Information for Authors

Manuscript

Papers reporting human experimentation will be reviewed in accordance with the precepts established by the Helsinki Declaration. Such papers must include a statement that the human investigations were performed after approval by Institutional Human Investigations Committee. Authors submitting manuscript containing data from experiments involving recombinant DNA molecules must provide a statement which certifies that their experiments complied with the appropriate guidelines approved by the governmental agencies on physical and biological containment procedures.

Internal Medicine will not accept articles, other than in the case of abstracts, in which a significant portion of the data in the form of figures and tables has been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Copies of material that might be considered as prior or duplicate publication should be submitted with the manuscript and clearly marked as such so as not to be confused with the actual manuscript submitted.

Internal Medicine occasionally receives letters referring to a recent article in Internal Medicine. The author(s) should respond rapidly when the Editorial Board requests the author to submit his/her reply to the letters.

Manuscript Submission

Authors should submit their manuscripts to the Internal Medicine manuscript online : http://www.naika.or.jp/imonline/index.html
Main document must be typed double-spaced with wide margins. Tables and Figures should be uploaded separately from the main document.　Arrange the paper in the following order:(1)title page;(2)abstract;(3)text,(4)references;(5)figure legends.

Incomplete or improperly prepared manuscripts will be returned to authors without review.