Requirements

Basically, contributors are limited to members of Tottori University and Tottori University Hospital. Researchers outside the above mentioned university community may also submit papers on the recommendation* of a professor, an associate professor, or a junior associate professor at this university community.

All papers must comply with YAM's policies. Potential authors should carefully read the Instructions for Authors 2020 [PDF] before submission.

• Instructions for Authors 2023 (Japanese) [PDF]
• Instructions for Authors 2023 (English) [PDF]

*The recommendation form (MS Word document) can be downloaded here.

Manuscript Submission

For manuscript submission, please prepare the following documents:

• Manuscript text (including tables and legends for figures, if any) in an MS Word document
• Figure file(s)
• A cover letter to the editor-in-chief
• Submission form

These documents must be sent to the editorial office as email attachments. Submission on a compact disc is also acceptable if the total file size of the documents is too large to permit transmission by email.

Before submitting a manuscript, please be sure that you have read the Instructions for Authors 2019 [PDF], and that your manuscript has been written in accordance with our policies.

Review Process

Submitted manuscripts are reviewed by at least two anonymous referees selected from among the faculty members at Tottori University Faculty of Medicine. The initial review process ordinarily takes two weeks or more.

Revisions

Detailed instructions for submitting a revised manuscript are included in the decision letter sent to the author(s) when a manuscript has been judged to be potentially acceptable for publication.

When submitting a revised manuscript, please ensure that you submit the following:

• A cover letter in which you respond, point by point, to the referees' comments and explain how those issues were addressed
• The manuscript text (including tables and legends for figures, if any) in an MS Word document, with all insertions indicated in colored font so that the changes you have made can be easily identified

Copyright

If a manuscript is accepted for publication, the copyright of the article shall be exclusively assigned to the YAM Editorial Board. The authors must sign the copyright agreement to convey full copyright ownership to the YAM Editorial Board.

Article Processing Charge

Submission fee		22,000 yen
Page charge		13,000 yen per PDF page
Advance online publication fee		1,000 yen