The file of manuscript is saved in the native format of the word processor used. Manuscripts must be typed on 21 × 29.7 cm (A4 size) paper with at least 30 mm wide margins on all sides. The text must be typed in a font size of at least ten points. The manuscript is to be arranged in the following order: (a) Cover letter; (b) Title page, Author(s), Complete Address(es) of Institution(s), and Abbreviations; (c) Title, Abstract and Keywords; (d) Introduction; (e) Materials and Methods; (f) Results; (g) Discussion; (h) Acknowledgements; (i) References; (j) Figure legends; (k) Tables; and (l) Figures. All pages are numbered with the title page as page 1. The paper should be arranged horizontally and double spaced, with exact spelling and spacing. Reviews, notes and brief communications should be organized in the order of the title, abstract, content, reference, the legend of tables, the legend of figures, and tables and figures.
A cover letter should include the title of the paper and is used to explain why your paper should be published in this journal rather than elsewhere.
The title page should include the title, the name of the author(s), address, and corresponding author's address. The title in Korean as well as in English should be written and should be easily, rapidly and correctly understood by both the scientific or technical reader. Addresses should consist of at least affiliation (department, institution), street with number or postbox number, postal or zip code, town or city, and country. The relationship among authors should be indicated by a superscript number. The corresponding author should be indicated by the symbol "†". The address of corresponding author including name, telephone, fax and e-mail address should be described. Standard abbreviations may be used without definition. Any nonstandard abbreviations should be spelled out on first use, followed by the abbreviated form in parentheses. Thereafter, abbreviated form may be used throughout the manuscript. Undefined abbreviations cannot be used. Provide a list of all nonstandard abbreviations in alphabetical order on a page following the title page. The manuscript includes a title page.
The abstract should be between 180-250 words, including an objectives, methods, results, and conclusion. The keywords should be standard MeSH-Medline terms (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh).
The main text of the paper should be organized in the order of title page, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, acknowledgements. The results and discussion can be described as a whole only when it is acknowledged to be necessary for the content of the paper. In the results section, the international system of Units (SI units) is required.
References are styled using NLM style
- Number references consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. In text, tables, and captions, identify references with a number in parentheses and a superscript (e.g. (1)). Reuse the original number assigned to a reference whenever it is repeated in the text.
- Insert the citation number at the appropriate place in the text, at the end of an adjacent sentence.
e.g. Myopathy typically occurs in fewer than one in 10,000 patients on standard doses (1).
e.g. For this purpose, the NNs were widely used in structural inverse problems (24), damage identification (14,25), or parameters estimation (26), among many applications.
- When citing multiple references, use commas (without spaces) to separate them.
- Use a dash (en) without a space to include the first and last digit.
e.g. (2,3,4,5,7,10) is abbreviated to (2-5,7,10).
- Give citation numbers even if the author's name is listed.
e.g. Jones (10) has argued that ...
e.g. Jones and Smith (12) have argued that …
- Last name and initials: Capitalize the last name and put a space inside the last name as it appears in the document you're citing (e.g. Van Der Horn or van der Horn; De Wolf or de Wolf or DeWolf.).
- The initials follow the last name without punctuation, and there must be no spaces or periods between the initials (e.g. Author AA.).
- List the names of all co-authors. However, for references with seven or more co-authors, list the names of up to six authors, and from the seventh author onward, write "et al." and omit the author's name.
Journal: the name of the author, the title of the paper, the name of the journal, the year of publication, the volume number: the beginning page-the ending page (The title of the paper should be written in a lower-case letters except for the first letter).
E.g.)
Kapadia BH, Berg RA, Daley JA, Fritz J, Bhave A, Mont MA. Periprosthetic joint infection. The Lancet. 2016;387(10016):386-94.
Patel M, Gazendam A, Wood TJ, Tushinski D, Group HA, Bali K. The quality of diagnostic studies used for the diagnostic criteria of periprosthetic joint infections. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology. 2023;33(5):2035-48.
Karczewski D, Winkler T, Renz N, Trampuz A, Lieb E, Perka C, et al. A standardized interdisciplinary algorithm for the treatment of prosthetic joint infections: outcome in a centralized and specialized department. The bone & joint journal. 2019;101(2):132-9.
Takeuchi R, Umemoto Y, Aratake M, Bito H, Saito I, Kumagai K, et al. A mid term comparison of open wedge high tibial osteotomy vs unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research. 2010;5:1-8.
Book: The name of the author, the name of the book or chapter (the name of the editor), the name of the publisher, and the year of publication.
E.g.)
Abbas AK, Lichtman AH, Pillai S. Cellular and Molecular Immunology E-Book: Cellular and Molecular Immunology E-Book: Elsevier Health Sciences; 2014.
Hoffman R, Benz EJ, Silberstein LE, Heslop H, Weitz J, Salama ME, et al. Hematology E-Book: Basic Principles and Practice: Elsevier Health Sciences; 2022.
The tables and figures should be organized in the order of legends, tables, and figures, and each table or figure should be arranged on a separate page. Tables should have titles and sufficient experimental detail in a legend immediately following the title to be understandable without reference to the text. Figure should have titles and explanatory legends that contain sufficient detail to make the figure easily understood. All images must have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
You have the option to submit supporting data, tables, figures and movies as supplementary material to be published online alongside the electronic version of your article. In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please provide the data in well-known and common file formats. When appropriate, supplementary material may be included in the manuscript file upon initial submission.