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Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology Instructions for Authors

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This information for authors presents editorial standards that pertain to the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology. Authors wishing to view JNM Information for Authors, please click Here. To submit an article to the JNMT, go to https://submit-tech.snmjournals.org.

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All manuscripts submitted to Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology should be accompanied by a cover letter from the author responsible for correspondence regarding the manuscript. The cover letter should contain the following copyright disclosure statement in compliance with the Copyright Revision Act of 1976, effective January 1, 1978. This statement must be signed by all coauthors. Designate "first author" and "corresponding author" in parentheses by their signatures. This copyright transfer requirement does not apply to work prepared by U.S. government employees as part of their official duties.

Conditions 1-3 (in paragraph 1 of the copyright transfer letter below) must be met by all coauthors, and this statement must be signed by all coauthors. If there has been any prior publication of figures or tables in the manuscript, this should be acknowledged and appropriate written permission included with manuscript submission.

Assignment of Copyright Documentation:

Submission of Preprints

Authors who submit manuscripts that have been posted on a preprint server must agree and adhere to the following conditions to be considered in any SNMMI journal:

  1. During submission, authors must acknowledge preprint server deposition including DOI and licensing terms in the cover letter.
  2. Versions of a manuscript that have been altered as a result of SNMMI journal’s peer review process may not be deposited.
  3. The preprint version cannot itself have been indexed in MEDLINE or PubMed.
  4. If accepted, authors are required to select the Immediate Open Access option to publish under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY).
  5. Upon publication, authors are responsible for updating the archived preprint with a DOI and a URL link to the published version of the article on the journal website.
  6. The journal follows an embargo policy for submitted and accepted manuscripts that restricts media coverage until publication. Authors are advised to avoid promoting preprints of their submitted manuscripts in traditional media and in social media until it is published by the journal or released from the review process.

Consideration for publication of manuscripts deposited to a preprint server will involve determining if publication of the submitted manuscript will add meaningful new information to the medical literature. Final determinations are at the discretion of the journal Editor.

Graphical Abstracts

A graphical abstract must also be included with each original scientific manuscript, including brief communications. The graphical abstract, a visual aid to understanding your key findings, is intended to attract the attention of readers and help them find articles that interest them. It should be clear, concise, eye-catching, and easily understood by a typical JNMT reader. It will be displayed in the online article and online table of contents and might also be used in promotional media, in the JNMT carousel, or on the JNMT cover if your article is selected to be featured in that issue. It must comprise a single, simple, original graphic that is not densely packed with information, has no legend, and is not a figure from your article. It cannot be a table, be reprinted from another source, or include any trade names, logos, or images of trademarked items. Text can be used sparingly but must be in Arial font large enough to be legible. For ease of comprehension, it should have a clear start and end, with the information preferably running from top to bottom or left to right. Build the graphical abstract using the PowerPoint template supplied below and upload it as a single, high-quality, full-color .pptx, .jpg, or .png image file, as well as placing it (labeled as “Graphical Abstract”) at the end of the manuscript file.

Funding Mandates? Open Access?

JNMT welcomes authors whose work was financially supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH), Wellcome Trust, HEFCE, RCUK and COAF. When such funding is disclosed in the Disclosures section of a manuscript, the article is automatically deposited to PubMed Central (PMC) and made freely available on the JNMT website after an embargo period of six months from the time of final publication. This service is offered at no additional cost. Authors are also allowed to deposit pre-print versions of articles as needed to meet their funding requirements.

In addition, JNMT provides an Immediate Open Access (IOA) publication option to accommodate authors who need to comply with specific funding mandates. Authors who request IOA publication pay an article publication charge (APC) of USD $3,000 at the time of final acceptance of their submission. Author(s) may withdraw their article at any time prior to acceptance without incurring an APC. After acceptance, withdrawal will not be permitted and a refund will not be given. Any special consideration will be at the discretion of SNMMI. Please refer to the policy of your funding agency to determine if this option is required.

Immediate Open Access (IOA) provides the following benefits:

- When ready for publication, the final accepted, peer-reviewed, pre-copyedited work will be made freely available on the JNMT website in the Ahead of Print section.

- Upon final publication, the Ahead of Print version will be replaced by the final, copyedited published article which will remain freely available on the JNMT website.

- In both preceding cases, IOA articles will be highlighted and noted as "OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE" in the Ahead of Print or final issue table of contents.

- The final, copyedited published version will be automatically deposited with PubMed Central immediately following final publication.

- All versions are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which allows users to share and adapt the authors’ work provided appropriate credit is given. See permissions page for details.

Works that are submitted under the IOA policy are treated the same as those submitted under the traditional submission model: There are no differences in the peer review, editorial, and production processes.