【Submission Guidelines】
1. This Journal publishes reviews, original articles, case reports, andshort reports by regular members of the Medical Society ofKanazawa Medical University. It may also publish works bynon-regular members if the Editorial Board approves them.
Conference abstracts, general news, and summaries of Kanazawa
Medical University theses are also published in the Journal.
2. Ethics Code: The manuscript in basic and clinical research must
follow the relevant bioethical rules. In addition, the authors must
protect the privacy of personal information.
1) For experiments involving human subjects, the authors must
understand the Declaration of Helsinki principles and adhere tothe Clinical Trials Act, the Ethical Guidelines for Medical andBiological Research Involving Human Subjects, and theguidelines for medical research involving human subjects atKanazawa Medical University or other institutes. The authors
must state that the research was carried out with the approval of
the related committee(s) of Kanazawa Medical University orother institutes. In particular, the authors must follow the rules
outlined below, to protect the rights and privacy of the patients.
a. Do not include any information, such as patients’ names,initials, addresses, medical record numbers, and hospitalization
numbers that could be used to identify individual patients.
b. Do not include any information, such as the patients’occupations or the names of referring institutions or
departments that could be used to identify the patients.
c. Even if the patient cannot be identified by the date, use monthand year instead.
d. Put black lines on the eyes of the patients’ photographs toprevent identification of the patient.
e. When the patient can be identified despite the completion of allof the preceding procedures, obtain the patient’s consent forpublication. The consent can be granted by bereaved family,deputies, or the child patient’s guardians. At the time ofsubmission, include a copy of the consent with the manuscript.
2) For the animal experiments, the authors must follow theGuidelines for Proper Conduct of Animal Experiments andRelated Activities in Academic Research Institutions issued by
the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology or the Basic Guidelines for the Conduct of AnimalExperiments in Research Institutes by the Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare. The authors must state that the research
was carried out after approval by the animal experimentcommittee of Kanazawa Medical University or other institutes.
The authors must state that the animal experiments with genetic
recombination were carried out after approval by the safetycommittee for recombinant DNA experiments at Kanazawa
Medical University or other institutes.
3) For reports of hereditary disorders or cases involving humangenome and/or gene analysis, the authors must conform to theEthical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research
Involving Human Subjects, as well as the guidelines on humangenome/gene analysis research of Kanazawa Medical
University or other institutes. The authors must state that theresearch was approved by the ethics review committee ofKanazawa Medical University or other institutes.
4) For gene therapy clinical research, the authors must conform tothe Guideline for Gene Therapy Clinical Study.
5) For research that corresponds to the ethical guidelines by theJapanese government, the authors must state that the research
was carried out properly according to the relevant guidelines.
3. Manuscript format: A title, an abstract, keywords, a running title,
the main text, figures, tables, and references are included in themanuscript. The text must be in a file formatted in Microsoft Wordor PDF and printed on A4 paper. Figures and tables should becreated using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft
PowerPoint, or another software program. Figures and photographs
should be in JPEG, TIFF, or PNG format with a resolution of atleast 300 dpi. The text should be 11-point font, with 20 lines on apage, which takes approximately 300 words per page. There should
be margins on the top, bottom, left, and right sides of the page.

Page numbers should be placed in the bottom margin. The
manuscript should be no more than 30 pages long, including text,
figures, and tables (about 8,000 words).
4. Title: The title should be printed on the first page of themanuscript in the following order: title, author(s) name(s), andaffiliation(s). The publication category should be located in theupper left corner. To the right of the corresponding author’s name,an asterisk (*) should be added. The corresponding author’saffiliation, name, address, and e-mail address must be included.
5. Abstract: An abstract should be within 300 words. It should bedivided into the following sections: Purpose, Materials andMethods, Results, and Conclusions or Background, Cases,Findings, and Conclusions.
6. Keywords: Provide up to five keywords.
7. Running title: Include a running title within 80 characters.
8. Main text: The following sections should be included in theresearch, including experiments: Introduction, Methods, Results,and Discussion. Introduction, Case, and Observations should beincluded in clinical reports (invention). The approval by Kanazawa
Medical University’s or other institutions’ ethical review
committees should be stated in the text by the authors. It should be
noted that the manuscript might be rejected regardless of peer
review results when the Editorial Board determines that theauthors have violated the ethics. The authors should provide a brief
explanation for any units, symbols, abbreviations, and otherexpressions that are unique or used only in particular fields.
Heading codes in the text are as numbers in the following order: 1,1), (1), and i). These numberings do not apply to section titles such
as Introduction, Methods, and so on. For frequently repeated terms,abbreviations may be used. To accomplish this, the term’s nameshould be fully spelled out on its first appearance, with thestatement that it will be abbreviated in the future. The method ofstatistical processing should be stated when it is used.
9. Disclosure of conflicts of interest: At the end of the text, allauthors should declare whether or not they have any conflicts ofinterest related to the manuscript. Individual authors must attach
the self-report form of conflict of interest prescribed by theJournal.
10. References: References in the main text should be numbered as(1), (1-3), (1, 3-5) in the order of appearance. Superscripts should
not be used for citations in the main text. The References section
should be organized in the following numerical order:
1) For journals, include the following information: author names(up to three authors beginning with the first author; in case ofmore than three authors, “et al.” should be used), title, journalname (abbreviated), year of publication, volume number, andpage number (start-end pages).
・Johnstone BM, Taylor KJ, Boyle AJ: Mechanics of the Guineapig cochlea. J Acoust Soc Am 1970; 47: 504-8.
・Ferguson B, Matyszak MK, Esiri MM et al: Axonal damage inacute multiple sclerosis. Brain 1997; 120: 393-9.
2) For books, include the following information: author, title, editor,
book title, editorial version, publisher’s address and name, yearof publication, and page numbers (start-end pages).
・Mostofi FK: Benign hyperplasia of the prostate gland. InCampbell MF, Harrison JH (Eds), Urology (3rd ed), Philadelphia,
WB Saunders, 1970; 1065-129.
3) Provide the URL and date of access when citing materials or
information from the Internet.
・The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: Basic Plan toPromote Cancer Control Programs,
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/bunya/kenkou/dl/gan_keikaku02.pdf(accessed on July 1, 2016).
4) Use the same abbreviations for names of cited journals as
MEDLINE or Index Medicus.
5) If available, the electronic publication (Epub) date and DOI
should be listed for online journals (Epub format only) andearly publications (Epub ahead of print).
6) In principle, special reports, manuscripts under submission,
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available should not be cited as references.
11. Figures: Select the size for publication, 8 cm or 17 cm in width.
12. The Editorial Board decides acceptance or rejection of themanuscript, as well as the order of publication of manuscripts.
13. The manuscripts were proofread by the authors in both the first
proof and the reprint. Significant changes are not permitted during
the proofreading. The authors must keep the deadlines of theproofreading.
14. Any contents of the manuscript must not have been published inany other journals. It is also forbidden to make two or more
submissions at the same time. The following is an exception. Only
when a paper was originally published in Japanese in this Journal
does the Editorial Board expressly approve secondary publication
in English in other journals.
15. No charge for publication, up to ten pages of the general reviews,
up to eight pages of the original articles, and up to five pages ofthe case or short reports. The cost of extra pages and reprints is theresponsibility of the authors. For invited manuscripts, there is no
additional page charge. The expense of color photographs should
be borne by the authors.
16. Submission: To the address below, send one paper copy of themanuscript, the manuscript’s electronic data, the application form
for submission, the checklist, the written oath, and the self-reportof conflict of interest. Once the manuscript has been accepted, thefinal electronic data (including figures, tables, and photographs)
must be submitted.
17. The copyrights to works published in this journal belong to theMedical Society of Kanazawa Medical University.
Send submissions to:
Editorial Board, Journal of Kanazawa Medical University
1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada, Kahoku, Ishikawa 920-0293, Japan
E-mail: hrc-jimu@kanazawa-med.ac.jp
These guidelines were partially revised in March, 2022.