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Author Instructions

Perspective A Perspective provides personal points 2000 Unstructured abstract. 3-8 /
of view on the state-of-the-art of a max No more than 150 words. keywords
specific area of knowledge and its future
prospects. Links to areas of intense
current research focus can also be made.
The emphasis should be on a personal
assessment rather than a comprehensive,
critical review. However, comments
should be put into the context of existing
literature. Perspectives are usually
invited by the Editors.
2.3 Manuscript Structure
Trials, observational studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses and qualitative research should be described and reported
according to standard guidelines, as presented by the Equator Initiative, such as CONSORT, STROBE or PRISMA
guidelines.

2.3.1 Front Matter
2.3.1.1 Title
The title of the manuscript should be concise, specific and relevant, with no more than 16 words if possible. When gene or
protein names are included, the abbreviated name rather than full name should be used.

2.3.1.2 Authors and Affiliations
Authors’ full names should be listed. The initials of middle names can be provided. Institutional addresses and email
addresses for all authors should be listed. At least one author should be designated as corresponding author. In addition,
corresponding authors are suggested to provide their Open Researcher and Contributor ID upon submission. Please note
that any change to authorship is not allowed after manuscript acceptance.

2.3.1.3 Abstract
The abstract should be a single paragraph with word limitation and specific structure requirements (for more details please
refer to Types of Manuscripts). It usually describes the main objective(s) of the study, explains how the study was done,
including any model organisms used, without methodological detail, and summarizes the most important results and their
significance. The abstract must be an objective representation of the study: it is not allowed to contain results which are not
presented and substantiated in the manuscript, or exaggerate the main conclusions. Citations should not be included in the
abstract.
2.3.1.4 Keywords
Three to eight MeSH keywords should be provided, which are specific to the article, yet reasonably common within the
subject discipline.

2.3.2 Main Text
Manuscripts of different types are structured with different sections of content. Please refer to Types of Manuscripts to
make sure which sections should be included in the manuscripts. Please use correctly the terms “sex” (biological factors)
and “gender” (identity and socio-cultural factors).

2.3.2.1 Introduction
The introduction should contain background that puts the manuscript into context, allow readers to understand why the
study is important, include a brief review of key literature, and conclude with a brief statement of the overall aim of the
work and a comment about whether that aim was achieved. Relevant controversies or disagreements in the field should be
introduced as well.

2.3.2.2 Methods
The guiding principle of the Methods section should be clarity about how and why a study was done in a particular way. The
Methods section should aim to be sufficiently detailed such that others with access to the data would be able to reproduce
the results. In general, the section should include only information that was available at the time the plan or protocol for
the study was being written; all information obtained during the study belongs in the Results section. If an organization
was paid or otherwise contracted to help conduct the research (examples include data collection and management), then
this should be detailed in the methods. The Methods section should include a statement indicating that the research was
approved by an independent local, regional or national review body (e.g., ethics committee, institutional review board). If
doubt exists whether the research was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration, the authors must explain
the rationale for their approach and demonstrate that the local, regional or national review body explicitly approved the
doubtful aspects of the study.
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