The Japan Academy of Neurosonology＜Style and Organization＞

Manuscripts should be written in English and should not exceed the following limits
unless prior approval is obtained by the Editorial Committee:
Reviews: 5 print pages (4500 words)
Original Articles: 4 print pages (3600 words)
Case Reports and Technical Notes: 3 print pages (2700 words)
Brief Communications: 2 print pages (1800 words)
Letters to the Editor: 1 print page (900 words)
Word limits include the main text, references, tables and figures. Each table and figure
counts as 225 words. Manuscripts exceeding the above limits could be subject toadditional fees.
Manuscripts should be divided into the following sections: Introduction, Materials andMethods, Results, Discussion, and References.
1) Title pageThe title page should contain the full title of the paper and the authors’ full names,
accompanied by highest earned academic degree, and institutional affiliations. Titles
should be short, clear and as specific as possible. A separate page with a running head
≤50 characters, including spaces, and the name, address (including postal code),
telephone and fax numbers and E-mail address of the author responsible forcorrespondence and galley proofs is also required.
2) Abstract
An abstract describing in less than 200 words exactly what was done, the results
obtained, and the conclusions drawn should be submitted on a separate page. On thesame page, 2 to 5 keywords should be listed in alphabetical order for coding andindexing. The NCBI Databases should be consulted for appropriate keywords.
3) References
Number references in the text in consecutive order with superscript Arabic numbers in
unpaired parentheses. For example, “Smith et al.1)” and “previous studies8,12,21) haveindicated”. List references in order of citation in the text. List all authors when three or1

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less; when four or more, list the first three followed by “et al.” Abbreviate journal titles
according to the NCBI Databases. If the manuscript includes any previously publishedtext, figures, or tables, authors are responsible for providing written permission toreproduce the material from the copyright owner and original authors. The style ofcitation is as follows:
Journal articles:
von Reutern GM, Goertler MW, Bornstein NM, et al.: Grading carotid stenosis
using ultrasonic methods. Stroke 2012; 43: 916-921.
Books:Zwiebel WJ, Pellerito JS: Introduction to vascular ultrasonography,
Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Science, 2004, 496 p.
Sections or Chapters in Books:
Saver JL, Feldmann E: Basic transcranial Doppler examination: Techniqueand anatomy, in: Babikian VL, Wechsler LR (Eds.), Transcranial Doppler
Ultrasonography, St. Louis, Mosby Publishing Co., 1993, p11–28.
Annual meeting abstracts:
Matthias Reinhard: Cerebral autoregulation: from concepts to clinical application.
Neurosonology 2015; 28(Suupl) : PES-1, 65-66.
Electronic book, electronic paper:
Sugawara R, Horinaka S, Yagi H, et al.: Central blood pressure estimation by using
N-point moving average method in the brachial pulse wave [internet]. Hypertens Res
2015; 38, 336–341; doi:10.1038/hr.2015.5.
Web site:
U.S. National Library of Medicine: Structured Abstracts. Information for Publishers[internet]. [updated 2014 Oct 01, accessed 2015 Jul 23],
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/policy/structured_abstracts.html.
Indicating is unnecessary if an updating date is unknown.
The name of a website will be omitted when it is the same as an author name.
4) Figures, photographs and tables
All figures and tables must be in English. Figures and photographs must be print
quality and must be submitted as Microsoft PowerPoint files. Black and white figuresand photographs are printed free of charge. If you wish to have your figures orphotographs printed in color, this must be clearly stated, in the cover letter. Color
printing is subject to a fee of 20,000 yen (tax inclusive) per page. Insert each table on aseparate page after the reference list along with a brief title and footnotes. Figure titles
and legends can be inserted after the tables or provided with the figures themselves in2

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the separate figure files.
5) Terminology
Terminology shall comply with the “Terminology of Neurosonology” of the Japan
Academy of Neurosonology. Units for numerical quantity to be used shall be unified tothose of International System of Units (SI) in principle including m, mm, μm, kg, g, mg,m2, l, ml, h (hour), min (minute), s (second) and ℃ (cm may be used conventionally).
Arabic numbers shall be used for expressing figures.
6) Abbreviations
When an abbreviation must be used, it should be defined at first appearance. Avoid
abbreviations in the title and abstract.

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