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The Bulletin

The TIAFT Bulletin appears 3 times a year. It contains reports from TIAFT committees, articles on new technology and research, guidelines of laboratory practice and ethics, case notes, meeting reports, opinions from TIAFT members, and news of members.

The Bulletin is sent by mail to all standard TIAFT members whose dues are paid and current. If your dues are in arrears you will not receive the bulletin until your TIAFT account is paid in full. Back issues will not be sent if dues are paid in arrears. Additionally, it is the responsibility of all TIAFT members to ensure that their e-mail and mailing address are current. If you are a developing countries fund (DCF) member the bulletin is available electronically only onto the members area.

In order to keep our bulletin strong we need articles from the members. We have already awarded a number of papers for the best paper published in the bulletin. This is a small incentive for members to contribute regularly.

The Board has approved a “Best Bulletin Paper Prize” for the best published paper in the Bulletin over a full year. The award ($500USD) will be given at the annual TIAFT meeting.

How to Submit an Article

Please read (or download the pdf document) the following guidelines when submitting articles to the TIAFT Bulletin. Note: Content is generally due on the 1st of the month in which the respective issue is generated (i.e., 1 March, 1 July, 1 November). 

Article Submission Guidelines

Announcement or Message
Presidents’ message, Treasurer’s message, Secretary’s message, announcement of a scientific meeting, etc.
The maximum word count is 500.

Meeting Report
Summary of scientific meeting (e.g. TIAFT, TIAFT regional meeting, IATDMCT, SOHT, SFTA, GTFCh, etc)
The maximum word count is 1500.

‘Mentor’ column or ‘Ask the Expert’ column
This column highlights the experience of senior toxicologists on contemporary issues in forensic toxicology, or big changes and challenges observed over their career, as well as their scientific experience.
The maximum word count is 4000.

Young Scientist column
“Young Scientists Corner”, including PhD and early career researcher profiles, containing information on the individual as well as a short resume of their PhD work. This enables the Bulletin readers to have a follow-up on the novel research conducted in our field worldwide.
The maximum word count is 4000.

Case Report
This report describes an interesting case report or a case report series.
The maximum word count is 4000.

Research Article
A research article is a detailed description of an original study.
The manuscript consists of an introduction, a methods section, results, discussion and references.
The maximum word count is 7000.

Artwork/Pictures
Send the artwork in a separate file
Make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (JPEG or high quality PDF)

Tables
Send each Table in a separate file (JPEG, word or Excel)
Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters.

References
Reference style (based on Journal of Analytical Toxicology [reference formatting] and on Forensic Science International [square brackets for in-text citations and numbered list])
Citations in Text: indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text.
Reference List: Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the list in the order in which they appear in the text.

Examples:

  • Reference to a journal publication:
    [1] Bertholf, R.L., Bertholf, A.L., Reisfield, G.M. and Goldberger, B.A. (2011) Respiratory exposure to ethanol vapor during use of hand sanitizers: is it significant? Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 35, 319–320.
  • Reference to a book/book chapter:
    [2] Jones, A.W. (2011) Driving under the influence of alcohol. In Moffat, A.C., Osselton, M.D., Widdop, B., and Watts, J. (Eds.), Clarke’s Analysis of Drugs and Poisons, 4th edition, Volume 1, Chapter 4. Pharmaceutical Press, London, U.K., pp. 87–114.
  • Reference to an electronic source:
    [3] (2018) UNODC World Drug Report 2018. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. https://dataunodc.un.org/drugs (accessed August 14, 2018).

Agreement for publication of content in the TIAFT Bulletin

Copyright
By publishing in the TIAFT Bulletin, the author agrees to the following:

  • The submission is entirely original, including all written and visual content (e.g., images, figures, tables);
  • The author is the owner of all intellectual property rights of the contribution, including all copyrights, design rights, and database rights (‘Intellectual Property Rights’);
  • The author is responsible for obtaining written permission for the inclusion of any copyright material in the article, including text, illustrations or otherwise, and refer appropriately in the submission.

Author Approval
In addition, the author agrees to review and approve proofs of the submission within a reasonable time as designated by the Editors (minimum 3 days review period). If the author fails to return the proofs within the time specified, the TIAFT Bulletin Editors will consider the proofs as approved for publication.

The author accepts the above terms:
Name (print)
Date, place
Signature

Copyright concerning articles published in the TIAFT Bulletin

In all of the situations below, the TIAFT Bulletin must be appropriately referenced.

Authors
Following publication in the TIAFT Bulletin, authors can freely use or distribute a copy of their article. Articles published in the TIAFT Bulletin may be reworked for submission to peer-reviewed journals. Authors may reprint their Bulletin articles as a handout or bundle their articles (e.g., for reprint as a book). Such reprints may be professionally distributed (e.g., for the purposes of education or research training); however, they should not be reprinted for sale or for commercial purposes.

Members

Reproduction or distribution (via copy, print, electronic or any other means) of the Bulletin content is prohibited without approval from the TIAFT Bulletin Editors and the authors. Requests for reproduction or distribution must be made to the Bulletin Editors, who will consult with the original author(s).

Contact: bulletin@tiaft.org

Bulletin Advertising

Advertising is at $500USD per half A4 page or $1000USD per full A4 Page.
Hi resolution images of PDF’s should be sent to bulletin@tiaft.org.
Please, contact Bulletin Editors (full contact details below) for any further information.

Buy past TIAFT Bulletin issues

You can contact either TIAFT Treasurer or Bulletin Editor to request a specific issue of the Bulletin and to know about its availability. Past issues of the TIAFT Bulletin cost 25.00 U.S. Dollars (USD). Payments can be made online by using PayPal as described below. Upon receipt of payment, the Bulletin issue requested will be mailed to you in paper or electronic format if paper one is no more available.

  1. Click on the Add to Cart button above
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Bulletin History

To have an insight of the TIAFT Bulletin history, the following is a must read article:

The TIAFT Bulletin through the ages
Published on July 1999 (Vol. 29, n. 3)
Ilkka Ojanpera
TIAFT Secretary (1996-1999)

Note: If you experience any trouble paying on-line, please contact TIAFT Treasurer: Christophe Stove, PhD Laboratory of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Ghent University, Ghent (Belgium) e-mail: treasurer@tiaft.org