Ethics Consideration
Data Repository Accession Numbers
Accession numbers should be provided for the repository of all sequences, plasmids, expression microarrays, and amino acid sequence data that are presented, regardless of whether it has already been or should be submitted in the future to GenBank or EMBL.
Abbreviations
In general, the use of non-standard abbreviations is discouraged. Abbreviations must be defined the first time they appear in the Abstract and in the main body of the manuscript. Abbreviations will only be used if the abbreviated term appears 3 or more times in the Abstract and in the main body respectively, or for the acronyms of genes, or for terms that are known better by the abbreviation than the term.
Abbreviations in the figures and tables must be defined in the figure legend and table footnotes, regardless of how many times they appear. Standard abbreviations that do not require definition can be found in the AMA Manual of Style or the Index Medicus.
Nomenclature and Units
Nomenclature and units of measure should be used in accordance with the internationally accepted rules and conventions, including the international system of units (SI). If other quantities are mentioned, the equivalent in SI should be given. Authors who wish to present a list of nomenclature should place it on the second page of the manuscript.
Author Assurances/Declaration
Submission of an article implies that neither this manuscript nor one with substantially similar content has been published previously, or is currently under consideration for publication elsewhere, and that the manuscript contains no unlawful statements and does not contain any materials that violate any personal or proprietary rights of others.
The Publishing Agreement document must accompany all manuscripts submitted to JTG. This agreement must be read and approved by every author. The Correspondence Author must certify that all listed authors participated significantly in the study, and that they have seen and approved the final manuscript.
Submission
Submission to the JTG proceeds totally online and you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of your files. The system automatically converts your files to a single PDF file, which is provided for your approval and will be used for the peer-review process. Please visit https://www.publinexh.com/ to submit your manuscript. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and request for revision, is by e-mail only.
It is highly recommended that all authors’ names and emails be provided via the online submission system during initial submission.
Submissions from Editors, Editorial Board Members, or Employees
Submissions from editors, members of the editorial board or employees will go through the same rigorous peer-review process as other submissions, and will be treated no differently from any other manuscripts submitted to the journal. To ensure unbiased review, the Editor-in-Chief, Associate Editor, Editorial Board Member, and the Editorial Staff will not make decision for, handle, or review his/her own manuscript. And all possible measures are undertaken to avoid any potential conflict of interest in handling of such manuscripts at all the stages including allocation of handling editor, selection of reviewers, decision making, and, if required, processing for publication. Moreover, the status of editorial board membership/employment should be declared in the conflict of interest statement of the published article.
Submission Checklist
1. The manuscript has been prepared according to the journal’s guidelines.
2. For manuscripts reporting studies involving animal subjects: ethical statements must be provided that approval was obtained from an institutional animal care committee and that all animals received humane care in accordance with relevant institutional and national guidelines and regulations.
3. For manuscripts reporting studies involving human subjects: ethical statements must be provided that identify the committee that approved the study, confirm that informed consent was obtained from all subjects and that the protocols conformed to the ethical guidelines of the latest version of the Declaration of Helsinki.
4. Clinical trials must include the Clinical Trials Registry identifier number and platform.
5. Case reports and research articles including individual person’s data (e.g., photo/image/case history) should have a statement of consent for publication, and written consent can be provided for validation when requested.
6. For manuscripts prepared according to one of the EQUATOR research reporting guidelines, the relevant checklist should have been completed and will be submitted as supplemental material.
7. All authors have disclosed potential conflicts of interest, and a statement has been included in the manuscript.
8. Permission has been obtained for re-use of copyrighted material from other sources; The authors confirm that the submitted manuscript does not violate any copyright agreement.
9. All authors confirm that there is no form of academic misconduct involved in the manuscript, e.g., plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, or inappropriate authorship; All authors agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
10. The Figures and Tables are well designed and easy to understand. The original sources of data can be provided when requested.
11. The manuscript must be solely the work of the author(s) stated, must not have been previously published elsewhere, and must not be under consideration by another journal.
12. All authors approve the contents of the manuscript and this submission.
Journal collaborations
If a manuscript is declined by JTG, it may be transferred to another XHP journal for consideration, upon approval from the authors, together with the previous review comments. Manuscripts transferred between XHP journals will not need to be reformatted.
