Before sending your manuscript to the editorial committee, please ensure that you have checked the following criteria:
A. Confirmation by authors
B. Structure of article
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Check points |
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Sequence |
Title page, abstract and keywords, main text, conflict of interest, acknowledgements, references, table legends and figure legends |
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File format |
MS word 2007 or later version in English |
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Times New Roman in shape of characters |
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10-point font with double line spacing on A4 sized paper with 2.5 cm margins |
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Title page |
A manuscript title, running title, and each author’s full name and affiliation should be provided |
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A running title is not exceeding 40 characters in length |
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A full contact information of corresponding author should be provided |
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Any financial disclosures or support, thesis, and presentation history should be included |
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Manuscript |
Not exceed 5,000 words in length for review article |
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Not exceed 3,000 words in length for original article/case report and literature review/special topic |
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Not exceed 2,000 words in length for editorial |
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Not exceed 1,500 words in length for case report/idea and innovation |
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Not exceed 200 words in length for image |
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Not exceed 800 words in length for letter/discussion |
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Abstract |
Not exceed 300 words (in length) in structured abstract with background, methods, results, and conclusion for original article |
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Not exceed 300 words (in length) in one paragraph unstructured abstract for review article/case report and literature review |
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Not exceed 200 words (in length) in one paragraph unstructured abstract for case report/idea and innovation |
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No abstract for image |
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Key words (3-10) should be selected from heading words in Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) |
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Main text |
Include introduction, methods, results, and discussion, not include conclusion for original article |
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Include introduction, case report, literature review, and discussion for case report and literature review |
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Include introduction, case report or idea, and discussion for case report/ idea and innovation |
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All table and figure numbers appear in the text |
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Main text should not include the affiliations and names of the authors, especially in methods |
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References |
No more than 100 references are cited in review article |
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No more than 40 references are cited in original article/case report and literature review/special topic |
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No more than 20 references are cited in case report/idea and innovation |
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No more than 5 references are cited in letter/discussion |
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Figures |
Each figure should be submitted in a separate file |
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Above 600 dpi for photos/color images and 1,200 dpi for line art in resolution |
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Figure legend should have detailed explanation |
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Each subfigure denoted by the letters, A, B, C (ex: Fig. 1A, Fig. 1B, Fig. 1C) |
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Figure legend should be placed on a page at the end of the manuscript |
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Figure should not be included in the manuscript and upload at the submission system |
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Not exceed 20 figure pieces for orginal article/review article/special topic |
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Not exceed 8 figure pieces for case report and literature review/case report/idea and innovation |
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Not exceed 4 figure pieces for image/letter/discussion |
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Consent form (s) |
Copyright transfer form has been signed by all authors |
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Authorization and Release form for identifiable patient descriptions and photographs are included |
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