Call for papers on Practical Electrocardiography and Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment

Practical Electrocardiography and Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment (formerly known as Practical Electrocardiology Journal) is a comprehensive clinical medical journal supervised by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education and hosted by Jiangsu University. It is published bi-monthly on the 28th of each month, with CN 32-1919/R and ISSN 2097-5716. The journal adheres to the principle of combining popularization with improvement, integrating basic and clinical aspects, merging theory with practice, and balancing exploration with application. It targets medical, technical, and nursing professionals, faculty and students of medical colleges, and healthcare industry managers nationwide. The journal aims to report on cutting-edge achievements in clinical diagnosis and treatment and to promote new theories, technologies, and methods that have significant guiding value for clinical work.

1. Main columns include thematic discussion, expert review, guide interpretation, monograph, case report, review, experience and technology exchange, primary physician forum, medical talent training (teaching and teaching reform), nursing garden, etc.

2. The manuscript should be original, scientific, innovative and practical.

2.1 Title: The title should be concise and eye-catching to reflect the theme of the article. Chinese titles are generally within 20 Chinese characters.

2.2 Authors: The names of authors should be arranged in order under the title, and the order should be determined at the time of submission. No more than six authors should be listed, with a space between them. It is not advisable to list co-first author or co-corresponding author.

2.3 Abstracts: Abstracts should adopt one of the four structural or report-indicative formats. The abstract of a thesis should be structured into four parts: purpose, methods, results (including key data), and conclusions. The abstract should not include excessive background information; both Chinese and English versions are required (except for case reports), each approximately 400 words. The English abstract should include the title, authors 'names (in italicized Pinyin, with the surname first and the given name last, all letters of the surname in uppercase, the given name in uppercase only, and no hyphens between names), the institution's name, the city and province where the institution is located, the postal code, and the country name. Names should be separated by commas; if the authors are from different institutions, a number superscript should be added to the right upper corner of their names.

2.4 Keywords: It is recommended to use 4 to 6 keywords, avoiding abbreviations, and each keyword should be separated by semicolons. Keywords should be selected from the latest edition of the MeSH and the Chinese Thesaurus, both edited by the National Library of Medicine (NLM). For traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), keywords should be selected from the TCM Thesaurus compiled by the TCM Information Institute of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS). Main free terms and new professional terms not included in the thesaurus can be used directly as keywords, but they should be placed at the end. Chinese and English keywords should correspond one-to-one.

2.5 Medical Terminology: The terminology is based on the 'Medical Terminology' and related subject terms published by Science Press, as well as those reviewed and published by the National Committee for the Examination and Approval of Scientific and Technical Terms (formerly known as the National Committee for the Examination and Approval of Natural Science Terms) since 1989. For subject terms that have not yet been approved, the latest versions of the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), the Medical Subject Headings Annotated Alphabetical List, and the Traditional Chinese Medicine Subject Headings can be used.

2.6 Abbreviations: Avoid using abbreviations whenever possible. If an abbreviation must be used, the full Chinese name should be provided first, followed by the abbreviated form in parentheses. For example: Atrial fibrillation (AF); for English abbreviations appearing for the first time, the full Chinese name should be written first, followed by the full English name in parentheses, with a comma added before the English abbreviation. To ensure smooth reading, the number of abbreviations should not exceed five. Medical terms with fewer than four characters should not use abbreviations, and Western abbreviations should not be split across lines.

2.7 Figures and Tables: The value of figures and tables lies in their brevity and clarity, making them self-explanatory. Figures and tables should be numbered consecutively according to their order of appearance in the main text, with text preceding the figures and tables. Titles for figures and tables should be concise and should not duplicate the title of the article or any other headings. Explanatory text should be placed in the notes below the figures and tables, and all non-public abbreviations used in the figures and tables should be clearly marked. Photographs should have good clarity and contrast; histopathological photographs should indicate the staining method and magnification; gross specimen photographs should include scale marks within the figure; if human portraits are used, written consent must be obtained or parts that could identify the person must be obscured. Tables should use a three-line format (only retaining the top line, header line, and bottom line). If there are summary or statistical processing rows (such as t/P values), a dividing line should be added above these rows. Data presented in a single column does not need to be listed separately; it can be directly mentioned in the main text.

2.8 Measurement Units: The relevant provisions of GB 3100/3101/3102-1993 "International System of Units and Its Application / General Principles for Quantities, Units, and Symbols / (All Parts) Quantities and Units" shall be followed. Unit symbols can combine with non-physical quantities (such as people, sets, or times) using Chinese characters, for example: times/min. The unit of blood pressure has been restored to mmHg. In the main text, the slash in a combined unit symbol representing division should not exceed one, such as: mL/min/1.73 m2 should be written as mL/(min·1.73 m2). In the table's item column, the name or symbol of the quantity and the unit symbol should be expressed in the form of "quantity/unit," such as LVEDD/mm, LVEF/%; if the unit contains a slash, it should be represented using a negative exponent, such as NT-proBNP/(ng·L?1).

2.9 Numbers: Follow the national standard GBT 15835-2011 "Usage of Numbers in Publications." Arabic numerals are used for the Gregorian century, year, month, day, hour, minute, and for counting and measuring. If the number of digits before and after the decimal point exceeds three, each group of three digits should be separated by 1/4 of a Chinese character space, for example: 1 000,75.826 72 should be written as 1 000,75.826 72, respectively. However, ordinal numbers, years, page numbers, unit numbers, and instrument models do not need to be separated. The number of decimal places for mean values and standard deviations should be consistent. When multiplying values with units of length, the format is 4 cm×3 cm×5 cm, not 4×3×5 cm or 4×3×5 cm³.

2.10 Statistical symbols: Statistical symbols should be written according to the relevant provisions of GB/T 3358.1-2009 "Vocabulary and Symbols of Statistics," with all statistical symbols in italic. Probabilities are indicated by the P-value, which should be rounded to three decimal places, and preceded by the specific test statistic value, such as t/χ² or F values. For data that follow a normal distribution, the mean ± standard deviation (`x±s) is used; for skewed data, the median (quartiles) is used, i.e., M (P25, P75) or M (Q1, Q3). For categorical data, the number of cases (percentage) is used, i.e., n (%) to indicate the proportion. When P<0.05 (or P<0.01), it should be stated that the difference between the groups is statistically significant.

2.11 References: The end of the manuscript should list references, primarily citing sources. The cited literature should primarily consist of documents published within the last five years that the author has personally read, avoiding unofficially published materials. The content of the citations must be verified by the author against the original references. The minimum number of references is as follows: 20 for reviews (more than half of which should be from the last five years), 15 for monographs, and 10 for other types of papers. Each reference can be cited up to 5 times. This journal follows GB/T 7714—2015 'Information and Documentation-Rules for the Recording of References,' using sequential coding. References are listed in the order they appear in the text, marked with Arabic numerals in square brackets, and arranged at the end of the document. The type of reference is indicated after the title. The codes for reference types and electronic media are based on GB 34694—1983 'Codes for the Classification of Information and Documentation.' In the reference list, the first 3 authors are listed; if there are more than 3 authors, only the first 3 are listed, followed by 'et al.' (for Chinese references) or 'et al.' (for foreign references). Foreign journal names should be abbreviated (in Index Medicus format, without an abbreviation point), and Chinese journal names should be fully capitalized. Each reference must include the year, volume, issue number, and page range. If no page range is available, the DOI number should be provided. For book references, the specific page numbers should be indicated. The format for recording references is as follows:

[1] Ge Junbo. Vascular Medicine: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment and Management Standards [M]. Beijing: People's Health Publishing House, 2024:28-36.

[2] Lu Xili. Creation and Development Prospects of a First-class ECG Big Data Platform [J]. Journal of Practical Electrocardiology, 2020,29(1):1-4.

 [3]REDDY VY, GERSTENFELD EP, NATALE A, et al. Pulsed field or conventional thermal ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation[J]. N Engl J Med,2023,389(18)：1660-1671.

2.12 Fund and Awarded Manuscripts: If the research topic of the paper is funded by national or provincial/ministerial level fund projects, or belongs to a key project, it should be noted in the lower left corner of the title page, such as "Fund Project: National Natural Science Foundation of China (202400123)", and a copy of the project approval document should be attached when submitting the manuscript.

3 Processing Procedure  This journal operates under a three-tier review system. The editorial department conducts an initial review to check for academic misconduct in the manuscript. If the main content of the paper is generated by AI or written by someone else, the editorial department will treat it as academic misconduct. After passing the initial review, authors should promptly pay the review fee according to the email notification. External reviews are conducted using a double-blind, small peer review mechanism, and the first round of review comments will be returned approximately two weeks later. According to the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China and the specific circumstances of this journal, if no processing notice is received within two months after receiving the receipt, the manuscript is still under review. If an author wishes to submit the same manuscript to another journal, please contact the editorial department of this journal first and do not submit the same manuscript to multiple journals.

4. Principles of Revision  All submissions are the responsibility of the author. According to the relevant provisions of the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China, this journal reserves the right to make textual revisions and deletions to the submitted works. Any modifications that affect the original intent will be discussed with the author by the editorial board. If the author fails to return the revised work within 2 months after receiving the revision notice, it will be considered as an automatic withdrawal of the manuscript.

5 Copyright Transfer  The author must guarantee that the paper submitted is not duplicated, does not involve confidentiality, and there is no dispute over the signature. Once the manuscript is accepted, all authors must sign the copyright transfer agreement of the paper by hand. The journal has the right to publish the manuscripts decided to be published in other forms such as CD-ROM and network.

6 Related Fees  Once the manuscript is accepted and typeset, the editorial department will notify the author via email to pay the page fee. If color illustrations are included, an additional cost for printing will be charged. The editorial department will also distribute remuneration (including remuneration for electronic publications such as CDs, which has been deducted from the page fee) and gift 2 copies of the current issue to the first author.

7 Online Submission  All submissions should be made from online platforms. The official website is: https://zzs.ujs.edu.cn/syxd Click "Author submission" section to upload Word Manuscript.

8 Contact Information  Please send your letter to: The Editorial Department of Practical Electrocardiography and Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment, No.301, Xuefu Road, Jingkou District, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, postal code: 212013, Tel: 0511-84446662,E-mail:syxd_lczl@163.com (for consultation only, do not accept email submission).