-> Instruction To Author

  Chiang Mai Medical Journal (Formerly Chiang Mai Medical Bulletin) is an of fi cial journal of the Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University. It accepts original papers on clinical and experimental research that are pertinent in the biomedical sciences. The Journal is published 4 issues/year (quarterly). Original articles, short communication, case reports, review article, letters to the Editor and miscellany are welcome. All manuscripts submitted to Chiang Mai Medical Journal must not have been previously published (except in abstract form) or under consideration for publication elsewhere. Following publication, Chiang Mai Medical Journal reserves the copyright of all published materials and such materials may not be reproduced in any form without written permission from Chiang Mai Medical Journal. We strongly recom-mend that authors follow the guideline in manuscript preparation below. Failure to comply with the instruction will result in delay the processing of your paper.

1. A cover letter: Submit a cover letter indicating the type of the manuscript you submitted.
   Also indicate that the manuscript has never been published or under the consideration for
   publication elsewhere. A cover letter can be signed by the corresponding author on behalf of
   all authors. Authors should also provide the name of 3-4 persons (as well as their work place,
   contact number, and e-mail address), particularly those work outside the author’s institution,
   whom they wish to review their work.
   

2. Title page: As Chiang Mai Medical Journal uses a double-blind review processes,
   prepare your title page on the separate sheet. The title page should contain:
   2.1 Title of the manuscript
   2.2 The category of the manuscript submitted (original article, short communication,
          case report, review article, letter to the Editor or miscellany)
   2.3 A short running title of no more than 40 characters (including spaces)
   2.4 Authors’ names, their academic degrees, and their present af fi liations
   2.5 Name of the corresponding author as well as his contact information (mailing
         address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address)

3. Main manuscript: The manuscript must be written in English. Prepare the manuscript
   double spaced, one side only, and leave an ample margin of at least 2.5 cm (1 in) on all sides of
   the page. A total of six fi gures and/or tables are allowed for each manuscript. We encourage
   the authors to use Times New Roman with a font size of 12 throughout the manuscript. The
   main manuscript should consist of:
           3.1 Title: Provide title of the manuscript both in Thai and in English.
           3.2 Abstract: For original article and short communications, provide a structured
                 abstract of no more than 250 words, using the heading of objectives, methods, results and
                 conclusions. For case reports, review article and miscellany; provide a non-structured abstract
                 of no more than 150 words. The abstract must be submitted in both Thai and English.
           3.3 Key words: Provide up to six key words that re fl ect the content of the manuscript.
                This will facilitate it being found through internet searches. Key words should be given
                 beneath the abstract.
           3.4 Text: The text should be organized in the following order: Introduction,
                 Methods, Results, and Discussion, Acknowledgements, References, Tables and Figures.
                 Numbers that appear in numerical order should not exceed two decimal places.
           3.5 Ethics: In reporting an experiment in human subjects or animal, authors must
                 provide in the method section that the study was approved by the ethic committee or its equiva-lent, in which the              work was undertaken and that it conforms to the provisions of the World
                Medical Association’s Declaration of Helsinki
          3.6 Acknowledgments: Individuals who have made substantial contributions to the
               study, but are not included as authors should be acknowledged. The source of funding support
               must be stated.
            3.7 Confl icts of Interest: Authors must state all possible confl icts of interest in the
                  manuscript. If there is no con fl ict of interest, this should be stated as none.
           3.8 References: List the references in consecutive, numerical order, as they are cited
                  in the text. Use the Vancouver style. If the list of authors exceeds six, the fi rst three authors
                  followed by et al should be listed for those references. Abbreviate journal titles according to the
                 style used in the Index Medicus. See also http://www.medscape.com/home/search/indexMedi-cus/IndexMedicus-A.html
   
   Example of references:
   Journal articles
   1. You CH, Lee KY, Chey RY, Menguy R. Electrogastrographic study of patient with
   unexplained nausea, bloating and vomiting. Gastroenterol 1980;79:311-4.
   2. Gulgolgarn V, Ketsararat V, Niyomthai R, et al. Somatic growth and clinical
   manifestation in formula fed infants born to HIV-infected mothers during the fi rst year of life.
   J Med Assoc Thai 1999;82:1094-9.
   
   Conference proceeding
   1. Bengtsson S, Solheim BG. Enforcement of data protection, privacy and security in
   medical informatics. In: Lun KC, Degoulet P, Peimme TE, Reinhoff O, editors. MEDINFO
   92.
   2. Proceeding of the 7th World Congress on Medical Informatics; 1992 Sep 6-10;
   Geneva, Switzerland. Amsterdam: North-Holland; 1992. p.1561-5.
   3. Kimura J, Shibasaki H, editors. Recent advances in clinical neurophysiology.
   Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of EMG and Clinical Neurophysiology; 1995
   Oct 15-19; Kyoto, Japan. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 1996.
   
   Abstract in scienti fi c presentation
   1. Wettstein A, Dore G, Murphy C, Hing M, Edward P. HIV-related cholangiopathy
   in Australia. IX Annual Conference of the Australasian Society of HIV Medicine. Adelaide,
   November 1997 [abstract P45].
   2. Clement J, De Bock R. Hematological complications of hantavirus nephropathy
   [abstract]. Kidney Int 1992;42:1285.
   
   Book
   1. Getzen TE. Health economics: Fundamentals of funds. New York: John Wiley &
   Sons; 1997.
   2. Porter RJ, Meldrum BS. Antiepileptic drugs. In: Katzung BG, editor. Basic and
   clinical pharmacology. 6th ed. Norwalk: Appleton & Lange; 1995. p. 361-80.
   
   Electronic article
   1. Morse SS. Factors in the emergence of infectious disease. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on-line] 1995 Jan-Mar;1(1):[24 screens]. Available from: URL:http://www/cdc/gov/ncidoc/EID/
   eid.htm. Accessed December 25, 1999.
   2. LaPorte RE, Marler E, Akazawa S, Sauer F. The death of biomedical journals.
   BMJ [serial online]. 1995;310:1387-90. Available from: http://www.bmj.com/bmj/archive/
   6991ed2.htm. Accessed September 26,1996.
   3. Health on the net foundation. Health on the net foundation code of conduct (HON-code) for medical and health web sites. Available at: http://www.hon.ch/Conduct.html.
   Accessed June 30, 1998.
   3.9 Table: Prepare the table in the Word Format. Each table should be on a separate
   page. Give each table a number and a title. Number tables in the order of which they are men-tioned in the text.
   3.10 Images and line drawing:
   1) Black and white, or color images, and line drawings should be supplied as
   TIFF, GIF, or high quality JPEG fi les to a minimum of 600 dpi.
   2) Figure legends of the images and line drawing should be provided on a sepa-rate sheet.
   
   Length of the manuscript:
   The length of each type of manuscript should be as follows:
   1. Original article: No more than 4,000 words, a structured abstract of no more than 250
   words, and no more than 40 references
   2. Short communication: No more than 2,500 words, a structured abstract of no more
   than 250 words, and no more than 30 references.
   3. Case reports: No more than 1,500 words, a non-structured abstract of no more than
   150 words, and no more than 15 references.
   4. Review article: No more than 4,000 words, a non-structured abstract of no more than
   150 words, and no more than 40 references.
   

Submit the manuscript via the web-base online manuscript submission at: http://thailand. digitaljournals.org/index.php/CMMJ/index. After an online registration, the corresponding
author will receive a password that is needed for login to the system. Submit the cover letter,
title page, main manuscript, tables, fi gures, and the disclosure/confl ict of interest/copy right
form, each in a separate fi le.

Reprints
The corresponding author will receive 20 copies of complimentary reprints.

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