Instructions for Authors

The Bulletin publishes articles spanning the social, cultural, and scientific aspects of the history of medicine worldwide. Articles are based on historical research in primary sources that allow the author to make interpretations and to place the story in historical context.

The Bulletin does not publish material that is available elsewhere, in any language, at the time of its publication in the journal, or material for which we must acknowledge permission to another publisher. We regularly publish articles that later appear as chapters in books, but the journal and its publisher, The Johns Hopkins University Press, hold the copyright, and the book publisher must request permission to reprint. Publication of the journal article must antedate publication of the book.

All new manuscripts must be submitted electronically at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bhm. Resubmissions of manuscripts that were originally submitted before January 1, 2010, should be sent via e-mail to the editorial office at bhm@jhmi.edu.

Conflicts of Interest: Authors are responsible for informing the editors of any institutional or organizational funding they have received for research related to the subject of the article.

Authors funded by the Wellcome Trust: The publisher and editors of the Bulletin understand that authors or articles funded in whole or in part by the Wellcome Trust are obligated to post final versions in a Wellcome Trust–approved archive such as PubMed Central (PMC). The Wellcome Trust has acknowledged the substantial investments that editors and publishers make that enhance the usability and value of scholarship. Accordingly, the Wellcome Trust has made available $3,000 per article to authors to compensate journals and publishers for enabling contributors to comply with this policy. Affected contributors should notify the editors upon submission. In addition to completing the journal’s standard publishing agreement, authors will need to sign an addendum to this agreement, noting that the manuscript was funded by the Trust. Authors will receive an invoice from the publisher, The Johns Hopkins University Press, and upon publication, the editorial office will send the final version to PMC for posting.

Authors employed by NIH: The publisher and editors of the Bulletin understand that authors employed by NIH are obligated to post their articles in PMC. The Bulletin uses a two-step process in order to ensure that our authors can comply with this mandate. As is the case for most federal employee authors, the Bulletin cannot hold copyright of the article.

1. 1. Upon acceptance of an article by the Bulletin, the author should post a copy of the final manuscript of the essay to PMC specifying a 12-month embargo. The essay must be accompanied by the NIH publishing agreement and manuscript cover sheet and the Johns Hopkins University Press publishing agreement for U.S. Government employees, available from the editorial office. Copies of these documents should also be forwarded to the editorial office. Please note: the manuscript version of the essay is to be submitted to PMC in order for our authors to be in compliance, but the final PDF of the published essay is the version that will ultimately circulate on PMC.

2. 2. The BHM editorial office will take responsibility for posting the PDF of the final, published version of the article by the end of the 12-month embargo period, whereupon PMC will ignore the previously submitted unedited manuscript version of the essay. PMC will contact the author to confirm his or her permission to post the PDF version.

Preparing Your Manuscript: General Guidelines

• • Please make sure to remove any identifying information from the manuscript itself, as the Bulletin’s reviews are double blind.

• • Please supply a summary of 100 or fewer words with your paper.

• • Please provide 4 to 8 key words for indexing purposes.

Text

• • Double-space everything: text, notes, and quotations.

• • Use the same type size and font for all material.

• • Quotations of more than six typed lines should be indented from the left margin and typed in a block format (double-spaced).

• • To answer questions about style and usage in the Bulletin, refer to the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition).

Notes

• • Use endnotes, not footnotes. Although the printed journal contains footnotes, at this stage...