期刊名称：CIRCULATION JOURNAL
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Circulation Journal: A new title for a new direction
The Japanese Circulation Journal has been an official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society since 1935. It is now the beginning of the 21st century and the world is changing dramatically, with scientific information becoming international and readily available via the Internet. In recent years, the number of the manuscripts submitted to the Journal has been increasing, and more papers from authors outside Japan are being received. The peer review and publishing process of the Journal has been refined, which has markedly shortened the time from acceptance to publication so that it is now approximately 80 days. Taking into consideration all these changes that are having an impact on the Journal, the Editor and the Editorial Board of the Society have chosen a new title, Circulation Journal, to better reflect its international focus.
With the change in title comes a new cover on which a selected color figure will appear each month. To encourage authors to submit more color figures, the cost of reproduction has been reduced to one fourth! More color pages will make the Journal more attractive and informative.
The impact factor of the Journal is gradually increasing, but still does not reflect the quality of the manuscripts published in the Journal. A journal?s impact factor is based on two elements: the number of citations of the Journal in the previous 2 years, and the number of substantive manuscripts published by the Journal in the same time period (CMAJ 1999; 161: 979 ? 980). On behalf of the Editorial Board, I will endeavor to increase the number of citations of the Circulation Journal.
The Editorial board now has 18 international advisory board members from USA, Europe and Asia, and the Board strongly believe that now is the time to change the title so that it corresponds to the journal?s evolution into an international publication.
Masunori Matsuzaki, MD
Editor-in-Chief
Circulation Journal
Instructions to Authors
V. Submission of Manuscripts
Four copies of the manuscript including figures must be submitted to:
Editors,
Circulation Journal
Kinki Invention Center
14 Yoshida Kawahara-cho
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8305
Japan.
Phone: +81-75-751-8643
Fax: +81-75-771-3060
E-mail: cj@j-circ.or.jp
The diskette of the manuscript must be enclosed, labeled with the author's name, operating system and software used, including version. The following software systems (any version) can be used in their 'native' format: Windows (Microsoft Word); Macintosh (Microsoft Word, MacWrite II). Manuscripts prepared using other software should be saved as a rich text file. Manuscripts and figures will not be returned unless a specific request is made.
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VI. Submission Letter
The submission letter must include 2 statements: (1) that there has been no duplicate publication or submission elsewhere of any part of the work in any language, other than as an abstract, and(2) that all authors have read the manuscript and approved submission.
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VII. Manuscript Form
Manuscript Form: All manuscripts should be written in English and prepared according to the following specifications. The text should be typewritten with double spacing, and include the title page, abstract, key words, text, acknowledgments, references, tables, and legends for the figures. Pages should be numbered consecutively in this sequence, beginning with the title page.
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Regular Papers and Case Reports
1. The title page must have (1) the complete title of the paper (do not use abbreviations in the title), (2) name(s) of author(s), with highest academic degree(s), (3) department(s) and institution(s) of origin, (4) a short title of no more than 50 characters including spaces, (5) name(s) of grant(s), (6) the name and address of the author responsible for correspondence, and (7) the total number of pages of the manuscript and total numbers of tables and figures.
2. The second page should have an abstract of no more than 200 words and 3-5 key words.
Regarding the abstracts for regular papers and rapid communications, use the following headings: Background (rationale for study), Methods and Results (brief presentation of methods and presentation of significant results; note that both categories are included under one heading), and Conclusions (succinct statement of data interpretation).
3. Letters and symbols in figures should be clear and of sufficient size to be legible after reduction to the width of 1 column. Specify the size to be printed, if necessary.
4. Units of measurement should be SI units except for blood pressure which should be expressed in mmHg. Do not spell out numbers and standard units of measurement except at the beginning of sentences. Use Arabic numerals and standard abbreviations to indicate numbers and units.
5. References should be listed at the end of the article with all authors listed when there are 6 or less; when there are 7 or more, list only the first 6 and add et al. References must be numbered consecutively as they appear in the text. The titles of journals should be abbreviated to the style used in Index Medicus (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html). References should accord with the system used in the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals. Consult the examples of the style of the references shown below. | |
Examples:
1. Imanishi T, Hano T, Nishio I, Han DK, Schwartz SM. Apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells is induced by Fas ligand derived from endothelial cells. Jpn Circ J 2001; 65: 556-560.
2. Wu TJ, Kim YH, Yashima M, Athill CA, Ting CT, Karagueuzian HS, et al. Progressive action potential duration shortening and the conversion from atrial flutter to atrial fibrillation in the isolated canine right atrium. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 38: 1757-1765.
3. Opie LH. Mechanism of cardiac contraction and relaxation. In: Braunwald E, editor. Heart disease, 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 1997: 360-393.
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Rapid Communications
Rapid communications are reports of novel findings of particular importance and/or current interest and will be accepted if they merit immediate publication. The papers will normally be published within 2 months of acceptance. The manuscripts should be no more than 1000 words of text without any subheadings and should contain no more than 2 figures and/or tables and a maximum of 10 references. They should have an abstract not exceeding 100 words. The manuscripts normally occupy no more than 3 journal pages. Provide both a short title and 3 key words (see Regular Paper section). Please refer to the General Instructions for reference style and other manuscript requirements.
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Invited Review
These are invited articles by internationally recognized authorities on various topics. Submit 1 copy of the manuscript.
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Special Article
These are invited articles by the speakers who presented special lectures at the annual meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society (eg, Mikamo lecture, Invited lecture, Sato prize winner). Submit 1 copy of the manuscript.
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VIII.Review of Manuscripts
All manuscripts except Invited Review and Special Article are evaluated by 2 reviewers assigned by the Editors.
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IX.Proofs
Galley proofs of accepted manuscripts will be sent to the authors for their correction. Changes should be limited to typographical errors or errors in the presentation of data. Excessive corrections may be charged to the authors.
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X.Publication Charges
(a) Page charges: free for the first 2 pages
 1,000 per page from pages 3 to 5
2,000 per page from pages 6 to 8
5,000 per page for pages exceeding 8
(b) Color figure charges: The full cost required for reproduction of color figures is 10,000 per 1 color page.
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Xl.Reprints
Reprints are available in a multiple of 100 copies when ordered with the return of the proofs. The approximate cost per 100 copies is 10,000 including color pages.
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(Revised December 12, 2001)
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Editorial Board
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Hisayoshi Fujiwara, M.D.
Toru Izumi, M.D.
Akira Kitabatake, M.D.
Yuji Matsuzawa, M.D.
Satoshi Ogawa, M.D.
Tohru Ohe, M.D.
Nagara Tamaki, M.D.
Iwao Yamaguchi, M.D.
Keishu Yasuda, M.D. |
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Masatsugu Hori, M.D.
Hirohisa Kato, M.D.
Soichiro Kitamura, M.D.
Ryozo Nagai, M.D.
Toshio Ogihara, M.D.
Kazuyuki Shimada, M.D.
Chuwa Tei, M.D.
Tetsu Yamaguchi, M.D.
Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, M.D. | |
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Yoshifusa Aizawa, M.D.
Yoshinori Doi, M.D.
Toshiro Fujita, M.D.
Mareomi Hamada, M.D.
Hitoshi Hishida, M.D.
Hiroshi Inoue, M.D.
Takaaki Isshiki, M.D.
Hiroshi Kasanuki, M.D.
Masatoshi Kawana, M.D.
Masahiko Kinoshita, M.D.
Kazuhisa Kodama, M.D.
Issei Komuro, M.D.
Tsunehiko Kuzuya, M.D.
Ikuo Maruyama, M.D.
Yoshiaki Masuda, M.D.
Akira Matsumori, M.D.
Kunio Miyatake, M.D.
Ryuichi Morishita, M.D.
Takeshi Nakano, M.D.
Tsunehiko Nishimura, M.D.
Ryuji Nohara, M.D.
Yasuyoshi Ouchi, M.D.
Satoshi Saito, M.D.
Shunji Sano, M.D.
Hiroaki Shimokawa, M.D.
Katsuo Sueishi, M.D.
Shinichi Takamoto, M.D.
Hitonobu Tomoike, M.D.
Kiyoshi Yoshida, M.D.
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Shintaro Beppu, M.D.
Masao Endoh, M.D.
Yoichi Goto, M.D.
Masayasu Hiraoka, M.D.
Tsutomu Imaizumi, M.D.
Mitsuaki Isobe, M.D.
Katsuo Kanmatsuse, M.D.
Takashi Katagiri, M.D.
Seinosuke Kawashima, M.D.
Toru Kita, M.D.
Masashi Komeda, M.D.
Masahiko Kurabayashi, M.D.
Hiroshi Mabuchi, M.D.
Yukio Maruyama, M.D.
Hikaru Matsuda, M.D.
Hideo Matsuura, M.D.
Takashi Miyauchi, M.D.
Takeshi Motomiya, M.D.
Haruaki Nakaya, M.D.
Masakiyo Nobuyoshi, M.D.
Ken Okumura, M.D.
Muneyasu Saito, M.D.
Ichiro Sakuma, M.D.
Kazuaki Shimamoto, M.D.
Kunio Shirato, M.D.
Michihiko Tada, M.D.
Akira Takeshita, M.D.
Satoshi Umemura, M.D.
Junichi Yoshikawa, M.D. | |
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International Advisory Board |
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[USA]
Anthony N. DeMaria, M.D.
Marvin A. Konstam, M.D.
Eduardo Marban, M.D.
John Ross, Jr., M.D.
A. Jamil Tajik, M.D. |
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Seigo Izumo, M.D.
Peter P. Liu, M.D.
Andrew R. Marks, M.D.
Michael D. Schneider, M.D.
Richard A. Walsh, M.D. |
[Europe]
Gerd F. Heusch, M.D.
Patrick W. Serruys, M.D. |
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Gerald Maurer, M.D. |
[Asian-Pacific]
Jong-Hoa Bae, M.D.
Jian-Zhang Feng, M.D.
Dede Kusmana, M.D. |
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Philip Y. A. Ding, M.D.
David T. Kelly, M.D.
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