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https://www.iospress.nl/journal/tumor-biology/
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4、官网邮箱：TumorBiology.Editor@pib-nio.pl（主编）
5、期刊刊期：月刊，一年出版十二期。
2021年5月21日星期五
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Manuscript submission & Author instructions
Tumor Biology, launched in 1980 (formerly published as Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine), is a peer reviewed, open access journal publishing experimental and clinical cancer research. Tumor Biology covers all aspects of tumor markers, molecular biomarkers, tumor targeting, and mechanisms of tumor development and progression. Studies in other areas of basic, clinical and translational cancer research are also considered in order to promote connections and discoveries across different disciplines.
The journal publishes original articles, reviews, commentaries and guidelines on tumor marker use. All submissions are subject to rigorous single-blind peer review and are selected on the basis of whether the research is sound and deserves publication.
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT
By submitting my article to this journal, I agree to the Author Copyright Agreement, the IOS Press Privacy Policy and the IOS Press Ethics Policy.
Authors are requested to submit their manuscript electronically to the journal’s editorial management system. The manuscript should be uploaded as one file with tables and figures included. Please use the journal's manuscript template.
The journal does not accept submissions from authors using nondescript, anonymous, email addresses (e.g. yahoo.com, gmail.com, 163.com, rediffmail.com, sina.com, 126.com, hotmail.com, etc.). Institutional email addresses are highly preferred.
Required files
Cover letter
Main document (with figures and tables)
Source files
A .pdf file of the article is required along with the source files of the text, such as MS Word or LaTeX. If using LaTeX, please use the standard article.sty as a style file. LaTeX packages should be compiled into .zip or .rar files.
Open Access Fee
Papers submitted to Tumor Biology that are accepted for publication will be subject to an open access fee. The current open access fee is US$1500 / €1250 (excl. VAT if applicable) to publish under the CC-BY-NC 4.0 license. To publish under a CC-BY 4.0 license, as mandated by certain funding agencies, the fee is US$2000 / €1675 (excl. VAT if applicable). An order form will be provided along with the PDF proof.
Waiver requests can be considered for corresponding authors from low-income countries listed in the Research4Life project.
PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Cover Letter
The cover letter is important. To help the Editors in their preliminary evaluation, please indicate why you think the paper is suitable for publication. For original research articles, authors should also use this space to indicate the novelty of their work.
Article Types
Original article
This form of manuscript presents new clinical and experimental findings. Articles should be 2,000–3,000 words long. Authors should therefore consider what data and analyses may be appropriate for supplemental information. There is no limit to the number of references. The article should be structured appropriately, and abstracts should follow the following format: Background, Objective, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
Review article
Tumor Biology accepts comprehensive reviews on topics related to experimental and clinical cancer research, and related topics. Reviews must contain no more than 5,000 words. There is no limit to Figures or references, but authors are advised that the Editorial Board will not accept poorly-focused reviews.
Commentaries
Are opinion pieces that initiate or focus discussion on current and emerging topics related to tumor biology. This article type should propose a valid argument or support a point of view with strong evidence with in limit of 2,000 words.
Organization of the Paper and Style of Presentation
Manuscripts must be written in English. Authors whose native language is not English are recommended to seek the advice of a native English speaker, if possible, before submitting their manuscripts. Peerwith offers a language and copyediting service to all scientists who want to publish their manuscript in scientific peer-reviewed periodicals and books.
Manuscripts should be prepared with wide margins and double spacing throughout, including the abstract, footnotes and references. Every page of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc., should be numbered. However, in the text no reference should be made to page numbers; if necessary, one may refer to sections. Try to avoid the excessive use of italics and bold face.
Manuscripts should be organized in the following order:
Title page
Text body (divided by subheadings)
Acknowledgements
Author contributions
References
Tables
Figure captions
Figures
Headings and subheadings should be numbered and typed on a separate line, without indentation.
SI units should be used, i.e., the units based on the metre, kilogramme, second, etc.
Title Page
The title page should provide the following information:
Title (should be clear, descriptive and not too long)
Name(s) of author(s) without abbreviation; please indicate who is the corresponding author. Note that no authors will be added or removed post submission, unless the journal editor and all co-authors are informed and are in agreement to this change.
Full affiliation(s)
Present address of author(s), if different from affiliation
Complete address of the corresponding author, including tel. no., fax no., e-mail address and ORCID ID
Abstract
Keywords.
Abstract
The abstract should be clear, descriptive, self-explanatory and not longer than 200 words, it should also be suitable for publication in abstracting services.
The abstract for research papers should follow the “structured abstract” format. Section labels should be in bold uppercase letters followed by a colon, and each section will begin on a new line.
BACKGROUND:
OBJECTIVE:
METHODS:
RESULTS:
CONCLUSIONS:
Materials and Methods
Experimental subjects
When human subjects are used, manuscripts must be accompanied by a statement that the experiments were undertaken with the understanding and written consent of each subject, and that the study conforms with the Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki), printed in the British Medical Journal (18 July 1964).
When experimental animals are used, the Materials and methods section must briefly but explicitly state measures which were taken to minimize pain or discomfort, e.g. type and dose of anaesthetic used. Experiments should be carried out in accordance with the European Communities Council Directive of 24 November 1986 (86/609/EEC) or with the Guidelines laid down by the NIH in the US, available from the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, RKLI, Suite 360, MSC 7982, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-7982, or online (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw .htm#pol) regarding the care and use of animals for experimental procedures.
All studies using human or animal subjects should include an explicit statement in the Materials and Methods section identifying the review and approval committee for each study. Editors reserve the right to reject papers if there is doubt whether appropriate procedures have been used.
Acknowledgments
This section should contain all acknowledgments, including any funding source to the research.
Author Contributions
For every author, his or her contribution to the manuscript needs to be provided using the following categories:
CONCEPTION:
DATA CURATION:
ANALYSIS OF DATA:
PREPARATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT:
REVISION FOR IMPORTANT INTELLECTUAL CONTENT:
SUPERVISION:
Conflict of Interest
Tumor Biology requires authors to declare all conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, independent of relevance to the particular manuscript. All authors must separately be named in the Conflict of interest statement. If an author has no conflict of interest to declare, include this section with the statement “(Name) has no conflict of interest to report”.
References
Authors are requested to use the Vancouver citation style. All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references at the end of the manuscript. List the references in the order in which they appear in the text. If an article has a DOI, this should be provided after the page number details. The number is added after the letters 'doi'. The following are examples of correct citations in the Vancouver citation style:
[1] Rose ME, Huerbin MB, Melick J, Marion DW, Palmer AM, Schiding JK, et al. Regulation of interstitial excitatory amino acid concentrations after cortical contusion injury. Brain Res. 2002; 935(1-2): 40-6. doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)02445-9
[2] Murray PR, Rosenthal KS, Kobayashi GS, Pfaller MA. Medical microbiology. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby; 2002.
[3] Berkow R, Fletcher AJ, editors. The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy. 16th ed. Rahway (NJ): Merck Research Laboratories; 1992.
[4] Meltzer PS, Kallioniemi A, Trent JM. Chromosome alterations in human solid tumors. In: Vogelstein B, Kinzler KW, editors. The genetic basis of human cancer. New York: McGrawHill; 2002. p. 93113.
[5] Canadian Cancer Society [homepage on the Internet]. Toronto: The Society; 2006 [updated 2006 May 12; cited 2006 Oct 17]. Available from: www.cancer.ca/.
Footnotes
Footnotes should only be used if absolutely essential. In most cases it is possible to incorporate the information in the text.
If used, they should be numbered in the text, indicated by superscript numbers and kept as short as possible.
Tables
Number as Table 1, Table 2 etc., and refer to all of them in the text.
Each table should be provided on a separate page of the manuscript. Tables should not be included in the text.
Each table should have a brief and self-explanatory title.
Column headings should be brief, but sufficiently explanatory. Standard abbreviations of units of measurement should be added between parentheses.
Vertical lines should not be used to separate columns. Leave some extra space between the columns instead.
Any explanations essential to the understanding of the table should be given in footnotes at the bottom of the table.
Figures
Number figures as Fig. 1, Fig. 2, etc. and refer to all of them in the text.
Each figure should be provided on a separate sheet. Figures should not be included in the text.
For the file formats of the figures please take the following into account:
- Line art should be have a minimum resolution of 600 dpi, save as EPS or TIFF
- Grayscales (incl. photos) should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (no lettering), or 500 dpi (when there is lettering); save as tiff
- Do not save figures as JPEG, this format may lose information in the process
- Do not use figures taken from the Internet, the resolution will be too low
- Figures should be designed with the format of the page of the journal in mind. They should be of such a size as to allow a reduction of 50%.
On maps and other figures where a scale is needed, use bar scales rather than numerical ones, i.e., do not use scales of the type 1:10,000. This avoids problems if the figures need to be reduced.
Each figure should have a self-explanatory caption. The captions to all figures should be typed on a separate sheet of the manuscript.
Photographs are only acceptable if they have good contrast and intensity.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright of Your Article
Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that they have read and agreed to the terms of the IOS Press Author Copyright Agreement.
Quoting from Other Publications
An author, when quoting from someone else's work or when considering reproducing figures or table from a book or journal article, should make sure that he is not infringing a copyright. Although in general an author may quote from other published works, he should obtain permission from the holder of the copyright if he wishes to make substantial extracts or to reproduce tables, plates or other figures. If the copyright holder is not the author of the quoted or reproduced material, it is recommended that the permission of the author should also be sought. Material in unpublished letters and manuscripts is also protected and must not be published unless permission has been obtained. Submission of a paper will be interpreted as a statement that the author has obtained all the necessary permission. A suitable acknowledgement of any borrowed material must always be made.
PROOFS
The corresponding author will receive a PDF proof and is asked to check this proof carefully (the publisher will execute a cursory check only). Corrections other than printer's errors, however, should be avoided. Costs arising from such corrections will be charged to the authors.
PURCHASES
Complimentary Copy
The corresponding author of a contribution to this journal will receive a pdf copy of their published article on release.
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