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Infection control is just launched in 2023. it is an international, peer-eviewed, open-access medical journal that is oficially afiiated to Chinese Medical Doctor Association (CMDA). Infection Control is designed to report the latest results of clinical science, epidemiology studies and basic medicine involving all sorts of infection. It also serves as a forum for researchers and readers to communicate on science.

Firstly, a manuscript will be reviewed to make sure that it has not been published anywhere, simultaneously submitted to other journals, or already accepted for publication elsewhere. The submission must be approved by all authors of the paper. One of corresponding authors is to be authorized to communicate with Infection Control for all matters related to the manuscript. Thereafter, editors will review all submitted manuscripts on the levels of suitability, scientific quality and priority. A decision will be made whether the new manuscript goes for Peer-Review. For those new submissions which do not pass screening, a rejection email will be sent to authors within 10-14 days.  

Based on the comments from the reviewers, editors will take a final decision on the manuscript and convey the reviewers’ comments and suggestions to the corresponding author. For revision, the author is requested to provide a point-by-point response to reviewers’ comments along with the revised version of the manuscript for evaluation.

For accepted manuscript, page proofs are sent to the corresponding author for final check of grammar, punctuation, print style, and format. To achieve faster and greater dissemination of knowledge and information, the journal publishes articles online as “Ahead of Print” soon after acceptance.

PREPARING YOUR MANUSCRIPT

Article types

l Editorial

Editorials are usually invited on purpose. Nonetheless, unsolicited editorials are also welcome. Editorials can be up to 2000 words length with no more than 25 references.

l Original research article

The text of original articles amount to about 5000 words including Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, References, Tables and Figure legends. The manuscript should be presented in the following order: Title page; Abstract; Key words; Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Acknowledgments; Author contributions; Declaration of interest statement; References; Tables and Figure legends.

The abstract includes four parts: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. The total number of words in abstract should be no more than 300 words.

l Review and meta-analysis

It is expected that these articles are written by individuals who have done substantial work on the subject or are considered experts in the field. The manuscript should have a structured abstract (250 words) representing an accurate summary of the article. The prescribed word count of review and meta-analysis is about 5000 words, excluding Tables, References and Abstract. The number of references is up to 90. The meta-analysis should have the following headings: Keywords, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Reference, Tables, and Legends in that order.

l Brief report

A brief report should be up to 1500 words and structured in the following order: Title page; Main text; Discussion; Acknowledgments; Declaration of interest statement; References; Maximum of one table and one figure.

l Correspondence and letter to editor

Correspondence and letter to editors should preferably be related to articles previously published in the journal or views expressed in the journal or briefly report a case or research results. The text is limited to no more than 500 words, without Abstract and Key words, 5 or fewer references, maximum of one table or one figure. Declaration of patient consent must be stated if the article contains patient information.

l Case report

Case reports should be concise and focused, highlighting new findings or rare cases in clinical practice. The main text of a case report should be limited to 1500-2000 words, with no more than 15 references and a maximum of 2 figures or tables. The manuscript should include the following sections: Title page, Abstract (no more than 150 words), Keywords, Introduction, Case Description, Discussion, References, and Figure/Table Legends.

l Popular science reading

Popular science articles aim to disseminate scientific knowledge in the field of infection control to non-specialist readers. The language should be clear and accessible, while maintaining scientific accuracy and rigor. Articles should be limited to 1500-2000 words and may include appropriate images or tables to enhance readability.

References

Please use reference style as following when preparing your paper.

[3] National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China. Measures for Ethical Review of Life Science and Medical Research Involving Human Beings [Z]. 2016. https://www.gov.cn/zhengce/2016-10/12/content_5713806.htm.

* Tables should be self-explanatory and should not duplicate textual material.

* Number tables, in Arabic numerals, consecutively in the order of their first citation in the text and supply a brief title for each.

* Place explanatory matter in footnotes, not in the heading.

* Explain in footnotes all non-standard abbreviations that are used in each table.

* Obtain permission for all fully borrowed, adapted, and modified tables and provide a credit line in the footnote.

* For footnotes use the following symbols, in this sequence: *, #, †, ‡, §, ||, ¶, **, ††, ‡‡.

* Tables with their legends should be provided at the end of the text after the references.

* The tables along with their number should be cited at the relevant place in the text.

Illustrations (Figure)

* Figures should be numbered consecutively according to the order in which they have been first cited in the text.

* Labels, numbers, and symbols should be clear and of uniform size. The lettering for figures should be large enough to be legible after reduction to fit the width of a printed column.

* Symbols, arrows, or letters used in photomicrographs should contrast with the background and should be marked neatly with transfer type or by tissue overlay and not by pen.

* Titles and detailed explanations belong in the legends for illustrations not on the illustrations themselves.

* When graphs, scatter-grams or histograms are submitted the numerical data on which they are based should also be supplied.

* The photographs and figures should be trimmed to remove all the unwanted areas.

* If photographs of individuals are used, their pictures must be accompanied by written permission to use the photograph.

* If a figure has been published elsewhere, acknowledge the original source and submit written permission from the copyright holder to reproduce the material. A credit line should appear in the legend for such figures.

* Legends for illustrations: Type legends (maximum 40 words, excluding the credit line) with Arabic numerals corresponding to the illustrations. When symbols, arrows, numbers, or letters are used to identify parts of the illustrations, identify and explain each one in the legend. Explain the internal scale (magnification) and identify the method of staining in photomicrographs.

* Final figures for print production: ensure that the image has a minimum resolution of 300 PPI or 1800 × 1600 pixels in JPEG or TIFF format.

* The Journal reserves the right to crop, rotate, reduce, or enlarge the photographs to an acceptable size.

All manuscripts must be submitted online through the website: http://www.infectioncontrol.org.cn/. First-time users will have to register at this site. Registration is free but mandatory. Registered authors can keep track of their articles after logging into the site using their username and password.

The CPA is the owner of all copyrights to any articles published in the journal. The copyright transfer form is to be submitted with the signatures of all list authors as a scanned image. PDF form.

The revised version of the manuscript should be submitted online in a manner similar to that used for submission of the manuscript for the first time. When submitting a revised manuscript, contributors are requested to include the “referees” remarks along with point-to-point clarification at the beginning in the revised file itself. In addition, they are expected to mark the changes as underlined or colored text in the article.