Formatting the Paper

From Top Italian Scientists Journal
  • Click here to download a template of how a manuscript should be formatted.
  • The submitted manuscript must be in a word document or in a .odt format.
  • The manuscript must have at least one TIS as Author, there is no limit to the number of authors and there is no limit to the length of the paper.
  • The manuscript type can be: research articles, review, case reports, case studies, editorials, clinical conference, scientific policies and others.
  • The manuscript must have a Title, an Abstract, the Conflict of Interest Declaration and the References sections.
  • The content of the articles must be in English language and the references in Roman script.
  • The manuscript must be formatted in the following way:
    • Manuscript: font: Times New Roman, font size: 12; font color: black.
    • Article title: font size: 20; alignment: justify; line spacing: single line.
    • Authors List: font size: 12; font style: bold; alignment: justify; line spacing: single line. Any Cites to the Authors must be in a letter between round brackets, like this: Angelo Rossi(a), Mario Verdi(b).
    • Authors Info: font size: 12; alignment: justify; line spacing: single line.
    • Correspondence to: font size: 12; font style: bold (title only); alignment: justify.
    • Published: font size: 12; font style: bold (title only); alignment: justify.
    • Keywords: font size: 12; font style: bold (title only); alignment: justify; must be after the Abstract.
    • Article Section: font size: 16; font style: bold; alignment: justify; line spacing: single line.
    • Article Sub-Section: font size: 14; font style: bold; alignment: justify; line spacing: single line.
    • Body: font size: 12; line spacing: 1.5 lines; alignment: justify.
  • The Declarations section can include the Sub-Sections in the following order: Acknowledgment, Conflict of Interest, Funding and Author Contributions.
  • The Declarations section must include at least the Conflict of Interest Sub-Section.
  • Any Tables, Figures, Supplement Material Section must be after the Declarations Section and before the References Section
  • References must be the last section of the manuscript and includes the following information:
    • Authors names
    • Year of publication
    • Title of article
    • Title of journal
    • Volume of journal
    • Page number(s) of article
    • The DOI (if available)

Example:

Two to Twenty Authors

List each author in the same order they appear in the article's byline. Use the ampersand (&) rather than the word "and."

Example:

Wenneker, C.P., Wigbolus, D.H., & Spears, R. (2005). Biased language use in stereotype maintenane: The role of encoding and goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89(4), 504-516. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.89.4.504

Twenty-one or More Authors

List the first nineteen authors. Insert an ellipses (...) after the name of the nineteenth author followed by the name of the last author listed.

Example:

Kalnay, E., Kanamitsu, M., Kistler, R., Collins, W., Deaven, D., Gandin, L., Iredell, M., Saha, S., White, G., Woollen, J., Zhu, Y., Chelliah, M., Ebisuzaki, W., Higgins, W., Janowiak, J., Mo, K.C., Ropelewski, C., Wang, J., Leetmaa, A., ... Joseph, D. (1996). The NCEP/NCAR 40-year reanalysis project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77(3), 437-471. http://doi.org/fg6rf9

References

Also the citation/reference must be set up as in roman script as highlighted in bold below:

In human romantic couples, and especially in those in which the relationship has lasted more than a few weeks or months, there is usually an asymmetry in decisional power such that one partner is dominant and the other is subordinate [1]. In heterosexual couples, and especially in older couples or couples in which the man is much older than the woman, men are more likely to be dominant and women are more likely to be subordinate [2]. When decisional power is roughly shared within a couple and there is no clear-cut dominance, the relationship is considered to be egalitarian [3].

and the References section must be like this:

1. Ashton, M. C., & Lee, K. (2009). The HEXACO–60: a short measure of the major dimensions of personality. Journality of Personality Assessment, 91, 340–345. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223890902935878

2. Baron-Cohen, S., Wheelwright, S., Skinner, R., Martin, J., & Clubley, E. (2001). The autism-spectrum quotient (AQ): Evidence from Asperger syndrome/high-functioning autism, males and females, scientists and mathematicians. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 31(1), 5-17. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:100565341147

3. Bentley, C. G., Galliher, R. V., & Ferguson, T. J. (2007). Associations among aspects of interpersonal power and relationship functioning in adolescent romantic couples. Sex Roles, 57(7-8), 483-495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-007-9280-7

or the numbers can be between square brackets like this:

[1] Ashton, M. C., & Lee, K. (2009). The HEXACO–60: a short measure of the major dimensions of personality. Journality of Personality Assessment, 91, 340–345. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223890902935878

[2] Baron-Cohen, S., Wheelwright, S., Skinner, R., Martin, J., & Clubley, E. (2001). The autism-spectrum quotient (AQ): Evidence from Asperger syndrome/high-functioning autism, males and females, scientists and mathematicians. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 31(1), 5-17. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:100565341147

[3] Bentley, C. G., Galliher, R. V., & Ferguson, T. J. (2007). Associations among aspects of interpersonal power and relationship functioning in adolescent romantic couples. Sex Roles, 57(7-8), 483-495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-007-9280-7

PubMed Submission

If you are planning to submit your article in PubMed, the Reference format is slightly different. The Year must be not after the Authors list but after the Journal Title.

For example change this:

Wenneker, C.P., Wigbolus, D.H., & Spears, R. (2005). Biased language use in stereotype maintenane: The role of encoding and goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 89(4), 504-516. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.89.4.504

into this:

Wenneker, C.P., Wigbolus, D.H., & Spears, R. Biased language use in stereotype maintenane: The role of encoding and goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2005; 89(4), 504-516. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.89.4.504

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