期刊名称：GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
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About the journal
ISSN: 1863-6705 (Print) 1863-6713 (Online)
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The General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is the official publication of The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Japanese Association for Chest Surgery, the affiliated journal of The Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, that publishes clinical and experimental studies in fields related to thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.
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Instructions to Authors
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Revised: January 1, 2019
General
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is the official publication of The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Japanese Association for Chest Surgery, the affiliated journal of The Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery , which publishes clinical and experimental studies in fields related to thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.
Manuscripts should be in one of the following categories: 1) Original Article, 2) Case Report, 3) How to Do It, 4) Review Article, 5) Letter to the Editor, and 6) Rapid Communication, and should be submitted online to: http://www.editorialmanager.com/gtcs/, using Editorial Manager.
All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by two or more referees. Acceptance is based upon significance, originality, and validity of the material presented. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, editorial revisions may be made to improve clarity and understanding without altering the meaning.
Please note: no changes concerning authorship are allowed once the manuscript is accepted.
Annual Award for Excellent Scientific Paper
A prize will be awarded annually by the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery for the best scientific paper.
Eligibility: All papers that are categorized as Original Articles, published in one of the 12 issues of General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery during the year preceding the selection.
Selection Procedure: A maximum of three best scientific papers, regardless of the field, will be selected from among the Original Articles published in the 12 issues preceding the selection.
Award: The winner will be awarded a certificate along with a prize given by the Association at the Annual Scientific Meeting.
Certification Form
All manuscripts must be accompanied by the statement that is attached at the end of the Instructions for Authors and must be signed by all authors. The form is also available at: http://www.springer.com/11748. A scanned file (PDF, TIFF, or JPEG) of the original signed agreement should be uploaded as a file at the time of online submission. All manuscripts must be the original work of the author(s) and be certified by the statement mentioned above that the material has not been previously published in any language.
Upon receipt of the Certification Form described above, manuscripts are officially recognized as submissions.
ETHICAL STANDARDS
Studies with human subjects
Investigations in humans must be in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee (institutional or regional) or with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and all subsequent revisions. All experimental studies require informed consent in due course, and the author(s) of the work should specify in the manuscript that such consent was obtained.
If doubt exists whether the research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors must explain the rationale for their approach, and demonstrate that the institutional review body explicitly approved the doubtful aspects of the study.
If any identifying information about patients is included in the article, the following sentence should also be included:
Additional informed consent was obtained from all patients for which identifying information is included in this article.
Studies with animals
All experiments involving animals should be in accordance with standard guidelines as recommended by the Science Council of Japan (http://www.scj.go.jp/en/animal/index.html)
or the National Research Council’s criteria (NIH publication No. 86-23, revised 1985) and the author(s) should include a statement to that effect in the Methods section of the manuscript.
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/11748/
In a manuscript submitted to General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, all disclosures should be inserted by the corresponding author in the “Conflict of Interest” before the reference list, as shown in the following example. The Conflict of Interest statement should list each author separately by name:
Conflict of Interest Statement
A (author name) serves as a consultant to Z (entity name); B’s spouse is chairman of Y; C received a research grant from X; D received lecture fees from V; E holds a patent on U; F has been reimbursed by T for attending several conferences; G received honoraria for writing promotional material for S; H has no conflict of interest.
Registration of clinical trials
As of June 1, 2013, the journal requires all clinical trials that prospectively assign human subjects to medical interventions, comparison groups, or control groups for the purpose of examining the potential health effects of such interventions, to be registered in one of several free, publicly accessible, non-profit electronically searchable databases such as the one administered by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), which is located at http://www.clinicaltrials.gov.
Trials that begin after June 1, 2013 must register before enrollment of the first study subject, and trials that began before the deadline must register prior to editorial review. Submitted manuscripts must include the unique registration number in the abstract as evidence of registration. For details regarding the required minimal registration data set, please go to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) site at http://www.icmje.org/#clin_trials.
The journal accepts registration in the following registries:
• http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ (Clinical Trials)
• http://actr.org.au (Australian Clinical Trials Registry)
• http://isrctn.org (ISRCTN Register)
• http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/index.asp (Netherlands Trial Register)
• http://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr (UMIN Clinical Trials Registry)
Preparation of Manuscripts
The manuscript must be written in English, typed double-spaced with wide margins throughout. "Times" is the preferable type font.
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.
Types of Articles
1) Original Article
The number of authors is limited to 10. The basic structure must consist of Abstract, Introduction (including Objective(s)), Subject(s), Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion, and must be limited to 7 printed pages, including title page, abstract, references, tables and figures..
2) Case Report
The number of authors is limited to 10. The basic structure must consist of Abstract, Introduction, Case(s), Discussion, and Conclusion, and must be limited to 3 printed pages, including title page, abstract, references, tables and figures.
3) How to Do It
The number of authors is limited to 6. This category includes short articles on methods or techniques recommended for surgery. This type article is limited to 2 printed pages including the title page, abstract, text, up to 8 references, figures with figure legends, and a maximum of 5 key words.
4) Review Article
The number of authors is limited to 10. The basic structure consists of abstract, text, all references, tables, and figures with legends, and is limited to 8 printed pages, including title page, abstract, references, tables and figures.
5) Letter to the Editor
Any view or opinion on an article appearing recently in the Journal is welcome. A letter should not exceed 500 words including references, if necessary. Letters are published at the editor’s discretion and may be edited for clarity.
6) Rapid Communication
Concise papers that are noteworthy and original will be considered for publication as a Rapid Communication. The maximum length is 1 printed page, including tables and figures. No more than 6 authors can be listed, and an abstract is required.
A printed page is approximately equivalent to 800 words.
Title Page
A separate page should be used for the title of the work, full name(s) of the author(s), each with his or her highest academic degree and institution, followed by the address to be used for correspondence, with telephone number, fax number, and email address.
Key words, which are limited to 5, should be listed following the address for correspondence.
Abstract
A structured abstract is to be written on a separate page following the title page of an Original Article and a Review Article. A Case Report, How to Do It, and Rapid Communication should have a one-paragraph, unstructured abstract. The abstract must not exceed 250 words for an Original Article or Review Article, and 150 words for a Case Report, How to Do It, and Rapid Communication. The structured abstract for an Original Article is to contain the following major headings: Objective(s), Methods, Results, and Conclusions. “Objective” is defined as the hypothesis or the purpose of the study. “Methods” are defined as the study design. “Results” include the outcome of the study and its statistical significance, if appropriate. “Conclusions” state the significance of the results. No abbreviations should be used in the title, the abstract, and the key words.
Tables
Tables should be printed on separate pages, cited in order in the text, and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. Each table should have a brief informative title. All abbreviations that have been used should be explained in footnotes. Identify any previously published material by giving the original source in the form of a reference at the end of the table footnotes. 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
All figures should be cited in order in the text and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals throughout. Letters, numbers, and symbols should be clear and even throughout and of sufficient size that when reduced for publication each item will still be legible. Figure parts should be identified by lowercase roman letters (a, b, etc.). If figures are supplied with uppercase labeling, lowercase letters will still be used in the figure legends and citations. If a figure has been published previously, acknowledge its source and submit written permission of author and publisher. The previously published source should also be included in the list of references.
Color figures will always be published in color in the online and print version.
All intraoperative pictures should be submitted in color. If submitted in black and white, authors may be requested to resubmit them in color.
For more information about preparing figures, please refer to the Artwork Guidelines available at the end of this document.
Legends for Figures
A brief descriptive legend (caption) should be provided for each figure. Legends are part of the text and should be appended to it on a separate page.
References
References should be numbered consecutively in the order of their citation in the text. Reference citations in the text should be cited sequentially and should be identified by numbers in square brackets, e.g., Ames et al. [1] reported… Generally, references should not exceed 30 for an Original Article, 15 for a Case Report, or 100 for a Review Article.
-For journals: Name(s) and initial(s) of author(s), title of article, journal name, date, volume number, and inclusive pages (list all authors when six or fewer; when seven and more, list six and add et al.). The titles of journals should be abbreviated according to the style used in the List of Journals Indexed for MEDLINE, available from the U.S. National Library of Medicine at www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/serials/lji.html
1. Minakawa M, Fukuda I, Inamura T, Yanaoka H, Fukui K, Daitoku K, et al. Hydrodynamic evaluation of axillary artery perfusion for normal and dideased aorta. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008; 56: 215-21.
2.Rao V, Christakis GT, Weisel RD, Buth KJ, Ikonomidis JS, Shirai T, et al. Changing pattern of valve surgery (abstract). Circulation 1996; 94 (Suppl): II113-20.
3. Mitchell AJ, Vaze A, Rao S. Clinical diagnosis of depression in primary care: a meta-analysis. Lancet. 2009. Doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 (09) 60879-5.
-For books: Name(s) and initial(s) of author(s), chapter title, name(s) and initial(s) of editor(s), book title, edition, city, publisher, date, and pages:
1.Reul GJ. Revascularization of the ischemic myocardium. In: Cooley DA, editor. Techniques in cardiac surgery. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1984. p. 221–58.
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 contains 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. 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.
Copyright Transfer
Authors will be asked to transfer copyright of their articles to the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery. This will ensure the widest possible protection and dissemination of information under copyright laws. All rights are reserved by the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior permission in writing from the Association.
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author.
Offprints
Offprints can be ordered by the corresponding author.
Color Illustrations
Online and print publication of color illustrations is free of charge.
Proofreading
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 responsible. In such a case, please contact the editorial office before returning the proofs to the publisher. 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.
OPEN CHOICE
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.
・More detail information for artwork, please refer to following section.
ARTWORK GUIDELINES
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Yutaka Okita, Osaka
Associate Editor-in-Chief
Hiroshi Date, Kyoto
Goro Matsumiya, Chiba
Masanori Tsuchida, Niigata
Section Editors-in-Chief
Heart: Kenji Minatoya, Kyoto
Congential Heart: Kisaburou Sakamoto, Shizuoka
Chest: Hiroshi Date, Kyoto
Esophagus: Yuichiro Doki, Osaka
Editorial Board
Hirokuni Arai, Tokyo
Ko Bando, Tokyo
Masayuki Chida, Tochigi
Seiki Hasegawa, Hyogo
Hajime Ichikawa, Osaka
Norihiko Ikeda, Tokyo
Masayoshi Inoue, Kyoto
Hisashi Iwata, Gifu
Takashi Kamei, Sendai
Shingo Kasahara, Okayama
Junjiro Kobayashi, Osaka
Hiroyuki Kuwano, Gunma
Yoshiro Matsui, Sapporo
Tetsuya Mitsudomi, Osaka
Shigeki Morita, Fukuoka
Kenji Okada, Hyogo
Morihito Okada, Hiroshima
Meinoshin Okumura, Osaka
Minoru Ono, Tokyo
Yoshikatsu Saiki, Sendai
Norihiko Shiiya, Shizuoka
Hideyuki Shimizu, Tokyo
Akira Shiose, Fukuoka
Takeshi Shiraishi, Fukuoka
Kenji Suzuki, Tokyo
Takaaki Suzuki, Saitama
Shuichiro Takanashi, Tokyo
Hiroya Takeuchi, Shizuoka
Fumihiro Tanaka, Kitakyusyu
Akira Tangoku, Tokushima
Akihiko Usui, Nagoya
Masayuki Watanabe, Tokyo
Hitoshi Yaku, Kyoto
Masaaki Yamagishi, Kyoto
Ichiro Yoshino, Chiba
Biostatisticians
Satoshi Morita, Kyoto
Toshiya Sato, Kyoto
Former Editors-in-Chief
Shinobu Miyamoto, 1953–1975
Masahiro Saigusa, 1976–1978
Tadashi Inoue, 1979–1982
Tatsuta Arai, 1983
Yukiyasu Sezai, 1984–1987
Tasuku Shoji, 1988–1991
Kozo Suma, 1992–1993
Shiaki Kawada, 1994
Yasuyuki Hosoda, 1995–1996
Hiromi Kurosawa, 1997–2000
Koichi Kobayashi, 2001–2002
Katsuhiko Tatsuno, 2003–2006
Shinichiro Miyoshi, 2007–2011
International Advisory Board
Anton E. Becker, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Edward L. Bove, Ann Arbor, USA
Gerald D. Buckberg, Los Angeles, USA
Joel D. Cooper, Philadelphia, USA
Joseph S. Coselli, Houston, USA
Delos M. Cosgrove III, Cleveland, USA
Tom R. DeMeester, Los Angeles, USA
Jean Deslauriers, Winnipeg, Canada
Stuart W. Jamieson, San Diego, USA
Joo Hyun Kim, Seoul, Korea
Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, USA
Yung-Chie Lee, Taipei, Taiwan
Patrick M. McCarthy, Chicago, USA
Bruce A. Reitz, Palo Alto, USA
H-J Schaefers, Homburg-Saar, Germany
Federico Venuta, Rome, Italy
Walter Weder, Zurich, Switzerland
William G. Williams, Toronto, Canada
Yi Long Wu, Guangzhou, P.R. China
The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
Society President
Yutaka Okita, Kobe
Society Vice President
Kohei Yokoi, Nagoya
Congress President
Hirokuni Arai, Tokyo
Congress President Elect
Hiroshi Date, Kyoto
Congress Vice President
Akihiko Usui, Nagoya
Directors
Masayuki Chida, Tochigi
Shunsuke Endo, Tochigi
Norihiko Ikeda, Tokyo
Takeshi Nagayasu, Nagasaki
Shoji Natsugoe, Kagoshima
Hitoshi Ogino, Tokyo
Minoru Ono, Tokyo
Yoshikatsu Saiki, Sendai
Kisaburou Sakamoto, Shizuoka
Yoshiki Sawa, Osaka
Hideyuki Shimizu, Tokyo
Kazuo Tanemoto, Okayama
Akira Tangoku, Tokushima
Hitoshi Yaku, Kyoto
Ichiro Yoshino, Chiba
Inspectors
Kiyoyuki Eishi, Nagasaki
Kazuhiro Hashimoto, Tokyo
Yoshiro Matsui, Sapporo
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