Transplantation Proceedings

TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS
ANNOUNCEMENT

Transplantation Proceedings will publish the proceedings of the 2024 Congress for the

ITALIAN SOCIETY for ORGAN and TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION (SITO)
to be held in
Palermo, Sicily
October 6-8, 2024

All submissions will be through Editorial Manager at:

https://www2.cloud.editorialmanager.com/transproc

Please select the appropriate Article Type from the pull-down menu on the website:

SITO 2024

WE WELCOME FULL MANUSCRIPTS FROM BOTH
ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

SUBMISSION DEADLINE WILL BE: FEBRUARY 15, 2025

IMPORTANT: PLEASE CAREFULLY READ ALL PORTIONS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO ENSURE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY HOW MANUSCRIPTS ARE TO BE PREPARED and KINDLY REFER TO ELSEVIER’S NEW POLICIES REGARDING USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE DECLARATION OF INTEREST (CONFLICT OF INTEREST) AS WELL AS THE PREPARATION OF TABLES/FIGURES
PLEASE REMEMBER – NO SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES/FIGURES ARE TO BE INCLUDED

Transplantation Proceedings welcomes persons who have accepted Abstracts for BOTH oral and/or poster presentations to submit a full manuscript in accordance with our Guidelines for Manuscripts Associated With Meetings below.

Please follow these detailed instructions regarding the submission of your manuscript. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Bernadette Johnson, Managing Editor at bjohnson@transplantation-proceedings.org

IMPORTANT: In order for your manuscript to be included with the proceedings of this meeting, you must first register in Editorial Manager, then enter your homepage on Editorial Manager and select the proper name of the meeting (Article Type) from the pull-down menu when uploading your manuscript in Word. Further information will be provided to you once the site is open.

ELSEVIER’S POLICY ON Ethics in Publishing – Transplantation Proceedings:

(Please refer to information on Ethics in publishing)

Studies in humans and animals

If the work involves the use of human subjects, the author should ensure that the work described has been carried out in accordance with The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for experiments involving humans. The manuscript should be in line with the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals and aim for the inclusion of representative human populations (sex, age and ethnicity) as per those recommendations. The terms sex and gender should be used correctly.

Authors must include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.

All animal experiments must comply with the ARRIVE guidelines and therefore be carried out in accordance with the U.K. Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act, 1986 and associated guidelines, EU Directive 2010/63/EU for animal experiments, or the National Research Council’s Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Authors must clearly indicate in the manuscript that such guidelines have been followed. The sex of animals must be indicated, and where appropriate, the influence (or association) of sex on the results of the study.

Informed consent and patient details

Studies on patients or volunteers require ethics committee approval and informed consent, which must be documented in the paper. Appropriate consents, permissions and releases must be obtained where an author wishes to include case details or other personal information or images of patients and any other individuals in an Elsevier publication. Written consents must be retained by the author, but copies should not be provided to the journal. HOWEVER, authors must state that such consents are available upon request, since only if specifically requested by the journal in exceptional circumstances (for example if a legal issue arises) the author must provide copies of the consents or evidence that such consents have been obtained. For more information, please review the Elsevier Policy on the Use of Images or Personal Information of Patients or other Individuals. Unless you have written permission from the patient (or, where applicable, the next of kin), the personal details of any patient included in any part of the article and in any supplementary materials (including all illustrations and videos) must be removed before submission.

IMPORTANT TO KNOW: This journal strictly complies with the Helsinki Congress and the Istanbul Declaration regarding donor source. Donors must not be from prisoners, or from those individuals who are coerced or paid. Please include a statement within the Abstract and Text regarding compliance. Authors may be asked to provide written documentation.

ELSEVIER’S POLICY ON THE USE AND DECLARATION OF AI AND AI-ASSISTED TECHNOLOGIES IN SCIENTIFIC WRITING:

Where authors use artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process, authors should:

• Only use these technologies to improve readability and language, not to replace key researcher tasks such as interpreting data or drawing scientific conclusions.
• Apply the technology with human oversight and control, and carefully review and edit the result, as AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete or biased.
• Not list AI and AI-assisted technologies as an author or co-author or cite AI as an author. Authorship implies responsibilities and tasks that can only be attributed to and performed by humans, as outlined in Elsevier’s AI policy for authors.
• Disclose in their manuscript the use of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process by following the instructions below. A statement will appear in the published work. Please note that authors are ultimately responsible and accountable for the contents of the work.

Disclosure instructions
Authors must disclose the use of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process by adding a statement at the end of their manuscript in a new section entitled ‘Declaration of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process’. Statement: During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME TOOL / SERVICE] in order to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication. This declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools for checking grammar, spelling, references etc. If there is nothing to disclose, there is no need to add a statement.

Transplantation Proceedings is peer-reviewed, therefore all manuscripts will undergo extensive review, and authors will be notified of the outcome. We look forward to continued collaboration with the Society in publishing groundbreaking transplantation research.

SPECIAL NOTE:

• If you feel your manuscript may benefit from inclusion of Roc analysis, Multivariate analysis, “p” value, “NPV” or “PPV”, then please include this in the initial submission as this is one of the most required revisions to manuscripts following review
• If your data supports inclusion of a detailed Table of BMI, Age, Gender, or other demographic data, etc, then please include it initially

FORMATTING GUIDELINES TO AUTHORS OF MEETING RELATED MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS:

Authors MUST upload their manuscript in WORD to Transplantation Proceedings through our online system by selecting the correct meeting name for your meeting from the pull-down menu. When uploading your manuscript, you will be asked to select an Article Type from the pull-down menu. You must NOT select any other Article Type, AND YOU MUST ONLY SUBMIT YOUR MANUSCRIPT ONCE.

If you make a mistake, notify the Editorial Office by email to jhong@transplantation-proceedings.org AND PLACE THE WORDS “ERROR ON SUBMISSION IN THE EMAIL SUBJECT LINE so I may properly address the problem immediately. DO NOT upload it again until you are given permission. Failure to comply may result in the manuscript rejection. Remember, please ONLY upload your manuscript once as failure to do so may result in rejection of your paper. Please do not email your manuscript to the editorial office as we will ONLY receive manuscripts through our online system.

All manuscripts must be prepared in English (including fully cited References) and saved as a WORD file (not as PDF) in its final form. References must be fully cited and must be in English.

Abstracts and Manuscript Text (including References) MUST be double spaced using an 11 point font and sized for letter size paper with one inch margins all around, not A4.

. DO NOT embed your Tables/Figures within the Text, rather place them AFTER the fully cited References.

. DO NOT include “Supplemental” Tables/Figures or “Appendices”. All Tables/Figures must be numbered sequentially and cited within the Text

. Include Legends to all Tables/Figures

ELSEVIER’S POLICY ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST and PAGE CHARGE AGREEMENT:

All manuscripts must be accompanied by a completed Conflict of Interest form. The Conflict of Interest Form may be found at the following link: http://www.icmje.org/disclosure-of-interest/  

IMPORTANT NOTE: Authors must include a statement within the manuscript stating there is no competing interest. If competing interest, then authors must clearly state the circumstances.

Authors must also include a signed Page Charge Agreement Form which we have placed below for your convenience. Please be certain to include the name, address, telephone number and email address of the person who is to receive the invoice for your page charges if your manuscript is accepted for publication.

All manuscripts must contain the following and must be uploaded in this order. PLEASE CAREFULLY FOLLOW OUR FORMATTING INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. ALL MANUSCRIPTS MUST BE IN WORD, NOT PDF. Manuscripts WILL NOT BE PROCESSED if these formatting instructions are not followed as they are REQUIRED by our publisher for copyediting purposes if accepted following review. Please carefully read the following prior to the preparation of your manuscript:

1. Title Page – (See sample below)

• must not contain abbreviations unless fully spelled out with the abbreviation in parenthesis
• if an animal study, name the species
• if a Case Report, place “Case Report” in the title.
• must contain all author information, including fully spelled out names of all authors (given and surname), Institution with full address, telephone number and email addresses of ALL authors
• a clearly designated corresponding author with author’s name fully spelled out, Institution with full address, telephone number and the corresponding author’s email address
• any Grant support
• the total number of Tables/Figures contained in the manuscript, and state if in color or not in color
• NOTE: Authors MUST include the full name, address, telephone number and email address of the person who is to receive the invoice if accepted for publication. This is required.

2. Double spaced Abstract of no more than 250 words, in Word. No References, Tables or Figures are to be in the Abstract.

3. At least 3 double spaced manuscript pages of text in Word (including fully cited References in English, References must be double spaced) sized for “letter” (one inch margins all around), NOT A4. Please use an 11 point font. Manuscripts not following this format will be returned!

4. Tables, Figures (with Figure Legends). Tables/Figures (with Figure Legends) – must be uploaded as separate files and arrange the order set up placement as AFTER the References and must not be embedded within the text. Please check the paper before approving and submitting to the journal office.

All Figures must contain Figure Legends as WORD files. Authors must NOT use copy/paste images when creating Tables/Figures as they must be created according to the strict policy below. Manuscripts not following this format will be returned as our copyeditors cannot use any other format than described!

PLEASE NOTE: This journal does not receive Figures or Tables as “Supplementary” or “Appendices”. All Tables/Figures must appear sequentially numbered and cited within the text. All Figures must have Legends. Manuscripts containing Tables/Figures as “Supplementary” or “Appendices” will be returned!

ELSEVIER’S POLICY ON THE PREPARATION OF TABLES/FIGURES: All files must be uploaded separately. In addition, Elsevier has very strict requirements regarding the preparation of Tables/Figures. Please adhere to the following as if accepted, our copyeditors can ONLY prepare the page proofs if the files are set up in this fashion: