THE SHOWA UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF
MEDICAL SCIENCES
Published by the Showa University Society
The Showa University Journal of Medical Sciences is designed to contribute to theadvancement and diffusion of knowledge in all branches of medical sciences. The Journal publishes
original paper, reviews, lectures and case reports in the field of medical sciences including
medicine, dentistry, pharmaceutical sciences, nursing & rehabilitation sciences and arts & sciences.
General Information

1. The Journal is designed to afford an opportunity for members of the Showa University Society topublish.
2. Types of submissions : The following materials are acceptable for general submission : ①review, dissertations, opinion pieces, figures, data ; ② original paper, short communications ;③ case Report, clinical Report, technical notes, others. In addition, the Editorial Committee may
request feature articles, special contributions, lectures, speeches, and other specific contents.
3. Paper evaluation: The Editorial Committee can accept or reject submitted papers at its discretion.
Papers will be reviewed and edited by a minimum of two committee members or peer reviewers(designated by the committee as required), as well as the Committee Chairperson. Content may
be inserted, deleted, or amended during the review process.
4. Order of evaluation: Papers are evaluated in the order in which they are received. While thenormal review period is 14 days, the review will be carried out within 7 days if an expedited
evaluation fee is paid. However, the review period is not absolutely guaranteed.
5. Order of publication: Papers are generally published in the order of their acceptance. However,authors who paid the expedited publication fee in addition to the normal publication fee will begiven a priority for publication order.
6. Manuscripts must not have appeared in another journal, and should be written in English in asclear and concise manner as possible.
7. Manuscripts that reveal a lack of proper, ethical consideration for human subjects or experimental
animals will not be accepted.
8. The Journal will be published quarterly.
9. Submissions: From October 1, 2020, the online submission system (Editorial Manager) will beused for submissions. Submission site; https://www.editorialmanager. com/SUJ/
The first time you submit a manuscript, you must register your user information and obtain anaccount. The date of submission is the date when the receipt number is assigned. The author’s
operation manual for the Editorial Manager should be downloaded from the system.
Instructions for Authors
Manuscripts: Manuscripts must be A4 paper with the page number at the lower middle of eachpage and line numbers (Office Word settings) outside the left column., and 12 point fonts should be usedwith wide margins and double spacing. Manuscripts should be arranged in the following order; title
page (page number : 1), abstract, key words, introduction, materials (or subjects) and methods,results, discussion, acknowledgments, conflict of interest disclosure, references, tables, legends forfigures, and figures.

Title page: The title page should contain (1) the complete title of the article, which should beconcise but informative; (2) name (s) of all author (s); (3) name (s) and address (es) of their
institutions and department (s) or affiliation; (4) name and address of corresponding author; (5) arunning title not exceeding 50 letters and spaces (identified in parentheses).
Abstract: An abstract of less than 280 words should be intelligible to the reader, and be presented

in a concise form including the purpose, methods, findings and conclusions.
Key words: Up to five words suitable for indexing should be written at the bottom of the abstract

page.
Length of manuscript: Original paper, short communications and case reports should be as

concise as full documentation allows. They should rarely exceed 4,500 words excluding references,
figures and tables, though up to 6,000 words will be permitted for invited reviews.
Nomenclature: Binominal nomenclature should be used for animals, plants and microorganisms,with names in italics. Generic names should be used for drugs. Abbreviations not in common use
should be avoided as far as possible; if used, they should be spelled out on the first occurrence withthe abbreviated form shown in parentheses.
Units of measurement: CGS system should be used without a period, thus m, mm, µm, nm, l,ml, µl, kg, g, mg, µg, mg/dl, ppm, ℃, Bq, Gy, sec, min, hr.
Tables: Short informative titles should be written at the top of the table. Each table must fitwithin a single printed page.
Figures: Letters, lines, arrows, etc. should be sized appropriately and placed directly on figures.

Care should be taken with readability and changes in aspect ratio for figures not of original size.
The original magnification should be indicated for photomicrographs. The place for insertion ofeach figure or table should be indicated in parentheses in of the main text.
Conflict of interest disclosure: Each author who is listed on the title page should declare

any financial support or relationships that may pause conflict of interest.
English Proofreading: English texts must be proofread before being submitted to the journal.

When making their submissions, authors must attach a certificate of proofreading or other relevant
documentation (such as emails between the author and proofreader). A statement regarding theprofessional revision of the English text as well as the name of the reviser, can be included in theResearch Methodology section, rather than the Acknowledgments, if necessary.
References: All references should be numbered according to the order in which they are firstreferred. Consecutive numbers in parenthesis should be used to indicate the references in the main
text, e.g. (1, 2). In general, up to 30 references may be submitted for original papers, shortcommunications or case reports and up to 50 references may be submitted for review. Referencesshould be listed sequentially after the main text, according to the following example formats:
Journal article

Author (s) . Article title. Abbreviated title of the journal according to Index Medicus. Year ofpublication;Volume:First and last page numbers.
1. Sato K, Kumazawa T, Katsumata Y. Online high-performance liquidchromatographyfast atom bombardment mass spectrometry in forensic analysis. J
Chromatogr A. 1994;674:127-145.
More than three authors: List the first three authors followed by et al. Article not in English: Follow
with the language in parentheses.
2. Karibe C, Sato K, Marumo L, et al. A study on the right of self-determining
and quality of life in terminal care: based on the difference inconsiciousness for euthanasia and/or death with dignity between medical
students and biological students. J Showa Med Assoc. 2012;72:349-358. (inJapanese).
Entire Book

Author (s) /editor (s). Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; Year of publication. 3. BloomW, Fawcett DW. A textbook of histology. 10th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders; 1975.
Chapter in a book

Author (s). Article title. In Editor (s). Book title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher; Year ofPublication. First and last page numbers.
4. Sato K. Carbon monoxide. In Suzuki O, Watanabe K, eds. Drugs and poisons inhumans: a handbook of practical analysis. Heidelberg: Springer; 2005. pp91-99.
Electronic materialAuthor (s). Article title. Journal title (Type of medium). Year of publication;Volume:First and last
page numbers (or Date of Publication). (Date of Citation) Availability:
5. Urano-Morisawa E, Takami M, Suzawa T, et al. Induction of osteoblastic
differentiation of neural crest-derived stem cells from hair follicles. PLoS
One. 2017;12:e0174940. (accessed 2018 Nov 15) Available from:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC5383073/pdf/pone.0174940.pdf
6. World Health Organization. WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2011:
warning about the dangers of tabacco (Internet). 2011. (accessed 2012 Oct 29)
Available from: http://www.who.int/tobacco/global_report/2011/en/
Publication fees:

1) Ordinary publication fee : yen/page ￥7,000
2) Expedited publication fee: The fee for expedited publication, which gives the paper priority overthe normal order of publication, may be paid at a rate of 150% of the normal publication fee forsubmitted papers.
3) Expedited evaluation fee: An expedited evaluation fee of 50,000 yen may be paid to expedite thereview process. The expedited evaluation fee shall be paid at the same time as, and in addition to,
the publication fee. If the paper is not accepted, the expedited examination fee shall be paid after
the rejection notification.
4) The authors must pay for their print copy orders.
5) Color print fees for print copy orders: The cost of color printing will be estimated at the time ofproofreading. No additional charges are levied for online journal publication.
6) Publication fees (including the print copy fee) will be billed to the authors before the publicationof the journal. The fees must be deposited into the designated account by the fixed date. Thecopies will be mailed to the author as soon as the payment is confirmed.
Galley proofs: Proofs will be sent to authors twice to check for typesetting accuracy. No changes

to the original manuscript will be allowed at this stage.
Copyright: The copyright of the articles published in the Journal is transferred from the authors tothe Publisher, the Editorial Office of the Showa University Society, upon acceptance of themanuscript.
Announcement: The manuscripts published in our journal will be registered in the Showa

University Academic Resource Repository, and will be available online. In addition, it will be
published on J-STAGE.
Prohibition of duplicate submission: The stipulations regarding duplicate submission areas follows.
1) Definition of duplicate submission(1) Duplicate submission refers to the submission of a paper with content the same as or
extremely similar to that of another paper that has already been published or has been
submitted/contributed to another journal, etc. This applies regardless of sole authorship or coauthorship.
(2) Duplicate submission also refers to the submission of a paper that contains, without clearlyspecifying, the same data cited in a paper that has already been published or has been
submitted/contributed to another journal, etc.
(3) Duplicate submission also refers to the submission of a paper in a foreign language with
content the same as or extremely similar to that of a paper that has already been published in thisjournal.
(4) However, if the following conditions are fulfilled, the submission (dual submission) of a paper
deemed useful to the members of the Showa University Society may be permitted following
deliberation by the editorial committee.
1] Submission to this journal of a paper similar to one published in a foreign languagea) Clear specification that it has been published in a foreign languageb) Citation of the paper as a referencec) Submission of a document indicating the approval of the editor of the foreign language
journal2] Submission to a foreign language journal of a paper similar to one published in this journala) Approval of the editorial committee received through advance notificationb) Submission of a document (attachment) indicating the approval of the editorial committee

of this Society to the editor of the foreign language journalc) Citation of the paper as a reference2) Penalties for duplicate submission(1) If duplicate submission/publication is determined upon the receipt of a paper by this journal,
the paper shall be rejected.
(2) If duplicate submission/publication is determined for a paper that is under review after receipt
by this journal, retroactive measures shall be taken to revoke its receipt.
(3) If a paper published in this journal is found to be a duplicate submission/publication published
beforehand in this or another journal, the publication of the paper in future issues of this journal
shall be withdrawn, and a statement to that effect shall be made in the journal.
(4) If the duplicate submission/publication in another journal of a paper already published in thisjournal is determined, the author will be requested to withdraw the publication in the journal ofsubsequent publication.
(5) If duplicate submission/publication is determined, a statement to that effect will be made inthis journal, and a stern warning shall be issued to all of the authors. Also, for the following three
years, this journal shall not accept the submission of any paper in which the name of the firstauthor is included either as the lead author or as a co-author.
Revising of the THE SHOWA UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
instruction to authors: Revising requires consulting the Editorial Committee of Showa

University Society and obtaining approval.
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