【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ing (short time, no new material) Best Practice ? Content ? Style and length ? Title, authors and keywords ? Abstract ? Introduction ? Materials and Methods ? Results ? Discussion ? Conclusions ? Acknowledgements ? References ? Figures and Tables ? Revising papers Best Practice : Content Original research only – hypothesis driven not just collecting data. No unsolicited review papers, no short technical notes, no techniques oriented papers. Criteria of originality, relevance to the aims and scope, substantial and significant new data. No synthesis and characterisation of materials unless biologically relevant Generally no in vitro tests on materials that are already in clinical use. No parisons of mercial products unless they are of clinical relevance. No experiments that confirm established facts. No papers that add incrementally to author’s recent papers. No sequences of papers (dividing work into separate parts), Best Practice : Style and length Read recent issues of the journal to assess acceptable style. Read ‘Writing Papers for Biomaterials’ given in the Editorial Manager home page. The Editor determines that all papers follow a similar style of presentation and this must be observed. The Managing Editor will send papers back to authors for correction if the style is clearly inappropriate. Continued failure to ply will result in rejection. The style should be conventional English text, without formats that involve excessive use of notes, bullet points, lists etc. If English is not the mother tongue of any of the authors, use the services of a translator / scientific writer. There is no specified length. The manuscript must be substantial but should be focused and concise and not too verbose or repetitive. Best Practice : Title, Authors and Keywords Title Concise but informative, avoid multiple parts to titles. Title should be readily identified by search engines, therefore avoid redundant words or phrases that will not contribute to visibility. Avoid sentences or definitive statements as titles such as ‘titanium causes the overexpression of gene x but not gene y’. Avoid ‘novel’, ‘new’, innovative or ‘unique’. Do not use abbreviations or trade names. Authors Include all authors who significantly contributed to the work, but not any one else (. for political or funding reasons). The number of authors should be consistent with the amount of work done Keywords Ideally should not be repetitive of the words in the title。 use list provided in the journal where possible, adding new words where essential. Best Practice : Abstract The Abstract is often the first thing that will be read – it is available free of charge with most databases and will determine whether the full version will be accessed or not – therefore take great care. Avoid selfcentred claims –’this is the first paper to’, ‘we present an entirely novel approach’ etc, and focus on facts. Abstract should be a single paragraph, without subheadings. Put the work into perspective but only very briefly. Do not overelaborate experimental methods, concentrate on the data and its significance.