As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission file is in Microsoft Word
A cover letter that the manuscript is submitted to SMJ only, it has never been published elsewhere in English or other languages, and it has been approved by all authors.
Letter of Certification before Publishing Article(s) in Siriraj Medical Journal (SMJ)
Checklist before submit the article to Siriraj Medical Journal
IRB approval, coi disclosure, consent form and clinical trial registration are required. Please include this information with your submission.
Certification of proofread English by a native English speaker
Proof of plagiarism check with %Turnitin <20
Illustrations should be saved at the highest resolution setting and sized no larger than 800 kB per file as possible.
Figure images should be provided in JPEG or TIF format.
Diagrams, charts, graphs or tables (NOT exceed 6 in total) should be created and included in MS Word (Submission files). Authors should NOT attach them as pictures in the files.
Author Guidelines
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
A cover letter that the manuscript is submitted to SMJ only, it has never been published elsewhere in English or other languages, and it has been approved by all authors. Also, a state in the cover letter that written permission (consent) to publish the case details (potential risk to a breach of privacy) or use photograph of unavoidable identifiable person has been obtained (if any).
Certification of proofread English by a native English speaker
Proof of plagiarism check with %Turnitin <20
Illustrations should be saved at the highest resolution setting and sized no larger than 800 kB per file as possible.
Figure images should be provided in JPEG or TIF format.
Diagrams, charts, graphs or tables (NOT exceed 6 in total) should be created and included in MS Word (Submission files). Authors should NOT attach them as pictures in the files.
Instructions for Authors
The manuscript should be presented in the following order:
Title page: The title page should contain the following:
● Title of the paper. ● A short running head (no more than 50 characters, including spaces). ● Type of manuscript (e.g. Original Article, Review Article). ● Full names of all authors with the highest academic degree. ● Addresses of the institutions at which the work was carried out. ● E-mail address, plus facsimile and telephone numbers, of the author to whom correspondence about the manuscript, proofs, and requests for offprint should be sent. ● Conflict of interest statement ● IRB / IEC Certification ● Certification of proofread English by a native English speaker ● Total word count (text only; excluding abstract, tables, and figure legends). The title should be short (less than 80 characters, including spaces), informative and contain major keywords.
Abstract: An abstract, no longer than 250 words or less, is submitted as required for regular articles. The abstract should state the Objective, Materials and Methods, Results, and Conclusion, each with a brief adequate presentation. Keywords are accompanied by a short description or definition, links to related descriptors, and a list of synonyms.
Original Article: The manuscript must be written in English with no longer than 3,500 words for the text, excluding abstract, acknowledgments, references, and figure legends. Tables and figures/ illustrations should not exceed 6 in total.
Review Article: No longer than 4,500 words for the text, excluding abstract, acknowledgments, references, and legends for illustrations (figure legends). Tables and illustrations should not exceed 8 in total.
Letter to the Editor: No longer than 250 words. Only one table or illustration is permitted. An exception can be allowed by the Editor-in-Chief when appropriate. Correspondence letter will be sent to the corresponding author of the original article for the reply.
Editorial: Usually no longer than 1,500 words. An exception can be allowed by the Editor-in-Chief when appropriate.
References: The Vancouver system of referencing should be used. References should be cited numerically in the order they appear in the text. Identify references in text, tables, and legends by Arabic numerals in parentheses or as superscripts. Please give the names of all authors and editors. In the reference list, the references should be numbered and listed in order of appearance in the text. Cite the names of all authors when there are six or fewer; when there are seven or more, list the first six followed by “et al”. Names of journals should be abbreviated in the style used in Index Medicus (see examples below). Reference to unpublished data and personal communications should not appear in the list but should be cited in the text only (e.g. A Smith, unpubl. Data, 2000).
Journal article Sibai BM. Magnesium sulfate is the ideal anticonvulsant in preeclampsia-eclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1990;162:1141-5.
Books Remington JS, Swartz MN. Current Topics in Infectious Diseases, Vol 21. Boston: Blackwell Science Publication, 2001.
Chapter in a Book Cunningham FG, Hauth JC, Leveno KJ, Gilstrap L III, Bloom SL, Wenstrom KD. Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. In: Cunningham FG, Hauth JC, Leveno KJ, Gilstrap L III, Brom SL, Wenstrom KD, eds. Williams Obstetrics, 22nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.p.761-808.
Copyright Notice
All articles published in the Siriraj Medical Journal (SMJ) are protected by copyright. No material in this journal may be reproduced on any platform including electronic or in print or transmitted by any means, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of the Editor of the SMJ. Written permission must also be obtained before any part of the SMJ is stored in any retrieval system of any nature.
