| EDITORIAL POLICY:
The goal of the Yonsei Medical Journal
(YMJ) is to publish high quality manuscripts
dedicated to clinical or basic research. Any
authors affiliated with an accredited biomedical
institution may submit manuscripts of original
articles, review articles, case reports, brief
communications, and letters to the Editor.
Manuscripts are received with the understanding
that they are not under simultaneous consideration
by any other publications, and that the authors
realize that the identities of the reviewers
are kept confidential. The Editors reserve
the right to make corrections, both literary
and technical, to the papers. It is the author's
responsibility to ensure that a patient's
anonymity be carefully protected and to verify
that any experimental investigation with human
subjects reported in the manuscript was performed
with informed consent and follows all guidelines
for experimental investigation with human
subjects required by the institution(s) with
which all the authors are affiliated. YMJ
is published bimonthly and issuing dates are
the last days of February, April, June, August,
October, and December. The copyright of published
manuscripts is held by the YMJ. The
agreement of copyright transfer from all the
authors should be sent with the original manuscript
submission. A copyright transfer form is available
at the journal homepage.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:
Any potential conflicts of interest must
be disclosed in this section. If there are
no potential financial conflicts of interest,
the following statement should be added: "The
authors have no financial conflicts of interest."
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION:
All new manuscripts should be submitted
directly to: In-Hong Choi, M.D., Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief,
using the online submission system: http://journal.eymj.orgAcceptance of manuscripts is based on many
factors, including the importance, originality,
and priority of the research. The Editor-in-Chief
and an Associate Editor generally review manuscripts.
Then the selected manuscripts are reviewed
by at least two external peer reviewers, and
when required, a biostatistician. Upon completion
of the review, authors will receive notification
of the Editor's decision by e-mail with comments
offered by the reviewers. The author(s) can
recommend up to 5 candidates to review the
manuscript.
PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPT:
Authors should refer to "Uniform Requirements
for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals"( http://www.icmje.org).
On the cover letter, authors should make a
statement about the originality of their work
and disclose previous presentations, reports,
or publications that contain any material
that appears in the manuscript. If there is
a similar or supplemental publication, the
authors should provide a copy for the Editors'
review. Manuscripts should be written in double
space throughout.
REVIEW ARTICLE:
Review articles are usually solicited by
the Editor-in-Chief. However, unsolicited
Reviews will be also considered. Authors should
contact the Editor-in-Chief in advance to
determine the appropriateness of their Review
Articles for publication. Unsolicited Reviews
will undergo peer review. An Abstract is required
whereas Materials and Methods section and
a Results section are not required. The length
of Review Articles is limited to 5,000-8,000
words with a maximum of 100 references. Also,
there should be no more than 3 authors.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
Manuscripts should begin with the title
page followed by an abstract; a list of key
words; an introduction; materials and methods;
results; a discussion; tables and/or illustrations;
and references.
Title Page:
The tile page should contain the following information:
(1) title (less then 100 characters); (2) author
list (first name, middle name, and last name);
(3) name of the institutions at which the work
was performed; (4) acknowledgement of research
support; (5) name, address, telephone, fax number,
and e-mail address of the corresponding author;
(6) running title (less than 50 characters,
including spaces); (7) a list of where and when
the study has been presented in part elsewhere.
Abstract:
Abstract must be organized and formatted according
to the following headings: (1) Purpose; (2)
Materials and Methods; (3) Results; and (4)
Conclusion. A trade name may not be used in
the title or abstract. The Abstract length is
typically 250 words.
Key
Words: List 3-6 key words from the
list provided in Index Medicus under "Medical
Subject Heading (MeSH)."
Text:
The text of manuscripts must have the following
sections: (1) Introduction; (2) Materials and
Methods; (3) Results; and (4) Discussion. The
body of the manuscript should be written as
concisely as possible. All pages of the manuscript
should be numbered. (1) Introduction:
This should provide a context or background
for the study and states the specific purpose
or research objective of or hypothesis tested
by the study. This may include mention of papers
most closely related to the article, and of
the problem. (2) Materials
and Methods: Explanation of the experimental
methods should be concise but sufficient to
allow other workers to reproduce the results.
This provides the technical information, apparatus
(the manufacturer's name and brief address)
and procedures. Give references and brief descriptions
for the methods that have been published. Describe
statistical methods with enough detail to enable
a reader with access to the original data to
verify the reported results. Define statistical
terms, abbreviations, and most symbols. (3)
Results: This should
include a concise textual description of the
data presented in tables and figures. (4) Discussion:
This section includes the new and important
aspects of the study and the conclusions. The
data should be interpreted concisely. Speculation
is permitted, but it must be supported by the
data presented by the authors.
References:
References should be numbered consecutively
in the order in which they are first mentioned
in the text, with numbers as unparenthesized
superscripts after any closing punctuation.
They should be listed on a separate document
under the heading "REFERENCES," and double-spaced.
Reference format should conform to that set
forth in "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
Submitted to Biomedical Journals. 5th ed." (JAMA
1997;277:927-34). Titles of journals should
be abbreviated according to the Index Medicus
style.
When referencing from an abstract, editorial,
or published letter, it must be identified as
such in parentheses at the end of the reference.
When a reference is a personal communication,
it should be included in parentheses in the
body of the text, and not cited in the reference
list.
Reference
Style: Journal
articles: List all authors when six
or less; when seven or more, list the first
six and add et al.
Vega KJ, Pina I, Krevsky B. Heart transplantation
is associated with an increased risk for pancreatobiliary
disease. Ann Intern Med 1996;124:980-3.
Book: Ringsven
MK, Bond D. Gerontology and leader-ship skills
for nurse. 2nd ed. Albany (NY): Delmar Publishers;
1996.
Book chapter:
Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and
stroke. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, editors.
Hypertension: pathophysiology, diagnosis,
and management. 2nd ed. New York: Raven Press;
1995. p.465-78.
Tables:
Tables should fit within a single page. The
Table's legend may include any pertinent notes
and must include definitions of all abbreviations
and acronyms that have been used in the Table.
For footnotes, the following symbols should
be used in this sequence: *, †,
‡, §,∥, ¶, **,
††, ‡‡, etc. Authors
are obligated to indicate the significance of
their observations by appropriate statistical
analysis.
Illustrations:
Figures must be cited consecutively using Arabic
numerals. The recommended fonts within the figures
are Helvetica or Arial. Figures which are drawn
or photographed professionally should be sent
as TIFF or EPS files. If the only option is
to save the file in JPEG format, it should be
in a setting with the least amount of compression
(highest quality). Authors should review the
images of such files on a computer screen to
be sure they meet their own quality standard.
The complete expense of reproducing color photographs
will be charged to the author.
Legends
for Tables and Illustrations: Typed
legends that use double-spacing should start
on a separate page with Arabic numerals corresponding
to the Tables or Illustrations. When symbols,
arrows, numbers, or letters are used to identify
parts of the Tables or Illustrations, they should
be individually identified and explained clearly
in the legend.
Abbreviations:
Authors should limit the use of abbreviations
to an absolute minimum. Abbreviations are not
to be used in titles. Abstracts may contain
abbreviations for terms mentioned many times
in the abstract section, but each term must
be identified the first time it is mentioned.
Unit of
Measurement: Measurements of length,
height, weight, and volume should be reported
in metric units (meter, kilogram, or liter)
or their decimal multiples. Temperature should
be in degrees Celsius. Authors must consult
the information for authors for the particular
journal and should report laboratory information
in both the local and International System of
Units (SI).
BRIEF
COMMUNICATION, CASE REPORT, LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
The brief communication should not exceed
2,000 words excluding the Abstract, References,
and Figure/Table Legends. No subdivisions
such as the Introduction, Materials and Methods,
Results, and Discussion are required. The
case report should consist of an Abstract,
Key words, Introduction, Case Report, Discussion
and References (not more than 20). The case
report should not exceed 1,000 words excluding
the Abstract, References, and Figure/Table
Legends with less than 9 authors, and should
include no more than 3 tables or figures.
The abstract should be concise and less than
250 words. It is not necessary to have a fully
structured abstract for brief communications
or case reports. Letters to the editors should
not exceed 750 words with less than 5 authors
and should include no more than 1 table or
figure.
PERMISSION:
If any portion of a manuscript has been previously
published, the original source must be acknowledged,
and the written permission from the copyright
holder to reproduce the material must be submitted.
REPRINTS:
The reprint order form must be returned along
with the corrected galley proofs. Purchased
reprints are normally shipped 3 weeks after
publication of the journal.
PAGE
CHARGES: Authors will be invoiced
by the publisher at the rate per printed pages
($150/1-5 pages, $200/6-10 pages and $250/more
than 11 pages) after publication. Invited review
articles are exempt from page charges.
All correspondences, business communications
and manuscripts should be mailed to:
In-Hong Choi, M.D., Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief
Yonsei Medical Journal
Yonsei University College of Medicine
250 Seongsan-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752,
Korea
Office Tel: 82-2-2228-2034, Fax: 82-2-393-4945
|
