本刊特点：CSCD核心期刊（2023-2024）,SCIE（2024版）,维普收录,万方收录,知网收录,第一批认定学术期刊,外文期刊,
期刊基本信息
出版周期：季刊 级别：核心期刊
主管部门：教育部
主办单位：四川大学
编辑部：《骨研究（英文版）》编辑部
中国国内刊号：CN 51-1745/R
国际标准刊号：ISSN 2095-4700；EISSN2095-6231
邮发代号：62-272
价格：50元/期
知网复合影响因子：2.291
知网综合影响因子：1.791
杂志社联系方式
地址：四川省成都市人民南路三段14号
邮编：610041
电话：028-85546461
传真：028-85503479
杂志邮箱：br@scu.edu.cn
官方网站：http://www.nature.com/boneres/
杂志征稿投稿要求
《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 www.nature.com/boneres 3 authors for Bone Research are 3, and the 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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