Contribution Rules and Remittance Details [updated on 2011.10.1]

1. Purpose of the Journal
Original articles written in English in the fields of anesthesiology, resuscitation, intensive care, and pain medicine are reviewed and accepted for publication in "Anesth Resus" based on their value to our readers. Any article that contains personal patient information or lacks a statement of ethical considerations will not be accepted. In addition, articles citing previous publications without permission, or that report investigations of clinical issues or used experimental animals without approval from an appropriate institutional ethical committee will not be published.

2. Document type
Article documents will be considered for publication only after being submitted by the electronic online system of the journal web site. Please see the top page for additional information regarding the submission procedures.

Please read the following instructions carefully. Hand-written and paper-based manuscripts of any kind will not be accepted without prior approval. If the manuscript is only available in a paper-based form, please consult with the editorial office before sending the article. Please use Microsoft Word^® word processing software and only submit files with the extension .doc or .docx. Use print edition format, A4 page size only, with horizontal and vertical margins of at least 2 cm. The typeface used must range from 10 to 12 points and the document should be double-spaced.

A cover letter (comments to the editor) should be included with the manuscript as a separate file and include a statement regarding the purpose of  submission of your article. Any article simultaneously submitted to or being considered for publication in another journal will not be considered for publication. Any author who violates these rules will have their rights of authorship permanently removed and this fact will be noted in the Journal.

The first page of the manuscript should be a title page showing all authors’ names, affiliations, and addresses. Please include no more than 5 keywords within 20 characters each. Generally, keywords should be single words and phrases are not appropriate, except for those such as "epidural analgesia". On the top right corner of each page, include the serial page number, with the cover page as page one.

The above requirements are common among English scientific articles. If the article is published, author names and affiliations will be printed, while their titles and degrees including MD and PhD will not be. If the article exceeds the limits of the journal, the editor has the right to delete and change prior to final printing. Please submit your article in accordance with these requirements.

3. Manuscript
Please conform your manuscript writing the same as with a Japanese manuscript. Any style will be accepted, but avoid mixing styles (for example; American and British) in the same paper. As for unit symbols (for example; μg for micrograms), please make sure that no double-byte characters are used. Case reports do not require an abstract. Review articles and original articles should include an abstract of 200 words or less on the second page. Begin the text of the article on the third page. The abstract should be written in English. An abstract written in Japanese will also be accepted, if included with the submission.

4. References and forms
When writing references, include the authors’ names up to 3. As for delimiters, please use the following: between name and title use ":", between volume and journal name use ",", between page and page use ":", and between pages and years use ",". After the delimiter, please add one space. Since many submissions include a copy with the PubMed format for references, please be careful to rearrange the references in accordance with our requirements. All references should include author(s), title, journal name, volume number, starting page - ending page, and year of publication. Please use the journal name in accordance with Index Medicus. Following are some examples.

[Journals]
1) Kubota M, Morio M, Kikuchi H, et al: Malignant hyperthermia in Japan. Anesth Resus, 26: 19-24,1990
2) Stewart WJ, Dicola VC, Harthorne W, et al: Doppler ultrasound measurement of cardiac output in patients with physiologic pacemakers. Am J Cardiol 54: 308-314, 1984
3) Clark SK, Rung GW, Hensley FA: Premedication for the vascular surgery patient. pp. 187-204. In Kaplan JA (ed): Vascular Anesthesia. Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1991

[Books]
4) Morio M and Mori K. Malignant hyperthermia, pp. 34-39. Kanehara, Tokyo, 1988

References should be listed on an amended page and written in the order they appear in the text. Please use number strip parentheses. For example; 7), 12), 13).
　

5. Handling of figures and tables
Please provide a new page for each figure and table, with its corresponding number and indicate the place of insertion clearly in the manuscript. Figures must be of high quality. Submit scanned data or digital images that are 300 dpi or more. The only file formats accepted for figures and images are jpeg, gif, and pdf. Figures and tables should be separated.

6. Printing fees
Printing fees will be charged to the author by summing the review charges, special publication charges, publication charges, and the net total of separate volume charges.

[English review charges] occur when your English manuscript is corrected by the editorial office. Actual expenses will be charged.

[Special publication charges] total 200,000 yen. Special publications including reports of clinical trials will be charged extra. Please consult with the editorial office before submission.

[Publication charges] for an English manuscript is 10,000 yen per page.

[Separate volume charges] are shown in the table below for unit prices for off-press printing. Please write in red the needed number of copies in a separate volume and inform us at the time of proofreading.

7. How to submit
Please enter the English portion of our website for online submission, including figures and tables. Prior to submission, please use the check list on the site.
■ For each article, submit 1 text file, 1 cover letter file, and 1 file including all figures and tables.
■ For re-submission, please include a new cover letter with the revised manuscript. In the cover letter, please explain how you revised each of the issues identified. Upload the revised manuscript and related cover letter as separate files.
　

8. Acceptance, revision, and publication
Corrections prior to publication will be processed online, thus do not use special characters. Please note that modifications will be done without approval from the authors. If any modification of the article is required, re-submit the revised version within 90 days. Otherwise, the article will be deleted from the list of papers to be updated. The editorial office will have the final determination for adoption or rejection, as well as publication date of the article. In general, a proofread article returned to the author is only the first proof.

9. Copyright
Copyrights for published articles are held by the editorial office of the journal “Anesth Resus”. In addition, some contents in publications will be subject to copyrights held by “Anesth Resus”.

10. Remittance
Payments in either USD or EUR can be made from overseas banks via a designated intermediary bank. The information shown below is required to make a remittance from an overseas bank to a Japan Post Bank integrated account or giro account. Please note that if there are any mistakes or omissions, the remittance may not reach our bank account. In addition, if remitted funds are returned to the sending bank, other charges and expenses may be deducted by the intermediary bank. Please note that remittances to Japan cannot be made from certain financial institutions. For details, please ask your local bank. 

Note 1): The Japan Post Bank exchange rate will be applied for credits made to the payee’s Japan Post Bank account in JPY.
Note 2): The information for the intermediary bank must be included. If no specific space is provided for this information, please write it an open area on the form.
Note 3): If remittances in USD are made from financial institutions in USA to a Japan Post Bank account, the CHIPS UID and BIC (SWIFT code) are both required.

If remittances are made from overseas to a Japan Post Bank account, the ABA (Fedwire Code), and IBAN are not required.

“Anesth Resus” editorial office
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, 
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University.
1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, JAPAN.