Thank you for your interest in the Shanghai Chest (ISSN 2521-3768; Shanghai Chest; SHC). SHC adheres to the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals, issued by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (1), and the Cope of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (2), issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Please refer to the following guidelines to help you prepare your manuscript. Feel free to contact the editorial office by email (shc@amegroups.com) should you have any questions. To ensure a swift peer review and publication process, manuscripts that do not adhere to the following instructions will be returned to the corresponding author for technical revision at preliminary review.
1. ABOUT THE JOURNAL
Shanghai Chest (ISSN 2521-3768; Shanghai Chest; SHC) is an international peer-reviewed, open-access journal covering various aspects of benign and malignant chest diseases, including but not limited to: pulmonary diseases, tracheal and bronchial disorder, pleural diseases, esophageal disorder, mediastinal and chest wall diseases. As the Official Journal of Shanghai Chest Hospital, it not only presents the high-quality research and unique techniques from the Hospital, but also welcomes submissions from authors worldwide, publishing articles that focus on chest diseases in a wide range of forms and meet the professional and educational needs of its readers. SHC aims at serving as an international platform for surgeons and physicians worldwide to share the advanced research, spectacular surgical techniques and precious experience in the field of chest disease, for the ultimate benefit of all patients.
2. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES
2.1 Original Article
Word limit: there is no fixed word limit for research articles, but authors must use the most concise language possible, as well as succinct, structured sentences. The word count for the main text (excluding the abstract, references, tables, boxes, or figures) should be provided when the manuscript is submitted.
Abstract: Structured (usually into four paragraphs with the following subheadings: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions, unless specified otherwise in the reporting checklists), 200-350 words max. No abbreviations.
Key words: 3~5.
References: No limit.
Figures/Tables: No limit, but 10 figures are deemed sufficient.
Description: Original articles should take the following format: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and/or Conclusions. Original articles must have originality and clinical impact.
Original articles should include a section describing the contribution made by each author to the manuscript. See the “3.4 Author Contributions” sections for details.
If a submitted article includes any data that are not publicly available, the authors are required to fill in a data-sharing statement form, which should be submitted along with their manuscript. If the article is accepted for publication, the Data Availability Statement (form) will be published online alongside the article. See the “3.7.2 Data Sharing Statement” section for details.
When a manuscript documents any experiment(s) involving human subjects or animals, the authors must indicate an ethical statement both in the methods section and the footnote. See the “3.7.5 Ethical Statement” section for details.
Please note that systematic review with meta-analysis will be categorized as Original Article.
2.1.1 Reporting Checklist
Original Articles should be prepared according to the EQUATOR research reporting guidelines, as listed below, and each submission should include a checklist (a reformatted version has been created for the journal) as a supplementary material. The relevant page/line and section/paragraph number in the manuscript should be stated for each item in the checklist. A statement should be included at the end of the “Introduction” to indicate which reporting checklist was followed (e.g., “We present the following article/case in accordance with the CONSORT reporting checklist.” ). The manuscript should also include a Reporting Checklist statement in the footnote (see the “3.7 Footnote”). Failure to do so will result in the manuscript being returned to the authors for amendment.
