Standards of reporting

Rhinology online advocates the complete and transparent reporting of research and methods. Authors should append the appropriate reporting guideline checklist to their manuscript on submission. Checklists are available for a number of study designs from the EQUATOR Network.

Title page

The title page should:

Should be concise and informative and less than 100 characters. Please also provide a short title of 50 characters.

Abstract

The Abstract should not exceed 250 words. Please minimize the use of abbreviations and do not cite references in the abstract. Reports of randomized controlled trials should follow the CONSORT extension for abstracts. The abstract must include the following separate sections:

• Background: the context and purpose of the study
• Methods: how the study was performed and statistical tests used
• Results: the main findings
• Conclusions: brief summary and potential implications
• Trial registration: If your article reports the results of a health care intervention on human participants, it must preferably be registered in an appropriate registry and the registration number and date of registration should be in stated in this section.

Keywords

Provide three to ten keywords representing the main content of the article, listed in alphabetical order.

Text

Max. 3,500 words not including abstract, figure legends and references (please supply a word count).

Up to 50 references in the Journal's style.

Up to 6 figures and/or tables (total).

If you wish to exceed any of the above, please state in the cover letter the reasons for an increase in length, number of figures or tables, or number of references.

Background

The Background section should explain the background to the study, its aims, a summary of the existing literature and why this study was necessary or its contribution to the field.

Methods

The methods section should include:

• the aim, design and setting of the study
• the characteristics of participants or description of materials
• a clear description of all processes, interventions and comparisons. Generic drug names should generally be used. When proprietary brands are used in research, include the brand names in parentheses
• the type of statistical analysis used, including a power calculation if appropriate

Results

Present ratupoker88 the findings of the study including, if appropriate, results of statistical analysis which must be included either in the text or as tables and figures.

Discussion

Discuss the implications of the findings in context of existing research and highlight limitations of the study.

Conclusions

State clearly the main conclusions and provide an explanation of the importance and relevance of the study reported.

List of abbreviations

If abbreviations are used in the text they should be defined in the text at first use, and a list of abbreviations should be provided.