Regulatory Rapporteur
author guidelines

Article style and content

We believe one of the strengths of Regulatory Rapporteur is allowing authors as much freedom as possible as to the style and content of contributed articles. However, we ask you to bear in mind the following:

• Authors should offer an impartial, original, non-promotional perspective on their chosen topic. We do not publish articles relating to a single proprietary product, technology or service
• Authors should not seek to use the journal as a vehicle for marketing any specific product or service
• The author(s) must make declarations of interest known to the editors of Regulatory Rapporteur, either in writing via email or via a statement at the beginning or end of the article
• Articles should be as clear and concise as possible
• A brief abstract of 100–200 words should be provided at the top of the article, together with key words which summarise the main theme(s) of the paper
• The name of the article author(s), together with job title(s), company(ies)/affiliation(s) and location(s) should be provided at the beginning of each article, meeting report or interview
• All abbreviations (eg, common regulatory terminology) should be written out first in full and thereafter in their initials
• All articles should offer a conclusion or summary as a final paragraph(s)
• The use of tables and figures is allowed
• These should be supplied in their original format(s), eg, Excel, PowerPoint, with all text accessible for copying and pasting by the journal’s designers. In general we ask that no more than a total of two tables or figures are supplied in each article (unless prior agreement has been reached with the editors of the journal)
• Important points or subheadings should be highlighted by use of bold text or bullets as appropriate
• A holding headline is recommended but please note this is subject to change by the in-house editors at TOPRA (authors will always see a proof of the amended headline and will have an opportunity to comment)
• Appropriate imagery may be selected by the editors to complement articles. Authors’ advice on appropriateness may be sought on a case-by-case basis
• Meeting reports should be written in a commentary style, focusing on imparting the information given by the speakers, including any interesting comments/opinions they give. Meeting reports should not be a verbatim of all proceedings, we are more interested in the important

Article length

The following lengths of article may be used as a guide:

General provisions

All contributions sent to the journal, whether invited or not, should be submitted by email in Word format to: publications@topra.org.

Please note we do not publish articles from third parties unless we have direct contact/communication with the author(s) of the article. The final decision to accept an article for publication is at the discretion of the editors at TOPRA.

The Editorial Board of Regulatory Rapporteur reserves the right to edit or withhold articles as necessary and, if appropriate, liaise with an author on editorial changes. Authors are responsible for all statements in their work and for obtaining permission to use previously published tables and illustrations. All papers submitted for publication will be subject to a peer review procedure prior to acceptance or refusal to publish them. TOPRA reserves the right to edit, abridge or omit material submitted for publication.

Authors should be aware that papers submitted to Regulatory Rapporteur must not have been previously published, either in print or online, or simultaneously submitted for review to any other publication.

References

References to journal articles, books and monographs should be styled as follows:

Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 25;347(4):284–7.

If more than three authors, list the first THREE authors, followed by et al (no italics). Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J et al. Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002;935(1–2):40–6.

References to websites and online databases should be styled as follows:

eatright.org. Chicago: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Available at: https://www. eatright.org/ (accessed 11 April 2019).

Editor(s), compiler(s) as author: Gilstrap LC 3rd, Cunningham FG, VanDorsten JP, editors. Operative obstetrics. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002.

Reference numbers should be inserted in superscript at the appropriate places in the body text, with the full citations in a separate section entitled “References” at the end of the article. Footnotes and other citation tools (eg, Reference Manager) cannot be accommodated in our journal layout. It is usually possible to incorporate the information in footnotes in the body text, or as a reference at the end of the article.