期刊名称：NEPHROLOGY
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Nephrology
Nephrology is published six times per year by the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology. It has a special emphasis on the needs of Clinical Nephrologists and those in developing countries. The journal publishes reviews and papers of international interest describing original research concerned with clinical and experimental aspects of nephrology.
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Instructions to Authors
Nephrology publishes papers of international interest describing original research concerned with clinical and experimental aspects of nephrology that have not been published before (except in the form of an abstract, or as part of a published lecture, review or thesis).
Papers are published in the Journal in the order of final acceptance under the following headings: Original Articles, Brief Communications, Review Articles and Case Reports. Publication time for papers requiring no revision will be under 6 months from submission.
Submission of Manuscripts
Manuscripts that are incomplete or improperly set out will be returned to the author without review.
Contributions should be sent to:
The Assistant Editor
550 Swanston Street
PO Box 378
Carlton South
Victoria 3053
Australia
Research
Investigations in human subjects must conform to accepted ethical standards. Consent must be obtained from each patient after full explanation of the purpose, nature and risks of all procedures used and the fact that such consent has been given should be recorded in the paper.
In addition, authors must 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 World Medical Associations Declaration of Helsinki as revised by the 20th World Medical Assembly in Tokyo in 1975 (WHO Chronicle 1976; 30: 360-2).
Style of Papers
All contributions should be written in English: spelling should conform to the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English Usage. Style should conform to standard manuals such as Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, as presented in JAMA 1997; 277: 927-934.
Papers should be written so that they are intelligible to the professional reader who is not a specialist in the particular field. The Editors 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.
There will be no discrimination on the basis of the first language of the author(s). Where contributions are submitted to the Journal by authors who are not fully conversant with the English language, and where those contributions are judged as acceptable for publication on the basis of scientific content, the Editors may elect to have the English of such contributions improved. This English improvement service may be undertaken by the Editors, the publisher or an appointed representative of the publisher, and contributions so improved will be returned to the authors for final checking.
Manuscripts on Disk
Authors are encouraged to provide final copy in machine-readable form, but disks should not be sent until the paper has been accepted. It is essential that the final version of the hard copy and the file on the disk are identical. If they are different, the disk copy will be used.
Authors should supply their accepted papers as formatted text on disk (preferably WordPerfect or Microsoft Word on IBM compatible computers, but any word-processing format can be handled). It is essential that the hardware and the word processing package are specified in a covering note.
The paper should be divided into separate files for text and tables, and the following instructions adhered to.
Manuscripts
The manuscript should be arranged as follows: title page, abstract, key words, introduction, methods, results, discussion, acknowledgements, references, tables, figure legends, figures.
Authors should retain one copy of text, tables and illustrations, as the Editors cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage to typescript.
The abstract should not contain references or footnotes.
Text
(1) Do not insert a line space above or below headings, or between paragraphs.
(2) Use only one space after punctuation marks.
(3) Do not indent paragraphs or use a carriage return (enter) at the end of lines within a paragraph.
(4) Type the text unjustified and without end-of-line hyphenation, except in the case of compound words.
(5) Follow the heading style of the Journal.
(6) Use italics where appropriate, not underlining.
(7) Use single quotation marks.
(8) Do not use l (el) for 1 (one), or O (upper case o) for 0 (zero).
(9) Page numbers should not be included in the typescript file; the pages should be hand numbered.
Introduction
The rationale for the study should be summarized and pertinent background material should be outlined. The introduction should not contain either findings or conclusions.
Methods
Methods should be described in sufficient detail to leave the reader in no doubt as to how the results were derived.
Results
Results are presented in logical sequence in the text, tables and illustrations; repetitive presentation of the same data in different forms should be avoided. The results do not include material appropriate to the Discussion.
Discussion
The Discussion considers the results in relation to any hypotheses advanced in the Introduction. This may include an evaluation of methodology and of the relationship of new information to the existing corpus of knowledge in that field. Data given in the results section should not be reiterated here.
Acknowledgements
A brief acknowledgement of persons who made a genuine contribution and who endorse the data and conclusions should be included. Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to use any copyrighted text and/or illustration.
Tables
Tables are difficult to set from disk.
(1) Use only one Tab (not spaces) to separate each column.
(2) It is essential that an adequate hard copy is supplied.
References
The style and punctuation should conform to the Journal style. Examples follow:
Standard journal article (list all authors when six or less; when seven or more list only the first three and add et al.)
1. 謟en H, Colowick A, Freiha FS. Incidentally discovered solid renal masses: What are they? Br. J. Urol. 1993; 72: 274-6.
Books and other monographs
2. Kincaid-Smith P, Whitworth JA. The Kidney: A Clinico- pathological Study, 2nd edn. Blackwell Science, Oxford, 1987.
Chapter in a book
3. Carmichael D. Initial management of chronic renal failure. In: Gabriel R. (ed.) Practical Renal Medicine. Blackwell Science, Oxford, 1993; 198-213.
Abbreviations
Standard abbreviations may be used and should be defined in the Abstract and on first mention in the text. In general, terms should not be abbreviated unless they are used repeatedly and the abbreviation is helpful to the reader. Permissible abbreviations are listed in Units, Symbols and Abbreviations: A Guide for Biological and Medical Editors and Authors (Ed. D. N. Baron, 1985) published by The Royal Society of Medicine, London.
Review Articles
State-of-the-art Review Articles of not more than 8 printed pages (5000 words) will be published in the Journal. Each review should have a summary of not more than 300 words and a relevant conclusion. In addition, commissioned editorials relating to published papers, reviews and clinical science series (collections of articles based on a theme from basic principles to clinical practice) will be published.
Commentaries
Commissioned commentaries on nephrological practice and current issues will be published.
Submission of Manuscripts
Page proofs
Page proofs will be sent to the correspondence author prior to publication. Proofs should be checked immediately for typographical errors. The cost of alterations made to the proofs, other than the correction of typeseeting errors, will be charged to the author(s).
Manuscript
(1) The copies of the manuscript are typed double-spaced (including references, tables, figure legends and footnotes) on A4 (30 x 21 cm) paper with 5cm margins at the top and the left-hand side of the pages.
(2) All pages are hand numbered consecutively on the top right-hand corner beginning with the title page.
(3) Manuscript pages, in total, are enclosed.
Title Page
(1) Title is concise and informative and contains all key words. If the title consists of more than 40 characters (including spaces) a short running title (less than 40 characters) should be provided.
(2) The authors' names are listed as follows: intials and/or first name; middle initial(s); and family name.
(3) The hopsital or institution at which the research was undertaken is included and the present address(es) of author(s) is (are) included.
(4) The name, full postal address, telephone and facsimile numbers of the author to whom correspondence about the typescript, proofs and requests for offprints should be sent is provided and clearly identified. If there is more than one author it is assumed that agreement about the author responsible for correspondence has been reached.
Abstract
A concise abstract of no more than 250 words describes the purpose, basic procedures, main findings and the principal conclusions of the investigation.
Key Words
Key words (3-10) are provided below the abstract to assist indexers in cross-indexing the article. Use the Medical Subject Headings list from Index Medicus.
References
(1) References cited in the text, tables and legends are by Arabic numerals in superscript in the order in which they first appear in the text.
(2) References cited only in tables or in legends to figures are numbered according to a sequence established by the first identification in the text of the particular table or illustration.
(3) References are typed double spaced on sheets separate from the text and numbered consecutively in the order in which they appear in the text.
(4) Titles of journals are abbrviated in the reference list according to the style used in Index Medicus.
(5) Unpublished observations and personal communications are not listed as references. If essential, such material may be incorporated in the text.
(6) The style and punctuation of the references conform to the style of Nephrology (see examples in the Notice to Contributors).
Tables
(1) Tables are typed double spaced on a separate sheet, accompanied by an explanatory caption at the top.
(2) Tables are numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals
(3) Each table is referred to in the text and an indication of preferred position in the text is given.
(4) Explanatory matter is placed in footnotes below the tabular matter and not included in the heading: all non-standard abbreviations are explained in the footnotes.
Footnotes should be indicated by *, +, ++, ? Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in headings. Vertical rules and horizontal rules between entries should be omitted.
Figure Legends
(1) Legends are typed double spaced on a separate sheet.
(2) Figures are numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals.
(4) Preferred location of figures is noted in the margin of the text at the point of citation.
Figures
(1) Figures are presented to fit single column (81mm), double column width (169mm) or an intermediate column width (118mm).
(2) Illustrations are sharp, glossy black and white prints, and all photomicrographs have internal scale markers.
(3) Letters, numbers and symbols are clear and legible (equivalent to 8pt Univers).
(4) Titles, keys and detailed explanations are confined to legends and not included in illustrations.
(5) Each figure is identified clearly on the back with its number, name of author(s) and an arrow indicating orientation.
(6) Photographs of persons have been retouched to make the subject unidentifiable, or are accompanied by written permission from the subject to use the photograph.
(7) The authors agree to cover the cost of reproduction of all colour figures. The cost of reproducing one to three colour figures in the 2000 volume of Nephrology is AU$1,000/US$660/Yen70,000. Each additional colour figure will increase the cost by a futher AU$500/US$330/Yen35,000. These rates are subject to applicable GST.
(8) Line figures are enclosed.
(9) Photographs are enclosed.
Units
As far as possible all units conform to SI conventions, with the exception of blood pressure (mmHg).
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Gavin Becker, Melbourne, Australia
Managing Editors
Clinical Nephrology
Bruce Pussell
John Charlesworth
Nephrology & Developing Populations
David Pugsley
Experimental Nephrology
Hypertension & Physiology
David Harris
Kar Neng Lai
Yasuhiko Tomino
Renal Pathology
Hideto Sakai
Hidekazu Shigematsu
Dialysis
Peter Kerr
Akira Saito
Renal Transplantation
Graeme Russ
CME and Case Reports
Jeremy Chapman
Registries
Grace Siew Luan Lee
Alex Disney
Senior Consultant Editors
Robert C Atkins, Melbourne, Australia
KS Chugh, Chandigarh, India
Masashi Imai, Tochigi, Japan
Kyoshi Kurokawa, Tokyo, Japan
Visith Sitprija, Bangkok, Thailand
Haiyan Wang, Beijing, China
Editorial Correspondence
550 Swanston Street
Carlton South
Victoria 3053
Australia
Fax: +61 3 8359 1121
e-mail: nephrology@blackellpublishingasia.com
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