Okajima Folia | The Laboratory of Vascular Biology, School of Medicine, Keio University

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica publishes reports on original morphological research of clinical, laboratory, and experimental medicine, provided they have not been published elsewhere in whole or in part and will not be so published without the Editor’s permission. Submission of an article for publication implies the transfer of the copyright from the author to the publisher upon acceptance. The articles are generally classified as regular articles, case reports, short notes and review articles. Miscellaneous items including essays, book reviews and commentaries may also be published on approval of the Editorial Committee. Manuscript oriented towards methodological themes and containing significant technical advances in the field are also welcome. Manuscripts in English are accepted from investigators in any country whether or not they are members of the Japan Society of Anatomy. All submitted papers will be reviewed by referees and acceptance is based on significance, originality and clarity. Final decisions regarding acceptance are made by the Editor-in-Chief.

PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS

General instructions
A copy of the manuscript, complete with figures, tables and references, should be submitted, type-written and double-spaced on one side of the paper only with a margin of 3 cm; if this is not done, it may be necessary to return papers to the author(s) for retyping. A CD-ROM disk which stores files of the text and the figures should be also submitted together with the manuscript to the Editorial Committee. The preferred storage medium is a CD-ROM disk which is readable in Windows or Macintosh Operation System and the file can be readable by Microsoft Word, a word processing software. The figure files should be prepared either in JPEG, TIFF, PDF, or PPT formats.

Manuscripts and disks should be sent to:	Editorial Committee of Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica, Department of Anatomy, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan. Tel. +81-3-5363-3745 Fax. +81-3-5363-3545

Manuscripts and disks should be sent to: Editorial Committee of Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica, Department of Anatomy, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan. Tel. +81-3-5363-3745; Fax +81-3-5363-3545. Manuscripts should normally adopt for the following sequence; Title page, Abstract, Key Words, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Acknowledgements, References, and Figure legends. All pages in manuscripts should be numbered consecutively.

Title page

The first page of the manuscript should include.
・Title of paper
・Full name of author(s)
・Institutional affiliation, departments, and complete addresses
・A running title not to exceed 60 letters and spaces
・Name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and E-mail address of the correspondence author should be sent

Abstract and Key Words

Each paper should begin with an informative abstract of 200 words or less, followed by five key words.

Text

Papers should be written to be understandable to readers. Avoid laboratory slang and minimize jargon, if it’s not widely accepted. Methods and procedures should be described in specific details so that competent scientists can repeat the work. References to other papers describing the techniques may be given. The names and address of suppliers of reagents or instruments should be mentioned. The authors are recommended to divide Results section into several subheadings and to make the point of argument clear. Acknowledgements should include names of the research grants awarded for the current study and the statement of Conflict of Interest.

References

References should be numbered in the order of citation in the text and should be arranged and numbered consecutively. Abbreviations for titles of medical periodical should conform to those in the latest edition of Index Medicus.

(a) Periodicals: 1. All authors’ surnames with initials of first names; 2. Full title of paper; 3. Journal abbreviation; 4. Year of publication; 5. Volume; 6. First and last pages. For papers written in languages other than English, follow the style of example 2. 1.

1. Boatmen JB, Bougek MM, Rabinovitz MJ: Mitochondrial swelling during cold exposure of the rat and hamster. Am J Physiol 1962; 202: 1037−1040
2. Kumamaru H: An experimental study on the changes of cardiac function in condition of brain death. Keio Igaku (J Keio Med Soc) 1989; 66: 1097-1111 (in Japanese)

(b) Books; 1. Authors’ surnames with initials of first names; 2. Full title; 3. Name and domicile of publishers; 4. Year of publication; 5. Pagination of chapter.

3. Irving L; Comparative anatomy and physiology of gas transport mechanisms. In:Fcnn WO, Rahn H, eds, Handbook of Physiology Washington DC, American Physiological Society, 1964; 177-212

Tables and figures will be inserted in the text where first cited, so references in these sections should be numbered accordingly. Only papers that are either published or in press may be cited in the reference list.

Figures, Tables, and Figure legends

One set of original drawings and photographs should be submitted. Xerographed copies of halftone illustrations (photographs, photomicrographs, electron micrographs, etc.) are not acceptable. All figures, tables, including graphs should be numbered consecutively (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Table 1, Table 2, etc.) and be indicated as such in parenthesis in the text. When a figure has several parts, use capital roman letters (Fig. 1A, Fig. 1B, etc.). Titles of all figures, tables, and their legends should be given in the last section of the manuscript. The maximum printed size for illustrations is 23.00 cm (length) ×16.00 cm (width).

Proofs

The first proof shall be checked by the author and returned within 5 days.

Publication charges

The author(s) is expected to defray of the cost manuscript handling. Expenses for printing cost will be charged later after publication. Expenses required for color photography printing will also be charged to the author.

Reprints

Reprints (minimal order is 30 copies) must be ordered with additional costs by returning the order forms provided with the proofs.