Notice to Contributors: Global Traditional Chinese Medicine

GlobalTraditionalChineseMedicine, charged by National Health Commission and operated by China International Medical Foundation, is a traditional Chinese medicine academic journal published both in China and abroad. The editor in chief is Mr. Zhang Boli, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering. Seven members of Chinese Academy of Engineering and Chinese Academy of Science including Chen Keji and Xiao Peigen, along with over 210 Chinese and foreign experts on TCM serve as the consultants, deputy editors and members of the editorial board. Our editorial board is composed of experts from over 10 countries and regions including the UK, the US, Canada and Hongkong China, and we also have over 200 excellent TCM scholars from a large range of schools, hospitals and research institutions globally working as reviewers. The journal is issued monthly in the size of 210 mm×285 mm with 180 pages. The Chinese serial number is CN 11-5652/R and the international standard serial number is ISSN 1674-1749. Our website iswww.hqzyy.comwhich provides open access to full texts of all of our articles in PDF.

This journal is included in the Key Magazine of China Technology andChemicalAbstractsin the US. We sincerely invite the scholars of traditional Chinese medicine and other traditional medicines at home and abroad to submit professional articles.

1 Submission Requirement

1.1Main Direction:The main articles in this journal are on studies of TCM,Chinese materia medica and acupuncture,including clinical studies,theory researches and experimental studies. Articles introducing the current situation of TCM abroad and foreign traditional medicines will be given priority.This journal attaches importance on reviews and welcomes articles discussing clinical TCM and TCM academic inheritance.Essays on TCM nursing, TCM hospital management and clinical case study will also be considered prior to others.

1.2Language Requirement: The journal is mainly in Chinese, but we also accept the English articles in hopes of receiving essays from TCM researchers and clinical practitioners whose first language is not Chinese. Unfortunately we do not accept papers in other languages. English Articles written by authors whose first language is Chinese or translations of articles published in languages other than Chinese and English will be rejected as well.

1.3Columns: The main columns of the journal are experimental researches, discussion on theories, review, clinical experience and academic forum, and our featured columns include clinical case analysis and TCM overseas. The papers in experimental researches and review column should have 5000～8000words while essays in other columns should have more than 3000 words. We welcome long articles. Chinese abstracts should not be less than 200 characters while the length of English abstracts should be limited between 250 and 600 words.

1.4The Cites: The article shall include the name, birthday, gender, title, highest degree, academic posts, research direction and E-mail address of the first author and the corresponding author. The author's department should be indicated along with the institution. The corresponding author refers to the project investigator instead of the contact person.

1.5Subtitles, Tables and images: the subtitles in the article should be less than three levels. Tables and figures should be ordered with numbers and demonstrated with titles. The tables in the articles should be in three lines, and the original image files in their picture format should be attached if any pictures are presented in the articles.

1.6Reference: The reference should apply the Vancouver style. The family name of author should be put before his/her given name. If there are more than three authors, names of the fourth and other authors should be replaced by "et al". Names of the authors should be indicated with capital letters if the referring text is from a foreign journal, but should be indicated in full names if the source is a Chinese essay. Titles of the references should be presented in their original languages instead of the translated versions.

1.7Medical Ethics and Informed Consent: Academic papers should follow the basic principles of medical ethics. In the researches where people are the observation subjects, the author should state in his/her essay whether the research meets the ethical standards set by the Human Body Test Commission (organizational, regional or national), and whether the subjects are informed of their situation and have given consents to the scientific research. Evidence including the committee approval documents and other documents proving ethical compliance, the subjects’ knowledge and consent should be provided.

2 Submission Methods

2.1Website: The online collecting and editing system ofGlobalTraditionalChineseMedicineis our only channel of receiving articles. Please submit your contribution through www.hqzyy.com.

2.2Inquiry and Withdrawal: Authors will be informed of the approval or refusal in 2～12 weeks after submission, and we will do our best to shorten the reviewing process. The author will be informed of the outcome whether the article is accepted or not. Please let us know if you plan to withdraw your article. If you have any question, please contact us by calling 86-10-65269860 (between 14:00-16:00 on working days in China).

2.3Liability and modification: The liability relating to the article will be borne by the authors themselves. The editorial department may modify or delete part of the article without changing the original meaning. Please notify us if you do not accept any modifications. The writer will be asked to check the final version before publication.

2.4Charge: Editorial fee in 2020 is free. Please clear the publishing fee according to the Essay Acceptance Notice after confirming the approval of your article. Once published, the journal will present two current issues for you for free. Once your paper is published, you will receive 2 copies of the issue for free and your payment.

Note:

According to The Copyright Law of People’s Republic of China, authors need to sign the Copyright Assignment Agreement when submitting the articles, which transfers the copyright of the articles to the Journal Press ofGlobalTraditionalChineseMedicine.