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Urogynecology Journal Fast Track Instructions

The Official Journal of AUGS, Urogynecology, is pleased to offer a FAST TRACK option for individuals who submit their manuscript as part of PFD Week 2024.

The March 2025 issue will feature manuscripts from PFD Week 2024. The manuscript submission deadline is September 1, 2024.   

If you wish to have your work considered for the FAST TRACK AUGS Conference Proceedings Issue, please submit it via Editorial Manager using the “AUGS Special Issue Submission” article type and notify Samantha Martin, the journal’s Senior Editorial Coordinator, at sam.martin@wolterskluwer.com.
 

Preparation of Manuscript

Please review the journal’s Information for Authors (IFA), in its entirety, before submitting the manuscript: https://edmgr.ovid.com/jpms/accounts/ifauth.htm. Below are a few key points from the IFA:

Title page: Include on the title page (a) complete manuscript title; (b) authors' full names, highest academic degrees, and affiliations; (c) name and address for correspondence, including fax number, telephone number, and e-mail address; (d) address for reprints if different from that of corresponding author; and (e) sources of support that require acknowledgment.

Structured Abstract and Key Words: Limit the abstract to 250 words. Do not cite references in the abstract. Limit the use of abbreviations and acronyms. Use the following subheads: Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. List three to five key words.

Simply Stated: Include a summary of your article targeted at a non-medical audience (patients, caregivers, policy makers, media). Avoid medical jargon or technical language. Include the study objective, a brief description of the study and its primary findings. Word limit: 200

Why This Matters: Include a brief summary of why this research is important to professionals who care for or study pelvic floor disorders and what it adds to what is already known. Place your study in context of the existing literature. Word limit: 200

Text: Organize the manuscript into four main headings: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion. Define abbreviations at first mention in text and in each table and figure. If a brand name is cited, supply the manufacturer's name and address (city and state/country). Acknowledge all forms of support, including pharmaceutical and industry support, in an Acknowledgments paragraph.

Abbreviations:  Abbreviations must be used 3 or more times. Write out the full term for each abbreviation at its first use unless it is a standard unit of measure.

References: The authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references. Key the references (double-spaced) at the end of the manuscript. Cite the references in text in the order of appearance. 

Figures: Art should be created/scanned and saved and submitted as either a TIFF (tagged image file format), an EPS (encapsulated PostScript) file, or a PPT (PowerPoint) file. Line art must have a resolution of at least 1200 dpi (dots per inch), and electronic photographs--radiographs, CT scans, and so on--and scanned images must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi. If fonts are used in the artwork, they must be converted to paths or outlines or they must be embedded in the files. Color images must be created/scanned and saved and submitted as CMYK files. Please note that artwork generated from office suite programs such as CorelDRAW and MS Word and artwork downloaded from the Internet (JPEG or GIF files) cannot be used. Cite figures consecutively on the site, and number them in the order in which they are discussed.

Figure legends: Include legends for all figures. They should be brief and specific, and they should appear on a separate manuscript page after the references. Use scale markers in the image for electron micrographs, and indicate the type of stain used.

Tables: Create tables using the table creating and editing feature of your word processing software (eg, Word, WordPerfect). Do not use Excel or comparable spreadsheet programs. Group all tables in a separate file. Cite tables consecutively in the text, and number them in that order. Each table should appear on a separate sheet and should include the table title, appropriate column heads, and explanatory legends (including definitions of any abbreviations used). Do not embed tables within the body of the manuscript. They should be self-explanatory and should supplement, rather than duplicate, the material in the text.

Style: Pattern manuscript style after the American Medical Association Manual of Style (11th edition). Stedman's Medical Dictionary (27th edition) and Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th edition) should be used as standard references. Refer to drugs and therapeutic agents by their accepted generic or chemical names, and do not abbreviate them. Use code numbers only when a generic name is not yet available. In that case, supply the chemical name and a figure giving the chemical structure of the drug is required. Copyright or trade names of drugs should be capitalized and placed in parentheses after the name of the drug. Names and locations (city and state in USA; city and country outside USA) of manufacturers of drugs, supplies, or equipment cited in a manuscript are required to comply with trademark law and should be provided in parentheses. Units of measure should be expressed in the metric system, and temperatures should be expressed in degrees Celsius. Conventional units should be written as SI units as appropriate.