期刊名称：GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Geriatrics and Gerontology International is the official Journal of the Japan Geriatrics Society, reflecting the growing importance of the subject area in developed economies and its particular significance to a country like Japan with a large aging population. Geriatrics and Gerontology International is now an international publication with contributions from around the world and published four times per year. Geriatrics and Gerontology International serves as a medium for presenting original articles and review articles that offer significant contributions to knowledge in the broad field of geriatrics and gerontology. The journal also includes case reports, letters to the editors, abstracts and new items that may be of interest to geriatrics and gerontology researchers. The journal also provides information on national and international congresses held within Asian countries to promote friendship and to exchange ideas of mutual interest in the field of geriatrics and gerontology.
Instructions to Authors
Online Submission is available at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ggi
AIMS AND SCOPE
Geriatrics and Gerontology International is an interdisciplinary journal. Upon submission, authors will be asked to identify the category for their article in Biology / Behavioral and Social Sciences / Epidemiology, Clinical Practice and Health / Social Research, Planning and Practice, in order to allow their manuscripts to be processed with speed and efficiency.
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by two anonymous reviewers and Editor. The Editorial Board reserves the right to refuse any material for publication and advises that authors should retain copies of submitted manuscripts and correspondence as material cannot be returned. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editorial Board.
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT
All articles submitted to the Journal must comply with these instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication.
Manuscripts should be written so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in the particular field. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of scientific content, the Editor or the Publisher reserve the right to modify typescripts to eliminate ambiguity and repetition and improve communication between author and reader. If extensive alternations are required, the manuscript will be returned to the author for revision.
ENGLISH IMPROVEMENT
Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are strongly recommended to have their submissions checked by a qualified, native speaker. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of scientific content but where the English is poor. The Editor or Publisher may elect to have the English of such contributions improved. This English improvement may be undertaken by the Publisher and the cost will be borne by the author.
COVERING LETTER
The manuscript must be accompanied by a covering letter bearing the corresponding author’s signature. Papers are accepted for publication in the Journal on the understanding that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. This must be stated in the covering letter.
Authors must state that the protocol for the research project has been approved by a suitably constituted Ethics Committee of the institution within which the work was undertaken and that it conforms to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in Tokyo 2004), available at http://www.wma.net/e/policy/b3.htm.
All investigations on human subjects must include a statement that the subject gave informed consent and patient anonymity should be preserved.
The covering letter must contain an acknowledgement that all authors have contributed significantly and that all authors are in agreement with the content of the manuscript.
Authors should declare any financial support or relationships that may pose conflict of interest.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
Supporting Information is provided by the authors to support the content of an article but they are not integral to that article. They are hosted via a link on Wiley InterScience but do not appear in the print version of the article. Supporting Information must be submitted together with the article for review; they should not be added at a later stage. They can be in the form of tables, figures, appendices and even video footage. Reference to Supporting Information in the main body of the article is allowed. However, it should be noted that excessive reference to a piece of Supporting Information may indicate that it would be better suited as a proper reference or fully included figure/table. The materials will be published as they are supplied and will not be checked or typeset in any way. All Supporting Information files should come with a legend, listed at the end of the main article. Each figure and table file should not be larger than 5MB, although video files may be larger. Prior to submission, please check the guidelines at: http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/suppmat.asp
SCHOLARONE MANUSCRIPTS JOURNALS SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ggi. Authors must supply an email address as all correspondence will be by email. Two files should be supplied: the covering letter and the manuscript (in Word or rich text format (.rtf)). The covering letter should be uploaded as a file not for review.
Submissions should be double-spaced.
Do not use the carriage return (enter) at the end of lines within a paragraph.
- Turn the hyphenation option off.
- Specify any special characters used to represent non-keyboard characters.
- Take care not to use l (ell) for 1 (one), O (capital o) for 0 (zero) or ß (German esszett) for b (Greek beta).
- Use a tab, not spaces, to separate data points in tables.
- If you use a table editor function, ensure that each data point is contained within a unique cell; i.e. do not use carriage returns within cells.
- All pages should be numbered consecutively in the top right-hand corner, beginning with the title page.
- Indent new paragraphs.
- The top, bottom and side margins should be 30 mm.
Please note: This journal does not accept Microsoft Word 2007 documents (.docx) at this time. Please use Word's 'Save As' option to save your document as an older (.doc) file type.
Each figure should be supplied as a separate file, with the figure number incorporated in the file name. For submission, low-resolution figures saved as .jpg or .bmp files should be uploaded, for ease of transmission during the review process. Upon acceptance of the article, high-resolution figures (at least 300 d.p.i.) saved as .eps or .tif files should be uploaded. Digital images supplied only as low-resolution files cannot be used.
Further instructions are available at the submission site.
COPYRIGHT
Papers accepted for publication become copyright of the Japan Geriatrics Society and authors will be asked to sign a transfer of copyright form. In signing the transfer of copyright it is assumed that authors have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previously published material. All authors must read and agree to the conditions outlined in the Copyright Assignment Form, and must sign the Form or agree that the corresponding author can sign on their behalf. Articles cannot be published until a signed Copyright Assignment Form has been received. Authors can download the form from http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/ggi_caf.pdf
STYLE OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Manuscripts should follow the style of the Vancouver agreement detailed in the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors’ revised ‘Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publication’, as presented at http://www.ICMJE.org/.
Spelling. The Journal uses US spelling and authors should therefore follow the latest edition of the Merriam–Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.
Units. All measurements must be given in SI or SI-derived units. Please go to the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) website at http://www.bipm.fr for more information about SI units.
Abbreviations. Abbreviations should be used sparingly – only where they ease the reader’s task by reducing repetition of long, technical terms. Initially use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation only.
Trade names. Drugs should be referred to by their generic names, rather than brand names.
PARTS OF THE MANUSCRIPT
Manuscripts should be presented in the following order: (i) title page, (ii) abstract and key words, (iii) text, (iv) acknowledgments, (v) references, (vi) figure legends, (vii), tables (each table complete with title and footnotes) and (viii) figures. Footnotes to the text are not allowed and any such material should be incorporated into the text as parenthetical matter.
Title page
The title page should contain (i) the title of the paper, (ii) the full names of the authors and (iii) the addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out together with (iv) the full postal and email address, plus facsimile and telephone numbers, of the author to whom correspondence about the manuscript should be sent.
In keeping with the latest guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, each author’s contribution to the paper is to be quantified.
The present address of any author, if different from that where the work was carried out, should be supplied in a footnote.
The title should be short, informative and contain the major key words. Do not use abbreviations in the title. A short running title (less than 40 characters) should also be provided.
Abstract and key words
Articles must have a structured abstract that states in 250 words or fewer the purpose, basic procedures, main findings and principal conclusions of the study. Divide the abstract with the headings: Aim, Methods, Results, Conclusions. The abstract should not contain abbreviations or references.
Five key words, for the purposes of indexing, should be supplied below the abstract, in alphabetical order, and should be taken from those recommended by the US National Library of Medicine’s Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) browser list at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html.
Text
The text should be organised into an introductory section, conveying the background and purpose of the report, and then into sections titled Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, References.
Acknowledgments
The source of financial grants and other funding must be acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors’ industrial links and affiliations. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.
References
To cite this journal please use Geriatr Gerontol Int.
The Vancouver system of referencing should be used (examples are given below).
In the text, references should be cited using superscript Arabic numerals in the order in which they appear. If cited in tables or figure legends, number according to the first identification of the table or figure in the text.
In the reference list, the references should be numbered and listed in order of appearance in the text. Cite the names of all authors when there are six or less; when seven or more list the first three followed by et al. Names of journals should be abbreviated in the style used in Index Medicus. Reference to unpublished data and personal communications should appear in the text only.
References should be listed in the following form:
Journal article
Yamaya M, Yanai M, Ohrui T, Arai H, Sasaki H. Interventions to prevent pneumonia among older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001 ; 49: 85-90.
Journal articles published ahead of issue (print or online)
Yamauchi J, Nakayama S, Ishii N. Effects of bodyweight-based exercise training on muscle functions of leg multi-joint movement in elderly individuals. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2009. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2009.00530.x
Book
Ringsven MK, Bond D. Gerontology and Leadership Skills for Nurses, 2nd edn. Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers, 1996.
Chapter in a Book
Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP. Hypertension and stroke. In: Laragh JH, Brenner BM, eds. Hypertension: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management, 2nd edn. New York: Raven Press, 1995; 465–78.
Journal article on the Internet
Abood S. Quality improvement initiative in nursing homes: the ANA acts in an advisory role. Am J Nurs [serial on the Internet]. 2002
Jun [cited 2004 Aug 12]; 102(6): [about 3 p.]. Available from: http://www.nursingworld.org/AJN/2002/june/Wawatch.htm.
Monograph on the Internet
Foley KM, Gelband H, editors. Improving palliative care for cancer [monograph on the Internet]. Washington: National Academy Press; 2001 [cited 2004 Jul 9]. Available from: http://www.nap.edu/books/0309074029/html/.
Appendices
These should be placed at the end of the paper, numbered in Roman numerals and referred to in the text. If written by a person other than the author of the main text, the writer’s name should be included below the title.
Tables
Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. Number tables consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals. Table should be double –spaced and vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Column headings should be brief, with units of measurement in parentheses; all abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, , should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. The table and its legend/footnotes should be understandable without reference to the text.
ScholarOne Manuscripts Figures
All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) are classified as figures. Figures should be cited in consecutive order in the text. Figures should be sized to fit within the column (87 mm) or the full text width (175 mm). Magnifications should be indicated using a scale bar on the illustration.
Line figures should be sharp, black and white graphs or diagrams, drawn professionally or with a computer graphics package. Lettering must be included and should be sized to be no larger than the journal text.
Colour figures. A charge for the first three colour figures and an additional charge for each extra colour figure thereafter will be invoiced to the author
Figure legends. Type figure legends on a separate page. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.
EDITORIAL REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE
If tables or figures have been reproduced from another source, a letter from the copyright holder (usually the Publisher), stating authorization to reproduce the material, must be attached to the covering letter.
PROOFS
It is essential that corresponding authors supply an email address to which correspondence can be emailed while their article is in production.
Notification of the URL from where to download a Portable Document Format (PDF) typeset page proof, associated forms and further instructions will be sent by email to the corresponding author. The purpose of the PDF proof is a final check of the layout, and of tables and figures. Alterations other than the essential correction of errors are unacceptable at PDF proof stage. The proof should be checked, and approval to publish the article should be emailed to the Publisher by the date indicated, otherwise, it may be signed off on by the Editor or held over to the next issue.
OFFPRINTS
A minimum of 50 offprints will be provided upon request, at the author’s expense. These paper offprints may be ordered online. Please visit http://offprint.cosprinters.com/, fill in the necessary details and ensure that you type information in all of the required fields.
If you have queries about offprints please email offprint@cosprinters.com
BLACKWELL JOURNALS ONLINE
Visit the Geriatrics and Gerontology International home page at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/ggi for more information, and Blackwell Publishing’s web pages for submission guidelines and digital graphics standards at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/authors/journal.asp and http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/illustration.asp. This journal is available online at Wiley InterScience. Visit www3.interscience.wiley.com to search the articles and register for table of contents and e-mail alerts.
EARLY VIEW
Geriatrics and Gerontology International is covered by Wiley-Blackwell’s Early View service. Early View articles are complete full-text articles published online in advance of their publication in a printed issue. Early View articles are complete and final, therefore no changes can be made after online publication. Early View articles are given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows the article to be cited and tracked before it is allocated to an issue. After print publication, the DOI remains valid and can continue to be used to cite and access the article.
EDITORIAL OFFICE ADDRESS
Hidetada Sasaki
Editor-in-Chief, Geriatrics & Gerontology International
Editorial Office
Frontier Koishikawa Bldg 4F
1-28-1, Koishikawa, Bukyo-ku
Tokyo 112-0002
Japan
Email: ggi@wiley.com
Tel: 81-3 3830-1268
Fax: 81-3 5689-7278
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Hidetada Sasaki Akita
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
Hajime Orimo Tokyo
Associate Editors
Hiroko Akiyama Tokyo
Atsushi Harada Aichi
Akihisa Iguchi Aichi
Takashi Inuzuka Gifu
Hideki Ito Tokyo
Toshihiko Iwamoto Tokyo
Kozui Kida Tokyo
Toru Kita Kyoto
Wataru Koyano Saitama
Naoki Maruyama Tokyo
Takami Miki Osaka
Tetsuro Miki Ehime
Toshio Ogihara Osaka
Masatsugu Ohta Tokyo
Hisao Osada Tokyo
Yasuyoshi Ouchi Tokyo
Hiromi Rakugi Osaka
Hiroshi Shibata Tokyo
Kenji Toba Tokyo
Jeanne Y. Wei Arkansas, USA
Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani Tokyo
Gen-yuki Yamane Chiba
Koichi Yokono Hyogo
Masayuki Yokode Kyoto
Masao Yoshizumi Hiroshima
Executive Editors
Masahiro Akishita Tokyo
Hiroyuki Arai Miyagi
Atsushi Araki Tokyo
Takayuki Hosoi Tokyo
Yuichiro Yamada Akita
Editorial Board
Tsutomu Chiba Kyoto
Yoshinori Doi Kochi
Hidetoshi Endo Aichi
Fumio Eto Tokyo
Kiyoshi Hashizume Nagano
Yasufumi Hayashi Tokyo
Jitsuo Higaki Ehime
Nobuyoshi Hirose Tokyo
Seiko Horiuchi Kumamoto
Takashi Inamatsu Tokyo
Kozo Matsubayashi Kyoto
Masayuki Matsumoto Ishikawa
Mayumi Mori Tokyo
Ryuichi Morishita Osaka
Takahide Nagase Tokyo
Shigenobu Nakamura Hiroshima
Yoshiki Nishizawa Osaka
Kenzo Oba Tokyo
Shinichi Ohshima Aichi
Toshiki Ohta Tokyo
Kazuaki Shimamoto Hokkaido
Hiroshi Shimokata Tokyo
Takao Suzuki Tokyo
Masaru Takasaki Tokyo
Ryoichi Takayanagi Fukuoka
Masatoshi Takeda Osaka
Hideo Tohgi Tokyo
Edit Beregi Budapest, Hungary
Howard Bergman Montreal, Canada
Vellas Bruno Toulouse, France
A John Campbell Dunedin, New Zealand
Christine K Cassel New York, USA
Biao Chen Beijing, China
Iris Chi California, USA
Sung-Jae Choi Seoul, Korea
Sang Chul Park Seoul, Korea
Harvey Jay Cohen North Carolina, USA
Peng Du Beijing, China
Gloria Gutman Vancouver, Canada
Jeffrey B Halter Ann Arbor, USA
Oliver FW James Newcastle, UK
Robert L Kane Minnesota, USA
Cheol Ho Kim Seoul, Korea
Dick L Knook Leiden, The Netherlands
Shyh-Dye Lee Taipei, Taiwan
Edward M.F. Leung Hong Kong
Leslie S Libow New York, USA
John McCallum Melbourne, Australia
Jean-Pierre Michel Thonex-Geneve, Switzerland
Joseph G Ouslander Georgia, USA
Mario Passeri Parma, Italy
George S Roth Maryland, USA
Edward L Schneider California, USA
Hannes B Staehelin Basel, Switzerland
Phua Kok Tee Singapore
Jong Lull Yoon Seoul, Korea
Andrus Viidik Aarhus, Denmark
Advisory Board
Robert N Butler New York, USA
Leonard Hayflick California, USA
Akihiro Igata Aichi
Michael A Horan Salford, UK
Kenichi Kitani Aichi
George M Martin Washington, USA
Raymond Tallis Salford, UK
Nobuo Yanagisawa Aichi
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