Guidelines for Authors

The journal consists of the following sections:

Reviews
Original Papers
Case Reports
Technical Notes
Images in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Letters to the Editor

Reviews are either invited by the editor or may be submitted for consideration.

Original Papers are full-length research papers which will be considered for the journal. Articles cover topics relevant to clinical work. Basic and experimental studies appear only if related to clinical issues.

Case Reports: The publication space available for case reports is very limited. The journal only considers case reports which receive very high priority scores. They should describe significant new insights or an extremely unusual and memorable course. The abstract is unstructured, followed by introduction, case report and discussion. Maximum 3 figures.

Technical Note: This section contains articles which describe modern operative techniques in the field of pediatric neurosurgery. Manuscripts should be short and precise and should contain an abstract, 5 key words and 1-4 figures to explain the surgical procedure.

Images in Pediatric Neurosurgery: The section offers the possibility to share an exceptional clinical condition encountered during daily work. Images must be original, unpublished, high-quality black-and-white photographs. The legend/short text should explain the uniqueness of the depicted image and provide relevant clinical information including a short description of the patient’s history, relevant physical and laboratory findings, clinical course, response to treatment (if any) and condition, or both. Maximum 8 references, 3 figures; no abstract necessary and no key words.

Letters to the Editor are encouraged if they directly concern articles previously published in this journal and clinical subjects related to the matters discussed. The editor reserves the right to submit copies of such letters to the authors of the articles concerned prior to publication in order to permit them to respond in the same issue of the journal. Letters to the Editor should be no longer than one printed page.