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- ☐ Authors have written the manuscript in compliance with Instructions to Authors and Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf) from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, and the Guideline of Committee on Publication Ethics (https://publicationethics.org).
- ☐ Authors have omitted names and organizations in the manuscript submitted for review.
- ☐ The title page should include a title, authors’ names and academic degrees, affiliations, and corresponding author(s)’ name(s), contact information, ORCID, and author contributions.
- ☐ A running title should be given in 50 characters or shorter including spaces.
- ☐ The abstract should be divided into Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion; it is within 250 words for Original Articles. For Case Reports, the abstract should be written by dividing it into Background, Case report, and Conclusion, and be within 150 words.
- ☐ The abstract should be included in the manuscript, regardless of whether it is included in the submission system.
- ☐ Three to six keywords should be included (those recommended in MeSH (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh)).
- ☐ Information regarding approval of an institutional review board and obtaining informed consent should be mentioned in the Method section.
- ☐ The number of references is limited to 45 (for original articles), 15 (for case reports) or 4 (for images).
- ☐ Each figure should be uploaded as a separate file and should not be included in the main text. The file name of each figure should be the figure number.
- ☐ Line art (e.g., graphs, charts, family trees) must not exceed 800 dpi, whereas halftone (CT, MRI) or color pictures must be prepared in no less than 300 dpi.
- ☐ All authors have completed the Copyright Transfer Agreement and COI Statement.
- ☐ The authors are responsible for obtaining permission from the copyright holder to reprint any previously published material in JNC.
- ☐ A checklist for the appropriate reporting guidelines, as available on the EQUATOR website (http://www.equator-network.org/), should be uploaded along with the manuscript.
- ☐ For a case report, authors should follow the CARE guidelines (https://www.care-statement.org).
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