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For other types of references, please refer to U.S. National Library of Medicine.
The journal also recommends that authors prepare references with a bibliography software package, such as EndNote to
avoid typing mistakes and duplicated references.

2.3.3.11 Supplementary Materials
Additional data and information can be uploaded as Supplementary Materials to accompany the manuscripts. The
supplementary materials will also be available to the referees as part of the peer-review process. Any file format is
acceptable, such as data sheet (word, excel, csv, cdx, fasta, pdf or zip files), presentation (powerpoint, pdf or zip files), image
(cdx, eps, jpeg, pdf, png or tiff), table (word, excel, csv or pdf), audio (mp3, wav or wma) or video (avi, divx, flv, mov, mp4,
mpeg, mpg or wmv). All information should be clearly presented. Supplementary materials should be cited in the main text
in numeric order (e.g., Supplementary Figure 1, Supplementary Figure 2, Supplementary Table 1, Supplementary Table 2,
etc.). The style of supplementary figures or tables complies with the same requirements on figures or tables in main text.
Videos and audios should be prepared in English and limited to a size of 500 MB.

2.4 Manuscript Format
2.4.1 File Format
Manuscript files can be in DOC and DOCX formats and should not be locked or protected.

2.4.2 Length
The word limit is specified in the item “Types of Manuscripts”. While there are no general restrictions on number of figures
or amount of supporting documents, figures and tables should be kept to a minimum. Authors are encouraged to present
and discuss their findings concisely without repeating data in detail in the text body which has been presented in figures
and tables.

2.4.3 Language
Manuscripts must be written in English.

2.4.4 Multimedia Files
• The journal supports manuscripts with multimedia files. The requirements are listed as follows:
• Videos or audio files are only acceptable in English. The presentation and introduction should be easy to understand. The
frames should be clear, and the speech speed should be moderate.
• A brief overview of the video or audio files should be given in the manuscript text.
• The video or audio files should be limited to a size of up to 500 MB.
• Please use professional software to produce high-quality video files, to facilitate acceptance and publication along with
the submitted article. Upload the videos in mp4, wmv, or rm format (preferably mp4) and audio files in mp3 or wav format.

2.4.5 Figures
• Figures should be cited in numeric order (e.g., Figure 1, Figure 2) and placed after the paragraph where it is first cited;
• Figures can be submitted in format of tiff, psd, AI or jpeg, with resolution of 300-600 dpi;
• Figure caption is placed under the Figure;

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