《医学前沿（英文版）》投稿指南
Instructions for Authors
General Information
Frontiers of Medicine is an international general medical journal supervised by Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, sponsored by Chinese Academy of Engineering, administered by Higher Education Press & Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. The journal is jointly published by the Higher Education Press and Springer. Online versions are available through both http://journal.hep.com.cn/fmd and http://www.springer.com/medicine/journal/11684.
Aims and Scope
Frontiers of Medicine is a general medical journal devoted to publishing original research and review articles on the latest advances in clinical and basic medicine with a focus on epidemiology, traditional Chinese medicine, translational research, healthcare, public health and health policies. The journal employs a rigorous peer-review and editing process to ensure the scientific accuracy, novelty and importance of the manuscripts. Frontiers of Medicine is committed to promoting health and health care through communications among professionals in medical care, disease prevention and scientific research throughout the world by updating the progress in medicine, sharing experiences in disease control and treatment and exchanging views on health policies, medical services and health care reform.
Main Topics
The main topics include: clinical medicine, basic medical sciences, epidemiology, translational research, traditional Chinese medicine, public health, and health policies.
Article Types
Editorial: short articles expressing opinions on a certain topic, usually written or commissioned by members of the Editorial Board.
News & Views: reports and commentaries of the latest advances regarding important events of medical and health system that might be of wider interest for our readers.
Reviews and Mini-reviews: comprehensive overviews of topics of high current interest.
Research Articles: original research articles on clinical medicine or basic medical science.
Case Reports: reports of rare cases with in-depth discussions and significant implications.
Commentaries: commentaries may be on policy, science and society or purely scientific issues and should be of immediate interest to a broad readership.
Letters to Frontiers of Medicine: articles that may not cover “standard research” but that may be interesting to many researchers, and that will likely stimulate further research in the field.
Format of Papers
Preparation of manuscripts
The manuscript should be legibly typed in A4 format. All sections of the manuscript must be double-spaced with generous margins. Number each page, including the title page.
Non-Native Speakers of English
Researchers who are not native speakers of English who submit manuscripts to international journals often receive negative comments from referees or editors about the English-language usage in their manuscripts, and these problems can contribute to a decision to reject a paper. To help reduce the possibility of such problems, we strongly encourage such authors to take at least one of the following steps:
• Have your manuscript reviewed for clarity by a colleague whose native language is English.
• Use one of the many English language editing services that are available. If you need help from scientific editor of Frontiers of Medicine, please contact our editorial office. (E-mail: mojsh@hep.com.cn or fmd@pub.hep.cn; Tel: +86-10-58556319)
Title Page
The title of the paper should be explicit, descriptive and as brief as possible. The surname and initials of each author should be followed by his or her department, institution, city with postal code and country.
Any changes of address may be given in numbered footnotes.
Please provide a running title of not more than 60 characters and from 3 to 7 keywords.
Please provide e-mail address of the corresponding author at the footnote. Make sure that the manuscript has a contact telephone number on it.
Abstract
The second page of every manuscript must contain only the abstract, which should be a single paragraph.
Please abide strictly by this limitation of length. The abstract should comprehensively but succinctly describe the contents of the paper to the reader, and abbreviations and reference citations should be avoided.
Main text
Headings and subheadings Headings and subheadings should be used throughout the text to divide the subject matter into its important, logical parts. Typical headings include:
Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, Compliance with ethics guidelines, and References.
Introduction It mainly includes the following parts: background of the research through literature citation, the problems or questions needed to be solved, the objectives of the research and the main methods used.
Materials and methods Methods must be described completely enough that other laboratories can replicate results and verify claims. Generally, standard procedures should be referenced, though significant variations should be described. Appropriate experimental design and statistical methods should be applied and described wherever necessary for proper interpretation of data and verification of claims. All novel materials and the procedures to prepare them should be described in sufficient detail to allow their reproduction (e.g., DNA constructs, genetic stocks, enzyme preparations, and analytical software).
Results Results can be described in the text, as well as using tables and figures. Tables and figures should be placed next to the text it is indicated. The text should complement material given in Tables or Figures but should not directly repeat it. Give full details of statistical analysis either in the text or in Tables or Figure legends. Include the type of test, the precise data to which it is applied, the value of the relevant statistic, the sample size and/or degrees of freedom, and the probability level.
Discussion The main purpose of the Discussion, however, is to comment on the significance of the results and set them in the context of previous work. Hypothesis should be rational and evidence-based.
Personal acknowledgements should precede those of institutions or agencies.
Abbreviations Try to restrict the use of abbreviations to SI symbols and those recommended by the IUPAC. Abbreviations should be defined in brackets after their first mention in the text. Standard units of measurements and chemical symbols of elements may be used without definition in the body of the paper.
Compliance with ethics guidelines In order to comply with the Journal’s ethical requirements, the following must be included in a separate section entitled “Compliance with ethics guidelines” just before the reference list. The editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the below-mentioned requirements. The author will be held responsible for false statements or failure to fulfill the below-mentioned requirements.
Manuscript Submission
Authors are encouraged to submit their papers electronically via the online submission system (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fmd ). All correspondence, including the editor’s decision and request for revisions, will be by e-mail. If you need help from Frontiers of Medicine, please contact our editorial office. (E-mail: mojsh@hep.com.cn, fmd@pub.hep.cn; Tel: +86-10-58556319)
Submission Requirements
1. A cover letter stating that the manuscript has not been and will not be considered for publication elsewhere and giving a brief introduction to the novel findings of this work, along with three or more experts in the field as potential reviewers. Please provide the convenient contact information of first author including the email address and telephone number in the cover letter if it is difficult to contact with the corresponding author.
2. A declaration stating that all the authors agreed to submit the manuscript to Frontiers of Medicine with the signature of the corresponding author. A copy of the Licence to Submission can be signed and uploaded to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fmd, or faxed to the Editorial Office of Frontiers of Medicine (Fax: +86-10-58556034).
3. Electronic files including the text and the figures/tables.
Revised manuscript submission
Enclose a letter to answer the comments of the reviewers and the editors when submit a revised manuscript.
Copyright Transfer
The corresponding author must complete and sign the Copyright Transfer statement upon acceptance of the manuscript and return it to the editorial office. Failure to do so will result in delays to the publication of your paper.
No article can be published unless accompanied by a signed Copyright Transfer statement, which ensures a transfer of copyright from the authors to the Higher Education Press, including print version, disk version, online version and other media versions. Authors are asked to scan and return by e-mail or fax the signed statement to the editorial office of Frontiers of Medicine. (E-mail: mojsh@hep.com.cn, fmd@pub.hep.cn; Tel: +86-10-58556319)
No part of a paper which has been published by Frontiers of Medicine may be reproduced or published elsewhere without the written permission of the publisher.
Author Enquiries
For submission inquiries, tracking articles and any information please contact the Frontiers of Medicine office (E-mail: mojsh@hep.com.cn, fmd@pub.hep.cn; Tel: +86-10-58556319) at Higher Education Press, Beijing, China. All correspondence for the journal should be sent to the following address. Please include the manuscript number in all correspondences.
Postal address:
Mo Jiesheng
Managing Editor
Editorial Office of Frontiers of Medicine
Academic Journal Publishing Division
Higher Education Press
Fusheng Building, 4 Huxin Dongjie
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100029, China
