期刊名称：ESOPHAGUS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Esophagus, the official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society, introduces practitioners and researchers to significant studies in the fields of benign and malignant diseases of the esophagus. The journal welcomes original articles, review articles, case reports, and short articles including technical notes ( How I do it ), which will be peer-reviewed by the editorial board. Letters to the editor are also welcome. Special articles on esophageal diseases will be provided by the editorial board, and proceedings of symposia and workshops will be included in special issues for the Annual Congress of the Society.
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Academic OneFile, Elsevier Biobase, EMBASE, Gale, Google Scholar, Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, OCLC, Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch), SCOPUS, Summon by Serial Solutions
Instructions to Authors
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.
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 online. Electronic submission substantially reduces the editorial processing and reviewing times and shortens overall publication times. Please follow the hyperlink “Submit online” on the right and upload all of your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen.
http://www.editorialmanager.com/esop
http://www.editorialmanager.com/esop
Preparation of manuscript
Manuscript format and style should be in accordance with the "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals", available on-line at http://www.icmje.org. Type the manuscript on white A4 paper with margins of at least 25mm. Use double spacing throughout, including for the title page, abstract, text, acknowledgments, references, individual tables, and figure legends. Number pages consecutively from the title page to figure legends.
http://www.icmje.org
Title page
The title page should carry
the title of the article
the names of authors
the name of the department(s) and institution(s) to which the work should be attributed
the name and address of the author responsible for correspondence about the manuscript, with e-mail address
Abstract and key words
The second page should carry an abstract of no more than 250 words for Original articles and 150 words for Case reports and How I do it. The abstracts of Original articles should be structured into four paragraphs: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Authors should provide three to five key words using terms from the medical subject headings (MeSH) list of National Library of Medicine.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
Text
Text formatting:
Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.
Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times Roman) for text.
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 to make tables. Ppt files are not suitable.
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
Save your file in doc or docx format.
Headings:
Please use no more than three levels of displayed headings.
Abbreviations and symbols:
Use only standard abbreviations. Avoid abbreviations in the title and abstract. The full term for which an abbreviation stands should precede its first use in the text unless it is a standard unit of measurement.
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.
Terminology
Measurements of length, height, weight, and volume should be reported in metric units (meter, kilogram, or liter) or their decimal multiples.
All hematologic and clinical chemistry measurements should be reported using the metric system of the International System of Units (SI).
Generic names of drugs and pesticides are preferred; if trade names are used, the generic name should be given at first mention.
Conflict of interest
All benefits in any form from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript or any of the authors must be acknowledged. For each source of funds, both the research funder and the grant number should be given. This note should be added in a separate section before the reference list.
If no conflict exists, authors should state: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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-LTWA-online.php
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 version.
If black and white will be shown in the printed 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 captions 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.
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.
Please include in each file the following information: article title, journal name, author names; affiliation and e-mail address of the corresponding author.
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.
Refer to the supplementary files as "Online Resource", e.g., "... as shown in the animation (Online Resource 3)", "... additional data are given in Online Resource 4".
Name the files consecutively, e.g. "ESM_3.mpg", "ESM_4.pdf".
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.
Accessibility
In order to give people of all abilities and disabilities access to the content of your supplementary files, please make sure that
The manuscript contain a descriptive caption for each supplementary material
Video files do not contain anything that flashes more than three times per second (so that users prone to seizures caused by such effects are not put at risk)
After acceptance
Upon acceptance of your article you will receive a link to the special Author Query Application at Springer’s web page where you can sign the Copyright Transfer Statement online and indicate whether you wish to order OpenChoice. Once the Author Query Application has been completed, your article will be processed and you will receive the proofs. You will also receive a separate e-mail for ordering offprints and printing of figures in color.
Open Choice
In addition to the normal publication process (whereby an article is submitted to the journal and access to that article is granted to customers who have purchased a subscription), Springer provides an alternative publishing option: Springer Open Choice. A Springer Open Choice article receives all the benefits of a regular subscription-based article, but in addition is made available publicly through Springer’s online platform SpringerLink. We regret that Springer Open Choice cannot be ordered for published articles. Springer Open Choice [http://springer.com/openchoice]
Copyright transfer
Authors will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher (or grant the Publisher exclusive publication and dissemination rights). This will ensure the widest possible protection and dissemination of information under copyright laws.
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, they agree to the Springer Open Choice Licence.
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.
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 Board
Editor-in-Chief
Nobutoshi Ando, Ichikawa
Statistical Consultant
Kouhei Akazawa, Niigata
Associate Editors
Hisanori Ariga, Sendai
Hiromasa Fujita, Kurume
Ken Haruma, Kurashiki
Toshihiro Hirai, Kurashiki
Yoshikazu Kagami, Tokyo
Natsuya Katada, Sagamihara
Michihiko Kitamura, Mizusawa
Yoshihiko Maehara, Fukuoka
Hisahiro Matsubara, Chiba
Masaki Mori, Suita
Yukihiro Nakanishi, Tokyo
Shoji Natsugoe, Kagoshima
Tadashi Nishimaki, Naha
Yasumasa Nishimura, Osaka-Sayama
Katsutoshi Obara, Fukushima
Atsushi Ohtsu, Kashiwa
Soji Ozawa, Kanagawa
Keisuke Sasai, Tokyo
Hideaki Shimada, Tokyo
Yutaka Shimada, Toyama
Hiroya Takiuchi, Osaka
Kaiyo Takubo, Tokyo
Toshimasa Tsujinaka, Osaka
Editorial Board
Satoshi Aiko, Tokyo
Norio Aoyama, Yokohama
Miwako Arima, Saitama
Hideo Baba, Kumamoto
Yuichirou Doki, Suita
Masato Fujii, Tokyo
Nobuyoshi Hanyu, Machida
Masato Hareyama, Sapporo
Masayuki Higashino, Osaka
Shuichi Hironaka, Chiba
Michio Hongo, Sendai
Hiroshi Ikeda, Sakai
Shingo Ishiguro, Osaka
Satoshi Ishikura, Nagoya
Masayuki Itabashi, Tokyo
Hisao Ito, Chiba
Yoshiaki Kajiyama, Tokyo
Michio Kaminishi, Tokyo
Hideyuki Kashiwagi, Tokyo
Hiroyuki Kato, Tochigi
Ken Kato, Tokyo
Yo Kato, Tochigi
Katsunobu Kawahara, Fukuoka
Tatsuyuki Kawano, Tokyo
Yoshikazu Kinoshita, Izumo
Yukoh Kitagawa, Tokyo
Hiroyuki Kuwano, Maebashi
Kenichi Mafune, Tokyo
Hiroyasu Makuuchi, Isehara
Toshiaki Manabe, Kyoto
Keiko Minashi, Chiba
Yoshinori Miyata, Nagano
Tsutomu Nakamura, Tokyo
Takeshi Nishigami, Nishinomiya
Akiyoshi Nishio, Kyoto
Masamichi Nishio, Sapporo
Motohiro Nozaki, Tokyo
Kenichi Ohashi, Tokyo
Shinichi Okazumi, Sakura
Shunichi Okushiba, Sapporo
Nobuaki Omura, Kashiwa
Harushi Oosugi, Osaka
Tsuneo Oyama, Nagano
Yoichi Sakurai, Toyoake
Tsuneo Sasaki, Tokyo
Michio Sato, Ishikawa
Yasuyuki Seto, Tokyo
Hideo Shimada, Isehara
Masayuki Shinoda, Nagoya
Susumu Sueyoshi, Omuta
Tamotsu Sugai, Morioka
Yoshinori Sugino, Tokyo
Yuji Tachimori, Tokyo
Hiroya Takeuchi, Tokyo
Setsuo Tamai, Yokohama
Akira Tangoku, Ube
Masahiko Tsurumaru, Tokyo
Harushi Udagawa, Tokyo
Takashi Uno, Chiba
Shogo Yamada, Sendai
Hideaki Yamana, Kurume
Akio Yanagisawa, Kyoto
Masahiko Yano, Osaka
Takashi Yao, Fukuoka
Takushi Yasuda, Osaka
International Advisory Board
Jaffer A. Ajani, Houston
Nasar K. Altorki, New York
Alan Cameron, Rochester
Ivan Cecconello, Sao Paulo
Parakrama Chandrasoma, Los Angeles
Apinop Chanvitan, Hat Yai
Lawrence R. Coia, Toms River
Andre Duranceau, Montreal
Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago
Arlene A. Forastiere, Baltimore
Jeffrey A. Hagen, Los Angeles
Pierre Hainaut, Lyon
Arnulf H. Hoelshcer, Cologne
Janus A. Jankowski, Oxford
David P. Kelsen, New York
Simon Ying Kit Law, HongKong
Toni Lerut, Leuven
Stephen J. Meltzer, Baltimore
Stefano Merigliano, Padova
Bruce D. Minsky, Chicago
James D. Mueller, Munich
Carlos A. Rubio, Stockholm
AnilK. Rustgi, Philadelphia
Mario Sarbia, Dusseldorf
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Stuart J. Spechler, Boston
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