Duplicate publication
Manuscripts submitted to Chin Med Sci J must be original and has not been published eisewhere either in print or electronically, nor has been submitted for publication elsewhere. We do not consider articles that have been published in language other than English, except commissioned second publication, or of which author had claimed an acceptable reason for republish in English. Authors should declare the manuscript is original and whether any part of their manuscript has been published elsewhere or not.
Authorship
An author of an article should substantially participate in scientific processes such as conception and study design, data collection, analyses, or interpretation; drafting or revising the article critically for important intellectual content; final approval of the article for submission and publication. Each author takes responsibility and accountability for the publication of the study. All authors must have agreed to the submission and sign on the Authorship and Contribution Statement. Any change to the author list after submission needs a writen approval of all authors. Contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship are suggested to be acknowledged at the end of the article.
Conflict of interest declaration
Each author should disclose potential conflicts of interest in the past 36 months, including funding, employment, and personal financial interests relevant to the subject of their manuscript, etc. Authors who do not have relevant conflicts of interests should declare no such conflicting interests as well.
Compliance to biomedical ethics
As studies that involve human should be compliant with the biomedical principles, we require manuscripts of biomedical study to provide document of approval from the institutional review board / committee. Clinical trials that have been registered on appropriate online registry will have priority during editorial processing and publication. Studies using experimental animals should follow the institutional and / or national guidelines for animal treatment, which need to be declared in the manuscript. For case report, a written informed consent to the publication from the reported patient or his /her guardian is required.
Anti-plagiarism and appropriate use of images
All manuscripts will go through crosscheck for anti-plagiarism. The similarity rate of a manuscript should be kept appropriately low (usually <10% for original article). In case that prominent text plagiarism was detected, the manuscript will be rejected without peer review. Authors are responsible to preserve minimum adjustment for images in order to ensure readers not be misled when interpreting the image.