Submissions

Author Guidelines

 General Conditions

1. The editorial board of the Indonesian Journal Vascular and Cardiothoracic Anesthesia accepts articles on Vascular and Cardiothoracic Anesthesia in the form of Research Reports, Case Reports, Literature Reviews, and Letters to the Editor.
2. Manuscripts that are considered for publication are complete manuscripts that have not been published in other national magazines.
3. Manuscripts that have been published in the proceedings of scientific meetings can still be accepted if they receive written approval from the organizing committee, given a description of the name, place and time of the meeting.
4. The copyright of the entire content of the published manuscript belongs to the publisher, and the entire content may not be produced in any form without the permission of the publisher.
5. All statements in the manuscript are the responsibility of the author.
6. The publisher has the right to make edits to the manuscript in terms of style, form and clarity without changing the content.
7. Unpublished manuscripts will be returned to the author upon prior request.
8. The manuscripts are written by following the rules of good and correct Indonesian.
9. Medical terms should be used in the prevailing Indonesian language as much as possible.

Script Form

1. Manuscripts are typed in Times New Roman 12 font, double-spaced, 2.5 cm margins, and A4 paper size (210x297 mm).
2. Clinical and basic medical research manuscripts are no longer than 30 pages.
3. The literature review and case report should be no more than 20 pages.
4. The reader’s letter is no longer than 1 page.

Completeness of the Manuscript

1. Manuscripts typed in document format (doc or docx) to the specified email.
2. The manuscripts are arranged in the order of 1) tile and author, 2) abstract and keywords, 3) contents, 4) acknowledgements, if any, 5) references and 6) table of figures with captions.
3. Authors are expected to keep a copy of the entire manuscript.

Title and Author

1. The title of the manuscript is written without using abbreviations. Indonesian title, no more than 20 words; English title no more than 16 words.
2. The author’s name is written in full with the academic degree, department and institution name, as well as one correspondence address and e-mail address of the author.

Abstracts and Keywords

1. Abstracts are written in both Bahasa Indonesia and English and should be no longer than 250 words.
2. Research Abstract: no more than 250 words. It consists of IMRAD (introduction, method, result, and discussion). The introduction contains the background and purpose of the research, the method contains the subject and method, the result contains the most important result, and the discussion ends with a conclusion.
3. Abstract of Case Report: consists of an introduction, case, discussion, and conclusion.
4. Literature Review Abstract: consists of introduction, content, and conclusion.
5. Keywords consist of 3-5 words in Indonesian and English.

Contents

1. The content of the research paper: 1) introduction, 2) methods, 3) result and discussion, 4) conclusions and suggestions.
2. Contents of a case report script: 1) introduction, 2) case report, 3) discussion, 4) conclusion.
3. Content of the literature review: 1) introduction, 2) literature review content, 3) closing.
4. Unusual abbreviations and footnotes are not permitted.
5. Inclusion of reference numbers, figure numbers, and tables are arranged in the order in which they appear in the manuscript.
6. Use superscript Arabic numerals to refer to the references.

Table and Drawings

1. Tables and figures are presented on separate sheets and mentioned in the manuscript's narrative.
2. The table's title is placed on top; each is annotated with the number written in Arabic numerals.
3. Each abbreviation in the table is described according to the number registered with Arabic numerals
4. Images are numbered with Arabic numerals, and the name/description is placed below the image.
5. The captions on figures and tables should be informative enough to be easily understood.
6. Tables and figures must be no more than six pieces.

Statistical Methods

The statistical methods used should be described in the methodology chapter. Rarely used methods should be described in detail and referenced.

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgements are limited to technical and/or financial assistance and support from institutional leaders.

Bibliography

1. The bibliography is compiled in accordance with the Vancouver provisions, with a minimum of 10 pieces and a maximum of 30 pieces. It is in the form of recent references within the last 8 years.
2. References are numbered in the order in which they appear in the text.
3. Avoid the use of abstracts and personal communication unless necessary.
4. Journal names are abbreviated as listed in Index Medicus.
5. Example of writing a reference list: Article in a Book Journal “ et al “ if more than six authors. Example: Bateman BT, Mhyre JM, Ehrenfeld J, Kheterpal S, Abbey KR, Argalious M, et al. The risk and outcomes of epidural hematomas after perioperative and obstetric epidural catheterization: a report from the multicenter perioperative outcomes group research consortium. Anesth analg 2013; 116: 1380-5.
6. Organizations as authors: for example, The Heart failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group. The current state of knowledge on etiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of peripartum cardiomyopathy. Eur J Heart Fail 2010; 12: 767-78.
7. Without author name: for example, Cancer in South Africa (editorial). Afr Med J 1994; 84: 15.
8. Books and Monographs Individual authors: Norris MC. Handbook of Obstetric Anesthesia. 2000. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
9. Chapter in a book: e.g., Eldridge J. Obstetric anesthesia and analgesia. In: Alman KG, Wilson IH (eds). Oxford Handbook of Anesthesia, 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2014; 2014: 735-98. Authoring and publishing organizations: Institute of Medicine (US). Looking at the future of the Medicaid Program. Washington (DC) : The Institute, 1992.