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Informations for authors

VASA publishes papers from clinical and experimental angiology; all papers must not have been published elsewhere nor be under consideration at another publication. All original papers should be in English with German abstracts. Case reports and letters to the Editor may be in either German or English. Acceptance of the paper by editors automatically transfers the copyright to the Publishers in accordance with existing copyright laws.

The author confirms and guarantees on behalf of him-/herself and any coauthors that he or she holds all copyright in and titles to the submitted contribution, including any figures, photographs, line drawings, plants, maps, sketches, and tables, and that the article and its contents do not infringe in any way on the rights of third parties.

Upon acceptance of the article for publication, the author agrees to transfer to the publisher the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute the article and its contents, both physically and in non-physical, electronic, or other form, in the journal to which it has been submitted and in other independent publications, with no limitations on the number of copies or on the form or the extent of distribution. These rights are transferred for the duration of copyright as defined by Swiss law. Furthermore, the author transfers to the publisher the following exclusive rights to the article and its contents:
 

1. The rights to produce advance copies, reprints or offprints of the article, in full or in part, to undertake or allow translations into other languages, to distribute other forms or modified versions of the article, and to produce and distribute summaries or abstracts.
2. The rights to microfilm and microfiche editions or similar, to the use of the article and its contents in videotext, teletext, and similar systems, to recordings or reproduction on other media, digital or analogue, including electronic, magnetic, and optical media, and in multimedia form, as well as for public broadcasting in radio, television, or other forms of braodcast.
3. The rights to store the article and its contents in machine-readable or electronic form on all media (such as computer disks, compact disks, magnetic tape), to store the article and its contents in online databases belonging to the publisher or to third parties for viewing or for downloading by third parties, and to present or reproduce the article or its contents on visual display screens, monitors, and similar devices, either directly or via data transmission.
4. The rights to reproduce and distribute the article and its contents by all other means, including photomechanical and similar processes (such as photocopying or facsimile), and as part of so-called document delivery services.
5. The right to transfer any or all of the rights mentioned in this agreement as well as the rights retained by the Verwertungsgesellschaft "WORT" including the corresponding royalty rights to third parties within or outside Switzerland.

Authors should submit two copies of the manuscript (1 original + 1 anonymous version) and the diskette to the Editor-in-Chief (Prof. Dr. med. A. Creutzig, Thea Bähnisch Weg 12, D-30657 Hannover). Beginning with the title page, each page of the manuscript should contain the page number and the name of the first author in the upper right-hand corner.

Papers should not exceed 8 A4 pages in total length (double-spaced), including tables, figures and references.

Preparation of the manuscript

The title page (separate page) should contain the name of institute or clinic but not the name of director/head, title of paper in German and English and name(s) of author(s) with abbreviated first name(s), without academic titles.

Abstract and Zusammenfassung: Each should contain a maximum of 250 words, for original contributions structured like the paper itself (Background, Patients and Methods, Results, Conclusions). Please also supply a maximum of six key-words in English for indexing purposes.

Main body: The paper itself should be structured according to international standards and contain the following sections: Introduction, Aims, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Summary, if necessary with subheadings. German texts should follow the Z-K-Rule (e.g., Leukozyten, not Leucocyten). Frequently used abbreviations should be written out upon initial employment, followed by the proper abbreviation in parentheses.

Tables should be numbered sequentially in Roman numerals.

A maximum of 8 figures are allowed in each paper. These should be submitted in reproducible form (unscreened originals, black-and-white glossies, laser printouts of graphs, slides) and numbered sequentially in Arabic numbers. The figure legends should be printed on a separate sheet. Figures are normally reproduced in black and white. Reproduction of color illustration is possible, but the authors will be invoiced for any extra costs incurred.
The reference list should conform to the Vancouver Style (see examples). References should be listed in alphabetical order according to name of the first author and numbered sequentially. References in the text should be put in square brackets, except when authors are mentioned for stylistic reasons. The journal names should be abbreviated in accordance with the List of Journals in the Index Medicus.

References

Examples:

[1] Browse NL, Burnand KG, Lea Thomas M. Diseases of the veins. Pathology, diagnosis and treatment. London, Baltimore, Melbourne, Auckland: Arnold 1988. [2] Ehrly AM. Schenk J, Brombergeer U. Mikrozirkulationsstšrungen bei Ulcus cruris venosum: niedrigdosierte systemische Langzeittherapie mit Urokinase. Phlebol Proktol 1989; 18: 166-8. [3] Madar G, Schmitt HE, Huber P, Biland L, Widmer LK. Erfahrungen mit 813 phlebographisch nachkontrollierten klinischen Verdachtsdiagnosen der tiefen Venenthrombose des Unterschenkels. In: Brunner U (Hrsg) Der Unterschenkel. Diagnostische und therapeutische Aspekte der Arteriologie, Phlebologie und Lymphologie. Aktuelle Probleme in der Angiologie, Bd 44. Bern, Stuttgart, Toronto: Hans Huber 1988: 138-49. [4] Ryan TJ, Wilkinson DS. Cutaneous vasculitis: "angiitis". In: Rook A, Wilkinson DS, Ebling FJG, Champion RH, Burton JL (eds) Textbook of dermatology, 4th edition, vol 2. London: Blackwell 1986: 1121-85.

The correspondence address should be given at the end of the article following the references and encompass academic title and complete address, including international country abbreviation.

Two sets of correction proofs shall be sent to the corresponding author. Changes of content or style should be made only in exceptional cases. Correction costs exceeding 5% of the typesetting costs shall be invoiced to the author(s).

Offprints may be ordered at cost price. They must be ordered at the latest when the proofs are returned.

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