Instructions for Authors: The Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Title
The Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Abbreviation
J. Toxicol. Sci.

Publisher
The Japanese Society of Toxicology

Editor-in-Chief
Akira Naganuma

Frequency of Publication
bi-monthly

Editorial Office
The Journal of Toxicological Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan

Tel: +81-22-795-6870
Fax: +81-22-795-6869

The Journal of Toxicological Sciences is a scientific journal that publishes toxicological research, such as the toxicity of drugs, food additives, food contaminants, environmental pollutants and other substances, and their mechanisms, biological response, safety evaluation, experimental techniques and analytical methods. The Journal will publish original and innovative submissions in English, on the understanding that the work is unpublished (except in abstract form) and is not being considered for publication elsewhere.

1. Types of Articles

(1): Original Articles: An article that contains new findings obtained from innovative research. There is no restriction on the number of words.
(2): Letters: Three pages or less in print, containing preliminary or more limited research results supported by less data than an Original Article, but of general or special interest. Manuscripts containing interesting findings without detailed discussion, research results of narrow scope or of a predominantly negative nature may also be suitable for publication as a Letter.
(3): Toxicogenomics/proteomics reports: Three pages or less in print, containing new knowledge of genes and proteins related to toxicity and biological responses. This includes data on genes (or proteins) the level of expression of which varies according to exposure to toxic substances or drugs, and the identification of genes (or proteins) that affect toxicity. For DNA array analysis, work dealing with a single substance can be considered as one article; similarly, for the identification of genes related to toxicity, description of one gene can be accepted as one article. The Journal may also publish data on new polymorphisms of genes related to toxicity and the results of studies on the relationships between known polymorphisms and medicinal or metabolic effects of drugs (negative data can be acceptable). Because this type of article is intended to make reference information available, detailed discussion and assessment is not required.
(4): Reviews and Minireviews: Normally to be submitted by invitation from the Editorial Committee, encompassing recent important scientific discoveries. Minireviews, three printed pages or less, will mainly describe recent research results from the authors own laboratories. Reviews will be broader based and will not have a page limit.

2. Preparation of Manuscripts

Type the manuscript single-spaced in an 11-point font on white A4 file with upper, lower, left and right margins of 2 cm. If there is a restriction on the number of pages, create a manuscript taking into account that the number of characters in a single page in print is about 4,700 (including spaces). Print sequential page numbers centrally at the bottom of the page, setting the title page as page one.

(1): Give the title, the names of the authors, the name and address (es) of the institution (s), the type of article, the running title (70 characters or less, including spaces), and the categories (see below) on the first page (title page). Following these, give the name, institution, street address, phone number, e-mail address (required) of the corresponding author.
(2): Provide an Abstract in the form of a single paragraph of 250 words or less and 3-6 keywords on the second page.
(3): The main text should start from page 3 with an “Introduction,” followed by “Materials and Methods,” “Results,” “Discussion,” “Acknowledgments,” “References,” and “Figure Legends.” “Results” and “Discussion” may also be combined as “Results and Discussion”.
(4): Abbreviations: At first use, spell out the word followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Use only that defined abbreviation thereafter.
(5): Units: Units should be used as follows:
μm, mm, cm, m, μg, mg, g, kg, μl, ml, l, mmol, mol, μM, mM, M, ppm, mol/l, mg/ml, %, sec, min, hr, S.D., S.E., s.c., i.c., i.m., i.v. ,i.p., p.o., Bq, Ci, Sv, Gy, cpm, °C.
(6): Reagents and equipment used: Give the names, cities (states), and nations of companies providing materials.
(7): Tables: Using the same word-processing software as used for the text, create tables on A4 file numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals (e.g. Table 1.). Give the title on the top of each table, and footnotes, legend etc. under the table.
(8): Figures: Use figures directly created as camera-ready copy. Place each figure on A4 file and number sequentially with Arabic numerals (e.g. Fig. 1.). Titles and footnotes, descriptions etc. should be given on a separate page, under the heading “Figure Legends”. If your manuscript is accepted, the author required to send electronic file for the figures.
(9): References: When citing references in the text, give the name of the authors and the year of publication in parentheses: e.g. (Smith, 1999) or (Jones and Cohen, 2003). If there are three or more authors give only the first author followed by et al., e.g. (Smith et al., 2004). If the same author (s) published more than one paper in the same year, use a, b etc to distinguish them: e.g. (Smith et al., 2004a, 2004b). Cited references should be listed as “References” at the end of the text in alphabetical order. Give the name of the author, the year of publication in parentheses, the article name, the journal abbreviation (please use the abbreviation specified by the journal (if any), or refer to Chemical Abstracts), the volume number, and inclusive pagination, in that order. For chapters in books, give the name of the author, the year of publication in parentheses, the title of the chapter, the name of the book, the name of the editor, the page (inclusive), and the name and city of the publisher, in that order. For books, give the name of the author, the year of publication in parentheses, the name of the book, and the name and city of the publisher, in that order.
: (Examples)
Kennedy, M.L., Smith, J.K. and Jones, W.T. (2005): The pharmacokinetics of methylmercury in new-born rats. J. Toxicol. Sci., 30, 126-135.
Steel, J.M. and Whiteny, M.C. (2003): The effect of diethylstilbestrol on the reproductive system in rat offspring. In: Toxicology of Diethylstilbestrol (Walton, W.H., ed.), pp.551-564, Thomson Press, New York.
(10): Supplemental Data: Supplemental data (e.g. large tables or datasets) can be published only in the online version of this journal. Offprints of papers will not contain Supplementary Data.

3. Category

Select categories (up to five) appropriate to the article, and list them in order of relevance on the first page (title page).

A1 Drug, A2 Pesticide, A3 Metal, A4 Industrial chemical substance, A5 Toxin, A6 Food additive, A7 Food contaminant, A8 Environmental pollutant, A9 Carcinogenic substance, A10 Endocrine disrupter, A11 Other compounds

B1 Central nervous system, B2 Liver, B3 Kidney, B4 Skin, B5 Sensory system, B6 Digestive system, B7 Respiratory system, B8 Circulatory system, B9 Genital system, B10 Other systems

C1 General toxicity, C2 Reproductive toxicity, C3 Genetic toxicity, C4 Carcinogenesis, C5 Behavioral toxicity, C6 Immunotoxicity, C7 Drug toxicity, C8 Drug dependence, C9 Cytotoxicity, C10 Oxidative stress, C11 Inflammation, C12 Other toxicity

D1 Accumulation/Excretion, D2 Kinetics, D3 Drug metabolism, D4 Developmental toxicity, D5 Biological (cell) response, D6 Toxicological pathology, D7 Toxicological biochemistry, D8 Molecular toxicology, D9 Toxicity-related gene, D10 Safety evaluation, D11 Toxicity evaluation method, D12 Analysis, D13 Other mechanism/methods

4. Copyright

The copyright of articles published in The Journal of Toxicological Sciences belongs to the Japanese Society of Toxicology, and reproduction of each article requires approval by the Editorial Office of the Journal (http://www.jtoxsci.org/e_reprint_permission/index.html).

5. Articles Including Work on Humans or Animals

All human and animal studies must have been approved by the authors’ institutional review board. All clinical investigation must have been conducted according to Declaration of Helsinki principles.

6. Submission of Manuscripts

Articles should be submitted through the online submission system at https://www.e-kenkyu.com/jtoxicol-scied/, but only in the form of a single file of Microsoft Word file or PDF file with the tables and figures included at the end of the paper. Separate files for the manuscript and for the figures will not be accepted. If you are using the system for the first time, you must create an account before you can submit a manuscript.

7. Proof Reading

The author will be required to proof-read the galley of an accepted manuscript. Major changes at this time will no longer be permitted.

8. Executive Editors

The Journal of Toxicological Sciences has a small number of Executive Editors who are chosen by the Executive Editors' Subcommittee of the Editorial Committee. When an Executive Editor is the corresponding author of a submitted article, or if he recommends it, it will be accepted by the Editorial Board without review. However, the Executive Editor must request that such articles are first read by two specialists belonging to organizations other than his own before sending the article to the Editorial Office. The article published will carry the name of the Executive Editor who submitted or recommended it.

9. Page Charge

For page charges, see the table below (not including tax). The corresponding author will be invoiced after publication.

	Page Charge (yen/page)	Color Photo^c (yen/page)
Original Article	6,000	40,000
Letter	12,000^a	40,000
Report^b	16,000	40,000

^a16,000 yen/page for the fourth page and thereafter.
^bToxicogenomics/proteomics Report. ^cIncluding figures