Author Instruction
INTRODUCTION
Aims and Scope
The International Journal of Gerontology (IJGE) is the official peer-reviewed and SCIE-indexed journal of the Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. The Journal aims to publish original research and review papers on all fields of geriatrics and gerontology, including those dealing with critical care and emergency medicine.
The IJGE aims to explore and clarify the medical science and philosophy in all fields of geriatrics and gerontology, including those in the emergency and critical care medicine. The IJGE is determined not only to be a professional journal in gerontology, but also a leading source of information for the developing field of geriatric emergency and critical care medicine. It is a pioneer in Asia.
Topics in the IJGE cover the advancement of diagnosis and management in urgent, serious and chronic intractable diseases in later life, preventive medicine, long-term care of disability, ethical issues in the diseased elderly and biochemistry, cell biology, endocrinology, molecular biology, pharmacology, physiology and protein chemistry involving diseases associated with age. We did not limit the territory to only critical or emergency condition inasmuch as chronic diseases are frequently brought about by inappropriate management of acute problems.
The scientific information published here is grounded on clinical cases, statistic evidence of original studies, and accumulation of medical knowledge, humanistic ethics and basic researches. We are also interested in studies bridging the gap between basic and clinical aspects of geriatric diseases. In addition to Review and Original articles, Brief communications, Case reports, Medical images and Letters to the editor are also welcome.
The IJGE is an open access journal and is indexed in the SCIE since its first volume. It is also indexed in SCOPUS, Embase, ScienceDirect, CAB Abstract & Global Health and SIIC Data Bases.
The Editorial Board requires authors to be in compliance with the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (URMs), which are compiled by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE); current URMs are available at http://www.icmje.org/.
These Instructions to Authors are revised periodically by the Editors as needed. Authors should visit this page for the latest version of these instructions. Any manuscript not prepared according to these instructions will be returned immediately to the author(s) without review.
Article Categories
The categories of articles that are published in the Journal are listed and described below. Please select the category that best describes your paper. If your paper does not fall into any of these categories, please contact the Editorial Office.
Review Articles
These should aim to provide the reader with critical assessments of current topics in research or practice. 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. For systematic reviews, a Methods section should be included which explicitly states the methods used to search for all relevant sources of information, e.g., search terms and search engines used and whether published bibliographies were also searched. 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.
While review articles are usually submitted by invitation only, unsolicited review articles will also be given due consideration.
Format Guide of Review Article
Abstract: up to 250 words, unstructured (i.e., no subheadings)
Keywords: up to 5, in alphabetical order
Word limit: 4000 words (including title page, abstract, main text, acknowledgments, references, figure legends and tables)
References: up to 100
Tables/Figures: no limit, but data in text should not be repeated extensively in tables or figures
IRB statement: In cover letter
Original Articles
These articles typically include 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.
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