Instructions for Author
Chinese Journal of Reproductive Health (CJRH, ISSN 1671-878X, http://cjrh.bjmu.edu.cn) is a peer-reviewed journal in Chinese and edited by Peking Unviersity Institute of Reproductive and Child Health (IRCH). CJRH was first published in 1990 and indexed in Chinese S&T Journal Citation( CJCR).
This journal aims to publish original laboratory and clinical investigations related to reproductive health. The Journal publishes editorials, perspectives, original research, review articles, short communications, case reports on clinical and basic science aspects of topics represented by the fields of Reproductive Health ( epidemiology and etiology, basic biology, pathology, clinical assessment, etc).
Manuscript Submission
Manuscripts are considered with the understanding that they have not been published previously and are not under consideration by another publication. Copies of possibly duplicative materials that have been previously published or are being considered elsewhere must be provided at the time of manuscript submission.
Full-length original research articles, review articles and editorials on clinical and basic aspects of topics represented by the fields of interest of reproductive health are welcome. Short communications and Case Reports should be focused on major new developments of general interest to the reproductive health readership. In addition to manuscripts in Chinese, innovative English contributions are also considered for publication.
Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://www.cjrh.org.
In a covering letter, please identify the person responsible for editorial correspondence (address, telephone and fax numbers, mobile phone and e-mail address). All authors should have made substantial contributions to all of the following: ① the conception and design of the study, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, ② drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, ③ final approval of the version to be submitted. Also include details of any previous submission.
Acknowledgements
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship as defined above should be listed in an acknowledgements section.
Randomized controlled trials
Chinese Journal of Reproductive Health recommends that authors adopt the proposal from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) which require, as a condition of consideration for publication of clinical trials, registration in a public trials registry. Trials must register at or before the onset of patient enrolment. The clinical trial registration number should be included at the end of the abstract of the article. For this purpose, a clinical trial is defined as any research project that prospectively assigns human subjects to intervention or comparison groups to study the cause-and-effect relationship between a medical intervention and a health outcome. Studies designed for other purposes, such as to study pharmacokinetics or major toxicity (e.g. phase I trials) would be exempt.
Ethics
Work on human beings that is submitted to Chinese Journal of Reproductive Health should comply with the Declaration of Helsinki, and any experimental research on animals must follow internationally recognized guidelines. The manuscript should contain a statement that the work has been approved by the appropriate ethical committees related to the institution(s) in which it was performed and that subjects gave informed consent to the work. Patients' and volunteers' names, initials, and hospital numbers should not be used.
Conflict of interest
At the end of the text, under a subheading "Conflict of interest statement" all authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding.
Role of the funding source
All sources of funding should be declared as an acknowledgement at the end of the text. Authors should declare the role of study sponsors, if any, in the study design, in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; and in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. If the study sponsors had no such involvement, the authors should so state.
Peer-Review Policy
A CJRH editor reviews submitted manuscripts initially. Manuscripts with insufficient priority for publication are rejected promptly. Other manuscripts are sent to expert consultants for peer review. Peer reviewer identities are kept confidential. The manuscript under review is not revealed to anyone other than peer reviewers and editorial staff. Authors may suggest that specific individuals be or not be involved as reviewers, but the final decision of acceptance or rejection rests with the editorial board.
Editorial policies
Submission of a manuscript to Chinese Journal of Reproductive Health implies that readily reproducible materials described in the manuscript, including all relevant raw data, will be freely available to any scientist wishing to use them for non-commercial purposes.
File formats
Manuscripts should be typewritten (double spaced) with 4 cm margins, and on one side of the paper only.
Short communications and case reports intended for publication should be a maximum of 1500 words, 10 references, and one table or figure.
The following word processor file formats are acceptable for the main manuscript document:
* Microsoft Word (2 000 and above)
*Rich text format (RTF)
Structure of manuscripts
Manuscripts in general should be organized in the following order:
Title (should be clear, descriptive and not too long)
Name(s) of author(s)
Complete postal address of affiliations
Full telephone, Fax No. and email address of the corresponding author
Present address of author(s) if applicable
Complete correspondence address and email address to which the proofs should be sent
Abstract, a structured abstract. Background and objective, Methods, Results and Conclusion.
Key words (indexing terms), a list of 3-10 key words must be provided with every article
Introduction
Material studied, area descriptions, methods, techniques
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgements, Conflict of interest statement, and acknowledgement of the role of the funding source for the study.
References
Tables and Figures
1 SI units should be used.
2 CJRH reserves the privilege of returning to the author for revision accepted manuscripts and illustrations which are not in the proper form given in this guide.
References
Should be numbered in the order they appear within the manuscript; in the text they should be referred to by numbers in square brackets on the superscript. The abbreviations of journal titles should conform to those adopted by List of Serial Title Word Abbreviations, CIEPS/ISDS, Paris, 1985 (ISBN 2-904938-02-8).
Figures and Figure legends
Figures should be provided as separate files and should not be included in the main text of the submitted manuscript. Each figure should comprise only a single file in TIFF (preferred format for diagrams), PDF, PNG (preferred format for photos or images), Microsoft Word (figures must be a single page), PowerPoint (figures must be a single page), JPEG, BMP. Color images must be in RGB (red, green, blue) mode. Include the font files for any text. Figures wider than 1 column should be between 10.5 cm and 18.0 cm wide. Numbers, letters, and symbols should be no smaller than 6 points (2 mm) and no larger than 12 points (6 mm) after reduction and must be consistent. Do not save figure numbers, legends, or author names as part of the image. File sizes should not exceed 5 MB. Images should not exceed 500 pixels per inch in width or height.
The legends should be included in the main manuscript text file immediately following the references, rather than being a part of the figure file. For each figure, the following information should be provided: Figure number (in sequence, using Arabic numerals - i.e. Fig 1, Fig 2, Fig 3 etc); short title of figure (maximum 15 words); detailed legend, up to 300 words.
Please note that it is the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain permission from the copyright holder to reproduce figures or tables that have previously been published elsewhere.
Tables
Each table should be numbered in sequence using Arabic numerals (i.e. Tab 1, Tab 2, Tab 3 etc.). Tables should also have a title that summarizes the whole table, maximum 15 words. Detailed legends may then follow, but should be concise.
Smaller tables considered to be integral to the manuscript can be pasted into the end of the document text file, in portrait format (note that tables on a landscape page must be reformatted onto a portrait page or submitted as additional files). These will be typeset and displayed in the final published form of the article. Such tables should be formatted using the 'Table object' in a word processing program to ensure that columns of data are kept aligned when the file is sent electronically for review; this will not always be the case if columns are generated by simply using tabs to separate text.
Columns and rows of data should be made visibly distinct by ensuring the borders of each cell display as black lines. Commas should not be used to indicate numerical values.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to sign a "Journal Publishing Agreement''.
Proofs
One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author. Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting, editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and figures.
Offprints
The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail and two sample copies. Additional print copies and offprints can be ordered by the authors. An order form with prices will be sent to the corresponding author.
Publication charges
The cost of a limited number of illustrations is borne by the Journal. The cost for color photographs (US$ 140 per page) is defrayed by the authors.
A charge will be levied on all manuscripts accepted. We offer a complete or partial fee waiver for authors who do not have funds to cover publication fees. Editors and reviewers have no access to payment information, and hence inability to pay will not influence the decision to publish a paper.
Pubdate: 2011-11-18
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