期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF UROLOGY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
International Journal of Urology is the official English language journal of the Japanese Urological Association, publishing articles of scientific excellence in urology. Submissions of papers from all countries are considered for publication. All manuscripts are subject to peer review and are judged on the basis of their contribution of original data and ideas or interpretation.
Instructions to Authors
Aims and Scope
International Journal of Urology is the official English journal of The Japanese Urological Association, and publishes original research articles dealing with clinical and laboratory urology.
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by two anonymous reviewers and the Editor. The Editorial Board reserves the right to refuse any material for publication and advises that authors should retain copies of submitted manuscripts and correspondence as material cannot be returned. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editorial Board.
Submission of Manuscripts
All articles submitted to the journal must comply with these instructions. Failure to do so will result in return of the manuscript and possible delay in publication.
All contributions should be written in English. Manuscripts should be written so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in the particular field. Where contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of scientific content, the Editor or the Publisher reserve the right to modify typescripts to eliminate ambiguity and repetition and improve communication between author and reader. If extensive alterations are required, the manuscript will be returned to the author for revision.
Covering letter
Papers are accepted for publication in the journal on the understanding that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. This must be stated in the covering letter.
Authors must also state that the protocol for the research project has been approved by a suitably constituted Ethics Committee of the institution within which the work was undertaken and that it conforms to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki in 1995 (as revised in Edinburgh 2000). All investigations on human subjects must include a statement that the subject gave informed consent and patient anonymity should be preserved. Any experiments involving animals must be demonstrated to be ethically acceptable and where relevant conform to National Guidelines for animal usage in research.
Authors should declare any financial support or relationships that may pose conflict of interest.
Submission
The original manuscript and four copies, should be submitted to:
Editorial Office, International Journal of Urology,
The Japanese Urological Association,
Saito Bldg., 5F, 2-17-15 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0034, Japan.
Email: jpurol@mb.infoweb.ne.jp; tel: +81 3 3814 7921; fax: +81 3 3814 4117.
(As a rule, courier or registered mail should be used.) Manuscripts not accepted for publication will be returned to the corresponding author by regular mail.
Copyright
Papers accepted for publication become copyright of The Japanese Urological Association and authors will be asked to sign a transfer of copyright form. In signing the transfer of copyright it is assumed that authors have obtained permission to use any copyrighted or previously published material. All authors must read and agree to the conditions outlined in the Copyright Assignment Form, and must sign the Form or agree that the corresponding author can sign on their behalf. Articles cannot be published until a signed Copyright Assignment Form has been received.
Manuscript Categories
Original Articles should not exceed 3000 words, not counting the abstract, references, tables and legends to figures and illustrations.
Short Communications should describe important new observations worthy of rapid publication, and should not exceed 1500 words, with up to 10 references and four tables and/or figures.
Case Reports should describe new observations of diseases, clinical findings or novel/unique treatment outcomes relevant to practitioners in urology. They should not exceed 1500 words, with up to 10 references and four figures. The text should be arranged as follows: Abstract; Introduction; Case Report; Discussion.
Procedures should outline particular techniques used to overcome problems in urology, not exceeding 1000 words. The text should be arranged as follows: Abstract; Introduction; Procedure or Technique; Discussion.
Skills and Pitfalls should describe particular skills or problems to be aware of in urology, and should not exceed 700 words (a maximum of 200 words for the abstract and 500 for the remaining text). There should be up to 10 references and four figures. Both text and abstract should be unstructured.
Letters to the Editor may offer criticism of published material. They must be objective, constructive and educational and should not exceed 500 words, excluding references and legends to figures, illustrations or tables. Name and affiliation should appear at the end of the letter.
Review Articles are submitted upon invitation by the Editor. Reviews should be a focused, brief treatment of a contemporary development in a single area.
Editorials on current, relevant topics may be published periodically.
Preparation of the Manuscript
Submissions should be printed, doubled-spaced, on one side only of A4 paper. The top, bottom and side margins should be 30 mm. Laser or near-letter quality print is essential. All pages should be numbered consecutively in the top right-hand corner, beginning with the title page. Indent new paragraphs. Turn the hyphenation option off, including only those hyphens that are essential to the meaning.
Style
Manuscripts should follow the style of the Vancouver agreement detailed in the ‘Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals’, as presented in JAMA 1997; 277: 927–34 (http://www.acponline.org/journals/annals/01jan97/unifreqr.htm).
The journal uses US spelling and authors should therefore follow the latest edition of the Merriam–Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. All measurements must be given in SI units as outlined in the latest edition of Units, Symbols and Abbreviations: A Guide for Medical and Scientific Editors and Authors (Royal Society of Medicine Press, London).
Abbreviations should be used sparingly and only where they ease the reader’s task by reducing repetition of long, technical terms. Initially use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation.
At the first mention of a chemical substance, give the generic name only. Trade names should not used. Drugs should be referred to by their generic names, rather than brand names.
Parts of the manuscript
Manuscripts should be presented in the following order: (i) title page, (ii) abstract and keywords, (iii) text, (iv) acknowledgments, (v) references, (vi) figure legends, (vii) tables (each table complete with title and footnotes) and (viii) figures.
Footnotes to the text are not allowed and any such material should be incorporated into the text as parenthetical matter.
Title page
The title page should contain (i) the category of the paper, (ii) the title of the paper, (iii) the full names of the authors and (iv) the addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out together with (v) the full postal and email address, plus facsimile and telephone numbers, of the author to whom correspondence about the manuscript, proofs and requests for offprints should be sent.
In keeping with the latest guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, each author’s contribution to the paper is to be quantified.
The title should be short, informative and contain the major key words. A short running title (less than 40 characters, including spaces) should also be provided.
Abstract and key words
Original Articles must have a structured abstract that states in 250 words or less the purpose, basic procedures, main findings and principal conclusions of the study. Divide the abstract with the headings: Aim, Methods, Results, Conclusions. Other article types must have an unstructured abstract of 150 words or less. The abstract should not contain abbreviations or references.
Five key words should be supplied below the abstract and should be taken from those recommended by the Index Medicus Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) browser list (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html).
Text
Authors should use subheadings to divide the sections of their manuscript. For Original Articles these should be: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgments, References.
Acknowledgments
The source of financial grants and other funding should be acknowledged, including a frank declaration of the authors’ industrial links and affiliations. The contribution of colleagues or institutions should also be acknowledged. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not allowed.
References
The Vancouver system of referencing should be used.
In the text, references should be cited using superscript Arabic numerals in the order in which they appear. If cited only in tables or figure legends, number them according to the first identification of the table or figure in the text.
In the reference list, the references should be numbered and listed in order of appearance in the text. Cite the names of all authors when there are six or less; when seven or more list the first three followed by et al. Names of journals should be abbreviated in the style used in Index Medicus.
Reference to unpublished data and personal communications should appear in the text only.
References should be listed in the following form:
Journal article
1. Gibas Z, Prout DF Jr, Pontes JR. Chromosome changes in germ cell tumours of the testis. Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. 1986; 19: 254–52.
Book
2. Ernstoff M. Urologic Cancer. Blackwell Science, Boston, 1997.
Chapter in a Book
3. Gilchrist RK. Further commentary: Continent stroma. In: King LR, Stone AR, Webster GD (eds). Bladder Reconstruction and Continent Urinary Diversion. Year Book Medical, Chicago, 1987; 204–5.
Tables
Tables should be self-contained and complement, but not duplicate, information contained in the text. Tables should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. Each table should be presented on a separate sheet of A4 paper with a comprehensive but concise legend above the table. Tables should be double-spaced and vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Column headings should be brief, with units of measurement in parentheses; all abbreviations should be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: ?, ?, §, , should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. The table and its legend/footnotes should be understandable without reference to the text.
Figures
All illustrations (line drawings and photographs) are classified as figures. Figures should be cited in consecutive order in the text. Each figure should be labeled on the back in very soft marker or chinagraph pencil, indicating name of author(s), figure number and orientation. (Do not use an adhesive label.) Figures should be sized to fit within the column (82 mm), intermediate (118 mm) or the full text width (173 mm).
Line figures should be supplied as sharp, black and white graphs or diagrams, drawn professionally or with a computer graphics package; lettering should be included.
Photographs should be supplied as sharp, glossy, black and white photographic prints and must be unmounted. Individual photographs forming a composite figure should be of equal contrast, to facilitate printing, and should be accurately squared. Photographs need to be cropped sufficiently to prevent the subject being recognized, or an eye bar used; otherwise, written permission to publish must be obtained. Magnifications should be indicated using a scale bar on the illustration.
Color figures
Color photographs should be submitted as good quality, glossy color prints. Authors may be charged for color figure reproduction.
Figure legends
Legends should be self-explanatory and typed on a separate sheet. The legend should incorporate definitions of any symbols used and all abbreviations and units of measurement should be explained so that the figure and its legend is understandable without reference to the text. (Provide a letter stating copyright authorization if figures have been reproduced from another source.)
Manuscripts on Disk
Authors are required to provide their manuscripts on disk; however, disks should not be sent until the manuscript has been accepted.
Use a new disk rather than a reformatted disk; the disk must contain the relevant file(s) only. Authors should supply their accepted paper as formatted text. It is essential that the hardware and the word processing package are specified on the disk (e.g. IBM, Word 7), as well as the first author’s surname, the journal title and the manuscript number.
The entire article (including tables) should be supplied as a single file; only electronic figures should be supplied as separate files. The following instructions should be adhered to.
It is essential that the final, revised version of the accepted manuscript and the file saved on disk are identical.
Do not use the carriage return (enter) at the end of lines within a paragraph.
Turn the hyphenation option off.
Specify any special characters used to represent non-keyboard characters.
Take care not to use l (ell) for 1 (one), O (capital o) for 0 (zero) or ? (German esszett) for b (Greek beta).
Use a tab, not spaces, to separate data points in tables.
If you use a table editor function, ensure that each data point is contained within a unique cell, i.e. do not use carriage returns within cells.
Digital figures must be supplied as .tif or .eps files at a resolution of at least 300 d.p.i. (high-resolution print-outs are also required)
On-line guidelines
If possible, authors should visit the Blackwell Science website for authors at http://www.blackwell-science.com/elecmed/authors/htm which details further information on the preparation and submission of articles and figures and gives access to the Blackwell house style guide.
Proofs
Proofs will be sent via email as an Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) file and should be returned within 3 days of receipt. Alterations to the text and figures (other than the essential correction of errors) are unacceptable at proof stage and authors may be charged for excessive alterations.
Acrobat Reader will be required in order to read the PDF. This software can be downloaded (free of charge) from the following Web site: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. This will enable the file to be opened, read on screen, and printed out in order for any corrections to be added. Further instructions will be sent with the proof.
Authors should therefore supply an email address to which proofs can be emailed. Proofs will be faxed if no email address is available. If absent, authors should arrange for a colleague to access their email, retrieve the PDF proof and check and return them to the publisher on their behalf.
Offprints
A minimum of 50 offprints will be provided upon request, at the author’s expense. An Offprint Order Form outlining the cost of offprints will be sent to the corresponding author with the page proofs. Offprints will be provided only if a completed Offprint Order Form is returned to the publisher by mail by the specified date.
Blackwell Journal Online
International Journal of Urology is also available online via Blackwell Synergy. Full-text online articles include reference links to cited articles and external databases, and a full search facility so that you can find the information you are looking for. Keep up to date with the latest tables of contents emailed directly to your desktop by registering for free at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com
Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief Emeritus
Yoshio Aso, MD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Urology, The University of Tokyo
Osamu Yoshida, MD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Urology, Kyoto University
Kazuki Kawabe, MD, President, Yaizu City Hospital
Masaru Murai, MD, Professor, Department of Urology, Keio University
Editor-in-Chief
Sadao Kamidono, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology, Kobe University, Japan
Associate Editors
Tadaichi Kitamura
Shiro Baba
Yukihiko Oishi
Kosaku Yasuda
Osamu Nishizawa
Kimio Fujita
Katsusuke Naito
Deputy Editors
Hiroshi Okada
Shigeo Horie
Editorial Board
Hideyuki Akaza
Yoichi Arai
Asami Ariyoshi
Nobuhiro Deguchi
Takashi Deguchi
Makoto Fujime
Tomoaki Fujioka
Hidetoshi Fukatsu
Hideki Fuse
Akira Hasegawa
Masamichi Hayakawa
Eiji Higashihara
Yoshihiko Hirao
Yukio Homma
Yoshio Hosaka
Kiyotaka Hoshinaga
Mikio Igawa
Nobuhisa Ishii
Haruo Ito
Teruaki Iwamoto
Susumu Kagawa
Yoshiyuki Kakehi
Tadao Kakizoe
Hiroshi Kanetake
Tetsuro Kato
Yoji Katsuoka
Kazunori Kihara
Kenjiro Kohri
Tomohiko Koyanagi
Yoshinobu Kubota
Hiromi Kumon
Takashi Kurita
Zenjiro Masaki
Tadashi Matsuda
Tetsuro Matsumoto
Masahiro Matsushima
Tsuneharu Miki
Ikuo Miyagawa
Seiji Naito
Masayuki Nakagawa
Jun Nakashima
Mikio Namiki
Taiji Nishimura
Shinshi Noda
Yoshio Nomura
Osamu Ogawa
Yoshihide Ogawa
Yasuo Ohashi
Yoshiyuki Ohno
Kenji Oishi
Yusaku Okada
Akihiko Okuyama
Yukio Osada
Shinichi Oshima
Hiroki Shima
Toshiaki Shinka
Taro Shuin
Yoshiki Sugimura
Koji Suzuki
Tadashi Suzuki
Masaaki Tachibana
Kota Takahashi
Masayuki Takeda
Yukie Takimoto
Toshiro Terachi
Akihiko Tokue
Hiroshi Toma
Taiji Tsukamoto
Shoichi Ueda
Takashi Umeda
Tsuguru Usui
Sunao Yachiku
Osamu Yamaguchi
Hidetoshi Yamanaka
Masayoshi Yokoyama
Osamu Yokoyama
Hideki Yoshida
Kenichiro Yoshida
Urological Association of Asia
K Sasidharan (India)
E Kasavan (Singapore)
Sahabudin Raja Mohamed (Malaysia)
Rainy Umbas (Indonesia)
Jose Jeyes (Philippines)
M A Wahab (Bangladesh)
International Advisory Board
Lennart Andersson (Sweden)
Pichai Bunyaratavej (Thailand)
Wan-Hsuen Chiang (Taiwan)
Abraham TK Cockett (USA)
Frans MJ Debruyne (The Netherlands)
Louis Denis (Belgium)
Mostafa M Elhilali (Canada)
John M Fitzpatrick (Ireland)
Rudolf Hohenfellner (Germany)
Young Kyoon Kim (Korea)
Roger Kirby (UK)
Etienne Mazeman (France)
Robert P Myers (USA)
Michele Pavone-Macaluso (Italy)
Claude C Schulman (Belgium)
J Stuart Taylor (Australia)
Chieh-Ping Wu (China)
Production Editor
Maria Sarris (maria.sarris@blackwellpublishingasia.com)
Address for Editorial Correspondence
International Journal of Urology Editorial Office,
c/o The Japanese Urological Association,
Saito Building, 5F, 2-17-15, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0034, Japan
(tel: (+81) 3 3814 7921; fax: (+81) 3 3814 4117; email: jpurol@mb.infoweb.ne.jp).
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