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Alcoologie et Addictologie is a peer reviewed scientific journal that provides a forum for clinical and public health relevant research and perspectives that contributes to improving the quality of prevention and care for people with unhealthy alcohol, tobacco, or other drug addictive behaviors. > PUBLICATION
- Reviews. > PEER-REVIEW POLICIES Manuscripts
are first evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief based on the
following criteria (where applicable): originality and timeliness,
clarity of
writing, appropriateness of research methods, validity of data,
strength
of the conclusions and whether the data support them, and whether the
topic falls within the scope of the journal. > EDITORIAL POLICIES Any
manuscript, or substantial parts of it, submitted to the journal must
not be under consideration by any other journal. In general, the
manuscript
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citable form. Authors are required to ensure that no material submitted
as part of a manuscript infringes existing copyrights, or the rights of
a
third party. > ETHICAL GUIDELINES Submission
of a manuscript to Alcoologie
et Addictologie implies that all
authors have read and agreed to its content. Any experimental research
that is reported in the manuscript should be performed with the
approval
of an appropriate ethics committee. Manuscript reporting experimental
research without prior approval from an ethics committee can be
considered
if a reasonable justification is provided. Research carried out on
humans must be in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration, and any
experimental research on animals must follow internationally recognized
guidelines. A statement to this effect must appear in the Methods
section
of the manuscript. > COMPETING INTERESTS Alcoologie
et Addictologie requires authors to
declare any competing
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interests
that are declared will be listed at the end of published articles.
Where an author gives no competing interests, the listing will read
The
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et Addictologie supports initiatives
aimed at improving the
reporting of biomedical research. Authors are encouraged to make use of
checklists available such as CONSORT criteria for randomized controlled
trials. Alcoologie
et Addictologie also supports
prospective registering
and numbering of clinical trials. > CITING ARTICLES IN ALCOOLOGIE ET ADDICTOLOGIE Articles
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et Addictologie should be cited in the
same way as
articles in a traditional journal. Article citations follow this format: > COPYRIGHT Any
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words
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should be used as sparingly as possible. They should be
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