1、投稿方式：在线投稿。

2、刊内网址：

http://www.nature.com/boneres/

投稿系统：

http://mts-boneres.nature.com/

3、刊内邮箱：br@scu.edu.cn

4、刊内电话：028-85546461

5、出刊日期：季刊，逢季末月出版。

2021年5月20日星期四

《骨研究（英文）》投稿指南

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Guide for Authors

Aims and Scope

Bone

Research is an Open Access, fully peer-reviewed journal publishing the

foremost progress and novel understanding of all aspects of bone

science. The journal highlights the breakthrough discoveries in basic

and clinical aspects of bone biology, pathophysiology and regeneration,

as well as other significant findings related to bone.

Covering

all aspects of bone science including its subspecialties, Bone Research

publishes original, highquality, peer-reviewed papers including

research articles, reviews, correspondence and comments.

Original research articles will be published under, but not limited to, the following headings:

 Morphogenesis of bone and cartilage;

 Musculoskeletal diseases;

 Metabolic bone diseases;

 Bone regeneration and bone tissue engineering;

 Bone related biomaterials;

 Clinical studies.

Journal Details

Editor-in-Chief:

Xuedong Zhou (China)

Founding Editor-in-Chief:

Xu Cao (USA)

Executive Editors-in-Chief:

Thomas L. Clemens (USA)

Yunfeng Lin (China)

Editorial office:

Bone Research Editorial Office

No. 14, 3rd section,

Renmin South Road, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, P. R. China

Tel: +86 28 8554 6461

Fax: +86 28 8550 3479

E-mail: br@scu.edu.cn

ARTICLE TYPES

Article description

Abstract

Word limit

Tables/Figures

References guideline

Article

A

complete, comprehensive report of original research. An Article usually

has a fairly complex narrative that is based on multiple techniques

and/or approaches.

Unstructured abstract; max word limit: 250

4000-6,000 words excluding abstract, references, figures and tables

No more than 7 figures; no more than 4 tables

No limits

Correspondence

The

Editors will occasionally consider the publication of correspondence

developing the debate relating to a particular journal article that has

already been published in the journal. These would usually be published

alongside a reply from the authors of the original article.

None

800 words excluding, references, figures and tables

None

No limits

Comment

Comments are an analysis of recently published papers of particular interest. This is a commission-only section.

None

1,500 words excluding references

No Limits

No limits

Editorial

The

editors invite editorials to discuss a topical issue or a paper

published in the journal and set the problems addressed by the paper in

the wider context of the field. These are usually commissioned, but

unsolicited editorial submissions are considered for publication.

None

2,000 words excluding references

No Limits

No limits

Review Article

A

comprehensive synthesis and/or analysis of specific topics. A short

Introduction giving the rationale for the review should be followed by

sections with appropriate subheadings, followed by a conclusions section

at the end. The standard footer headings (Acknowledgements,

Contributions, Competing Interests, Funding) are required. All invited

reviews will undergo peer review prior to acceptance.

Unstructured abstract; max word limit: 250

No less than 8,000 words excluding abstract, references, figures and tables

No more than 7 figures; no more than 4 tables

No less than 100 references

Word limit

Word

limits are provided for guidance only. The Editors will consider

submissions that are below or above the recommended limit, subject to

feedback received during peer review.

PREPARATION OF ARTICLES

Article Requirements

Cover letter

Each manuscript must be accompanied by a cover letter including statements that:

 Highlight of the current manuscript should be limited to no more than 2 short sentences;

 All authors agree with the submission;

 The work has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere, either completely or in part, or in another form or language;

 If material has been reproduced from another source,

the authors have authorization from the copyright holder (usually the

Publisher) to use it, and have included this authorization with their

submission;

 Conflict of Interest Statement

Organization of manuscript

For

first submissions (i.e. not revised manuscripts), authors may choose to

incorporate the manuscript text and figures into a single file

(Microsoft Word or TeX/LaTeX) up to 30 MB in size — the figures may be

inserted within the text at the appropriate positions. Article should

include continuous line number. Supplementary Information should be

combined and supplied as a separate file, preferably in Word format.

Alternatively authors can follow the guidelines outlined below, which must be followed when submitting files for revisions.

All

textual content should be provided in a single file, prepared using

either Microsoft Word or TeX/LaTeX; figures should be provided in

individual files. The manuscript text file should include the following

parts, in order: a title page with author affiliations and contact

information (the corresponding author should be identified with an

asterisk); the sections required for each content type (see information

for different content types) then References, Acknowledgements

(optional), Author Contributions (Articles only), Competing Financial

Interests statement, Figure Legends and Tables. Footnotes to the text

are not allowed and any such material should be incorporated into the

text as parenthetical matter.

Please

note that Articles must contain the following components in the order

stated. Other Article Types needn’t following the order. Please see

below for further details.

 Title page

 Abstract

 Introduction

 Results

 Discussion

 Materials and methods

 Acknowledgements

 Conflict of interests

 Author contributions

 References

 Figure legends

 Tables

 Figures

(i) Title page

The

title page should include a succinct title (less than 100 characters); a

concise running title (which should normally not exceed 50 characters);

the full names of all authors including their given names; the

affiliations (including city, state, country and zip code) of all

authors; the official email addresses of all authors, and the full

contact details of the corresponding author (including telephone and fax

numbers). The title should be clear, concise and descriptive; and

should not include subtitles, colons, periods, or nonstandard

abbreviations. The maximum corresponding  Revised July 24th, 2020

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maximum co-first authors for one submission are 3. Please also list the

contributions for each author in the title page.

(ii) Abstract

A

brief abstract (maximum 250 words) should state the purpose, basic

procedures, main findings and principal conclusions of the study. The

abstract should not contain abbreviations or references and should not

be structured.

(iii) Introduction

The

Introduction should summarize the rationale for the study and outline

pertinent background material. The Introduction should not contain

either results or conclusions.

(iv) Results

The

Results should be presented in a logical sequence in the text, tables

and figures; repetitive presentation of the same data in different forms

should be avoided. The Results should not include material appropriate

to the Discussion.

(v) Discussion

The

Discussion should not reiterate Results, but rather should consider

them in relation to any hypotheses advanced in the Introduction. This

may include an evaluation of methodology and the relationship of new

information to the existing body of knowledge in that field.

(vi) Materials and methods

Key

Materials and Methods should be described in sufficient detail to allow

the experimental work to be reproduced in another laboratory, and to

leave the reader in no doubt as to how the results were derived. For

some routing methods, please put it as the Supplemental Methods, but

ensure that all supplemental files are called out in the text.

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