期刊名称：JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS
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About the journal
Journal of Artificial Organs
The Official Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs
Editor-in-Chief: Yoshiki Sawa
ISSN: 1434-7229 (print version)
ISSN: 1619-0904 (electronic version)
ABOUT THIS JOURNAL
- Introduces a range of new achievement in the field of artificial organs
- Includes blood purification, cardiovascular intervention, biomaterials, artificial metabolic organs and more
- Official Journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs
The Journal of Artificial Organs introduces to colleagues worldwide a broad spectrum of important new achievements in the field of artificial organs, ranging from fundamental research to clinical applications. The scope of the Journal of Artificial Organs encompasses to blood purification, cardiovascular intervention, biomaterials, and artificial metabolic organs. Additionally, the journal covers technical and industrial innovations.
This is the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs.
Related subjects » Biomedical Engineering - Nephrology - Surgery
Impact Factor: 1.414 (2012) *
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Aims & Scope
The aim of the Journal of Artificial Organs is to introduce to colleagues worldwide a broad spectrum of important new achievements in the field of artificial organs, ranging from fundamental research to clinical applications. The scope of the Journal of Artificial Organs encompasses but is not restricted to blood purification, cardiovascular intervention, biomaterials, and artificial metabolic organs. Additionally, the journal will cover technical and industrial innovations. Membership in the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs is not a prerequisite for submission.
Instructions to Authors
5 三月 2013
Instructions for Authors
(Revised: March 05, 2013)
Editorial Policies
The "Journal of Artificial Organs" publishes original articles, review papers, minireviews, brief communications, case reports, technical forum, letters to the Editor, editorials, and selected conference papers. All papers will be evaluated by at least two independent referees. Manuscripts are evaluated in terms of their originality, statistical reliability of all data, and applicability to the aim of the journal as a whole. In selecting papers for publication, the editors give preference to those submissions that are concise and comprehensible.
Legal Requirements
Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
Permissions
Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.
Manuscript Submission via Editorial Manager
Authors should submit their manuscripts to “Journal of Artificial Organs” online. Please log in directly at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jao and upload your manuscript following the instructions given on the screen. Please use the Help option to see the most recently updated system requirements.
Conflict of Interest
Authors must indicate whether or not they have a financial relationship with the organization that sponsored the research. This note should be added in a separate section before the reference list as “Conflict of interest”. If no conflict exists, authors should state: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
In addition, the manuscript must be accompanied by the “Certification / Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form”. To download this form, please follow the hyperlink on the right.
Articles
- Original articles: Presentations of important new research results and technical innovations in the area of artificial organs. The text of original articles should be divided into the following sections: introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, and conclusion. The length of the manuscript should be limited to eight printed pages of approx. 800 words per print page including illustrations, tables, and references (1 Figure / Table equates to 400 words).
- Review articles: Critical presentations of broad topics of potential interest to those active in the area of use and development of artificial organs.
- Minireviews: Timely, concise, sharply focused reports on current topics or interests in the area of artificial organs. Manuscripts should not exceed three printed pages.
- Brief communications: Brief presentation of new research findings and technical innovations. The text should be divided into introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, and conclusion. The manuscript should not exceed four printed pages with no more than two figures (or tables).
- Case reports: Careful, complete discussions of patients and clinical events which may serve to enlighten or advance the understanding of the development, testing, or clinical use of artificial organs. The size of the manuscript should be limited to four printed pages, with no more than five figures (or tables).
- Technical Forum: A forum for presenting techniques and operations or groundbreaking studies in the area of artificial organs. Brief and informal presentation with no more than one figure and five references within three printed pages. No abstract is required.
- Letters to the Editor: Concise, thoughtful responses to previous articles or editorials in the pages of the Journal of Artificial Organs.
- Editorials: Comments by organizations or individuals on topics relevant to the readership, either by members of the Editorial Board or by invited contributors.
• Manuscripts should include the number of words and pages calculated using the above estimation.
• Manuscripts that exceed the maximum number of pages may be returned to the authors without peer-review.
Manuscript Preparation
Save your file in doc format. Do not submit docx files.
The abstract, text, references, tables, and figure legends must be typed double-space with wide margins. Names of up to three preferred referees, if any, should be indicated. Incomplete or improperly prepared manuscripts will be returned to the authors without review. A separate title page should be provided. The abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, tables, legends, and figures should begin on separate sheets and follow in that order. Units of measurement, abbreviations, and symbols should follow the International System of Units (SI). Abbreviations should be defined at first appearance, and their use in the title and abstract should be avoided. Generic names of drugs and chemicals should be used.
When animals are used in the research reported, the authors must state: “Institutional guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals have been observed.”
In studies involving human subjects, the authors must include: “All subjects enrolled in this research have given their informed consent which has been approved by my institutional committee on human research and this protocol has been found acceptable by them.” The registration number by the committee and the ethical guidelines followed should be made a part of the methods section.
- Title page: Titles should be brief, specific, and informative. Include the full names of all authors; Academic affiliation; Address to which proofs are to be sent; including a fax number, telephone number, and e-mail address; and 3-5 key words or phrases for indexing. The corresponding author should be available to be contacted throughout the entire review and production process. A second corresponding author should also be named in case there is any difficulty contacting the designated corresponding author. In addition, state the field of your research by choosing the most appropriate term from the following list: Artificial Heart (basic); Artificial Heart (clinical); Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Artificial Lung / ECMO; Blood Vessel Prosthesis; Pacemaker; Artificial Valve; Biomaterials; Tissue Engineering / Regenerative Medicine; Artificial Kidney / Dialysis; Apheresis; Artificial Liver, Pancreas; Artificial Skin, Muscle, Bone / Joint, Neuron; or Others.
- Abstract: A concise description (not more than 250 words) of the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions is required.
- Equations: Use the equation editor or MathType for equations.
Note: If you use Word 2007, do not create the equations with the default equation editor but use the Microsoft equation editor or MathType instead.
- Footnotes: Footnotes can be used to give additional information, which may include the citation of a reference included in the reference list. They should not consist solely of a reference citation, and they should never include the bibliographic details of a reference. They should also not contain any figures or tables. Footnotes to the text are numbered consecutively; those to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data). Footnotes to the title or the authors of the article are not given reference symbols. Always use footnotes instead of endnotes.
- Acknowledgments: Acknowledgments of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be written in full.
References
Citation: Reference citations in the text should be identified by numbers in square brackets.
Some examples:
1. Negotiation research spans many disciplines [3].
2. This result was later contradicted by Becker and Seligman [5].
3. This effect has been widely studied [1–3, 7].
Reference List:
The list of references should only include works that are cited in the text and that have been published or accepted for publication. Personal communications and unpublished works should only be mentioned in the text. Do not use footnotes or endnotes as a substitute for a reference list.
The entries in the list should be numbered consecutively.
• Journal article
Smith JJ. The world of science. Am J Sci 1999;36:234–5.
• Article by DOI
Slifka MK, Whitton JL. Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med 2000; doi:10.1007/s001090000086
• Book
Blenkinsopp A, Paxton P. Symptoms in the pharmacy: a guide to the management of common illness. 3rd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science; 1998.
• Book chapter
Wyllie AH, Kerr JFR, Currie AR. Cell death: the significance of apoptosis. In: Bourne GH, Danielli JF, Jeon KW, editors. International review of cytology. London: Academic; 1980. pp. 251–306.
• Online document
Doe J. Title of subordinate document. In: The dictionary of substances and their effects. Royal Society of Chemistry. 1999. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Accessed 15 Jan 1999.
Always use the standard abbreviation of a journal’s name according to the ISSN List of Title Word Abbreviations, see http://www.issn.org/2-22661-LTWAonline.php
Tables
• All tables are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
• Tables should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
• For each table, please supply a table title. The table title should explain clearly and concisely the components of the table.
• Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table title.
• Footnotes to tables should be indicated by superscript lower-case letters (or asterisks for significance values and other statistical data) and included beneath the table body.
Figures
Electronic Figure Submission:
• Supply all figures electronically.
• Indicate what graphics program was used to create the artwork.
• For vector graphics, the preferred format is EPS; for halftones, please use TIFF format. MS Office files are also acceptable.
• Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
• Name your figure files with “Fig” and the figure number, e.g., Fig1.eps.
Line art:
• Definition: Black and white graphic with no shading.
• Do not use faint lines and/or lettering and check that all lines and lettering within the figures are legible at final size.
• All lines should be at least 0.1 mm (0.3 pt) wide.
• Scanned line drawings and line drawings in bitmap format should have a minimum resolution of 1200 dpi.
• Vector graphics containing fonts must have the fonts embedded in the files.
Halftone art:
• Definition: Photographs, drawings, or paintings with fine shading, etc.
• If any magnification is used in the photographs, indicate this by using scale bars within the figures themselves.
• Halftones should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
Combination art:
• Definition: a combination of halftone and line art, e.g., halftones containing line drawing, extensive lettering, color diagrams, etc.
• Combination artwork should have a minimum resolution of 600 dpi.
Color art:
• Color art is free of charge for online publication.
• If black and white will be shown in the print version, make sure that the main information will still be visible. Many colors are not distinguishable from one another when converted to black and white. A simple way to check this is to make a xerographic copy to see if the necessary distinctions between the different colors are still apparent.
• If the figures will be printed in black and white, do not refer to color in the captions.
• Color illustrations should be submitted as RGB (8 bits per channel).
Figure lettering:
• To add lettering, it is best to use Helvetica or Arial (sans serif fonts).
• Keep lettering consistently sized throughout your final-sized artwork, usually about 2–3 mm (8–12 pt).
• Variance of type size within an illustration should be minimal, e.g., do not use 8-pt type on an axis and 20-pt type for the axis label.
• Avoid effects such as shading, outline letters, etc.
• Do not include titles or captions into your illustrations.
Figure numbering:
• All figures are to be numbered using Arabic numerals.
• Figures should always be cited in the text in consecutive numerical order.
• Figure parts should be denoted by lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.). If illustrations are supplied with uppercase labeling, lowercase letters will still be used in the figure legends and citations.
• If an appendix appears in your article/chapter and it contains one or more figures, continue the consecutive numbering of the main text. Do not number the appendix figures, “A1, A2, A3, etc.” Figures in online appendices (Electronic Supplementary Material) should, however, be numbered separately.
Figure captions:
• Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file of the manuscript, not in the figure file.
• Figure captions begin with the term Fig. in bold type, followed by the figure number, also in bold type.
• No punctuation is to be included after the number, nor is any punctuation to be placed at the end of the caption.
• Identify all elements found in the figure in the figure caption; and use boxes, circles, etc., as coordinate points in graphs.
• Identify previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference citation at the end of the figure caption.
Figure placement and size:
• When preparing your figures, size figures to fit in the column width.
• Figures should be 39 mm, 84 mm, 129 mm, or 174 mm wide and not higher than 234 mm.
• The publisher reserves the right to reduce or enlarge figures.
Permissions: If you include figures that have already been published elsewhere, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format. Please be aware that some publishers do not grant electronic rights for free and that Springer will not be able to refund any costs that may have occurred to receive these permissions. In such cases, material from other sources should be used.
Electronic supplementary material
Electronic supplementary material will be published in the online version only. It may consist of
• Information that cannot be printed: animations, video clips, sound recordings
• Information that is more convenient in electronic form: sequences, spectral data, etc.
• Large original data, e.g. additional tables, illustrations, etc.
Submission:
• Supply all supplementary material in standard file formats.
• To accommodate user downloads, please keep in mind that larger-sized files may require very long download times and that some users may experience other problems during downloading.
Audio, Video, and Animations:
• Always use MPEG-1 (.mpg) format.
Text and Presentations:
• Submit your material in PDF format; .doc or .ppt files are not suitable for long-term viability.
• A collection of figures may also be combined in a PDF file.
Spreadsheets:
• Spreadsheets should be converted to PDF if no interaction with the data is intended.
• If the readers should be encouraged to make their own calculations, spreadsheets should be submitted as .xls files (MS Excel).
Specialized Formats:
• Specialized formats such as .pdb (chemical), .wrl (VRML), .nb (Mathematica notebook), and .tex can also be supplied.
Collecting Multiple Files:
• It is possible to collect multiple files in a .zip or .gz file.
Numbering:
• If supplying any supplementary material, the text must make specific mention of the material as a citation, similar to that of figures and tables (e.g., “. . . as shown in Animation 3”).
• Name your files accordingly, e.g., Animation 3.mpg.
Captions:
• For each supplementary material, please supply a concise caption describing the content of the file.
Processing of supplementary files:
• Electronic supplementary material will be published as received from the author without any conversion, editing, or reformatting.
After acceptance
During the production phase the following issues need to be clarified and you will receive the article’s proofs.
Copyright transfer: Authors will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs. This will ensure the widest possible protection and dissemination of information under copyright laws.
Offprints: Offprints can be ordered by the corresponding author.
Color in print
Online publication of color illustrations is free of charge. For color in the print version, authors will be expected to make a contribution towards the extra costs (¥152,000 per article). Otherwise the figures will be printed in black and white. Please note that, in such cases, it is authors’ responsibility to prepare figures to be illustrative enough to convey the necessary information even after they are converted into black and white.
Proof reading
The purpose of the proof is to check for typesetting or conversion errors and the completeness and accuracy of the text, tables and figures. Substantial changes in content, e.g., new results, corrected values, title and authorship, are not allowed without the approval of the Editor. After online publication, further changes can only be made in the form of an Erratum, which will be hyperlinked to the article.
Online First
The article will be published online after receipt of the corrected proofs. This is the official first publication citable with the DOI. After release of the printed version, the paper can also be cited by issue and page numbers.
Mailing Address
The Editorial Office of Journal of Artificial Organs
c/o Springer Japan, Chiyoda First Bldg. East, 3-8-1 Nishi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0065, Japan.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Yoshiki Sawa, Suita, Japan
Honorary Editorial Board
Tetsuzo Agishi, Tokyo, Japan
Toshihiro Akaike, Yokohama, Japan
Kazuhiko Atsumi, Tokyo, Japan
Motokazu Hori, Tsukuba, Japan
Kou Imachi, Tokyo, Japan
Shiaki Kawada, Yamanashi, Japan
Yasunaru Kawashima, Suita, Japan
Soichiro Kitamura, Suita, Japan
Hitoshi Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
Hikaru Matsuda, Kobe, Japan
Takehisa Matsuda, Hakusan, Japan
Michio Mito, Sapporo, Japan
Toshio Mitsui, Tokyo, Japan
Shinichi Nitta, Sendai, Japan
Ryozo Omoto, Saitama, Japan
Kiyotaka Sakai, Tokyo, Japan
Hisateru Takano, Kusatsu, Japan
Satoshi Teraoka, Tokyo, Japan
Isao Yada, Tsu, Japan
Editorial Board
Tadao Akizawa, Tokyo, Japan
Kiyotaka Fukamachi, Cleveland, USA
Kazuyoshi Fukunaga*, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroo Iwata, Kyoto, Japan
Shinichi Kasai, Asahikawa, Japan
Akio Kishida*, Tokyo, Japan
Shunei Kyo, Tokyo, Japan
Toru Masuzawa*, Ibaraki, Japan
Kenichi Matsuda*, Yamanashi, Japan
Goro Matsumiya*, Chiba, Japan
Michio Mineshima, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshinori Mitamura, Sapporo, Japan
Akira Myoui*, Suita, Japan
Hiroshi Nishida, Tokyo, Japan
Motonobu Nishimura*, Yonago, Japan
Takashi Nishimura*, Tokyo, Japan
Tomohiro Nishinaka*, Tokyo, Japan
Yasuharu Noishiki, Yokohama, Japan
Eiji Okamoto*, Sapporo, Japan
Teruo Okano, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshiyuki Taenaka, Suita, Japan
Setsuo Takatani, Tokyo, Japan
Eisuke Tatsumi <Chief Managing Editor>, Suita, Japan
Shigehiko Tokunaga*, Yokohama, Japan
Tadashi Tomo*, Yufu, Japan
Tomonori Tsukiya*, Suita, Japan
Tatsuo Tsutsui, Tsukuba, Japan
Mitsuo Umezu, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshifumi Yagi*, Kyoto, Japan
Takashi Yamane, Tsukuba, Japan
Tetsuji Yamaoka*, Suita, Japan
International Advisory Board
Robert H Bartlett, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Joseph B Zwischenberger, Lexington, KY, USA
Stephen R Ash, Lafayette, IN, USA
James W Long, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Kyung Sun, Seoul, Korea
Jörg Vienken, Usingen, Germany
Jan M Wojcicki, Warsaw, Poland
*Managing Editor
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