Kosin Medical Journal

Please be sure to read the Instructions for authors on the Kosin Medical Journal (KMJ) website (https://submit.kosinmedj.org). This checklist must be completed before the manuscript submission.

☐ Formatting: Double-spaced typing on A4- or letter-size paper using the 12-point Times New Roman font in Microsoft Word.
☐ Sequence: Title page, Conflict and interest, All sources of funding, Author contributions, Abstract and keywords, Main text, (Acknowledgments), References, Tables and Figure legends, Numbered pages and lines (from Abstract page).
☐ Title page: (1) The title of the manuscript; (2) author list (include ORCID); (3) names of each author's institutions and an indication of each author's affiliation; (4) the name, address, telephone numbers, and email address of the corresponding author; (5) the source of any research funding, if necessary; and (6) a running title of fewer than 50 characters.
☐ Abstract and Keywords
Original article (structured—background, methods, results, and conclusion, ≤ 250 words)
Review article (unstructured, ≤250 words)
Case report (unstructured, ≤250 words)
Three to five keywords, as in MeSH
☐ Main text
Original article (introduction, methods, results, discussion)
Review article (≤6,000 words), Case report (≤1,500 words), Editorial (≤1,000 words)
Include serial line numbers from the beginning in the main text
☐ Reference
Check that all references listed in the references section are cited in the text and vice versa.
Original article (≤40 references)
Review article (≤100 references), Case report (≤20 references), Editorial (≤20 references)
☐ Table and Figure
All table and figure numbers are found in the text
Each figure as separate files, in JPEG, TIFF, PDF format, minimum 300
Written permission from the copyright holder to reproduce any copyrighted material.
Case report (no more than 6 tables or figures), Editorial (no more 3 total tables or figures)
The IRB/IACUC approval report must be uploaded (when reporting results on human subjects/animals).
☐ IRB/IACUC approval must be stated in the Methods section
☐ An Author Statement Forms signed by all authors, simultaneously with the submission of their manuscript
☐ A cover letter describing the scientific significance of the research, stating that the material has not been published previously and will not be submitted for publication elsewhere, and listing any conflicts of interest of all listed authors.

Author checklist