2.5

CiteScore

8.8

Global Impact Factor

The new submission system is online now. Please follow the steps below to register a new account to submit your manuscript:

  1. Create a new account;
  2. After receiving a confirmation e-mail, click on link to activate the account;
  3. Input your E-mail and password, and enter the system.

All submissions should be prepared with the following files, and submitted via our online system

  1. Cover letter
    • Concise summary of why your paper is a valuable addition to the scientific literature
    • Brief relation of your study to previously published work
    • Any recommended or opposed reviewers
    • Confirmation from all authors that the manuscript will be considered for publication. It has not been published nor is it under consideration for publication elsewhere. Also confirm you have got the permission to reproduce the published materials in your manuscript.
  2. Paper template
  3. Authors may submit their manuscript files in Word (as .doc or .docx), format. Word files must not be protected. Please download and prepare the following template:

    1. Microsoft word Template
  4. Manuscript length
  5. It does not impose a limit on the length of manuscripts so authors can provide as many details of their research results as possible.

  6. Title
  7. The title should be specific, descriptive, concise, and comprehensible to readers outside the subject field. The title should be indented left in 16 point bold Times New Roman font and placed at the top of page 1. Capitalize only the first letter of the title.

  8. Authors and affiliations
  9. All authors’ full names (the middle name can be abbreviated) should be listed together and separated by commas. Link affiliations to the author’s name with superscript numbers and list as follows: Laboratory, Department, Organization, City, State (in abbreviation if from USA , Canada , or Australia ), and Country. The Corresponding Author should be marked with an asterisk, and their exact contact address, email address and telephone number should be listed in a separate paragraph. This information will be published with the article if accepted. Any change of affiliation requests will not be allowed after publication. A note about the author’s new address can be added to the article’s webpage if needed. If the article has been submitted on behalf of a consortium, all author names and affiliations should be listed at the end of the manuscript.

  10. Headings and subheadings
  11. There should be no more than 4 levels of headings. The font of headings and subheadings should be 12 point normal Times New Roman, and only the first word should be capitalized.

  12. Abstract and keywords
  13. The abstract should:

    • Describe the context and purpose of the study
    • Explain how the study was performed, including any model organisms used, without methodological detail
    • Summarize the main findings and their significance
    • Be less than 300 words
    • Please minimize the use of abbreviations (if possible) and do not cite references in the abstract.
    • 5 to 10 keywords should be provided after the abstract in a separate paragraph.
  14. Main text
  15. The body text must be in 12 point normal Times New Roman font with a line space of at least 15 point. Any abbreviations should be listed before the introduction section. Standard International Units should be used throughout the manuscript.

    The main text should include:

    • Introduction
    • The Introduction section should provide a brief statement of the research background and whether the aim of the article was achieved.

    • Materials and methods
    • The Materials and methods section should provide sufficient detail to allow suitably skilled investigators to repeat your study. This section should include the design of the study and the type of materials involved, a clear description of all interventions and comparisons, and the type of analysis used, including a power calculation if appropriate. Generic drug names should generally be used. When proprietary brands are used in research, include the brand names in parentheses in the Materials and methods section.

      If materials, methods, and protocols are well established, authors may cite articles where those protocols are described in detail, but the submission should include sufficient information to be understood independent of these.

      For studies involving human participants, a statement detailing ethical approval and consent should be included in the methods section. For further details of the journal’s editorial policies and ethical guidelines see “Specific Reporting Guidelines.”

    • Results, Discussion, Conclusions
    • These sections may all be separate, or they may be combined to create a mixed Results/Discussion section (commonly labelled “Results and Discussion”) or a mixed Discussion/Conclusions section (commonly labelled “Conclusions”).

      Authors should describe and explain the results of the experiments in these sections; they should explain how the results relate to the hypothesis presented as the basis of the study and provide a concise explanation of the implications of the findings, particularly in relation to previous related studies and potential future directions for research.