Pediatric Surgery International (JSPS Issue), 2019
Deadline for Full Manuscript Submission: Papers must be received by
23:00 (Tokyo time) on the 29th March 2019 (Friday). No exceptions given!
- Only authors whose submitted abstracts were selected for presentation at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons (JSPS), may submit their papers to be considered for publication in the Pediatric Surgery International (JSPS Issue). Any type of presentation include poster presentations will be considered, as long as it is selected for presentation at the 56th JSPS meeting.
＊ Important for JSPS 2019 ＊
- Abstracts that have been presented elsewhere (but not at any previous JSPS Meeting) but have not been previously published will be considered for presentation and publication into Pediatric Surgery International (PSI) (JSPS Issue).
- Above mentioned abstracts must have been chosen for presentation at this year’s JSPS meeting.
- Manuscripts that are pending publication or manuscripts that have been sent for publication consideration for other journals with results pending may NOT be submitted for publication consideration into PSI (JSPS Issue).
- JSPS PSI Prize will be selected from manuscripts relating to papers submitted for the JSPS Prize. If you wish to apply for the prize, you must write a cover letter in red type.
- The deadline for submission is 23:00 (Tokyo time) on the 29th March 2019 (Friday). Full papers must be submitted ELECTRONICALLY to the PSI (JSPS Issue) Publication Committee office. The papers selected for publication will be determined by the Publications Committee.
All papers MUST follow the ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION guidelines and format of Pediatric Surgery International that can be found under “Instruction for Authors”
here: http://www.springer.com/medicine/pediatrics/journal/383#
Papers that DO NOT follow the guidelines and format of Pediatric Surgery International will be REJECTED for review by the PSI (JSPS Issue) Publication Committee office.
- Manuscripts coming from non-native English speakers must be accompanied by a certificate that indicates the manuscript has been checked and proof-read by a native English speaker. (Japanese manuscripts must be checked by a native English speaker, but the country where English was learned will not be requested)
- Submission items are to be submitted to the PSI (JSPS Issue) Publication Committee office to “BOTH” the following e-mail addresses:
h2kita@marianna-u.ac.jp (Hiroaki Kitagawa)
h-shima@marianna-u.ac.jp (Hideki Shima) - You will receive an e-mail confirming that the publications committee has received your manuscript.However, if you do not receive a confirmation e-mail within 5 working days, please contact the Publication Committee office at both e-mails provided.
- Submission items MUST include SEPARATE files for:
(1) Cover letter, (2) Manuscript text, and (3) Tables/Artwork. (4) If you wish to apply for the JSPS PSI Prize, you should state that in a cover letter in red type.
- Each figure/table should be on a separate file, e.g. 3 figures = 3 separate files.
- Figures must be in JPEG or TIFF format. Do not embed figures into MS Word. Each figure should have a concise caption describing accurately what the figure depicts. Include the captions in the text file (Figure Legends) of the manuscript, not in the figure file.
- Use the table function in MS Word, not spreadsheets (i.e. MS Excel), to make tables. For each table, please supply a table caption (title) explaining the components of the table. - In the “Materials and Methods” section, institutional names should NOT be given, since all manuscripts will be reviewed in a BLIND manner. If the paper is accepted for publication institutional names may be added back in the Materials and Methods section, (if needed) by the author when making revisions.
Pediatric Surgery International (JSPS Issue) Publication Committee
Chairman Hiroaki Kitagawa MD, PhD
Secretary Hideki Shima MD, PhD
2-16-1, Sugao, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki Japan, 216-8511
Division of Pediatric Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine
