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Mandatory components of a manuscript:
Formats and contents of the manuscripts are checked by corresponding author.
Words count. Manuscripts may be no longer than 6,000 words including all elements for Original Articles, 3,000 words for Case Reports including references.
YSE NO
Manuscript layouts. Manuscript should be prepared in following orders;
1. Original Article: title page, inner title page, abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusion, references, table, and figure legends.
2. Case Report: title page, inner title page, abstract, introduction, case report, discussion, conclusion, references, table, and figure legends.
YSE NO
Language. Text should be written in fluent, plain, readable American or English-style English. Proof reading is done.
Acceptable Inadequate
All pages are numbered in sequence, starting with the abstract page.
YSE NO
Title page:
Components. The title page must contain all of the followings; clear title, name and affiliation of all authors, information of the corresponding author (address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address), type of the article (review article, research paper, clinical article, case report) and any conflict of the interest.
Complete Incomplete
Running head must be included consisting of no more than 65 characters/spaces.
YSE NO
External title page should be a separate file.
YSE NO
Inner title page:
Only title of the manuscript is listed. Any information on the authors and corresponding author is not shown on the inner title page.
YSE NO
Abstract:
Words count. Abstract should have no longer than 250 words for Original Articles and 200 words for Case Reports.
YSE NO
Abstract includes Objective, Methods, Results and Conclusion in Original articles
YSE NO
Key words. Up to six keywords or phrases are suitable for use and the selection of Key words is based on MeSH.
YSE NO
Text:
Format. Text is written in 11 point fonts with double line spacing and 3cm as margins on an A4 paper.
YSE NO
Headings. Do provide appropriate headings and subheadings with the following hierarchy: 14 point BOLD CASE , 13 point case, 11 point Italics
YSE NO
Figures and tables. Cite in numerical order as they are first mentioned in the text.
YSE NO
References:
Style. References are described following the rules of The Nerve
YSE NO
Tables, Figures and Illustrations:
Table style. Table style should follow the conventional rules of The Nerve. Tables should be self-explanatory, and the data they contain must not be duplicated in the text or figures.
YSE NO
Figures are prepared in separate files (JPG or TIF) and submitted individually not being incorporated into one files.
YSE NO
Figure resolution. Author must guarantee the quality of figures (300DPI). It should be noted that the manuscript could be rejected if printsuitable high quality figures are not provided at the initial phase of submission.
Acceptable Inadequate
Figure legend. Figure legend should be self-explanatory. Abbreviations should not be used and the present tense must be used for the description. Appropriate description of dyeing method and magnification for histological figure should be provided.
YSE NO
Submission :
All authors should sign on the “Copyright Release, Author Agreement, and Disclosure of Conflict of Interest” form then send e-mail to editor of The Nerve (sbc@catholic.ac.kr) and corresponding author should indicate that he (she) takes full responsibility of authorship from all authors.
YSE NO
Author check list form is submitted with the manuscript.
YSE NO
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