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<div class="newsstat"> Browse: 423942  |   Download: 3758  |   Issue Date: 2016-01-16 </div> <div class="htmlcontent"> First published: May 2, 2017 Last updated: August 20, 2024   Guidelines for Authors   Contents 1 ABOUT THE BAISHIDENG 1.1 Journals List 1.2 Open-Access 1.3 Copyright 1.4 Article Processing Charge 1.5 Privacy Policy 1.6 Disclaimer Statement 1.7 Publisher 1.8 Help Desk 1.9 Website 1.10 Submit a Manuscript 2 PUBLISHING PROCESS 3 GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION, SUBMISSION, AND MANUSCRIPT FORMAT 3.1 Editorial 3.2 Frontier 3.3 Guidelines 3.4 Field of Vision 3.5 Opinion Review 3.6 Expert Consensus 3.7 Evidence Review 3.8 Review 3.9 Minireview 3.10 Case Control Study 3.11 Retrospective Cohort Study 3.12 Retrospective Study 3.13 Clinical Trials Study 3.14 Observational Study 3.15 Prospective Study 3.16 Randomized Controlled Trial 3.17 Randomized Clinical Trial 3.18 Clinical and Translational Research 3.19 Basic Study 3.20 Evidence-Based Medicine 3.21 Systematic Review 3.22 Meta-Analysis 3.23 Scientometrics 3.24 Case Report 3.25 Letter to the Editor 3.26 Correction 3.27 Retraction Note 4 APPEALS AND COMPLAINTS 5 GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS TO REQUEST WITHDRAWAL OF A MANUSCRIPT 6 ONLINE SUBMISSIONS 7 BAISHIDENG HOMEPAGE, SUBMISSION SITE AND MANUSCRIPT TYPES 1 ABOUT THE BAISHIDENG Baishideng Publishing Group (Baishideng) publishes 47 peer-reviewed, open-access journals covering a broad range of topics in clinical medicine, as well as several topics in biochemistry and molecular biology, relevant to human health today. 1.1 Journals List. Baishideng publishes the following 47 journals: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2644-3228/index.htm">Artificial Intelligence in Cancer</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2644-3236/index.htm">Artificial Intelligence in Gastroenterology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2689-7164/index.htm">Artificial Intelligence in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2644-3260/index.htm">Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-6182/index.htm">World Journal of Anesthesiology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8454/index.htm">World Journal of Biological Chemistry</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8462/index.htm">World Journal of Cardiology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2307-8960/index.htm">World Journal of Clinical Cases</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3176/index.htm">World Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-4333/index.htm">World Journal of Clinical Oncology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2219-2808/index.htm">World Journal of Clinical Pediatrics</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2219-2816/index.htm">World Journal of Clinical Urology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3141/index.htm">World Journal of Critical Care Medicine</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-6190/index.htm">World Journal of Dermatology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9358/index.htm">World Journal of Diabetes</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-315x/index.htm">World Journal of Experimental Medicine</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/index.htm">World Journal of Gastroenterology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5190/index.htm">World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5204/index.htm">World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2150-5330/index.htm">World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2150-5349/index.htm">World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pharmacology and Therapeutics</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-9366/index.htm">World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-6204/index.htm">World Journal of Hematology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/index.htm">World Journal of Hepatology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3168/index.htm">World Journal of Hypertension</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2219-2824/index.htm">World Journal of Immunology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3184/index.htm">World Journal of Medical Genetics</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2308-3840/index.htm">World Journal of Meta-Analysis</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2222-0682/index.htm">World Journal of Methodology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-6124/index.htm">World Journal of Nephrology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-6212/index.htm">World Journal of Neurology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-6220/index.htm">World Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-6239/index.htm">World Journal of Ophthalmology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-5836/index.htm">World Journal of Orthopedics</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-6247/index.htm">World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3192/index.htm">World Journal of Pharmacology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/index.htm">World Journal of Psychiatry</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/1949-8470/index.htm">World Journal of Radiology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-6255/index.htm">World Journal of Respirology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3214/index.htm">World Journal of Rheumatology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-0210/index.htm">World Journal of Stem Cells</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2218-6263/index.htm">World Journal of Stomatology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2219-2832/index.htm">World Journal of Surgical Procedures</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-6132/index.htm">World Journal of Translational Medicine</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3230/index.htm">World Journal of Transplantation</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3249/index.htm">World Journal of Virology</a> <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/1009-3079/index.htm">Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi/World Chinese Journal of Digestology</a> 1.2 Open-Access. All articles published by Baishideng are selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. Baishideng applies the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon the published works non-commercially, and license the derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a> 1.3 Copyright. Copyright belongs to the author(s) for all articles published by Baishideng. All rights are reserved. 1.4 Article Processing Charge. For detailed information, please visit: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/242">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/242</a> 1.5 Privacy Policy. Baishideng is committed to the protection of your personal information. Baishideng’s privacy policy applies only to information collected by Baishideng through the www.wjgnet.com website. For details about the privacy policy, please visit: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/269">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/gerinfo/269</a> 1.6 Disclaimer Statement. All articles published in journals owned by Baishideng represent the views and opinions of their authors, and not the views, opinions or policies of Baishideng, except where explicitly indicated otherwise. 1.7 Publisher. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA. 1.8 Help Desk. For details, please visit: <a href="https://www.f6publishing.com/helpdesk">https://www.f6publishing.com/helpdesk</a> 1.9 Website. For details, please visit: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com">https://www.wjgnet.com</a> 1.10 Submit a Manuscript. For details, please visit the F6Publishing system at: <a href="https://www.f6publishing.com">https://www.f6publishing.com</a> 2 PUBLISHING PROCESS Step 1 Manuscript reception and registration Step 2 Initial review by Journal’s Editor-in Chief/Associate Editor or Science Editor Step 3 Peer-review by Peer-Reviewers/Editorial Board Members. For more information on the manuscript peer review process, please visit our website at <a href="http://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/241" target="_blank">http://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/241</a> Step 4 End of peer-review, then, start the first decision making Step 5 First decision by Science Editor of the publisher, the Journal’s Editor-in-Chief, and the Executive Editor-in-Chief of the publisher. For more information on the academic integrity, persons responsible for manuscript decision, and the decision process, please visit our website at <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/Gerinfo/316" target="_blank">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/Gerinfo/316</a> Step 6 Revision by the author(s) Step 7 Second decision by Science Editor of the publisher (manuscript editing and processing), the Journal’s Editor-in-Chief (controls academic quality), and the Language Editor (controls language quality) Step 8 Third/Final decision by the Executive Editor-in-Chief of the publisher (controls publishing quality) Step 9 Final acceptance and charging of publication fee Step 10 Language editing Step 11 Production Step 12 Proofreading by Production Department Director Step 13 Release of online open-access papers in electronic form on the Baishideng website Step 14 End of the publication process, then, store documents and notify the datebase to index the article 3 GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION, SUBMISSION, AND MANUSCRIPT FORMAT The following manuscript type will be published in the Baishideng series journals: 3.1 Editorial. Editorial Board Members/Peer Reviewers are invited to make comments on an important topic in their field, regarding its current research status and future directions that will promote development of this discipline. The detailed writing requirements of Editorial can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/214">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/214</a> 3.2 Frontier. Highly influential scientists are invited to write a Frontier article select a highly cited, cutting-edge original paper of his/her own and summarize the major findings, the problems that have been resolved and remain to be resolved, and the future research directions, in order to help readers understand his/her important academic point of view and perspectives on the directions of research in their field. The detailed writing requirements for the Frontier article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/216">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/216</a> 3.3 Guidelines. Guidelines articles are submitted by any author and describe a guideline in medicine research. The detailed writing requirements for the Guidelines article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/297">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/297</a> 3.4 Field of Vision. Highly influential scientists are invited to write a Field of Vision commentary on recent perspectives of seminal articles, on hot topic articles, or the latest articles in the research field in order to keep readers at the forefront of research and increase the impact of their clinical research. Seminal (classic) articles are papers that are included in the Web of Knowledge and which have received a large number of citations (ranking in the top 1%) after being published for more than 3 years, reflecting the article’s quality and impact on the field. Hot topic articles are papers that are included in the Web of Knowledge and have received a large number of citations after being published for no more than 2 years, reflecting their representation of cutting-edge trends in scientific research. Latest articles are the most recently published high-quality papers that are included in PubMed and which reflect the latest trends in the author’s research field. In general, these commentary type articles will focus on the status quo of the overall research in the field, highlighting the most important research topics, the problems that have now been resolved and remain to be resolved, and the future research directions that may maximize the practical impact on a field. The basic information for the article that is the subject of these types of commentaries will be clearly stated at the beginning of the new article and will include author names, article title, journal name, year, volume, and inclusive page numbers. The detailed writing requirements for the Field of Vision article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/215">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/215</a> 3.5 Opinion Review. Highly influential scientists are invited to write Opinion Review articles that will focus on the status quo of the overall research in the field, highlighting the most important research topics, the problems that have now been resolved and remain to be resolved, and the future research directions that may maximize the practical impact on a field. The detailed writing requirements for the Opinion Review article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/298">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/298</a> 3.6 Expert Consensus. The detailed writing requirements for the Expert Consensus article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/315">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/315</a> 3.7 Evidence Review. The detailed writing requirements for the Evidence Review article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/314">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/314</a> 3.8 Review. Highly influential scientists are invited to write a Review article that will focus on the status quo of the overall research in the field, highlighting the most important research topics, the problems that have now been resolved and remain to be resolved, and the future research directions that may maximize the practical impact on a field. The detailed writing requirements for the Review article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/217">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/217</a> 3.9 Minireview. Highly influential scientists are invited to write a Minireview article on recent advances and trends in molecular biology, genomics, and related cutting-edge technologies to provide readers with the latest knowledge and to help improve their diagnostic and therapeutic skills. The detailed writing requirements for the Minireview article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/192">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/192</a> 3.10 Case Control Study. The Case Control Study article can be submitted by any author and is structured as the identification of person/s with a disease of interest and a control (comparison, referent) group without the disease, followed by a description of the relationship of an attribute of the disease and its examination by comparative analysis of diseased vs non-diseased persons, with regard to the frequency or levels of the attribute in each group. The detailed writing requirements for the Case Control Study article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/195">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/195</a> 3.11 Retrospective Cohort Study. The Retrospective Cohort Study article can be submitted by any author and will describe a research study in which the medical records of groups of individuals who are alike in many ways but differ in a certain characteristic (for example, female nurses who smoke and those who do not smoke) are compared for a particular outcome (such as gastric cancer). The detailed writing requirements for the Retrospective Cohort Study article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/210">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/210</a> 3.12 Retrospective Study. The Retrospective Study article can be submitted by any author and will describe a study to test etiologic hypotheses by which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature of the retrospective study is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. The detailed writing requirements for the Retrospective Study article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/211">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/211</a> 3.13 Clinical Trials Study. The Clinical Trials Study article can be submitted by any author and will describe a pre-planned study of the safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule (if appropriate) of one or more diagnostic, therapeutic or prophylactic technique(s), device(s) or drug(s) selected according to predetermined criteria of eligibility and observed for predefined evidence of favorable and/or unfavorable effects. The detailed writing requirements for the Clinical Trials Study article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/196">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/196</a> 3.14 Observational Study. The Observational Study article can be submitted by any author and will describe a clinical study in which participants may receive diagnostic, therapeutic or other types of interventions, but the investigator does not assign participants to receive specific interventions (as in an interventional study). The detailed writing requirements for the Observational Study article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/200">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/200</a> 3.15 Prospective Study. The Prospective Study article can be submitted by any author and will describe an observational study of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence and/or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. The detailed writing requirements for the Prospective Study article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/201">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/201</a> 3.16 Randomized Controlled Trial. The Randomized Controlled Trial article can be submitted by any author and will describe a clinical trial that involves at least one test treatment and one control treatment, concurrent enrollment and follow-up of the test- and control-treated groups, and in which the treatments to be administered are selected/assigned by a random process, such as the use of a random-numbers table. The detailed writing requirements for the Randomized Controlled Trial article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/209">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/209</a> 3.17 Randomized Clinical Trial. The Randomized Clinical Trial article can be submitted by any author and will describe a clinical trial in which the participants are assigned by chance to separate groups for comparison of different treatments; neither the researchers nor the participants can choose which group any individual is ultimately assigned to. Using chance to assign people to groups means that the groups will be similar and that the treatments they receive can be compared objectively. At the time of the trial, it is not known which treatment is best. Finally, study participation in a randomized trial is completely at the discretion of the patient. The detailed writing requirements for the Randomized Clinical Trial article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/202">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/202</a> 3.18 Clinical and Translational Research. The detailed writing requirements for the Clinical and Translational Research article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/313">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/313</a> 3.19 Basic Study. The Basic Study article can be submitted by any author and is written to describe and detail basic studies of novel and innovative findings in medical basic research. The detailed writing requirements for the Basic Study article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/218">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/218</a> 3.20 Evidence-Based Medicine. The Evidence-Based Medicine article can be submitted by any author and will describe an approach of practicing medicine with the goal to evaluate and improve patient care. These articles require the judicious integration of the best research evidence with patient values to help guide decisions in medical care and aim to help physicians in making proper diagnoses, devising the best testing strategies, choosing the best treatments and/or methods of disease prevention, and developing guidelines for large groups of patients with the same disease. The detailed writing requirements for the Evidence-Based Medicine article can be found at: <a href="https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/198">https://www.wjgnet.com/bpg/GerInfo/198</a> 3.21 Systematic Review. The Systematic Review article can be submitted by any author and will summarize the recent and comprehensive published material on a particular subject, without bias. The degree of comprehensiveness may vary (from broad to narrow) according to the time range of material scrutinized, but the systematic reviews that are most often desired for publication focus on the current literature. 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