The Annals of Family Medicine has established the following policy in order to best serve the general public, the Annals’ readers, authors, and the news media. See also, Policy on Duplicate/Prior Publication.
Introduction
Information submitted to or accepted for publication in the Annals of Family Medicine may be released to the media or the public only after it has been published in the Annals in print or online, or after the corresponding author has been notified by the editors that the Annals will not publish it. Exceptions for special circumstances may be made at the discretion of the Editor and Publisher. This policy applies to prepublication release of information in any format including press conferences and press releases, print, internet, and other electronic media. This does not prevent consideration of a preliminary report, such as a letter to the editor, preprint, abstract, or poster. Authors are encouraged to contact the Annals editorial office to discuss prepublication questions, particularly as electronic technologies offer new prepublication opportunities.
News Media/ Embargo
Authors may give interviews to representatives of the media who agree to the Annals embargo. The embargo states that information about an Annals article is confidential and cannot be made public by the media before 5:00 pm ET on the date of publication. Publication dates are normally the second Monday of odd-numbered months. Scientific Meetings Before research is published in the Annals, authors may present the results at scientific meetings or conferences. They may not, however, distribute detailed reports, copies of the manuscript, or data (including tables and figures) to meeting attendees, representatives of the media or the public. Authors may provide summary information or abstracts for conference proceedings but may not provide detailed reports, tables, or figures.
Scientific Meetings Before research is published in the Annals, authors may present the results at scientific meetings or conferences. They may not, however, distribute detailed reports, copies of the manuscript, or data (including tables and figures) to meeting attendees, representatives of the media or the public. Authors may provide summary information or abstracts for conference proceedings but may not provide detailed reports, tables, or figures.
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