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Submission Regulations

Journal of Health Care and Nursing
Submission Regulations
Ⅰ．Submission qualifications
Faculty members and persons who have been
approved by the editorial committee.

the research results are significant andworthy of presentation.
Practice report:A report on educational activities andhealth care and nursing practices contributing

Ⅱ.Author qualifications

to the improvement and development ofAuthors who have made a significant intellectual

educational and health care and nursing

contribution to the submitted paper. These authors

practices, whose results are worthy ofmust have sufficiently participated in the research,presentation.

be involved in the preparation of the manuscript,

Material:Includes useful survey data and literatureand be responsible for the paper content. Those

examined and deemed worthy of presentation.

who only provided partial advice or assistance, such

Other:Those approved by the editorial committee,

as obtaining funds or data collection, may not besuch as academic conference participationconsidered authors. The co-authors must review thereports.

final manuscript before submission and sign the coauthor agreement consent form before the author
submits the manuscript.

Ⅴ.Ethical considerations
Research involving humans and animals must beapproved by the Research Ethics Review Committee

Ⅲ.Paper acceptance or rejectionof the institution where the author is affiliated. The

The editorial committee will determine whether

ethical review approval number and details shouldor not to accept the submitted paper for publication.

be written on the submission application form and in

The results of the peer review will be used as a

the main text. Since individuals may be identified inreference when considering acceptance.

manuscripts submitted for peer review, the information
will not be displayed in the main text.

Ⅳ.Manuscript types
Manuscript types include reviews, editorials,original articles, research reports, practice reports,and materials with the following contents.

Ⅵ.Conflicts of interest
If financial support has been received within theprevious year that would create a conflict of interest
with a company, organization, or group related toReview:Comprehensive discussion of a specificthe presented content, this should be disclosed aftertheme that gathers internal and external

the acknowledgments section. If there is no conflictknowledge from multiple perspectives.

of interest, the phrase“Authors declare no conflict

Editorial:An article that expresses one’s opinion,of interest”should be inserted.

outlook, or proposal on a specific theme.
Original article:An article with a logical and clear
concept based on research results obtained

Ⅶ.Writing guidelines
1.Manuscript format

from unique data, logically shows new

The manuscript size should be A4, with at least

knowledge, is original, and has a clear

2.5cm margins on the top, bottom, left, and rightacademic significance.

sides. Each page must contain 40 lines. The text

Research report:Although the content does notshould be written in 12-point Times New Romanreach the level of that of an original article,font. The marker function should be used to conceal

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1094）Creation of figures and tables

such as the ethical review approval number in the（1） O riginal figures and tables are defined as thosemain text or the acknowledgments. Each page ofthat have not been published or presented

the submitted manuscript should include the pageelsewhere. Figures and tables should be ori-number（bottom center）and line numbers.

gial drawings made on a personal computer.
Figures and photographs must be of a2.Manuscript length

sufficient resolution（approximately 600 dpi orSubmitted manuscript must be ≤ 8 , 000 words,higher）and must be submitted in TIFF, JPEG,including the main text, figures, tables, andPNG, or PTT format when submitting thereferences, regardless of the paper type. Authors

final manuscript.

are responsible for the necessary expenses in cases
where the paper exceeds these requirements.

（2） Figures and tables are created in a separate
file from the main text, and the position tobe inserted in the main text is specified. As

3.Manuscript compositiona guideline for converting figures and tables

Generally, the manuscript should be written

into characters, those with the maximum sizein accordance with the American Psychologicalof an A4 sheet are approximately 400 words,Association（APA）Style. Please submit a submission

those with half the size of an A4 sheet areapplication form when submitting a manuscript.

approximately 200 words, and those with aThe composition of the submitted manuscript is as

quarter of the A4 paper are approximately

follows.

100 words.

1）Submission application form
The submission application form should include

5）References（1） It is preferable to use printed or available

the paper title, author name, affiliation, preferred

documents as references. Citations from web

article type, contact information, conflicts of interest,

pages must take full account of requirements

and ethical considerations, all according to thesuch as whether the URL is unchanged andformat.

whether anyone can view the page.

2）Title and abstract
Write the paper title, abstract（approximately
300 words）, and up to 5 keywords3）Main text（2） I n the main text, the reference should beindicated as“author/publication year method（author name and publication year inWestern calendar）,”and the list of references（1） The section headings should be numbered

should be listed in alphabetical order by thein the following order Ⅰ, 1, 1）and（1）for

first author’s name, according to the example.

sections, subsections, and subsubsections,〈Example of references in main text〉

respectively.

Example 1）Sato（2008）...

（2） Generally, the paper should be presented in

Example 2）...was stated（Sato, 2008）.

the following order:introduction（background

Example 3）Yamada et al.（2011）...

and purpose）, methods, results, discussion,Example 4）...was stated（Sawada et al., 2012）.

conclusion, and acknowledgments.

Example 5） Erikson et al.（1997 / translated by Murase（3） N u m e r i c a l u n i t s s h o u l d b e e x p r e s s e daccording to APA style.

（4） Commonly used abbreviations should be used.

et al., 2001）...
Example 6） ...was reported （Sato, 2008 ; Yamada,2011）.

If uncommon abbreviations are used, theyNote） Only the first author should be listed; if there

should be defined at their first appearance inare two or more authors,“et al.”should bethe paper.

written after the name of the first author.

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Additionally, if multiple papers are listed2001）, Murase, T., Kondo, K.（trans.）,simultaneously, use“;”as shown in Example

Completion of the life cycle（expanded6）.

edition）, pp. 181-190. Misuzu Shobo.

〈Example of list of references〉*The edition number should not be stated if it is
the first edition.

*If the book or translation is published in Japan,（5） Journal paperA uthor name （publication year）. Paper title.
Publication journal name. Issue or volume（issue）,first page–last page.

then the place of publication may be omitted.

Okajima. S., Hirota. A., Kimura. E., et al.（2013）.

*Up to three authors should be listed, and if there

Health-related quality of life and associatedare four or more authors, “et al.” should befactors in patients with primary lymphedema.

included after the third author.

Japan Journal of Nursing Science, 10（2）, 202-211.

（1） Book（single citation）
Author name （publication year）. Book name（6） O nline version of academic journals（if there isno DOI）

（edition number）. pp. First page–last page.

Author name（year）. Paper title. Journal name.

Publisher. Place of publication.

Volume（issue）, first page–last page. URLExample） Sato, T.（2013）. Perspectives on qualitativeExample） S adanaga, C., Okamitsu, K. （2014）.

psychology. pp.87-90. Shinyosha.

Factors influencing elderly patients’（2） Book（citation in multiple locations）

decision making to undergo cardiac*Omit the pages, and write the page in the main

surgery. Journal of Japanese Nursing

text citation.

Ethics, 6（1）, 12-19.

Author name （publication year）. Book nameh ttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/（edition number）. Publisher. Place of publication.

jjne/6/1/6_12/_pdf/-char/jaExample） Sato, I.（2008）. Qualitative data analysis（7） O nline version of academic journals（if there ismethods:principles, methods, andpractice. Shinyosha.

（3） B ook （citation of a chapter from an editedbook）a DOI）
Author name（year）. Paper title. Journal name.
Volume（issue ）, first page–last page. doi: DOI
numberChapter author name（publication year）. ChapterExample） N iiya, K. （2016）. The trajectory oftitle. Editor’s name（ed.）, book name（edition

nursing based on the changes in patientnumber）. pp. The first page of the chapter–

education in Japan for 70 years after

the last page of the chapter. Publisher. Place ofWorld War II: From the viewpoint ofpublication.

basic nursing education and clinicalExample） Osada, Y.（2016）. Chapter 2:Psychology

practice. Journal of Japan Academy ofof learning and memory–B memory.

Nursing Science, 36, 9-18. doi: 10.5630/

Osada, H.（ed.）, Psychology for nursing

jans.36.9

students（2nd edition）. pp. 17-27. Igaku（8） Citation from web page

Shoin.

*Avoid as much as possible; do not cite materials（4） Translation（single citation）

without an author name whose contents are

Original author name（original publication year/

subject to change.

translation publication year）. Translator nameAuthor name（publication year）. Title. Website（trans.）, translated book title（edition number）,name. URL（search year, month, and date）.

pp. First page–last page. Place of translation

Example） Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

publication.

of Japan （2017）. Overview of 2016Example） E rikson, E.H., Erikson, J.M. （1997 /vital statistics（confirmed numbers）.

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contact the editorial committee below for questionsof Japan website. https://www.mhlw.

about the submission URL, document protection

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password, or submission method.

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Ⅷ.Proofreading
The author will proofread only the first draft, andno major additions or revisions will be accepted
during the proofreading.

J ournal of Health Care and Nursing Editorial
Committee, Faculty of Health Care and Nursing,
Juntendo University
TEL 047-355-3111
FAX 047-350-0654

Ⅸ.Authors bear the expenses

e-mail kenkyuu@juntendo.ac.jp

The publication fee is free.
The author bears reprint expenses. Furthermore,
if special printing expenses（e.g., color photos）arerequired, the author must bear the costs for these.

These regulations will come into effect from July
15, 2003.
Partial revision:July 1, 2008
Partial revision:June 4, 2009

Ⅹ.CopyrightThe copyright of the papers published in thisPartial revision:June 2, 2010
Partial revision:July 11, 2012

journal belongs to the Juntendo University FacultyPartial revision:February 7, 2017of Health Care and Nursing, and this faculty has thePartial revision:May 17, 2017

right to digitize the paper.

Partial revision:June 12, 2017
Partial revision:January 10, 2018

Ⅺ.How and where to submit manuscripts

Partial revision:June 19, 2019

Generally, manuscripts must be submitted online,

Partial revision:January 20, 2021

and the password specified by the editorial

Partial revision:January 12, 2022

committee must be set for each manuscript. Please

Partial revision:February 19, 2024