Notice to contributors of the Journal of clinical hematology

1. Section Setup

This journal primarily focuses on clinical aspects, targeting hematologists as the main readership. It emphasizes reporting advanced scientific research achievements and clinical experiences in the field of hematology. The journal includes sections such as reviews, expert opinions, clinical research, research reports, reviews, continuing education, academic debates, techniques and methods, experience sharing, and case reports.

2. Manuscript requirements

2.1 Medical Ethics and Informed Consent

Authors must adhere to basic medical ethics principles. When the main subject of the paper involves human research subjects, authors should specify whether their procedures comply with the ethical standards set by the Human Experimentation Committee and provide the committee's approval document (approval number recorded in the paper) and informed consent from the subjects or their relatives.

2.2 Funding Projects

If the paper involves topics funded by national, provincial, or higher-level funds or key projects, the fund project name and number should be indicated at the beginning of the article. Multiple funds should be listed sequentially, accompanied by copies of the fund project certificates.

2.3 Authorship

Authors must meet the following four criteria set by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: 1) involved in topic selection and design, or data analysis and interpretation; 2) drafted or revised key theoretical or other major content in the paper; 3) able to respond to editorial modifications, defend in the academic community, and ultimately agree to publication; 4) apart from contributing to their own research, take responsibility for the integrity of all aspects of the research. Authors who do not meet all four criteria should acknowledge this at the end of the paper. Generally, only one corresponding author is listed, who is responsible for the topic, funding, design, and the primary aspects of the research. Author names should be arranged in order of contribution, with corresponding Arabic numerals, and work units should be labeled accordingly.

2.4 Author Affiliation

The author's affiliation typically refers to the administrative organization to which the author belongs or the unit that completed the research work. If the author's administrative organization differs from the institution that provided research conditions and completed the research work, the institution providing research conditions and completing the research work is considered the author's primary affiliation.

2.5 Title

Titles should be concise, eye-catching, and aid in selecting keywords and compiling bibliographies and indexes. They should provide specific practical information for retrieval, using phrases that reflect the main theme of the article. Avoid using abbreviations, characters, codes, complete sentences with subject-verb-object structure, or punctuation. Chinese titles should generally not exceed 20 characters, and English titles should not exceed 10 meaningful words. The meanings of the Chinese and English titles should be consistent. Avoid using unfamiliar abbreviations, characters, codes, structural formulas, mathematical equations, or listing original words and abbreviations simultaneously.

2.6 Abstract

All papers must include both Chinese and English abstracts. The English abstract should consist of the title, full author names (in Pinyin, with the surname in all capital letters and the initials of the first name capitalized, with the full name written together), affiliations, city names, postal codes, and country names. The abstract should include four sections: Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusion, written in the third person without figures, tables, references, comments, or explanations. Short articles such as case reports and reviews should provide indicative abstracts. For case reports, the abstract should briefly outline the clinical presentation, clinical and laboratory findings (including imaging), and diagnosis. For reviews, the abstract should briefly state the purpose (defining the scope of the study, identifying the subjects) and conclusions (conclusions drawn from literature retrieval, analysis, and synthesis, including the limitations of the included studies and a discussion of the limitations of the review itself to assess the authenticity and practicality of the results).

2.7 Keywords

Each article should be indexed with 2-5 keywords, ranked by the importance of reflecting the theme. Keywords expressing core theme factors should come first, followed by keywords expressing non-core theme factors, separated by semicolons. Whenever possible, use terms from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) vocabulary. Chinese translations should follow the Chinese Subject Headings and the Medical Subject Headings Annotation Alphabetical Table or the latest version of the English-Chinese Medical Vocabulary. Avoid using abbreviations as keywords. The number, concepts, and order of Chinese and English keywords should be consistent.

2.8 Content Requirements

2.8.1 Reviews

Reviews summarize and evaluate the current research status and future development directions in a specific field, reflecting mainstream academic trends. Renowned experts in the field are typically invited by the editorial department to write reviews.

2.8.2 Articles (including clinical research, experimental research, research reports)

Article-type papers should be innovative, scientific, directive, and practical, with authentic data, accurate information, clear arguments, and a structured approach.

① Introduction: Provide an overview of the research background, objectives, methodology, theoretical basis, research methods, expected results, and significance, emphasizing the study's innovation. Only relevant references should be cited, without conducting a literature review, and should not include data or conclusions from the study, generally not exceeding 250 words.

② Materials and Methods: Describe the selection and basic characteristics of the study subjects (including control groups) and the methods used in the research.

a. For patient studies, specify the source and selection criteria of cases and controls, demographics, medication details, treatment duration, etc.

b. Personal methods should detail the procedure for reproducibility. Improved methods should explain the modifications and cite the original source.

c. Statistical methods and their rationale should be explained.

③ Results: Present the obtained results logically in the text, tables, and figures. Describe both positive and negative outcomes, avoid repeating all data from tables and figures in the text, emphasize the most critical observations, provide data for primary and secondary outcome measures, maintain objectivity, logical flow, and clarity, and avoid mixing results with discussions.

④ Discussion: Focus on discussing new findings and conclusions from the study, including their significance, limitations, implications for further research, suggestions, improvements, unresolved issues, linking results to related studies, aligning conclusions with the study's purpose, avoiding redundant data repetition, and refraining from making unsupported assertions or conclusions when evidence is lacking.

2.8.3 Review

A review summarizes the current research status of a specific issue within a field, providing an objective synthesis and statement that may incorporate the author's research results and viewpoints. It should focus on rapidly advancing topics and ideally include literature published within the last 5 years.

2.8.4 Case Reports

Case reports should highlight unique aspects in the diagnosis and treatment process, offering insights for similar clinical cases. Detailed case data should include chief complaints, present illness history, past medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests, imaging studies, diagnosis, treatment methods, pathological examinations, prognosis, etc. The discussion section should briefly evaluate the diagnostic and treatment characteristics of the case, avoiding extensive literature reviews.

2.9 Medical Terminology

Use the approved and published "Medical Terminology" by the National Committee on Science and Technology Terms, published by the Science Press, and relevant discipline-specific terminology. For terms not yet approved, refer to the latest editions of MeSH, Medical Subject Headings Annotation Alphabetical Table, and Traditional Chinese Medicine Subject Headings. Uncommon terms or acronyms should be clarified upon first use in the text. Use the latest editions of the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Pharmacopoeia for Chinese and Western drug names, avoiding brand names. For unfamiliar acronyms or lengthy terms repeated in the text, provide the full term in the first instance with the acronym in parentheses for Chinese terms or the English full term and acronym in parentheses for English terms. Commonly used terms familiar to clinicians can be presented with the Chinese full name and English acronym upon first mention in the text, using the acronym directly for subsequent references. Avoid abbreviating terms with fewer than 4 Chinese characters to maintain readability.

2.10 Units of Measurement

Follow the provisions and writing rules for quantities, units, and symbols in GB 3100-3102-1993 "International System of Units and its Application/General Principles for Quantities, Units, and Symbols (all parts)" and refer to the 3rd edition of "The Application of Legal Measurement Units in Medicine" compiled by the Chinese Medical Association Journal (published by People's Military Medical Press in 2001). When using combined unit symbols with multiple slashes to indicate division, negative exponents should be used, ensuring that slashes and negative exponents are not mixed. For example, "ng/kg/d" should be written as "ng·kg^-1·d^-1" or "ng/(kg·d)", but not as "ng/kg·d^-1". Pressure measurements in the human and animal body can be expressed in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) or centimeters of water (cmH2O), with the conversion factors to kilopascals (kPa) specified (1 mmHg = 0.133 kPa, 1 cmH2O = 0.098 kPa). When describing centrifugation, use gravitational acceleration (×g) and provide the radius if using revolutions per minute (r/min).

2.11 Statistical Methods

Provide a detailed description of statistical methods, including the statistical software used and its version. Follow the relevant provisions of GB/T 3358.1-2009 "Vocabulary and Symbols of Statistics," using italics for statistical symbols. When representing p-values with inequalities, use expressions like P>0.05, P<0.05, P<0.01 without further subdivisions like P<0.001 or P<0.0001.

2.12 Figures and Tables

Figures and tables should be sequentially numbered according to their appearance in the text, each with a title and corresponding reference in the text. Terms, numerical symbols, etc., in figures and tables should be consistent with the text and other figures and tables in the same document. Tables are recommended to be three-line tables without vertical lines, ensuring consistent significant figures for the same indicator. Use "blank" in cells to indicate unmeasured, unavailable, or not applicable data; use "-" or "..." for not found or unavailable data; use "0" for measured results of zero. Images should have good clarity and contrast. For portraits, written consent should be obtained or identities should be obscured; pathology photos should include staining methods and magnification; physical object photos with dimensions should have a scale indicating the size. When using others' illustrations, obtain written permission from the copyright holder and provide proper attribution.

2.13 Numerals

Follow GB/T 15835-2011 "Usage of Numerals in Publications." Use Arabic numerals for public centuries, decades, years, months, days, times, counts, and measurements. When multiplying numerical values with length units, each value should be followed by the unit without omission, written as follows: 50cm x 80cm x 100cm.

2.14 References

Adhere to GB/T 7714-2015 "Information and Documentation - Rules for Bibliographic References." Use a sequential numbering system, assigning Arabic numerals in square brackets based on their appearance in the text, listed at the end of the document. References should be limited to articles directly read by the author, most significant, and published in formal publications, emphasizing authority and timeliness, preferably within the last 3 years. List up to 3 authors for each reference; if there are more than 3 authors, list the first 3 followed by ", et al." Author names should be written with the surname first, followed by the given name. For foreign authors, list the full surname and abbreviate the given name to initials.

Format:

[Journal]

Author (list up to three full names, separated by commas; for more than three, list the first three followed by ", et al."). Title of the article[J]. Journal Name, Year, Volume(Issue): Page Range.

[Book]

Author (list up to three full names, separated by commas; for more than three, list the first three followed by ", et al."). Title of the book[M]. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year: Page Range.

3. Submission Requirements

To submit your manuscript, please register on the submission and review system at http://www.whuhzzs.com and select "Journal of Clinical Hematology" (note: single issues are for "Hematology," while double issues are for "Blood Transfusion and Laboratory Testing"). When registering, ensure to provide complete information including name, affiliation, postal code, email, and phone number. Authors who have already registered should not register again. After registration, click "Login" to submit your manuscript online. Upload the ethical approval certificate, proof of funding (if applicable), and the "Introduction Letter for Papers from Wuhan Union Hospital Journal Society" (download from the "Author Submission System," stamp with the official seal, and upload without filling in the manuscript number). Upon successful submission, authors will receive a receipt with the manuscript number. Authors can check the status of their submission online. For submissions to other journals, please contact this journal (phone: 027-85726342-8806, email: lcxyxzz@whuh.com). According to the relevant provisions of the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China, the journal may make textual modifications or deletions to submissions. Authors are requested to consider any modifications related to the original intent. Failure to revise the manuscript within 2 months will result in automatic withdrawal.

Once a submission is accepted for publication, all authors must personally sign the "Journal of Clinical Hematology Journal Society Article Authorization Form" and send it along with the "Introduction Letter for Papers from Wuhan Union Hospital Journal Society" to the editorial office. The exclusive rights to use the article belong to the Journal of Clinical Hematology editorial office. The editorial office reserves the right to publish the article in electronic journals, CD-ROMs, app terminals, WeChat, or other formats. Without permission, no part of the article may be reproduced elsewhere. Authors will receive two complimentary copies of the current issue after publication.