi and 1 bit bitmap. Grayscale and color images should be scanned at 300 ppi and 8 bit bitmap. (Note regarding grayscale shading: Whenever possible, crosshatching should be used in lieu of grayscale shading. If shading must be used, it should not exceed a 20% screen, and bold type must be used.) Please save each figure as its own file and do not include any extra text (ie, figure captions).

There are 3 requirements in file identification: application and version used to create the file (ie, Illustrator 8.0), type of file (ie, .TIF, .EPS), and identification of figure by number (ie, file names should include the figure number; Figure 1). When saving the file, be sure to embed the fonts into the file. There is no other way to ensure that the text in your art will remain as you intend. If hard-copy originals are submitted, all artwork should be clean black-and-white originals, never photocopies. Artwork should be protected from marks and should not be folded or stapled. Each figure should appear on a separate sheet of white paper. It is the responsibility of the author to provide correct, final copies of the figures by the time the article is submitted to the publisher. Photographs. Photographs of recognizable patients must be accompanied by a signed release from the patient authorizing publication. Masking eyes to hide identity is not sufficient. Illustrations. Include two sets of unmounted, glossy, black-and-white photographic prints for each illustration, with a gummed label on the back of each giving the first author's name, the figure number, and an arrow indicating the top. Photocopies of the illustration(s) must be attached to each of the other two copies of the manuscript, or, if the manuscript is sent electronically, the photocopies should be mailed with a hard copy of the paper to the editorial assistant of Clinical Pediatrics at the address above.

Color figures. Color figures that will enhance the article may be accepted for publication. The author must be prepared to pay a per-page charge of US $800 for the first color page and US $200 for each additional page. An invoice will be sent after the article is published. Color figures should be submitted at 300 dpi resolution. Please submit figures in grayscale or black and white if you do not intend to pay color figure charges.

Reprints
Reprint information will accompany author proofs, or contact reprint@sagepub.com.

Legends and Permission
Credit for any previously published illustration must be given in the corresponding legend. All symbols should be explained in the legend. For more detailed information regarding permissions, please visit the Sage Publications Web site at http://www.sagepub.com/sage/Permissions%20Guidelines.PDF.