PSI (JSPS issue)
Pediatric Surgery International JSPS Issue Submission Guidelines
Deadline for Full Manuscript Submission
Papers must be received by 24:00 (Tokyo time) on the 2nd April 2027 (Friday). No exceptions given!
Only authors whose submitted abstracts were selected for presentation at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons (JSPS) (May 27-29, 2027, Kyoto), may submit their papers to be considered for publication in the Pediatric Surgery International (JSPS Issue). Any type of presentation including poster presentations will be considered if the abstract is selected for presentation at the 64th JSPS meeting. However, case reports are not subject to review. The final decision on manuscript acceptance will be made by the PSI (JSPS Issue) Publication Committee, which will meet the day before the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons. The JSPS Prize will also be awarded to outstanding papers this year.
Important Notices
- Abstracts that have been presented at other meetings, but not at any previous JSPS meeting, and which have not been previously published will be considered for presentation at JSPS 2027.
- The papers mentioned above must have been accepted as an abstract for the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons.
- Case reports and papers previously presented at an Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons are not eligible.
- Duplicate submission is not permitted. Papers that are found to be dual submissions will be reported to the PSI secretariat and may be subject to penalties.
- The JSPS Prize will be selected from manuscripts submitted for the JSPS Prize. If you wish to apply for the prize session, you must write a cover letter in red ink. Previous recipients of this prize are ineligible.
- Two papers selected for the Prize will be honored at the academic meeting, and a prize of 200,000 yen will be awarded.
- The deadline for submission is 24:00 (Tokyo time) on the 2nd April 2027 (Friday).
Submissions received after the deadline will not be reviewed. Full papers must be submitted ELECTRONICALLY to the PSI (JSPS Issue) Publication Committee office. The papers selected for publication will be determined by the Publications Committee. - Submission items are to be submitted to the PSI (JSPS Issue) Publication Committee office to BOTH the following e-mail addresses:
hideakitnk[A]hotmail[D]com( Please change [A] to @ and [D] to . ) (Hideaki Tanaka)
ta-oue[A]hyo-med[D]ac[D]jp( Please change [A] to @ and [D] to . ) (Takaharu Oue)
Request
- Please include the first author's last name in the subject line (e.g., “Subject: Suzuki PSI manuscript”).
- You will receive an e-mail confirming that the Publication Committee has received your manuscript. However, if you do not receive a confirmation e-mail within three (3) working days, please contact the Publication Committee office at both e-mails provided or fax the message to the number written below.
- All papers MUST follow the ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION guidelines and format of Pediatric Surgery International that can be found under “Instruction for Authors” here: http://www.springer.com/medicine/pediatrics/journal/383#
- Papers that DO NOT follow the guidelines and format of Pediatric Surgery International will be REJECTED and not reviewed by the PSI (JSPS Issue) Publication Committee office.
- While the PSI author guidelines allow for video file submissions, please compress or reduce the file size to ensure it can be attached via email when submitting to the PSI JSPS Issue Publication Committee. If you are unable to send the files via email due to capacity limitations, please contact the editorial office.
Required Documents
Please attach the following files to your submission email:
- Cover letter
- Manuscript text
- Blinded manuscript text (without author information, institutional names, ethics committee details, or any other information that could identify the institution)
- Checklist
- File Format: Please combine the manuscript text, figures, and tables into a single editable Word file and attach it to your email. Use the table function in Word for creating tables. Figures should be created in TIFF format and then pasted into the Word file as described above.
- File Size: As we are accepting submissions via email, please adhere to the following file size limits: The entire manuscript should be under 15 MB. If the file size is too large, you may compress the manuscript and figures into a single .zip file or send them in separate emails.
- Please do not include author information in the filenames.
- Prize Application: If you wish to apply for the JSPS Prize (JSPS Annual Meeting Top Paper), please indicate this in red font in your cover letter. Since scoring is conducted in a blinded format, please submit a separate manuscript version that does not contain author information.
- English Review: If the author is not a native English speaker, a certificate of review by a native English speaker is required. This requirement does not apply to authors from countries where English is the primary language of education. If you believe such a review is unnecessary for other reasons (e.g., a co-author is a native English speaker), please state the reason in your cover letter.
- Copy the checklist below into a Word file, check each item, and sign it before sending it with your manuscript.
Pediatric Surgery International (JSPS Issue) Publication Committee
Chairman Takaharu Oue MD, PhD
Secretary Sachiko Kitamura
1-1, Mukogawa-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 663-8501, Japan
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hyogo Medical University
TEL. +81-798-45-6031 /
FAX. +81-798-45-6059
