 Author Manuscript Check list |
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| Requirement | V |
| 1 | Typed double-spaced in 12-point font on A4 or letter-size paper and prepared as an electronic file, preferably using Microsoft (MS) Word. | |
| 2 | Sequence: title page, abstract and keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgment, references, tables, and figure legends. All pages should be numbered consecutively, starting from the title page. | |
| 3 | Title page with article title (fewer than 100 characters), authors’ full name(s) and affiliation(s), corresponding author (include phone and fax numbers and e-mail address), running title (fewer than 10 words), and footnotes, if any. | |
| 4 | Abstract in structured format within 300 words and key words from MeSH. | |
| 5 | Total text does not exceed 5,000 words (excluding abstract, references, and figure/table legends). | |
| 6 | All table and figure numbers appear in the text. | |
| 7 | References are listed in proper format. All listed references are cited in the text, and vice versa. | |
| 8 | A cover letter stating that the material has not been published previously and will not be submitted for publication elsewhere and reporting all conflicts of interest for all listed authors. | |
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