Cancer Hallmarks ISSN: 2165-428X (Print); EISSN: 2165-4298 (Online) Copyright © 2000- American Scientific Publishers. All Rights Reserved. |
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| The journal "Cancer
Hallmarks" publishes important studies demonstrating significant
discoveries within the field of hallmarks of cancer that are manifested
in cancer diseases. The multidisciplinary journal is focused on
publishing original research articles, reviews, rapid communications and
opinions on the hallmarks of cancer for a broad audience spanning from
basic to clinical to epidemiological research in oncology. Cancer
therapeutic research related with correcting the dysregulation in the
hallmarks of cancer is also covered. The following fields of the
hallmarks of cancer are covered. (1) Growth of cancer cells; (2) Resistance to inhibitory signals that regulate cancer cell growth; (3) Resistance to programmed cell death (Apoptosis); (4) Stimulating the growth of new blood vessels for formation of tumors (Angiogenesis); (5) Limitless capability to replicate forever; (6) Invasion of local tissues and spreading to distant organs (Metastasis); (7) Escaping immune surveillance; (8) Cancer inflammation; (9) Cancer genome instability; and (10) Dysregulated energy metabolism. |
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| JOURNAL POLICY: It is journal policy to
publish only 100% original and unpublished research work therefore Cancer
Hallmarks does not wish to receive any papers on research work that
has already been reported in parts or contains already published text,
data, figures, tables or other illustrations or any copyright materials
whatsoever that has been submitted or accepted for publication either in
a journal or conference proceedings elsewhere in any form, in print or
in electronic media. When submitting a manuscript, authors should make a
full statement to the Editors that the research work contained in their
manuscript is completely original and unpublished. If redundant or
duplicate publication is attempted or occurs authors should expect
immediate editorial action to be taken including prompt rejection of the
submitted manuscript. Submission of any manuscript that contains
redundant or duplicate publication of the same or very similar research
work violates the policies of this journal. It is the sole responsibility of all authors to ensure that all manuscripts are new, original and not published previously in any form any media, shall not infringe upon or violate any kind of copyrights of others and does not contains any plagiarized, fraudulent and improperly attributed materials. Extended and modified versions of previously published abstracts, papers in any conference or journal are not allowed whatsoever. Corresponding author should provide a clear statement confirming this while submitting manuscript to any ASP journal. Is this manuscript 100% original and unpublished? Has this manuscript been published in parts (figures/text/tables) in any conference proceedings or journal in any media or language or format whatsoever? Is this manuscript from free from plagiarism (including self-plagiarism) and copyright infringement? Authors must follow this "Journal Policy" strictly. PUBLISHING ETHICS: American Scientific Publishers strictly follows guidelines set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors, available at www.publicationethics.org. All Authors, Peer-Reviewers and Editors work together in a great harmony to ensure the highest ethical standards in publishing quality research work in our journals. ETHICAL COMPLIANCE: Research papers reporting animal or clinical studies should, where appropriate, contain a statement that they have been carried out with animal or human ethics committee approval. All scientific studies should be carried out in accordance with the relevant national and local guidelines. Each author(s) warrants that his or her research institution has fully approved the protocol for all scientific studies involving animals or humans and that all experiments of any kinds were conducted in compliance with ethical and humane principles of research after ethics committee approval. An Open Access Journal Cancer Hallmarks is an open-access journal, published both in print and online editions. The online edition of this journal is freely available from our website to its readers throughtout the world. Manuscript-Processing Fees Open access publishing is not without any production and editorial costs; therefore, it is financed by manuscript-processing fees, to be paid by the authors or their affiliated research institutions. To pay occurring expenses associated with manuscript processing, production, editorial, typesetting, printing, web-hosting, and archiving, authors are required to pay US$200 per journal page. However there are no charges for color figures/illustrations for research articles published electronically. The payment of manuscript-processing fees is necessary to maintain worldwide open-access to the all contents of this journal. This also allows authors' self-archiving and distribution of their published research work. Publisher will issue an invoice of manuscript-processing fees after a manuscript is accepted for publication. Online submission of the manuscript to the journal can be completed after the manuscript-processing fees have been agreed by authors. Accepted peer-reviewed manuscripts will not be processed and forwarded to production until all publication charges are paid in full to the publisher prior to publication. The publication charges for authors from low-income countries can be waived. The manuscript-processing fees are also waived for authors whose institutes subscribe to this journal. Hardcopy of Journal Issue If authors require a hardcopy of the journal issue having their research article then authors should pay additional $750 to recover the costs of all color illustrations in a print edition. No free hardcopies of journal issue are provided. |
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| SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT: Authors are kindly advised to read Cancer Hallmarks policy and also the uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals as proposed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (http://www.icmje.org) before submitting their manuscript to Editors. Authors are encouraged to submit high quality original research work that has not been published or nor under consideration by other journals or conference proceedings elsewhere. Authors should submit manuscript online. | ||
| (1) Submission Preparation Authors should submit a list of FIVE (5) potential referees accompanied with their complete mailing address, phone, fax and email address, who may be contacted for reviewing the manuscript though refereeing, is done by anonymous reviewers. In order to ensure that the highest quality manuscripts are published, reviewing process is carried out in two stages. A mandatory editor's approval is required in the first stage for the manuscripts before it is submitted to the peer review process in the second stage. To speed up the reviewing process, editors will communicate with authors and the referees via email. ASP or Editors will not return manuscripts to authors and keep any records whatsoever after a formal decision has been made about the manuscript. Editors have the right to reject the manuscript. |
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| (2) Instructions for the Manuscript Preparation
Cover Letter Authors should include a cover letter which summarizes the important and significant discovery of the studies. A cover letter may suggest proper reviewers or request reviewer exclusions. The cover letter will be kept confidential and will not be seen by manuscript reviewers. |
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| Article Organization Manuscripts will include the following sections: Title The title should deliver the main point of the paper. |
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| Abstract A single paragraph contains fewer than 200 words. The goal of the abstract is to provide a brief background of cancer hallmark dysregulation question and describe the significance of the experimental results. No reference citation in the abstract. Hallmarks impact The Hallmarks impact should be a single paragraph contains fewer than 120 words to describe the impacts on cancer hallmarks. The purpose of this section is to put the relevance of author's work in perspective for potential cancer treatment strategy design. Keywords Include 5 key words Introduction The Introduction should present the importance of present studies in providing significance to answer previously unresolved question. Results The Results should present concise data logically. Use divided subheadings to establish the logical sequence. Discussion The Discussion should be brief and comprehensive. Emphasis should be on the discussing the novelty of the studies and establishing a new hypothesis or model on the basis of the studies. Materials and Methods Information of materials and method should be described in order to be clear to the readers for understanding the data presentation in the paper. Extra information can be included in supplemental section. Acknowledgments List of funding resources can be listed. These should be brief and placed at the end of the text before the references. References References should be in the proper format on a separate page, numbered in the sequence in which they occur in the text. Cite references numerically as superscripts in the text and list at the end of the manuscript. Do not use abstracts and websites as references. References to papers accepted but not yet published should be designated as "in press". Information from manuscripts submitted but not accepted should be cited in the text as "unpublished observations" with written permission from the source. Avoid citing a "personal communication" unless it provides essential information not available from a public source. For scientific articles, authors should obtain written permission and confirmation of accuracy from the source of a personal communication. References should be listed in the following style. The references must be verified by the authors against the original documents. |
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| 1. Journal article Yokoyama, A., and Cleary, M. L. (2008). Menin critically links MLL proteins with LEDGF on cancer-associated target genes. Cancer Cell 14, 36-46. 2. Book Nalwa H.S., Editor, (2005), Handbook of Nanostructured Biomaterials and Their Applications in Nanobiotechnology, Vol. 1-2, American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles. 3. Chapter in a Book Schalkhammer T, (2004), Bionanodevices, in Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Edited by Nalwa H.S., American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles, Vol. 1, pp.329-360. 4. Conference Proceedings Kimura, J. and Shibasaki, H., Editors (1995), Recent advances in clinical neurophysiology. Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of EMG and Clinical Neurophysiology, October 15-19; Kyoto, Japan 5. Conference Paper Bengtsson S, Solheim B. G. (1992), Enforcement of data protection, privacy and security in medical informatics. In: Lun KC, Degoulet P, Piemme TE, Rienhoff O, editors. MEDINFO 92. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Medical Informatics; 1992 September 6-10; Geneva, Switzerland. North-Holland, Amsterdam; pp.1561-1565. 6. Scientific Report Field M. J., Tranquada R.E., Feasley J. C., editors (1995), Health services research: work force and educational issues. Washington: National Academy Press; Contract No.: AHCPR282942008. Sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. 7. Dissertation Kaplan S.J. (1995), Post-hospital home health care: the elderly's access and utilization [dissertation]. St. Louis (MO): Washington University. 8. Patent C. E. Larsen, R. Trip, and C.R. Johnson, Methods for procedures related to the electrophysiology of the heart. U.S. Patent 5,529,067, Jun 25 (1995). |
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| Do not use the phrases "et al."
and "ibid." in the references in the reference
section Instead the names of all authors in a reference must be listed. Figures It is very important to supply high quality figures in a form suitable for reproduction. Each figure must be referred to in the text. Figure labels should be set in uppercase Helvetica or Arial fonts. Authors are advised not to include separate panels on multiple pages. Tables Authors are advised to use the Microsoft Word table function. Tables should include a title, footnotes , and legend. Tables are to be submitted as a separate section. Supplemental Information Authors are advised to submit Supplemental information that will provide additional protocol or data information to the original submission. Typing All manuscripts must be in English, typed double-spaced on one side of the page throughout (including footnotes, references, tables, legends) on 8.5" x 11" or A4 white paper leaving at least 1 inch left hand margin. Units Internationally accepted units of measurement must be used. The units of measurement are used in conjunction with their numerical values; the units should be abbreviated as suggested below. If more commonly used units are adopted, conversion factors should be given at their first occurrence. Greek symbols may be used. %, ºC, nm, !m (not m), mm, cm, cm3, m, h (or hr), min, s (or sec), !g, mg, g (or gm), kg, cal, kcal, in. (or write out inch), ml [write out liter(s)]. Abbreviation No abbreviations are allowed in the title and abstract and should be defined the first time they are used within the text. The "Cancer Hallmarks" should be abbreviated as Cancer Hallmarks for the citation purpose. (3) Formats for Online Submission Authors are advised to convert all text/figures/tables from Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPont formats to a single PDF file and submit the manuscript as a single file in a PDF format. All submitted figure images must have resolutions of at least 300 dpi. Authors are advised to use these formatting guidelines. Manuscripts that do not follow the preparation guidelines may be returned to the authors. TYPES OF RESEARCH PAPERS (1) COMMUNICATIONS: Highest priority will be given to the communications reporting important new scientific and technological findings. Rapid publication is provided for concise and up-to-date reports. These articles should not exceed three-four published pages. No section headings should be used for these short communications. (2) RESEARCH ARTICLES: Full length papers that report original research work on new ideas in the field of cancer hallmark dysregulation. (3) REVIEWS: The state-of-the-art review articles are limited to a maximum length of 35 journal pages having more than 100 references. It is authors' responsibility to obtain written copyright permissions to reproduce any copyright materials from other sources. 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