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The aim of the Hong Kong Journal of Nephrology, a peer-reviewed publication of the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology, is to
promote clinical and scientific research in the field of nephrology and to serve as a channel of communication among nephrologists and
renal nurses in Hong Kong, China, and the international community.
The journal invites original contributions relating to clinical
or laboratory investigations of relevance to nephrology, dialysis or transplantation. Papers relating to basic immunology, anatomy and
physiology are also welcomed if they relate to the kidney.
Manuscript Submission
We encourage authors to submit
manuscripts as e-mail attachments to the Editor-in-Chief at: hkjn@hkjn.org
If you are unable to submit your manuscript
by e-mail, you may submit it on a 3.5" floppy disk and post it, together with three hard copies of your manuscript (that match the disk
file exactly) and a cover letter (that includes your name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address), to:
Dr Alex WY
Yu
Editor-in-Chief
Hong Kong Journal of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital
Tai Po, New Territories
Hong Kong SAR, China
Tel: (+852) 2689-2255
Fax: (+852) 2665-6436
Please note that manuscripts
submitted by e-mail should not also be submitted by mail or fax.
Important Information
- Articles submitted
by e-mail or on disk should be in Microsoft Word document format (*.doc) and prepared in the simplest form possible. We will add in the
correct font, font size, margins and so on according to our house style.
- You may use automatic page numbering, but please
avoid other kinds of automatic formatting such as footnotes, endnotes, headers and footers.
- Please put text, references,
tables, figures, and legends in one file, with each table and figure on a new page.
- To keep the total file size small,
please insert figures (pictures/photographs) into the MS Word document as low resolution *.JPEG or *.TIFF files.
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Figures that are line drawings or photographs must also be submitted separately as high resolution picture files, in *.EPS or *.TIFF
format. Please ensure that files are supplied at the correct resolution: line artwork = minimum of 1000 dpi; halftone artwork = minimum
of 300 dpi; combination artwork (line + tone) = minimum of 500 dpi.
- If you are unable to submit such figures by e-mail,
please post three sets of the original figures to the Editor-in-Chief at the above address. They will not be returned.
- Please
note that the cost of color illustrations will be charged to the author.
Basic Criteria
Articles should
be written in English (American English spelling)
and meet the following basic criteria: the material is original, the
information is
important, the writing is clear (clinical or laboratory
jargon is to be avoided), the study methods are appropriate, the
data are valid,
and the conclusions are reasonable and supported
by the data.
Previous Publication or Duplicate Submission
Submitted
manuscripts are considered with the understanding that they have not been published previously in print or electronic format (except
in abstract or poster form) and are not under consideration by another publication or electronic medium.
Disclosure of Conflicts
of Interest
All authors are required to sign and submit the following financial
disclosure statement at the time of manuscript
submission:
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I certify that all my affiliations with or financial involvement in,
within the past 5 years and foreseeable
future, any organization
or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with
the subject matter or materials discussed
in the manuscript
are completely disclosed (e.g. employment, consultancies,
honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony,
grants
or patents received or pending, royalties).
Authors who have no relevant financial interests should provide a
statement
indicating that they have no financial interests related to
the material in the manuscript.
Categories of Articles
The categories of articles that are published are described below.
Letters to the Editor
These are short letters
on significant preliminary clinical data, discussion or comments on previously published articles in the Hong Kong Journal of Nephrology.
Typical length: 400-600 words (not including references).
Review Articles
These should aim to provide the reader
with a balanced overview of an important and topical subject related to nephrology, and should be systematic, critical assessments of
literature and data sources, emphasizing factors such as cause, diagnosis, prognosis, therapy, or prevention. All articles and data sources
reviewed should include information about the specific type of study or analysis, population, intervention, exposure, and tests or outcomes.
All articles or data sources should be selected systematically for inclusion in the review and critically evaluated.
The following
are given as examples of possible section headings: Introduction (to include a definition of the disease to be discussed, its incidence
and relationship to age, sex and geography), Etiology, Pathology (macroscopic and microscopic), Diagnosis, Clinical Features/Complications,
Prevention, Treatment, Prognosis, Conclusion or Summary. Figures, tables, algorithms and other forms of illustration should be included
as appropriate.
Reviews are usually written by invited authors who are recognized experts on that particular topic. Typical length:
2000-4000 words (not including tables, figures, and references).
Original Articles
These may be randomized trials,
intervention studies, studies of screening and diagnostic tests, cohort studies, cost-effectiveness analyses, case-control studies, and
surveys with high response rates, that represent new and significant contributions to the field of nephrology.
Each manuscript should
state the objective/hypothesis, design and methods (including the study setting and dates, patients/participants with inclusion and exclusion
criteria, or data sources and how these were selected for the study), the essential features of any interventions, the main outcome measures,
the main results, discussion placing the results in context with the published literature, and conclusions. Typical length: 2000-4000
words (not including tables, figures, and references).
Case Reports
These are short discussions of a case or case
series with unique features not previously described. Interesting cases presented at interhospital meetings (within Hong Kong) are encouraged
to be written up and submitted for consideration. Typical length: 800-1200 words (not including tables, figures, and references).
Hong Kong Renal Registry
This section provides updates on information obtained from the
Hong Kong Renal Registry. Data pooled
from all the dialysis
centers are analyzed.
Technical Notes
Technical notes are devoted to technical aspects of clinical
or
experimental practice that are not fully investigated, verified or
perfected, but which may be of widespread application. Typical
length: 1000 2000 words. Submissions under this category will
go through a short review and editing process.
Brief Communications
Publication under this category is based on the collective decision
of the editors and reviewers. These papers are usually manuscripts
originally submitted as original articles, but found to present
preliminary or limited results of original research only. Typical
length:
1500 2000 words (not including tables, figures, and
references).
Clinical Vignettes
These are interesting clinical
?snapshots? of cases presented in the form of a descriptive paragraph and an illustrative figure/photograph. Typical length: 150-200
words (not including figures).
Nephrology Forum
This section provides a platform for in-depth discussion by a group
of nephrologists on a specific topic, usually preceded by a case presentation.
Nursing Section
This section is
devoted to promote sharing of information among renal nurses. Typical articles describe specific techniques or procedures, modifications
of techniques, or nursing practices.
Book Reviews
These are written by invited reviewers of newly published books
in the field of nephrology.
Manuscript Preparation
Text should be typed double-spaced on one side of A4 (297 x 210
mm) paper, with outer margins of 3 cm. Each section of the manuscript should begin on a new page.
Title Page
The
title page should contain the following information:
- category of paper
- manuscript title
- short
running title not exceeding 45 characters
- the names (spelled out in full) of all the authors and their institutions (only
1 affiliation per author is permitted)
- corresponding author details (e-mail address, mailing address, telephone and fax
numbers)
Abstracts
The first page following the title page should contain a concise English abstract
of no more than 300 words and 3 to 5 relevant key words/index terms. A Chinese version of the abstract should follow the English abstract
(Chinese key words are not necessary). For authors who do not know Chinese, the translation will be taken care of by the Editorial Office.
Ethical Approval of Studies and Informed Consent
For human or animal experimental investigations, appropriate
institutional
review board or ethics committee approval is required,
and such approval should be stated in the methods section of the
manuscript. For
those investigators who do not have formal ethics
review committees, the principles outlined in the Declaration of
Helsinki should be
followed (World Medical Association.Declaration of Helsinki: ethical principles for medical research
involving human subjects.
Available at:
 http://www.wma.net/e/policy/pdf/17c.pdf ).
For investigations of human subjects, state explicitly in the
methods section of the manuscript that informed consent was
obtained from all participating adult subjects and from parents or
legal
guardians for minors or incapacitated adults, together with
the manner in which informed consent was obtained (i.e. oral or
written).
Identification of Patients in Descriptions, Photographs,
and Pedigrees
A signed statement of informed consent to publish
(in print and
online) patient descriptions, photographs, and pedigrees should
be obtained from all persons (parents or legal guardians
for minors)
who can be identified (including by the patients themselves) in
such written descriptions, photographs, or pedigrees, and
should
be submitted with the manuscript. Such persons should be shown
the manuscript before its submission. Omitting data or making
data
less specific to deidentify patients is acceptable, but changing
any such data is not acceptable.
Funding/Support and Conflicts
of Interest
All financial and material support for the research and the work
should be clearly and completely identified in an
Acknowledgments
in the manuscript. Ensure that any conflicts of interest are explicitly
declared.
Units
Please
use Systeme International (SI) units, with the exception of blood pressure values which are to be reported in mmHg. Please use the metric
system for the expression of length, area, mass, and volume. Temperatures are to be given in degrees Celsius.
Drug Names
Use the Recommended International Non-proprietary Name for medicinal substances, unless the specific trade name of a drug is directly
relevant to the discussion.
Abbreviations
Where a term/definition will be continually referred to, it must be
written in full, followed by the subsequent abbreviation in brackets, when it first appears in the text. Thereafter, the abbreviation
may be used.
Tables
Tables should be labeled in Arabic numerals and titled concisely. Number all tables in the
order of their citation in the text. Tables should be typed double-spaced in as simple a form as possible. Abbreviations used in the
table and not defined in the text should be defined in footnotes using these symbols (in order of appearance):*, †, ‡, §, ||, ¶.
Figures
The number of figures should be restricted to the minimum necessary to support
the textual material. Figures that are line drawings or photographs must be inserted into the word document as low resolution *.JPEG
or *.TIFF files, and also submitted separately as high resolution picture files, in *.EPS or *.TIFF format. Please ensure that files
are supplied at the correct resolution: line artwork = minimum of 1000 dpi; halftone artwork = minimum of 300 dpi; combination artwork
(line + tone) = minimum of 500 dpi.
If you are unable to submit such figures by e-mail, please post three sets of the original figures
to the Editor-in-Chief. They will not be returned. The figures should be in the form of unmounted, unretouched glossy prints, and marked
on the back with the figure number, top of the figure, and the principal author?s name, using a soft lead pencil or stick-on labels.
Patient identification should be obscured. Do not mark directly on the prints. Indicators/arrows and labels may be marked on a photocopy
of the original print to indicate subtle but salient points. Include internal scale markers in photomicrographs and electron micrographs.
Illustrations, graphs, charts, etc. should be drawn with black ink on white paper and should preferably be done by a professional
illustrator. Arrows and other symbols must be of professional quality and of a size permitting some reduction in the final copy.
All figures must be accompanied by legends and indicate the anatomic area and/or pathologic condition shown. For photomicrographs, include
the type of specimen, original magnification, and stain. All symbols and abbreviations not defined in the text should be defined in the
legend.
Please note that the cost of color illustrations will be charged to the author.
Personal Communications and Unpublished
Data
A signed statement of permission should be included from each
individual identified as a source of information in a personal
communication or as a source for unpublished data; the date of
communication and whether the communication was written or
oral should
be specified.
References
- Each reference citation should be a number enclosed in square brackets on the same
line as the text, not a superscript.
- References must be numbered consecutively in order of appearance in the text, and
listed in number order in the reference list: do not alphabetize.
- References cited in tables or legends should be included
in sequence at the point where the table or figure is first mentioned in the text.
- Abstracts should not be cited unless
the abstract is the only available reference to an important concept.
- Do not cite uncompleted work or work that has not
yet been accepted for publication as references.
- Abbreviations for journals should conform to those used in Index
Medicus.
- References should include the complete title of the article and the last names and initials of all the
authors up to 6. If there are more than 6 authors, include the last names and initials of the first 6 authors followed by "et al".
- Always give the last page number as well. If there is only one page, state if the article is an abstract or letter.
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If you must cite information from a website, please provide the author information, article title, the website address and the date
you accessed the information.
- Authors are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of their references and for correct
text citation.
Examples are given below.
Journal article:
Yu AW, Nawab ZM, Barnes WE, Lai KN, Ing TS,
Daugirdas JT. Splanchnic erythrocyte content decreases during hemodialysis: a new compensatory mechanism for hypovolemia. Kidney
Int 1997;51:1986?90.
Book chapter:
Belzer FO, Glass N, Sollinger H. Technical complications after renal transplantation.
In: Morris PJ, ed. Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practice. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1988;511?20.
Editorial
and Peer Review
Submitted manuscripts are reviewed initially by the Editors. Manuscripts with insufficient priority for publication
are rejected promptly. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned to authors unless requested. All other manuscripts are sent to expert
consultants for peer review.
Preparation for Publication
Accepted manuscripts are copyedited according to our house
style and the galley proofs are returned to the corresponding author for final approval. Authors are responsible for all statements made
in their work, including changes made by the copy editor and authorized by the corresponding author.
All authors must sign a statement
of authorship responsibility and copyright transfer prior to publication of their paper. This form is provided with the galley proofs.
Reprints
Authors receive 20 copies of their articles free of charge. Additional reprints may be ordered at terms based
on the cost of production. A reprint order form is provided with the galley proofs.
Unauthorized Use
Published manuscripts
become the permanent property of the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology Ltd, and may not be published elsewhere without written permission. |
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