期刊名称:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
About this journal
The International Journal of Clinical Oncology (IJCO) welcomes original research papers on all aspects of clinical oncology that report the results of novel and timely investigations. Reports on clinical trials are encouraged. Experimental studies will also be accepted if they have obvious relevance to clinical oncology. Membership in the Japan Society of Clinical Oncology is not a prerequisite for submission to the journal. Papers are received on the understanding that: their contents have not been published in whole or in part elsewhere; that they are subject to peer review by at least two referees and the Editors, and to editorial revision of the language and contents; and that the Editors are responsible for their acceptance, rejection, and order of publication.
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Aims and scope The International Journal of Clinical Oncology (IJCO) welcomes original research papers on all aspects of clinical oncology that report the results of novel and timely investigations. Reports on clinical trials are encouraged. Experimental studies will also be accepted if they have obvious relevance to clinical oncology. Membership in the Japan Society of Clinical Oncology is not a prerequisite for submission to the journal. Papers are received on the understanding that: their contents have not been published in whole or in part elsewhere; that they are subject to peer review by at least two referees and the Editors, and to editorial revision of the language and contents; and that the Editors are responsible for their acceptance, rejection, and order of publication.
Instructions to Authors
International Journal of Clinical Oncology
Manuscript submission
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.
Prerequisites for publication:
A copy of the certification form included in each issue must be submitted to the journal’s editorial office by fax (+81-3-6831-7010) at the same time you submit your manuscripts via Manuscript Central.
IMPORTANT: Upon receipt of a Certificate of Exclusive Submission, manuscripts are officially recognized as submissions. The editorial board decides whether to accept or reject submitted manuscripts in consultation with at least two referees.
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.
Online submission:
Authors should submit their manuscripts to the International Journal of Clinical Oncology online. No manuscripts will be accepted by mail or fax. Please log in directly at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijco and upload your manuscript following the instructions given. In case you encounter any difficulties while submitting your manuscript online, click on the Get Help Now in the upper right corner.
Potential conflict of interest
Authors must indicate whether or not they have a financial relationship with the organization that sponsored the research. They should also state that they have full control of all primary data and that they agree to allow the journal to review their data if requested.
Therefore the manuscript must be accompanied by the "Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement". This form can be obtained from http://www.springer.com/journal/10147/.
Manuscript preparation
Types of articles:
Articles may be in the form of original articles, case reports, letters to the editor, review articles, and editorials.
- Original articles should not exceed 3000 words, not including the abstract, references, tables, and figure captions. The text should be arranged in accordance with the format described below in “Text”. Acceptance of an original article is based primarily on the originality of the work and its potential clinical influence. For reports of randomized controlled trials, authors should refer to the CONSORT statement of guidelines (http://www.consort-statement.org). For studies of the diagnostic accuracy of tests, authors are encouraged to refer to the STARD statement (http://www.stard-statement.org/).
- Case reports should describe new observations of diseases, clinical findings, or novel/unique treatment outcomes relevant to practicing oncologists, and should be presented as concisely as possible, not to exceed 1500 words, and references should be kept to a minimum. A pathologist should be included as an author if the report describes significant histological findings. Only case reports with new findings that have significant clinical impact on the field of oncology or that are likely to change clinical practice, methods, or approaches will be accepted for publication. Authors should avoid the following: describing rare cases or conditions without adding new findings; describing a combination of different tumors without providing new information; or describing the outstanding impact of an existing clinical practice without providing an explanation of its efficacy. Case reports in which the patient’s diagnosis remains uncertain following initial treatment will not be considered for publication.
- Letters to the editor may offer criticism of published material. They must be objective, constructive, and educational, and should not exceed 500 words, not including references, tables, and figure captions.
- Review articles provide an overview of the state of the art in an area or an update in areas of current interest in clinical oncology. Review articles are solicited by the editors.
- Editorials may be published as viewpoints of the editor(s) of the journal on current, relevant topics.
Manuscript form:
The abstract, text, references, tables, and figure captions must be typed double-space with wide margins. Incomplete or improperly prepared manuscripts will be returned to the authors without review. A separate cover page should be provided. The abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, tables, captions, and figures should begin on separate sheets and follow in that order. Standard abbreviations and units should be used. 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.
All manuscripts must be written in English. Authors who are not fluent in English must seek the assistance of a colleague who is a native English speaker and is familiar with the field of the work.
Cover page:
The cover page should contain the title, the full names of the authors, and the street address of the authors’ academic affiliations. Please supply a fax number, telephone number, and e-mail address for the proofs.
Abstract and mini-abstract:
The abstract should be comprehensible without reference to the text, and the use of abbreviations should be avoided whenever possible. The abstract should not exceed 250 words and should be arranged under the following subheadings for original articles: (1) Background (the problem being addressed and the purpose of the study); (2) Methods (study design/methods and materials); (3) Results (research findings), and (4) Conclusion(s) (summary of the main findings obtained and the conclusions drawn). In addition, a mini-abstract summarizing within 30 words the significant conclusion of the study should be submitted, to appear in the table of contents. Save the mini-abstract in a separate file.
Key words:
3-6 key words should be listed below the abstract and mini-abstract.
Text:
The text should be arranged as follows: (1) Introduction; (2) Patients and methods, or Materials and methods; (3) Results; (4) Discussion; (5) Acknowledgment(s). The sections should describe: (1) the problem being addressed and the purpose of the study with reference to previous findings; (2) materials and methods used in the study in concise yet sufficient detail to allow the study to be replicated; (3) main findings obtained; (4) conclusions drawn from the findings and implications for further research and clinical application, with a review of relevant published literature and other evidence.
In Case reports, the abstract should be a brief summary of the contents without any subheadings. The text should be arranged as follows: (1) Abstract; (2) Introduction; (3) Case report; (4) Discussion.
Text formatting:
Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.
• Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times Roman) for text.
• Use italics for emphasis.
• Use the automatic page numbering function to number the pages.
• Do not use field functions.
• Use tab stops or other commands for indents, not the space bar.
• Use the table function, not spreadsheets, to make tables.
• Save your file in doc format. Do not submit docx files.
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.
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. Give the names of the first three authors only, followed by “et al” if there are other coauthors.
| Journal article |
| 1. Smith J, Jones M Jr, Houghton L, et al (1999) Future of health insurance. N Engl J Med 965:325–329 |
| 2. Inoue T, Sue K, Nakano K, et al. (1991) A case report of long survival in a 17-year-old girl with gastric carcinoma treated by immunochemo-endocrine therapy (in Japanese). Shinyaku to Rinsho (New Med) 40:117–121 |
| Article by DOI |
| 3. Slifka MK, Whitton JL (2000) Clinical implications of dysregulated cytokine production. J Mol Med (in press). doi: 10.1007/s001090000086 |
| Book |
| 4. South J, Blass B (2001) The future of modern genomics. Blackwell, London |
| Book chapter |
| 5. Brown B, Aaron M (2001) The politics of nature. In: Smith J (ed) The rise of modern genomics, 3rd edn. Wiley, New York, pp230-257 |
| Online document |
| 6. Doe J (1999) Title of subordinate document. In: The dictionary of substances and their effects. Royal Society of Chemistry. Available via DIALOG. http://www.rsc.org/dose/title of subordinate document. Accessed Jan 1999 |
| Dissertation |
| 7. Trent JW (1975) Experimental acute renal failure. Dissertation, University of California |
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 caption (title) explaining 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 caption.
• 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.
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 Japan Society of Clinical Oncology. This will ensure the widest possible protection and dissemination of information under copyright laws.
Offprints:
Offprints can be ordered by the corresponding author.
Color illustrations:
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 JPY 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.
Editorial Office
The Editorial Office of the "International Journal of Clinical Oncology"
c/o Springer Japan,
No. 2 Funato Bldg. 1-11-11 Kudan-Kita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0073, Japan.
Tel.: +81-3-6831-7009; Fax: +81-3-6831-7010;
e-mail: ijco@springer.jp
Instructions to Authors
instr_print_10147.080627.pdf
Editorial Board
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS Kazue Ozawa, Professor Emeritus, Shiga University of Medical Science Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ikuo Konishi, Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
Associate Editors Yoichi Arai, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Shigeki Arii, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Akihiko Gemma, Nippon Medical School Tomonori Habuchi, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine Seiki Hasegawa, Hyogo College of Medicine Takehiro Inoue, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Hirotaka Iwase, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Toshiharu Kamura, Kurume University School of Medicine Susumu Kanazawa, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine Tadaaki Kirita, Nara Medical University Yutaka Kohgo, Asahikawa Medical College Hideo Mugishima, Nihon University School of Medicine Takashi Nakatsuka, Saitama Medical University Yasumasa Nishimura, Kinki University School of Medicine Masahiko Nishiyama, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center Shinzaburo Noguchi, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Masahisa Saikawa, National Cancer Center Hospital East Yoshiharu Sakai, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Junichi Sakamoto, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Noriaki Sakuragi, Hokkaido University School of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine Soichiro Shibui, National Cancer Center Hospital Tomotaka Sobue, National Cancer Center Naoyuki Shigematsu, Keio University School of Medicine Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science Takanori Ueda, University of Fukui Faculty of Medical Sciences Toshiaki Watanabe, Teikyo University, School of Medicine Nobuo Yaegashi, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Akifumi Yamamoto, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
Deputy Editors Takashi Inamoto Masaki Mandai Yasushi Nagata Osamu Ogawa Kazuichi Okazaki Yutaka Shimada
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD R. Ackermann, Urologischen Universitats Klinik, Heinrich-Heine University, Germany Karen H. Antman, Boston University School of Medicine, USA Mario Campanacci, Instituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Universita? di Bologna, Italy James D. Cox, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA Merrill J. Egorin, Division of Developmental Therapeutics, University of Maryland Cancer Center, USA Isaiah J. Fidler, Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA Kathleen M. Foley, Pain Service, Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center, USA Emil J. Freireich, Adult Leukemia Research Program, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA Ronald B. Herberman, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, USA Jeremy R. Jass, Department of Pathology, McGill University, Canada Guo-Liang Jiang, Fudan University Cancer Hospital, China Soon-Beom Kang, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea Chongwook Lee, Department of Urology, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea Martin C. Mihm, Senior Dermatopathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA C. Paul Morrow, Gynecologic Oncology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, USA Foad Nahai, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Emory University, USA Steven Piantadosi, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Center Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA Carol L. Shields, Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, USA J. Rudiger Siewert, Chirurgischen Klinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany David G.T. Thomas, Gough-Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, Institute of Neurology, University of London, UK P.A. Voute, Emma Kinderziekenhuis, Academic Medical Centre, The Netherlands John Wong, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China John Eu-Li Wong, National University of Singapore, Singapore
EDITORIAL BOARD Keisuke Aiba Yoichi Ajioka Koichiro Akakura Tetsuo Akimoto Sadao Amano Masashi Ando Daisuke Aoki Yoichi Aoki Keishiro Aoyagi Takayuki Asao Takeshi Azuma Hideo Baba Ryuichiro Doi Shin Egawa Masashi Fujii Masato Fujii Takuma Fujii Masaki Fujimura Takashi Fukagai Ichio Fukasawa Tetsushi Fukushige Takashi Fukutomi Tomohisa Furuhata Toru Hachisuga Chikuma Hamada Nobuyuki Hamajima Masayuki Haniuda Isao Hara Kiyoshi Hasegawa Masatoshi Hasegawa Yasuhisa Hasegawa Masahito Hatori Kazushige Hayakawa Nobuyuki Hayashi Shoichi Hazama Takahiro Higashi Tomoro Hishiki Masamichi Hiura Eiso Hiyama Keiko Hiyama Shigeo Horie Jun Horiguchi Rie Horii Hajime Hosoi Tomohiko Ichikawa Masahide Ikeguchi Tsuneo Imai Masahiro Imamura Shigeru Imoto Takanori Ishida Shigeto Ishidoya Tetsuro Ishikawa Chikashi Ishioka Naoki Ishizuka Jun Itami Kazuto Ito Kyogo Itoh Hiromichi Iwasaki Hiroji Iwata Toshiko Jobo Yoshikazu Kagami Yoshihiro Kakeji Tsunehisa Kaku Nobuyuki Kamata Toshiyuki Kamoto Hiro-omi Kanayama Katsuyuki Karasawa Hidetaka Katabuchi Hidenori Kato Akira Kawai Junzo Kigawa Fumitaka Kikkawa Go Kimura Shinya Kimura Hidefumi Kinoshita Kensuke Kiyokawa Masahiro Kizaki Hiroaki Kobayashi Hiroshi Kobayashi Michiya Kobayashi Yoichi Kobayashi Takeshi Kodaira Mikihiko Kogo Shunji Kohnoe Nobuo Koinuma Masahiko Koizumi Yukihiro Kondo Keiichi Kubota Jun-ichi Kuratsu Kentaro Kuroiwa Masato Kusunoki Hiroyuki Kuwano Taira Maekawa Atsushi Makimoto Naoya Masumori Akio Matsubara Takuya Matsunaga Keitaro Matsuo Hideyasu Matsuyama Chikao Miki Tetsuya Mitsudomi Michihide Mitsumori Ikuo Miura Yoshiki Miyachi Etsuko Miyagi Kohji Miyazaki Takashi Mizowaki Masaki Mori Masaru Morita Satoshi Morita Takuya Moriya Hirofumi Mukai Motoo Nagane Masayuki Nakagawa Hisayoshi Nakajima Katsumasa Nakamura Seigo Nakamura Bunzo Nakata Takeo Nakayama Tomoki Naoe Atsushi Nashimoto Yasutomo Nasu Kenji Nemoto Ken-ichi Nibu Miyuki Niimi Nozomi Niitsu Reiki Nishimura Kazuto Nishio Hiroyuki Nishiyama Kinji Nishiyama Tsutomu Nishiyama Atsushi Ochiai Kazunori Ochiai Masahiko Oguchi Michinori Ogura Kazunori Ohnishi Hitoshi Ohno Shinji Ohno Makoto Ohori Shozo Ohsumi Chikara Ohyama Toshiro Okazaki Toshikatsu Okumura Hiroshi Onishi Hisashi Onodera Mototsugu Oya Toshifumi Ozaki Toshiaki Saeki Satoru Sagae Yoshiro Saikawa Seiichi Saito Toshiaki Saito Tsuyoshi Saito Shigehira Saji Yoshihisa Sakaguchi Akio Sakamoto Kenshi Sakayama Minoru Sakuraba Hideki Sakurai Rhohei Sasaki Naoto Shikama Mitsuo Shimada Chikako Shimizu Naohito Shimoyama Nobuo Shinohara Toshinori Soejima Makoto Sugaya Kenji Sugio Kazuhiko Sugiyama Toru Sugiyama Kazuhiro Suzuki Shigehiko Suzuki Tatsuro Tajiri Jun Takahashi Satoru Takahashi Akifumi Takaori-Kondo Minoru Takata Yoichi Takaue Tetsuji Takayama Seiichi Takenoshita Izumi Takeyoshi Kazuo Tamura Akira Tangoku Yusuke Tanigawara Mitsune Tanimoto Masanori Terashima Fumitoshi Terauchi Teruki Teshima Kensei Tobinai Junya Toguchida Yasushi Toh Takafumi Toita Yoshihiro Torimoto Tatsuya Toyama Norihiko Tsuchiya Hitoshi Tsuda Shunichi Tsujitani Yosuke Uchitomi Takayuki Ueno Hiroyuki Uetake Hisashi Uhara Shinobu Umemura Takashi Uno Masahiro Urade Kimio Ushijima Noriko Usui Narikazu Uzawa Takuro Wada Yoh Watanabe Hidemichi Watari Jiro Watari Yoshihiro Yakushijin Kaichiro Yamamoto Masakazu Yamamoto Seiichiro Yamamoto Tetsuji Yamamoto Hideaki Yamana Takahiro Yamauchi Katsunari Yane Kenji Yano Atsunori Yorozu Kazuhiro Yoshida Hiroyuki Yoshikawa Toshiki Yoshimine Ichiro Yoshino Takayuki Yoshino Yasuo Yoshioka
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