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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
The Fooyin Journal of Health Sciences (FJHS) is the official
peer-reviewed publication
of Fooyin University. Articles
on clinical, laboratory and social research in the health
sciences are eligible for consideration. The
Editorial Board
requires authors to be in compliance with the Uniform
Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical
Journals
(URMs); current URMs are available at http://www.icmje.org
1. Manuscript Submission
E-mail submission
You can submit your manuscript and figures as e-mail
attachments to the FJHS Editorial Office at: fjhs@mail.fy.edu.tw
If assistance is needed, the Editorial Office can be
contacted and will provide any help necessary.
Editorial Office
Fooyin
Journal of Health Sciences
Fooyin University
No. 151, Jinsyue Road, Daliao Township
Kaohsiung 831, Taiwan
Tel: +886
7 7811151 ext. 1500
Fax: +886 7 7828882
Important information
• Articles should be prepared in Microsoft Word document
format, and in the simplest form possible. We
will add in the correct font, font size, margins and so
on according to the journal's style.
• You may use automatic page numbering, but do NOT
use other kinds of automatic formatting such as footnotes,
headers and footers.
• Put text, references, tables, figures, and legends in
one file, with each table and figure on a new page.
• If submitting
by e-mail, figures must be submitted as
picture files, at the correct resolution of a minimum of
300 dpi. The files should be named according
to the
figure number and format, e.g. "Fig1.tif", "Fig2.jpg".
Which ever method of submission you choose, the following
documents
must also be included (you can refer
to the checklist that follows these author instructions
to help you):
(1) A cover letter.
It must include your name, address,
telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address, and
state that all authors have contributed to the
paper
and have never submitted the manuscript, in whole
or in part, to other journals.
(2) A conflict of interest disclosure statement
(see relevant
section below).
(3) A copyright transfer statement. You may use the form
that follows these author instructions.
(4)
Articles where human subjects can be identified in
descriptions, photographs or pedigrees must be accompanied
by a signed statement of
informed consent
to publish (in print and online) the descriptions, photographs
and pedigrees from each subject who can
be identified
(see relevant section below).
(5) Where material has been reproduced from other
copyrighted sources, the letter(s) of permission
from
the copyright holder(s) to use the copyrighted sources
must be supplied.
2. Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
All
authors are required to sign and submit the following
financial disclosure statement at the time of manuscript
submission:
I certify
that all my affiliations with or financial involvement
in, within the past 5 years and foreseeable
future, any organization or entity
with a financial
interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter
or materials discussed in the manuscript are completely
disclosed
(e.g. employment, consultancies, honoraria,
stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants
or patents received or pending, royalties).
Authors who have no relevant financial interests should
provide a statement indicating that they have no financial
interests related
to the material in the manuscript.
3. Ethical Approval of Studies and
Informed Consent
For human or animal experimental
investigations, appropriate
institutional review board or ethics committee
approval is required, and such approval should be stated
in
the methods section of the manuscript. For those investigators
who do not have formal ethics review committees,
the principles outlined
in the Declaration of Helsinki
should be followed (World Medical Association. Declaration
of Helsinki: ethical principles for medical
research involving
human subjects. Available at: http://www.wma.net/e/policy/pdf/17c.pdf)
For investigations
of human subjects, state explicitly
in the methods section of the manuscript that informed
consent was obtained from all participating
adult subjects
and from parents or legal guardians for minors or
incapacitated adults, together with the manner in which
informed consent
was obtained (i.e. oral or written).
4. Identification of Patients in Descriptions,
Photographs and Pedigrees
A signed statement
of informed consent to publish (in print
and online) patient descriptions, photographs and pedigrees
should be obtained from all subjects
(parents or legal
guardians for minors) who can be identified (including by
the subjects themselves) in such written descriptions,
photographs
or pedigrees. Such persons should be shown
the manuscript before its submission. Omitting data or
making data less specific to de-identify
patients is acceptable,
but changing any such data is not acceptable.
5. Previous Publication or Duplicate
Submission
Submitted
manuscripts are considered with the understanding
that they have not been published previously in
print or electronic format (except
in abstract or poster
form) and are not under consideration in totality or in part
by another publication or electronic medium.
6.
Basic Criteria
Articles should be written in English (using American English
spelling) and meet the following basic criteria:
the material
is original, the information is important, the writing
is clear and concise, the study methods are appropriate,
the data
are valid, and the conclusions are reasonable
and supported by the data.
7. Categories of Articles
7.1. Review Articles
These should aim to provide the reader with a balanced
overview of an important and topical subject in the field,
and should be systematic
and critical assessments of literature
and data sources. They should cover aspects of
a topic in which scientific consensus exists as
well as
aspects that remain controversial and are the subject of
ongoing scientific research. All articles and data sources
reviewed
should include information about the specific
type of study or analysis, population, intervention, exposure,
and tests or outcomes. All
articles or data sources
should be selected systematically for inclusion in the
review and critically evaluated. The text should not
exceed
4500 words. Articles in this category are usually by invitation
only, and the format jointly decided by the Editors
and the contributing
author.
7.2. Original Articles
These may be randomized trials, intervention studies,
studies of screening and
diagnostic tests, laboratory and
animal studies, cohort studies, cost-effectiveness analyses,
case-control studies, and surveys with
high response
rates, which represent new and significant contributions
to the field.
Section headings should be: Abstract, Introduction,
Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments
(if applicable) and References.
The Introduction should provide a brief
background
to the subject of the paper, explain the importance of the
study, and state a precise study question or purpose.
The Materials
and Methods section should describe
the study design and methods (including the study setting
and dates, patients/participants with inclusion
and exclusion
criteria, or data sources and how these were selected
for the study, patient samples or animal specimens used,
explain
the laboratory methods followed), and state the
statistical procedures employed in the research.
The Results section should comprise
the study results
presented in a logical sequence, supplemented by tables
and/or figures. Take care that the text does not repeat
data
that are presented in tables and/or figures. Only
emphasize and summarize the essential features of any
interventions, the main outcome
measures, and the main
results.
The Discussion section should be used to emphasize
the new and important aspects of the study, placing
the
results in context with published literature, the implications
of the findings, and the conclusions that follow
from the study results.
The text should not exceed 3500 words.
7.3. Short Communications
These should have no more than six authors and
should be
concise presentations of clinical or technical notes, preliminary
experimental results or instrumentation and analytic
techniques.
Section headings are generally: Abstract,
Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion,
Acknowledgments (if applicable) and
References. The
abstract should not exceed 150 words. The text should
not exceed 1500 words, with no more than two tables or
figures.
The number of references should not exceed 15.
The editors reserve the right to decide what constitutes
a Short Communication.
8.
Manuscript Preparation
Text should be typed double-spaced on one side of white
A4 (297 – 210 mm) paper, with outer margins of 2.5
cm.
Each section of the manuscript should begin on a new
page. Pages should be numbered consecutively, beginning
with the title page.
8.1. Title Page
The title page should contain the following information
(in order, from the top to bottom of the
page):
• category of paper
• concise article title
• names (spelled out in full) of all authors*, and the
institutions with which they are affiliated
• running title not exceeding 50 characters
• corresponding author details
(name, e-mail, mailing
address, telephone and fax numbers)
*The name of each author should be written with the
family name last,
e.g. Jing-Long Huang. Authorship is
restricted only to direct participants who have contributed
significantly to the work.
8.2.
Abstracts
Abstracts should be no more than 300 words in length.
Where a term/definition is continually referred to, it
should
be written in full when it first appears, followed by
the subsequent abbreviation in parentheses; thereafter,
the abbreviation is used.
Abstracts are unstructured, but
should include the significance and purpose of the study,
the methods used, the key data, and brief conclusion
with
regard to the study. For all article categories, 3-5 relevant
key words (MeSH index terms) should also be provided in
alphabetical
order.
8.3. Main Text
The text for Original Articles should be organized in sections
as follows: Introduction,
Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion. Each section should begin on a
new page.
8.3.1. Abbreviations
Where a term/definition
will be continually referred to,
it must be written in full when it first appears in the
text, followed by the subsequent abbreviation
in parentheses
(even if it was previously defined in the abstract).
Thereafter, the abbreviation may be used. Restrict the
number of
abbreviations to those that are absolutely
necessary. Ensure that an abbreviation so defined does
actually appear later in the text (excluding
in figures/
tables), otherwise, it should be deleted.
8.3.2. Units
Systeme International (SI) units must be used, with
the
exception of blood pressure values which are to be reported
in mmHg. Please use the metric system for the expression
of length, area,
mass, and volume. Temperatures are to
be given in degrees Celsius.
8.3.3. Drug Names
The generic term for all drugs and
chemicals should be
used, unless the specific trade name of a drug is directly
relevant to the discussion.
8.3.4. Statistical Requirements
Statistical analysis is essential for all research papers.
Use correct nomenclature of statistical methods (e.g.
two sample t test, not
unpaired t test). All p values should
be presented to the third decimal place for accuracy,
unless they are less than 0.001. Descriptive
statistics should
follow the scales used in data description. Inferential statistics
are important for interpreting results and should
be described in detail.
8.3.5. Acknowledgments
General acknowledgments for consultations, statistical
analysis, etc., should
be listed concisely at the end of
the text, including the names of the individuals who
were directly involved. Consent should be obtained
from
those individuals before their names are listed in this
section.
All financial and material support for the research
and work
from internal or external agencies, including
commercial companies, should be clearly and completely
identified. Ensure that any conflicts
of interest are explicitly
declared.
8.4. References
8.4.1. In the Main Text, Tables, Figure Legends
•
References should be identified using superscripted
numbers, in numerical order, and should be placed
after punctuation.
•
References cited in tables or figure legends should be
included in numerical order at the point where the
table or figure is first mentioned
in the main text.
• Do not cite uncompleted work or work that has not yet
been accepted for publication (i.e. "unpublished
observation",
"personal communication") as references.
• Do not cite abstracts unless they are the only available
reference
to an important concept.
8.4.2. In the References Section
• References should be limited to those cited in the
text
and listed in numerical order, NOT alphabetical
order.
• Check that you do not have repeated references, or
missing references
(which are those that are cited in
the text but not listed in the References section).
• References should include, in order,
author names,
article title, journal name, year, volume and inclusive
page numbers. The last names and initials of all the
authors up
to 3 should be included, but when authors
number 4 or more, list the first 3 authors only followed
by "et al".
• Abbreviations
for journal names should conform to
those used in MEDLINE.
• If citing a website, provide the author information,
article title,
website address and the date you accessed
the information.
• Reference to an article that is in press must state the
journal
name and, if possible, the year and volume.
Authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness
of their references and
for correct text citation.
Examples are given below.
Standard journal article
Tay SS, Plain KM, Bishop GA. Role
of IL-4 and Th2 responses
in allograft rejection and tolerance. Curr Opin Organ
Transplant 2009;14:16-22.
Journal supplement
Kaplan NM. The endothelium as prognostic factor and
therapeutic target: what criteria should we apply?J Cardiovasc Pharmacol
1998;32(Suppl 3):S78-80.
Journal article not in English but with English abstract
Kawai H, Ishikawa T, Moroi J, et al.
Elderly patient with
cerebellar malignant astrocytoma. No Shinkei Geka 2008;
36:799-805. [In Japanese, English abstract]
Book:
Bradley EL. Medical and Surgical Management. Philadelphia:
Saunders, 1982:72-95.
Book with edition
Stevens J. Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social
Sciences, 3rd edition. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, 1996.
Book chapter in book with editor and edition
Greaves M, Culligan DJ. Blood and bone marrow. In:
Underwood JCE, ed. General
and Systematic Pathology,
4th edition. London: Churchill Livingstone, 2004:615-72.
Conference proceedings
Pacak
K, Aguilera G, Sabban E, et al, eds. Stress: Current
Neuroendocrine and Genetic Approaches. 8th Symposium
on Catecholamines
and Other Neurotransmitters in
Stress, June 28-July 3, 2003, Smolenice Castle, Slovakia.
New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 2004.
Thesis
Ayers AJ. Retention of Resin Restorations by Means
of Enamel Etching and by Pins. MSD thesis, Indiana
University,
Indianapolis, 1971.
Website
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
Wisdom Teeth. Rosemont, IL: AAOMS,
2008. Available at:
http://www.aaoms.org/wisdom_teeth.php [Date accessed:
November 15, 2008]
Company/manufacturer publication/pamphlet
Eastman Kodak Company, Eastman Organic Chemicals.
Catalog No. 49. Rochester NY: Eastman Kodak, 1977:2-3.
8.5. Tables
Tables should supplement, not duplicate, the text. They
should have a concise table heading, be self-explanatory,
and numbered consecutively
in the order of their citation
in the text. Information requiring explanatory footnotes
should be denoted using these symbols (in order
of
appearance): *,†, ‡, §, ||, ¶, #, **, ††, ‡‡,. If you have >10
footnotes, then use superscripted lowercase letters
instead of these symbols. Footnotes are separated by
semi-colons, with a period after
the last one.
Abbreviations used in the table, even if already defined
in the text, should be defined and placed after the footnotes.
They should be presented like in this example:
CT: computed tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance
imaging. Note the use of ":", semi-colon
to separate,
and a period after the last.
A table should not be separated into parts like "Table
1A" and "Table 1B". They should either
be combined into
1 table or split into 2 tables.
If you include a block of data or table from another
source, whether published or
unpublished, you must
acknowledge the original source.
8.6. Figures
The number of figures should be restricted
to the minimum
necessary to support the textual material. They should
have an informative figure legend and be numbered in
the order
of their citation in the text. All footnote symbols
and abbreviations should be defined in the legend
(for footnotes and abbreviations,
follow the same instructions
as for tables).
Patient identification should be obscured. All lettering
should be done professionally
and should be in proportion
to the drawing, graph or photograph. Photomicrographs
must include an internal scale marker, the type of
specimen,
original magnification and stain. In the figure legend,
use a multiplication symbol for magnification after the
number, e.g.
"100?".
If submitting electronically, figures must be supplied
as picture files (e.g. TIF, JPG, etc.) at the correct resolution
of
a minimum of 300 dpi. The files should be
named according to the figure number and format, e.g.
"Fig1.tif", "Fig2.jpg".
9. The
Editorial and Peer Review Process
As a general rule, the receipt of a manuscript will be
acknowledged within 2 weeks of submission,
and authors
will be provided with a manuscript reference number for
future correspondence. If such an acknowledgment is not
received
in a reasonable period of time, the author should
contact the Editorial Office.
Manuscripts are reviewed by the Editorial Office to
ensure that the submission contains all parts. The Editorial
Office will not accept a submission if the author has not
supplied all parts
of the manuscript as outlined in this
document.
Manuscripts are then forwarded to the Editor-in-Chief,
who makes an initial assessment
of the manuscript. If the
manuscript does not appear to be of sufficient merit or
is not appropriate for the Journal, then the manuscript
will be rejected without review. Rejected manuscripts
will not be returned to authors unless requested.
Manuscripts that appear meritorious
and appropriate
for the Journal are reviewed by at least two Editorial
Board members or expert consultants assigned by the
Editor-in-Chief.
Authors will usually be notified within
10 weeks of whether the submitted article is accepted
for publication, rejected, or subject to
revision before
acceptance. However, do note that delays are sometimes
unavoidable.
10. Preparation for Publication
Once
a manuscript has been accepted for publication,
the authors should submit the final version of their manuscript
(in MS Word format, with
all tables/figures as
applicable) by e-mailing to: fjhs@mail.fy.edu.tw.
Accepted manuscripts are copyedited according
to
the journal's style and the galley proofs in the form of a
PDF file are e-mailed by the Publisher to the corresponding
author for
final approval. Authors are responsible for
all statements made in their work, including changes made
by the copy editor.
11. Publication
Charges and Reprints
The journal will bear the cost of publication for all
articles.
Authors can order up to 30 stapled offprints
of their
articles at NT$100/offprint, which will be sent by the
Editorial Office to the corresponding author. Additional
professional
reprints (which include a cover page for
the article) may be ordered at prices based on the cost
of production. A reprint order form
is provided by the
Publisher, together with the galley proofs.
12. Copyright
Published manuscripts become the permanent
property
of Fooyin University and may not be published elsewhere
in any form without written permission.
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