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International Journal of Nursing Sciences

Manuscript Checklist

To expedite the publication of manuscripts the corresponding author is encouraged to complete this form.

Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the Citing Medicine: The NLM (National Library of Medicine) Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (2nd ed., 2007) (). Only completed manuscript submissions will be considered for further peer-review and publication.

|Please read the checklist below carefully and tick the boxes if you confirm that each of the lists is completed. |✓ |

General

|It is an original research paper and does not currently submit to any other journals | |

|Statement of Ethics Approval | |

|We require every research article submitted to include a statement that the study obtained ethics approval (or a statement that it was| |

|not required and why), including the name of the ethics committee(s) or institutional review board(s), the number/ID of the | |

|approval(s), and a statement that participants gave informed consent before taking part. | |

|Obtained permission for the use of research instruments and clearly demonstrated in the text；Submit permission documents as | |

|supporting files. | |

|Check conflicts of interest statement | |

|Professional English editing (with American English spelling)is prerequisite if the author’s primary language is not English; submit a| |

|supporting document of language editing. | |

Title page

|Supplies first, middle initial, and last names, highest academic degrees, and institutional affiliations of all authors (use | |

|superscript letter that corresponds to each author) | |

|Confirm the spellings of authors’ names | |

|Provides full address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address of a corresponding author | |

|Supplies statements and the titles of those |Conflicts of interest | |

|acknowledged and authors’ contribution | | |

| |Funding ( source of research fund ) | |

| |Acknowledgement | |

| |(Acknowledging contributors: All contributors who do not meet the criteria for | |

| |authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Please ensure that | |

| |anyone acknowledged has granted permission to be listed.) | |

Abstract

|Includes 4 sections for original article:  Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusions | |

|Supplies 5 to 8 keywords; use MeSH terms (Keywords should be searched in MeSH) | |

|Keywords should begin with capital letters and be provided in alphabetical order | |

|Provide a Chinese abstract with title, keywords and authors’ Chinese name, if possible. Submit Chinese Abstract as a separate file and| |

|choose “E-Component” as the file type. | |

Text

|is divided into clearly defined and numbered sections. e.g. 1. Introduction, 2. Methods, 3. Results, 4.Discussion, 5.Conclusion(s). | |

|Subsections should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...). | |

|is double-spaced all pages; use 12-point type (Times New Roman) . | |

Reference (‘Vancouver’ system with numbers in text)

|updates its list using NLM 2nd ed.(2007) format and IJNSS Guide for Author. | |

|updates in-text citations using NLM 2nd ed.(2007) Format and IJNSS Guide for Author | |

|includes DOI number, e.g. | |

|All authors should be listed for no more than 6 authors, for more than 6 authors the first 6 should be listed followed by 'et al.' | |

Standards of reporting (visit online: )

|Indicate which guideline (e.g. STROBE, TREND, PRISMA, SQUIRE ) that you have referred to: | |

|aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa（(It is suggested to submit as a supporting file) | |

Open Access Publication Fee

|I have read and understood the policy on Open Access Publication Fee ( | |

|/journals/international-journal-of-nursing-sciences/2352-0132/guide-for-authors#4013) and I am ready to pay an Open Access fee (150 | |

|USD per print page) upon acceptance of my article . | |

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