Information for authors:
Journal of Japanese Academy of Neuroscience Nursing publishes original articles, casereports and reviews in the nursing. Authors submitting a paper do so on theunderstanding that the work has not been published before, is not being considered for
publication elsewhere and has been read and approved all authors.
Manuscripts: Submit manuscripts in triplicate (one original and two copies) and provide
your manuscript on one newly formatted USB flash drive or CD; complete style printed
manuscripts on white A4 paper with 3 cm margin in each side, double-spaced copiesincluding figures and tables must accompany the flash drive or the disk. Label it clearlywith authors’ names and file content.
Manuscripts should be organized and numbered consecutively as follows: title page,abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgement,
reference lists, tables, legends to figures and figures in that order. Drawings and charts
for reproduction should be made in black and laser quality. Photographs and drawings
should be numbered on the back. Color illustrations are acceptable, however, theauthor(s) are requested to pay the extra costs. Author(s) should indicate the position of
the text figures and tables on the manuscripts.
Manuscripts should be checked by expert native speaker(s).
Abbreviations should conform to the style accepted in the Japanese Medical Sciences
and used in the Quarterly Cumulative Index Medicus.
Title page: The title page should contain: 1. a concise informative title; 2. Author(s)’sname(s); 3. Name of department(s)/institution(s) to which the work is attributed: 4.
Name, address, telephone and fax numbers of the author to whom correspondence about
the manuscript, and requests for offprints should be referred; 5. a running head of no
more than 30 characters.
Abstract and Key words: The abstract must not exceed 200 words. It should state thepurpose of the study, basic procedures (study subject/patients/animals and methods),
main findings and principal conclusions. Below the abstract, provide 3-5 key word thatwill assist indexers in cross-indexers in cross-indexing your article. Use terms from theMedical Subject Headings list from Index Medicus, whenever possible.
Acknowledgement: Acknowledge persons and grant sources that have made substantive
contributions to the study.
References: Number references consecutively in the order in which they are firstmentioned in the text. Identify references in text tables and legends by Arabic numerals(in parentheses). All references cited, and only these, must be listed at the end of thepaper. All authors’ names should be described. Abbreviations of journals must conform
those used in Index Medicus of the National Library of Medicine. The format should
conform to the examples listed below:
Reference to a journal:
Tamora B., Munagawa U., Yakoi Z., Sakuto J., and Nofaki M. (2018), Hand baths forimproving hand mobility in patients with acute stroke,Journal of Japanese Academyof Neuroscience Nursing, 4(1): 204-220.
References to a book:Panfueld A., and Lamdquast S. (1975), The Cerebral Cortex of Man, MacMillan, NewYork.
References to chapter in a book:
Snydal L and Lamdquast S. (2010), Cmplentray/Alternative Therapies in Nursing 3rd,90-94, Springer Pub, New York.