Age and Ageing journal, Author Statements
Age and Ageing journal,
Author Statements
These statements are required for papers which have been accepted for publication.
All contributing authors are asked to give signed consent to publication, to confirm that they have approved the final accepted version of their manuscript and have made all required statements and declarations as detailed below.
It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that the final accepted version of the manuscript has been read and approved by each of the contributing authors. The corresponding author should instruct the Editorial Office () if any changes to the final accepted version of the manuscript are required in light of the conditions of these Author Statements.
This document may be filled and signed on your computer, but we are happy to received scanned copies of these Author Statements which have been printed and filled by hand. If all authors are not able to sign the same copy of this document we can accept multiple copies of the signature sheet which have been signed individually. The completed document(s) should be uploaded to Manuscript Central. Full instructions and a direct link to the uploader will have been sent to the corresponding author.
For Reference
The editor and publisher reserve the right to reject manuscripts which do not conform to policies of Age and Ageing or Oxford University Press. Submissions may be modified or shortened by the Editor before acceptance for publication.
Manuscripts should conform to the Uniform Requirements of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.
For reporting of randomised trials, authors are advised to work to the guidelines in the CONSORT statement.
Age and Ageing is a member of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) Age and Ageing reserves the right to use plagiarism detecting software to screen submitted papers. In accordance with the COPE code of conduct we will report any cases of suspected plagiarism or duplicate publication.
Author Declarations.
- Manuscript Details
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Central ID: AA-
Corresponding Author name:
- Authorship Criteria
To fulfil all of the criteria for authorship, every author of the manuscript must have made substantial contributions to ALL of the following aspects of the work:
- Conception and planning of the work that led to the manuscript or acquisition, analysis and interpretation of the data, or both;
- Drafting and/or critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content;
- Approval of the final submitted version of the manuscript.
☐ All authors fulfil ALL of the above criteria for authorship.
- Declaration of Consent to Publication
All contributing authors must give signed consent for publication of the manuscript by Age and Ageing journal.
☐ All authors consent for the final accepted version of the manuscript to be considered for publication in Age and Ageing journal.
- Duplicate Publishing
Submissions to Age and Ageing journal should not have been previously published (except as an abstract, however details should be provided below). If substantial parts of the content have been published elsewhere the authors must declare this here.
Does this manuscript report work that has already been reported in large part in a published article, or is contained in or closely related to another paper that has been submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere?
☐ No
☐ Yes. Please give details below:
- Declaration of Conflicts of Interest
We would not wish you or your co-authors to be embarrassed if any undeclared conflicts of interest were to emerge after publication. Contributors must therefore declare any commercial interests, such as directorships, share-holdings, consultancies, honoraria, grants, fees, gifts or travel expenses received from organisations whose product is used in a study or referred to in your article. Financial or personal interests in competing companies should also be stated.
All manuscripts are required to carry a Conflict of Interest Declaration as a prominent paragraph under the heading “Conflicts of Interest”, stating which authors they apply to. If there are no conflicts of interest the declaration will read “None”.
Do the authors declare any potential conflicts of interest?
☐ No.
☐ Yes. Please give details below.
- Declarations of Sources of Funding
All sources of funding must be disclosed. Authors must also describe what role their financial sponsors played in the design, execution, analysis and interpretation of data, or writing of the study. If they played no role the authors should state this.
All manuscripts are required to carry a Declaration of Sources of Funding statement as a prominent paragraph under the heading “Declaration of Sources of Funding”, stating which authors they apply to, listing all funders and details of any grants. If there are no declarations of funding the declaration will read “None”.
Is there funding to report for this article?
☐ No.
☐ Yes. Please give details below.
- Patient / Proxy Consent
All Case Reports and Clinical Reminders require the patient or their proxy’s consent for publication in Age and Ageing journal and website. Please refer to this Model Consent Form which represents key principles of consent which we expect you to have obtained. The author is responsible for obtaining written informed consent and saving a copy to the patient’s case files. Do not send copies to us or upload with your manuscript files.
☐ The manuscript is not a Case Report or Clinical Reminder and does not require patient or proxy consent for publication.
☐ I have obtained written informed consent which has been saved to the patient’s case files. The manuscript contains the statement “Written informed consent for publication of their clinical details and/or clinical images was obtained from the patient/proxy”
- Research Ethics
Authors should explicitly state that any necessary ethics committee approval was secured for the study reported. Research must have been approved by relevant bodies such as institutional reviews boards, research ethics committees or national authorities.
The peer review of this manuscript will include ethical considerations. The editor or publisher may require proof of ethics committee approval and proof of participant consent to be produced.
Does the manuscript report research which requires approval by ethics committee(s)?
☐ No.
☐ Yes. Please provide the name and location of the approving ethics committee(s) below.
Does the manuscript report research which requires participant consent?
☐ No.
☐ Yes, I confirm that appropriate consent obtained from all research participants.
- Clinical Trials
Is this submission a clinical trial?
☐ No.
☐ Yes. Please state the trial registration number and name of the trial register. If these are not available please provide an explanation.
- Signed Declaration:
All contributing authors must sign* these Author Statements. By signing below I declare that I have read and approve the final accepted version of the manuscript and that the information provided in the statements above is correct.
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* We will accept electronic signatures and graphic signatures (an image of a signature which has been scanned) or a scanned copy of this signed document. We cannot accept typed names in place of signatures.